Friday Night:
Join the NZ Skeptics and the NZARH for the traditional pre-conference mixer.
We start 6pm at Rationalist House, 64 Symonds House, Grafton, Auckland
Free entry with nibbles provided, but you can bring in outside food and drink.
Open to all but RSVP requested for catering. Please get your free ticket HERE
Join skeptics and humanists from across New Zealand for a casual evening of conversation and a take no prisoners trivia competition hosted by our own Mark Honeychurch
| Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration/sign-in/welcome | Registration/sign-in/welcome |
| 09:00 – 09:55 | Gavin Ellis (NZS) “The Day the News Dies’” | Tarsha McKean (NZARH) “CRISPR Gene Editing and Ethics” |
| 09:55 – 10:50 | Michael Bancroft (NZARH) “Changing Collars- a journey out of the closet and the priesthood” | Patsy Spicer (NZARH) “Conflict: behavioural and psychological aspects. A personal view” |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Morning Tea | Morning Tea |
| 11:05 – 12:00 | Mary MacGregor-Ried (NZARH) “Occult: The Hidden History of the Western Esoteric Tradition” | Craig Hoyle (NZS) “Excommunicated: From cult to skeptic” |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 13:55 | Niki Harre (NZS) “The role of emotions and values in social change’” | Stephane Janson (NZARH) “Artificial intelligence: The end of humanity? The foundation for a golden age? Let’s explore!” |
| 13:55 – 14:50 | Tim Welch (NZS) “Everything you know about transportation is wrong!” | NZARH Panel “Leaving, forming and finding communities” |
| 14:50 – 15:05 | Afternoon tea | Afternoon tea |
| 15:05 – 16:00 | Robert Bartholomew (NZS) “Sex, Bugs & Sonic Attacks: How Mating Insects & Bad Science Created ‘Havana Syndrome’” | Yeah…Nah Live recording See the unglamorous side of podcasting with a live recording of our annual conference episode of the Yeah…Nah podcast |
| 16:05 – 16:55 | Robert Bartholomew – Until 16:25 | Conference close |