Si terra' a Burbank, in California, tra il 20 e il 23 giugno prossimi, il IV Convegno Mondiale degli Scettici; tema generale dell'incontro "Prospettive per lo scetticismo: i prossimi 25 anni". Tra i relatori: il filosofo Paul Kurtz, presidente dell'americano CSICOP, Marvin Minsky, pioniere dell'intelligenza artificiale, Jan Brunvand, massimo esperto di leggende metropolitane, Joe Nickell, famoso investigatore scettico, Richard Wiseman, psicologo inglese celebre per i suoi esperimenti critici sul paranormale, e Massimo Polidoro, Segretario del CICAP.
Di seguito il programma del Convegno e la scheda di iscrizione.
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The Fourth World Skeptics Conference June 20-23, 2002 Burbank, California
visit www.csicop.org and click on conference banner
The Fourth World Skeptics Conference, sponsored by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) is to be held at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank, California, June 20-23, 2002.
The first such conference was held in 1996 at the State University of New York at Buffalo; the second conference, sponsored by CSICOP and the German Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Science (GWUP), was held in 1998 at the University of Heidelberg, Germany;
and the third, cosponsored with the Australian Skeptics, was held at Sydney University in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.
These conferences have proven to be very successful in bringing together the best known and most effective speakers in the promotion of science, critical thinking, and education. Our intent is to bring together the leading lights in the skeptical movement and we are eager to have you be part of this event. The overall theme is "Prospects for Skepticism: The Next Twenty-Five Years." We not only want to examine issues that are important today, but also try and focus on topics that will influence science and skepticism in the future. Thus, we are planning sessions on alternative medicine, unsubstantiated psychotherapies, confidence and financial scams, intelligent design and attacks on evolution, education and young skeptics, urban legends, a meeting of local skeptical organizations, and other topics.
June 20-23, 2002, Burbank, California at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center
Schedule of Events
Thursday, June 20
Registration 6:00-7:30 pm
Paul Kurtz, Chairman, CSICOP Welcoming Remarks
Don't Get Taken 7:30-10:00 pm
Richard Lead, treasurer of the NSW (Australian) Skeptics Richard Schroeder, CFP, Executive Vice President, Schroeder, Braxton & Vogt, Inc., Amherst, NY Robert Steiner, speaker, expert, author in the fields of magic, confidence games, and psychic investigations
Friday, June 21
Registration 7:30-9:00 am
Evolution and Intelligent Design 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Massimo Pigliucci, Moderator, Associate Professor of botany at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville William Dembski, Associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University and a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture Wesley Elsberry, Behavioral research programmer. Software and hardware design, implementation, and operation for audiometric, behavioral, and acoustic studies of cetaceans and pinnipeds, Science Applications International Corporation Kenneth Miller, Professor of biology at Brown University Paul Nelson, Editor of the journal Origins & Design
Special Address 12:00-2:00 pm
Harlan Ellison, World-famous author of 75 books. He is waiting for the Guinness Book of World Records to confirm his title as the "Biggest Pain in the Ass in the Western Hemisphere."
