The 16th European
Skeptics Congress
September 11-13, 2015
At the time of writing, the programme for the above
conference at Goldsmiths College is all but complete and the registration page
is open (congress fee £135 including refreshment and lunches). The programme
consists of the following:
· Keynote lecture by Jim Al-Khalili
· A whole day (Saturday) on investigating unusual
experiences and claims. Several of Chris
French’s postgrad students from APRU will be presenting the results of their
research and Martin Mahner from Germany and Antonin Pavlicek from the Czech
Republic will be talking about their experiences testing people who claim to
have paranormal abilities. Carolyn Watt
will talk about research into paranormal abilities that has been conducted at
Edinburgh’s Koestler Parapsychology Unit (http://www.koestler-parapsychology.psy.ed.ac.uk/index.html) which
this year is marking its 30th anniversary.
· Mark Lynas on science and environmental issues
·
Edzard Ernst on integrative medicine, followed by a
debate on medicine and skepticism; participants will include a representative
from HealthWatch
· A panel and audience debate on skepticism and
religion with Stephen Law (tbc),
Andrew Copson, Rabbi Pete Tobias and Prof. Adam Dinham
· An Ask for Evidence session by Sense about Science
· Richard Wiseman on ‘Spreading Skepticism by
YouTube’
·
resentations by Deborah Hyde, Mark Newbrook and
Klaus Schmeh
· A special Skeptics in the Pub event on Friday evening
with psychologist and magician Gustav Khun
Visit the congress website for further details and
registration at:
