Schedule

We hope you enjoyed our 2015 Annual Conference in Denver! We’ll be updating the below information for our 2016 Annual Conference in Chicago in the coming weeks

schedule

*updated as of 4/30/2015

Wednesday, May 6

*Time*	*Event*
5:00pm – 10:00pm Mt. Princeton, 3rd Floor	AHA Board of Directors Meeting (closed)

Thursday, May 7

*Time*	*Event*
8:00am – 10:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Registration
8:00am – 8:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Exhibitors Open
8:30am – 12:00pm Mt. Princeton, 3rd Floor	AHA Board of Directors Meeting (open to all AHA members in good standing)
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm – 10:00pm Mt. Yale, 3rd Floor	Camp Quest Kids Program
1:30pm – 3:00pm Mt. Sopris B, Lobby Level	Chapter Leader Workshop
3:15pm – 5:00pm Mt. Sopris B, Lobby Level	Humanist Celebrant Training Off the Beaten Path: Great Ideas for Humanist Life Celebrations
3:00pm – 5:00pm Mt. Sopris A (Lobby Level)	Feminist Caucus Business Meeting
5:00pm – 6:00pm Imperial Foyer, 2nd Floor	The National Day of Reason Reception
5:30pm – 8:00pm Mt. Columbia	Humanist Society Business Meeting (closed meeting; dinner is provided)
6:00pm – 7:30pm	Dinner (on your own)
6:00pm – 8:00pm Grand Hyatt Lobby Bar	LGBTQ Humanist Council Gathering
8:30pm – 10:00pm Crystal Peak A&B, 38th Floor	Movie Night: The Unbelievers

Friday, May 8

*Time*	*Event*
8:00am – 10:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Registration
8:00am – 8:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Exhibitors Open
8:00am – 9:00am Grand Ballroom Foyer	Meet & Greet Coffee Hour Come meet your AHA Board of Directors and staff over coffee! Share your feedback and ideas about the American Humanist Association with leadership. First come, first serve.
9:00am – 11:00pm Mt. Yale, 3rd Floor	Camp Quest Kids Program
9:00am – 12:00pm Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Morning Plenaries Earle Canfield: Creating Humanist Leaders David Niose: Fighting Back the Right Will Gervais: Anti-Atheist Prejudice
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch (on your own)
12:30pm – 1:45pm Maroon Pike	Humanist Business Roundtable Kickoff Meeting (registration required)
1:30pm – 4:20pm Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Afternoon Plenaries Ginger Campbell: What Every Humanist Needs to Know about Palliative Care John Seager: World Population, the Environment, and Social Equity David Cobb: Corporate Personhood
4:30pm – 6:00pm Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	The State of Humanism
6:00pm – 7:00pm	Break
7:00pm – 10:00pm Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Humanist Awards Banquet Meal at 7:00pm; Award Ceremony at 8:00pm Lynn Rothschild: Isaac Asimov Science Award The Onion: Humanist Media Award

Saturday, May 9

*Time*	*Event*
8:00am – 10:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Registration
8:00am – 8:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Exhibitors Open
8:00am – 9:00am Grand Ballroom Foyer	Meet & Greet Coffee Hour Come meet your AHA Board of Directors and staff over coffee! Share your feedback and ideas about the American Humanist Association with leadership. First come, first serve.
9:00am – 11:00pm Mt. Yale, 3rd Floor	Camp Quest Kids Program
9:00am – 11:45am Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Morning Plenaries Clergy Project Panel: Atheists in the Pulpit Juhem Navarro-Rivera: The Rise of the Latino Nones
12:00pm – 3:00pm Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Humanist Awards Luncheon Meal at 12:00pm; Award Ceremony at 1:00pm Jean Kilbourne: Humanist Heroine Award Isaiah Smith: Humanist Pioneer Award
3:00pm – 6:00pm Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Afternoon Plenaries Panel: Humanism & Race Sarah Haider: Islam and the Necessity of Liberal Critique Robert Melamede: In GOD We Rust: Marijuana, Evolution and the Brain
6:00pm – 7:00pm Capitol Peak, 38th Floor	Humanist Contributors Reception Open to all members of the American Humanist Association at the Supporting Member level or up. Separate RSVP required to maggie@americanhumanist.org.
7:00pm – 10:00pm Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Humanist Awards Banquet Meal at 7:00pm; Award Ceremony at 8:00pm Marci Hamilton: Religious Liberty Award Lawrence Krauss: Humanist of the Year(Please see AHA’s statement on sexual harassment allegations against Dr. Krauss here.)

Sunday, May 10

*Time*	*Event*
9:00am – 12:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Registration
9:00am – 1:00pm Grand Foyer, 2nd Floor	Exhibitors Open
9:00am – 2:00pm Mt. Yale, 3rd Floor	Camp Quest Kids Program
9:00am – 10:30am Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Morning Plenary Bob Faw & Andy Norman: THRIVE Workshop
10:30am – 12:00pm Imperial Ballroom, 2nd Floor	Keynote Speaker Kelly Carlin: The Extraordinarily Ordinary Human
12:30pm – 6:30pm	Post Conference Event: A Humanist Tour of Denver (separate registration required)

AHA Annual Conference in Denver, CO | May 5-7, 2023 | American Humanist Association
1821 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC 20036 | (800) 837-3792 | conference@americanhumanist.org
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