Concurrent Session
Fringe Psychotherapies 2:00-5:00 pm
Scott Lilienfeld, Moderator, Emory University, Department of Psychology Gina Green, Director of Research, New England Center for Children Steven Jay Lynn, State University of New York, Binghamton, Psychology Department Jean Mercer, Ph.D., Richard Stockton State College, Department of Psychology Carol Tavris, social psychologist and writer
Concurrent Session
Look to the Stars 2:00-5:00 pm
James McGaha, Moderator, Major, USAF Retired, Director, Grasslands Observatory Alan Harris, Senior Research Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Division, JPL Tod Lauer, Kitt Peak National Observatory David Morrison, Senior Scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute
Keynote Address 8:00-10:00 pm
Marvin Minsky, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Saturday, June 22 Registration 8:30-9:00 am
Urban Legends 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Benjamin Radford, Moderator, Skeptical Inquirer magazine Jan Brunvand, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Utah, author, Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story and Too Good to Be True David Mikkelson, Creator, director snopes.com Barbara Mikkelson, Creator, director snopes.com Timothy Tangherlini, folklore instructor at UCLA, where he holds a joint appointment in the Scandinavian Section and the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
NATIONAL MEDIA CENTER-Los Angeles Luncheon 12:00-2:00 pm CFI WEST VIDEO James Underdown, Executive Director, CFI West
Concurrent Session
Medical Claims 2:00-5:00 pm
Wallace Sampson, Moderator, formerly the Associate Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Editor, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine Stephen Barrett, Retired psychiatrist, has achieved national renown as an author, editor, and consumer advocate. Board Chairman, Quackwatch Willem Betz, Professor in General Practice Medicine at the University of Brussels VUB, Head of Chair and Director and of the Academic Centre for Training of General Practitioners (University of Brussels, VUB) Steve Novella, assistant professor of neurology at Yale University School of Medicine. Co-founder and president of the New England Skeptical Society (NESS). Editor, New England Journal of Skepticism Marcia Angell, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
Concurrent Session
The Investigators 2:00-5:00 pm
Joe Nickell, Moderator, Senior Research Fellow, CSICOP Jan Willem Nienhuys, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) Massimo Polidoro, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. He holds a degree in psychology from the University of Padua.
Richard Wiseman, Director, Perrott Warrick Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, England
PRE-BANQUET social hour 6:00-7:00 pm (cash bar)
Awards Banquet 7:00-10:00 pm
Paul Kurtz, Host, CSICOP Chairman Gabe Kaplan, Comedian, TV personality, star Welcome Back Kotter Jim Underdown, Executive Director, CFI West
Sunday, June 23
Concurrent Session
EDUCATING OUR FUTURE 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Amanda Chesworth, Moderator, program director of the Young Skeptics, specializing in educational materials and activities for children Don Hockenbury, Assistant Professor of psychology at Tulsa Community College Sandra Hockenbury, science writer who specializes in psychology Diane Swanson, award-winning author of over forty books, specializing in natural history and science, including Nibbling on Einstein's Brain Charles Wynn, Professor of chemistry at Eastern Connecticut State University
Concurrent Session
Paranormal Around the World 9:00-12:00 pm
Shen Zhenyu, Research Fellow at the China Institute for Popularization of Science and Technology (China) Lin Zixin, Former Editor, Science and Technology Daily, (China) Sanal Edamaruku, Chairman of the Indian Rationalists Association (India) Manuel Abraham Paz y Mià±o, Editor, Neo-Skepsis (Peru) Alejandro J. Borgo, Founding Member of CAIRP, Argentina Skeptics Organization (Argentina) Sami Rozenbaum (Venezuela) Mario Mendez-Acosta (Mexico) Amardeo Sarma, GWUP (Germany)
Conference Information CSICOP Los Angeles Conference Prospects for Skepticism: The Next Twenty-Five Years The Fourth World Skeptics Conference is to be held at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank, California, June 20-23, 2002.
Accommodations: Hilton, Burbank Airport & Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 (818) 843-6000 Standard Guest Room @$89.00 +10% tax/night Junior Suite Guest Rooms @$127.00 +10% tax/night Additional Person Charge $20.00 per person Parking @ $6.50 + 10% city tax/cab There is an airport shuttle that runs from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm Discount airline rates can be obtained by calling the CSICOP travel agent Jacque Vernen, Stovroff & Taylor Travel, at (716) 631-4022, ext. 212 or (800) 543-8616 ext. 212.
If you have any questions about the program or the arrangements call or write Barry Karr at CSICOP, PO Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226; (716) 636-1425 ext. 217, or by e-mail at: [email protected].
Media Representatives should contact Kevin Christopher at CSICOP, PO Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 636-1425 ext. 224 or by e-mail at:
[email protected].
Hosted by: The Center for Inquiry West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90027 (323) 666-9797.
Opinions expressed at this conference are those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of CSICOP.
