The Center for Inquiry (CFI) and the Council for Secular Humanism will hold their annual conference “Moving Secularism Forward” March 1–4, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida.
At “Moving Secularism Forward”, learn about one of Florida’s most dramatic church-state battles regarding the Blaine Amendment, and much, much more; including an optional motorcoach excursion to Kennedy Space Center.
Topics:
Situation Review: The International Academy of Humanism, Outreach and Advocacy Strategies, Does Secularism Have a Political Agenda? What Are Our Objectives as Secular Humanists?
Speakers:
Daniel C. Dennett, Sir Harold Kroto, Steven Pinker, Rebecca Goldstein, PZ Myers, Katrina Voss, Russell Blackford, Stephen Law, Rita Swan, Anthony Pinn, Victor Stenger, Elisabeth Cornwell, Eddie Tabash, Ophelia Benson, Lionel Tiger, Ronald Bailey, Razib Khan, Jamila Bey, Sikivu Hutchinson, David Silverman, Bill Cooke, Steven K. Green, Ellenbeth Wachs, Ronald A. Lindsay, Debbie Goddard and Tom Flynn.
Have a great conference in Orlando.
If anyone offers you discounted amusement park tickets if you attend a 90-minute presentation, run away real fast.
Are any of the other speakers conservatives, or even libertarians? There are a lot of names I don’t recognize, but I don’t see any other speakers who’ve ever said they applied reason to a political question, and reflexive liberalism didn’t come out.
ron bailey is.
Robert Price, who hosts some of their podcasts, is a conservative. They had a podcast discussion between him and Chris Mooney. Price was not really that great at propounding a secular conservative vision. He’s an interesting, if a bit heretical*, biblical scholar, but his political vision isn’t as thought as someone like Derbyshire.
At any rate, good luck, Razib.
I used to read Ophelia Benson’s Butterlies and Wheels site alot. Now, not so much.
Anyway, good lineup.