Freethought Festival

Freethought Festival
Genre freethought, skepticism, atheism, and science
Venue Gordon Dining and Event Center, Symphony Room (2016)
Location(s) Madison, WI
Inaugurated 2012
Founder Chris Calvey
Attendance 300
Organized by Sam Erickson, AHA President and Festival Organizer; Officers of AHA @ UW-Madison
Website www.freethoughtfestival.org

Freethought Festival is a student-run freethinking convention held annually in Madison, Wisconsin by the student group Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Speakers give talks relating to atheism, freethinking, skepticism, and other topics.

Description

The Freethought Festival is a free, student-run secular conference held annually in Madison, Wisconsin. It is organized and hosted by Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics (AHA) @ UW-Madison. Authors, bloggers, activists, and scientists from around the country come to speak on secular and scientific issues. The event is funded by AHA through an annual operations budget received from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1]

Past Festivals

DatesLocationVenueAttendanceSpeakersOrganizers
April 27–29, 2012UW-MadisonHumanities 3650310Richard Carrier, PZ Myers, Matt Dillahunty, Ellery Schempp, JT Eberhard, D. J. Grothe, Hemant Mehta, Darrel Ray, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Andrew Seidel, Dale McGowan, Veronica Drantz, Chris Calvey, Elliott Sober, Valerie Tarico, Phil Ferguson, Lyz Liddell, James Croft, Alix Jules [2]Chris Calvey, AHA Officers, MadCOR
March 8–10, 2013UW-MadisonLowell Center330Dan Barker, JT Eberhard, Eugenie Scott, Hemant Mehta, Darrel Ray. Amanda Knief, Dale McGowan, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Andrew Seidel, Greta Christina, Chris Calvey, Jesse Galef, Debbie Goddard, Desiree Schell, Katherine Stewart, Kathy GoodmanChris Calvey, Michael Ramuta, Dillon Wiesner, AHA Officers
April 11 & 12, 2014UW-MadisonVarsity Hall (Union South) & Social Sciences 6210550Dan Savage, Jamie Kilstein, Dan Barker, Dale McGowan, Hemant Mehta, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Jay Rosenstein, Matthew SlickSam Erickson, Chris Calvey, AHA Officers[3]
March 13-15, 2015UW-MadisonDeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery180Susan Jacoby, Jamie Kilstein, Lindsey Doe, James Croft, Heina Dadabhoy, Candace Gorham, Debbie Goddard, Sam Erickson, Andrew Seidel, Patrick Elliott, Ed Brayton [2]Sam Erickson, Cole Dreier, Mark Pan, AHA Officers
April 8-9, 2016UW-MadisonSymphony Room, Gordon Dining Hall & Events CenterJames Randi, Eugenie Scott, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Indre Viskontas, Heina Dadabhoy, Frank and Dan from the Thank God I'm Atheist podcast, Charles Cohen, Katie Klabusich, Tommy Nugent, Howard Schweber, Andrew Seidel, Peter ZupanNicole Niebler, Sam Erickson, AHA Officers

References

  1. ↑ AHA Funding
  2. 1 2 Freethought Festival History
  3. ↑ Freethought Festival Organizers
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