Yes, I (we) plan to attend the 2002 World Skeptics Conference in Burbank, Calfornia Register your seat early for the Fourth World Skeptics Conference. Preregistration is advised. Registration does not include meals or accomodations. Make checks payable to CSICOP and return this coupon to:CSICOP Conference, P.O. Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226 - (716) 636-1425 ext. 200 - FAX (716) 636-1733
Di seguito il programma del Convegno e la scheda di iscrizione.
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The Fourth World Skeptics Conference June 20-23, 2002 Burbank, California
visit www.csicop.org and click on conference banner
The Fourth World Skeptics Conference, sponsored by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) is to be held at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank, California, June 20-23, 2002.
The first such conference was held in 1996 at the State University of New York at Buffalo; the second conference, sponsored by CSICOP and the German Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Science (GWUP), was held in 1998 at the University of Heidelberg, Germany;
and the third, cosponsored with the Australian Skeptics, was held at Sydney University in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.
These conferences have proven to be very successful in bringing together the best known and most effective speakers in the promotion of science, critical thinking, and education. Our intent is to bring together the leading lights in the skeptical movement and we are eager to have you be part of this event. The overall theme is "Prospects for Skepticism: The Next Twenty-Five Years." We not only want to examine issues that are important today, but also try and focus on topics that will influence science and skepticism in the future. Thus, we are planning sessions on alternative medicine, unsubstantiated psychotherapies, confidence and financial scams, intelligent design and attacks on evolution, education and young skeptics, urban legends, a meeting of local skeptical organizations, and other topics.
June 20-23, 2002, Burbank, California at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center
Schedule of Events
Thursday, June 20
Registration 6:00-7:30 pm
Paul Kurtz, Chairman, CSICOP Welcoming Remarks
Don't Get Taken 7:30-10:00 pm
Richard Lead, treasurer of the NSW (Australian) Skeptics Richard Schroeder, CFP, Executive Vice President, Schroeder, Braxton & Vogt, Inc., Amherst, NY Robert Steiner, speaker, expert, author in the fields of magic, confidence games, and psychic investigations
Friday, June 21
Registration 7:30-9:00 am
Evolution and Intelligent Design 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Massimo Pigliucci, Moderator, Associate Professor of botany at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville William Dembski, Associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University and a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture Wesley Elsberry, Behavioral research programmer. Software and hardware design, implementation, and operation for audiometric, behavioral, and acoustic studies of cetaceans and pinnipeds, Science Applications International Corporation Kenneth Miller, Professor of biology at Brown University Paul Nelson, Editor of the journal Origins & Design
Special Address 12:00-2:00 pm
Harlan Ellison, World-famous author of 75 books. He is waiting for the Guinness Book of World Records to confirm his title as the "Biggest Pain in the Ass in the Western Hemisphere."
Concurrent Session
Fringe Psychotherapies 2:00-5:00 pm
Scott Lilienfeld, Moderator, Emory University, Department of Psychology Gina Green, Director of Research, New England Center for Children Steven Jay Lynn, State University of New York, Binghamton, Psychology Department Jean Mercer, Ph.D., Richard Stockton State College, Department of Psychology Carol Tavris, social psychologist and writer
Concurrent Session
Look to the Stars 2:00-5:00 pm
James McGaha, Moderator, Major, USAF Retired, Director, Grasslands Observatory Alan Harris, Senior Research Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Division, JPL Tod Lauer, Kitt Peak National Observatory David Morrison, Senior Scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute
Keynote Address 8:00-10:00 pm
Marvin Minsky, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Saturday, June 22 Registration 8:30-9:00 am
Urban Legends 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Benjamin Radford, Moderator, Skeptical Inquirer magazine Jan Brunvand, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Utah, author, Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story and Too Good to Be True David Mikkelson, Creator, director snopes.com Barbara Mikkelson, Creator, director snopes.com Timothy Tangherlini, folklore instructor at UCLA, where he holds a joint appointment in the Scandinavian Section and the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
NATIONAL MEDIA CENTER-Los Angeles Luncheon 12:00-2:00 pm CFI WEST VIDEO James Underdown, Executive Director, CFI West
Concurrent Session
Medical Claims 2:00-5:00 pm
Wallace Sampson, Moderator, formerly the Associate Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Editor, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine Stephen Barrett, Retired psychiatrist, has achieved national renown as an author, editor, and consumer advocate. Board Chairman, Quackwatch Willem Betz, Professor in General Practice Medicine at the University of Brussels VUB, Head of Chair and Director and of the Academic Centre for Training of General Practitioners (University of Brussels, VUB) Steve Novella, assistant professor of neurology at Yale University School of Medicine. Co-founder and president of the New England Skeptical Society (NESS). Editor, New England Journal of Skepticism Marcia Angell, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
Concurrent Session
The Investigators 2:00-5:00 pm
Joe Nickell, Moderator, Senior Research Fellow, CSICOP Jan Willem Nienhuys, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) Massimo Polidoro, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. He holds a degree in psychology from the University of Padua.
