Skepticamp Ottawa 2014

The Ottawa Skeptics are pleased to present Skepticamp Ottawa 2014!

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This May 4th, join the Ottawa Skeptics for our fourth open conference event, Skepticamp Ottawa 2014.

Skepticamps, modeled on the BarCamp approach of non-curated, user-driven content and participation, are entertaining, educational and informative events in a relaxed environment. The overall theme is science, skepticism and critical thinking.

This year we are once again at the Shopify Lounge, right in the heart of downtown Ottawa. Come along to listen to some great talks, ask questions, and meet interesting people!

We have a full day of fascinating talks (http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/2014/04/05/skepticamp-ottawa-2014-schedule/) from 16 speakers, including three excellent keynotes: Katie Gibbs, co-founder of Evidence for Democracy; (https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/) Michael Kruse, Chair of Bad Science Watch (http://www.badsciencewatch.ca/); and Jim Davies, Director of the Science of the Imagination Laboratory (http://carleton.ca/vsim/cognitive-science/science-of-imagination-lab/) at Carleton University.

Talk synopses and speaker bios are available here (http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/2014/04/05/skepticamp-ottawa-2014-speakers-and-talks/), and the full schedule is also reproduced below.

Everyone’s welcome!

To give us an idea of attendance please RSVP, and check out the logistics page (http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/2014/04/05/skepticamp-ottawa-2014-logistics/) for more information.

If you can’t make the full day, feel free to just drop in for the talks you want to see. We look forward to seeing you there!

1000 1005 Marlowe: Welcome to Skepticamp

1005 1040 Jim Davies: The Beauty of Bad Ideas

1040 1100 Alex Gonzalez: The bush of life: cladistics for the layperson

1100 1120 Kyla Cullain: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: the need for a shift in strategy

1120 1135 Break

1135 1155 Kirsten Brouse: Why co-ops make good capitalism

1155 1230 Katie Gibbs: No Science, No Evidence, No Truth, No Democracy

1230 1330 Lunch break

1330 1350 M Farkas-Dyck: Food and Alternatives

1350 1410 Krista Thomas: 5 Myths about GMOs

1410 1430 Clifford Beninger: Why the 12-step Disease Concept of Addiction Must be Abandoned

1430 1505 Michael Kruse: Science Advocacy on the Fringe

1505 1520 Break

1520 1540 Nicholas Robinson: Do you understand F=ma?

1540 1600 Danielle Quigley: Why is scientific inquiry important to bullying prevention and intervention programs?

1600 1620 Darren McKee: Myths of Foreign Aid

1620 1630 Break

1630 1650 Josh Bowie: Free Will

1650 1710 Able Varghese: Engineering and Tech. Entreprenurship

1710 1730 Julian Janes: Cold reading: train to be a charlatan in 15 minutes or less

Visit ottawaskeptics.org (http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/) for more details.