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Below, you’ll find the schedule of our 2014 Annual Conference events. Check each event’s listing for time & venue information.
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| Start: | 9:00 am |
| End: | 12:00 pm |
| Location: | Salon 5/6 |
Open to all conference registrants
Click here to learn more about this event.
| Start: | 9:00 am |
| End: | 3:45 pm |
| Location: | Independence CD |
Session Schedule:
| 9:00 am | John Shook Welcome and schedule announcement |
| 9:05 am | Robert D. Finch “The Subjection of Women” |
| 9:45 am | Peter Bishop “Naturalistic Transcendentalism” |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | James Pawelski “The Happy Human and the Eudaimonic Turn in the Humanities” |
| 11:30 am | David Bryce Yaden “Secular Self-Transcendence” |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:15 pm | Jeremy Clifton “Does Thinking Make It So? Can Overall Judgments of Everything Make Life Better?” |
| 2:00 pm | Margaret Kern “Live Long and Prosper: Understanding and Cultivating Healthy Lives” |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Anne Klaeysen “Walking the Humanist Talk” |
| Start: | 4:00 pm |
| End: | 4:45 pm |
| Location: | Independence AB |
This is an opportunity to meet and work with chapter leaders throughout the country! This interactive workshop will talk about the benefits of being an American Humanist Association chapter or affiliate group. We will also examine the issues that many chapters face and solutions to these obstacles. Led by AHA Grassroots Coordinator Rachael Berman and United Coalition of Reason Director Fred Edwords.
| Start: | 5:00 pm |
| End: | 5:45 pm |
| Location: | Independence AB |
(hotel bar, drinks on your own)
| Start: | 6:00 pm |
| End: | 7:00 pm |
| Location: | Terrace Bar |
| Start: | 8:30 pm |
| End: | 10:00 pm |
| Location: | Independence AB |
Are you new to AHA conferences? Have you recently joined the AHA and would like to know more about our work? Come enjoy hot coffee and tea while meeting with members of the AHA Board of Directors and staff. Note: If you are a long-time member of AHA, you are welcome to attend, but there is limited space—please introduce yourself to any new members and help answer their questions about AHA!
| Start: | 8:00 am |
| End: | 8:45 am |
| Location: | TBA |
| Start: | 9:00 am |
| End: | 11:45 am |
| Location: | Freedom Ballroom |
Session Schedule:
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Religious Freedom: What It Is and What It Is Not Rob Boston, Director of Communications, American United |
| 10:00am – 11:30am | Organized Humanist Responses to Crises Nikki Stern (panel moderator) Panelists: Rabbi Binyamin Biber, Humanist Chaplain, American University Anne Klaeysen, Ethical Culture Steve Lopes, Headquarters Counseling Center, Lawrence, Kansas |
Open to all conference registrants; lunch is on your own.
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| Start: | 12:00 pm |
| End: | 1:15 pm |
| Location: | Salon 5/6 |
| Start: | 1:30 pm |
| End: | 4:15 pm |
| Location: | Freedom Ballroom |
Session Schedule:
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | What’s New in Humanist Education? Kristin Wintermute (panel moderator) Executive Director, Humanist Institute Panelists: Vanessa Gomez Brake, Student, Class 18 Kevin Watson, Development & Communications Director Carol Wintermute, Co-Dean |
| 2:30pm – 3:15pm | Letters from a Young Mesopotamian from Baghdad to Washington, DC Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar, Founder, Global Secular Humanist Movement |
| 3:30pm – 4:15pm | Resilience and Thriving: How Rationality Can Get You through Bad Times and Good Thomas Jarrett, Albert Ellis Institute Military Director |
Awards Presentations
Humanist of the Year Award: Barney Frank
Humanist Arts Award: Greg Graffin
This event is also open to those who have not purchased meals. General seating will be available anytime before the awards program commences at 8pm (doors open at 7pm).
| Start: | 7:00 pm |
| End: | 10:00 pm |
| Location: | Liberty Ballroom |
| Start: | 9:00 am |
| End: | 11:45 am |
| Location: | Freedom Ballroom |
Session Schedule:
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Secular Activism in the Courts David Niose & Monica Miller, Appignani Humanist Legal Center |
| 10:00am – 10:45am | The Humanist Hour Live Podcast Todd Stiefel, Kim Ellington, and Bo Bennett |
| 11:00am – 11:45am | Political Action for Humanists Bishop McNeill, Center for Humanist Activism James Croft, Humanist Community at Harvard |
Award Presentations
Humanist Business Award: Steve Rade
Humanist Heroine Award: Jessica Valenti
This event is also open to those who have not purchased meals. General seating will be available anytime before the awards program commences at 1pm (doors open at noon).
| Start: | 12:00 pm |
| End: | 2:45 pm |
| Location: | Liberty Ballroom |
| Start: | 3:00 pm |
| End: | 5:45 pm |
| Location: | See Below |
Session Schedule:
Banquet Entertainment
Robert G. Ingersoll Orators: Carol Ardell, Don Ardell, and Tya Pope (click to learn more)
Awards Presentations
Lifetime Achievement Award: Eugenie Scott
Humanist Media Award: Natalie Angier
This event is also open to those who have not purchased meals. General seating will be available anytime before the awards program commences at 8pm (doors open at 7pm).
| Start: | 7:00 pm |
| End: | 10:00 pm |
| Location: | Liberty Ballroom |
| Start: | 9:00 am |
| End: | 10:15 am |
| Location: | Freedom Ballroom |
| Start: | 10:30 am |
| End: | 12:00 pm |
| Location: | Freedom Ballroom |
| Start: | 1:30 pm |
| End: | 6:30 pm |
| Location: | TBA |
| Start: | 1:30 pm |
| End: | 4:30 pm |
| Location: | Salon 10 |