Richard Wiseman, Director, Perrott Warrick Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, England
PRE-BANQUET social hour 6:00-7:00 pm (cash bar)
Awards Banquet 7:00-10:00 pm
Paul Kurtz, Host, CSICOP Chairman Gabe Kaplan, Comedian, TV personality, star Welcome Back Kotter Jim Underdown, Executive Director, CFI West
Sunday, June 23
Concurrent Session
EDUCATING OUR FUTURE 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Amanda Chesworth, Moderator, program director of the Young Skeptics, specializing in educational materials and activities for children Don Hockenbury, Assistant Professor of psychology at Tulsa Community College Sandra Hockenbury, science writer who specializes in psychology Diane Swanson, award-winning author of over forty books, specializing in natural history and science, including Nibbling on Einstein's Brain Charles Wynn, Professor of chemistry at Eastern Connecticut State University
Concurrent Session
Paranormal Around the World 9:00-12:00 pm
Shen Zhenyu, Research Fellow at the China Institute for Popularization of Science and Technology (China) Lin Zixin, Former Editor, Science and Technology Daily, (China) Sanal Edamaruku, Chairman of the Indian Rationalists Association (India) Manuel Abraham Paz y Mià±o, Editor, Neo-Skepsis (Peru) Alejandro J. Borgo, Founding Member of CAIRP, Argentina Skeptics Organization (Argentina) Sami Rozenbaum (Venezuela) Mario Mendez-Acosta (Mexico) Amardeo Sarma, GWUP (Germany)
Conference Information CSICOP Los Angeles Conference Prospects for Skepticism: The Next Twenty-Five Years The Fourth World Skeptics Conference is to be held at the Hilton, Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank, California, June 20-23, 2002.
Accommodations: Hilton, Burbank Airport & Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 (818) 843-6000 Standard Guest Room @$89.00 +10% tax/night Junior Suite Guest Rooms @$127.00 +10% tax/night Additional Person Charge $20.00 per person Parking @ $6.50 + 10% city tax/cab There is an airport shuttle that runs from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm Discount airline rates can be obtained by calling the CSICOP travel agent Jacque Vernen, Stovroff & Taylor Travel, at (716) 631-4022, ext. 212 or (800) 543-8616 ext. 212.
If you have any questions about the program or the arrangements call or write Barry Karr at CSICOP, PO Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226; (716) 636-1425 ext. 217, or by e-mail at: [email protected].
Media Representatives should contact Kevin Christopher at CSICOP, PO Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 636-1425 ext. 224 or by e-mail at:
[email protected].
Hosted by: The Center for Inquiry West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90027 (323) 666-9797.
Opinions expressed at this conference are those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of CSICOP.
Yes, I (we) plan to attend the 2002 World Skeptics Conference in Burbank, Calfornia Register your seat early for the Fourth World Skeptics Conference. Preregistration is advised. Registration does not include meals or accomodations. Make checks payable to CSICOP and return this coupon to:CSICOP Conference, P.O. Box 703, Amherst, NY 14226 - (716) 636-1425 ext. 200 - FAX (716) 636-1733