AHA 75th Anniversary Conference Schedule

Thursday, May 26

8:30am – 12:00pm
AHA Board of Directors Meeting
(open to all AHA members in good standing)

12:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm – 10:00pm
Registration and Exhibits Open

1:00pm – 8:00pm
Camp Quest Kids Program and Child Care

3:00pm – 5:00pm
Pre-Conference Meeting: Feminist Humanist Alliance

5:00pm – 7:00pm
Welcome Reception

8:30pm – 10:00pm
Movie Night: Best of Enemies, a documentary covering the famous Gore Vidal/William F. Buckley TV debates

Friday, May 27

8:00am – 8:00pm
Registration and Exhibits Open

9:00am – 10:00pm
Camp Quest Kids Program and Child Care

9:00am – 9:40am
Mark Reimers: How Neuroscience is Opening Doors for Humanism

9:45am – 10:25am
Peter Derkx: Life Extension and Humanist Ethics

10:30am – 11:10am
Callie Wright: Gaytheism 101

11:15am – 11:55am
Bishop McNeill: The Humanist Movement & the Demographic Growth of Nonreligious Americans

12:00pm – 1:15pm
Lunch (on your own)

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Abby Hafer: Animals That Shouldn’t Exist, According to Intelligent Design

1:50pm – 2:40pm
Panel: What Humanists Can Bring to Interfaith Dialogue
with Rebecca Armstrong, Mel Lipman, Paula Rochelle, and Ben Wade

2:45pm – 3:25pm 
Elsa Roberts: Should Humanists be Feminists?

3:30pm – 4:25pm 
Panel: Examining Honor Culture & Violence in Islam
with Sarah Haider, Mya Saleem, and Muhammad Syed

4:30pm – 6:15pm
The State of Humanism Meeting

7:00pm – 10:00pm
Friday Night Banquet | Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor)

John Shelby Spong, Religious Liberty Award
Jared Diamond, Humanist of the Year (book signing to follow)

Saturday, May 28

8:00am – 8:00pm
Registration and Exhibits Open

9:00am – 10:00pm
Camp Quest Kids Program and Child Care

9:00am – 10:05am
Panel: Humanist Press
with Hiram Crespo, Luis Granados, Tasha Golden, and David Orenstein
(book signing to follow)

10:15am – 11:20am
Panel: The Intersection of Humanism and Social Justice Work
with Diane Burkholder, James Croft, Randall Jenson, and Sincere Kirabo

11:25am – 11:55am
Scott Thompson: Earth: The Planet That Built Life That Built a Planet

12:00pm – 2:45pm
Saturday Luncheon

Victoria Gettman, President’s Award
Medea Benjamin, Humanist Heroine (book signing to follow)
Sen. Ernie Chambers, Lifetime Achievement Award

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Panel: Humanism in the Courtroom
with David Niose & Monica Miller of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center

4:05pm – 5:05pm
Panel: Humanism and Humor — Funny Ladies Discuss
with Margaret Downey, Leighann Lord, and Julia Sweeney
(Book signing to follow)

5:10pm – 5:50pm 
Bob Scott: A Secular Mountain Town Mayor

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Humanist Contributors Reception

(This is a fundraising event. Advanced RSVP required; email maggie@americanhumanist.org.)

7:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday Night Banquet | Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor)

Elizabeth Loftus, Isaac Asimov Science Award (book signing to follow)
John de Lancie, Humanist Arts Award

Sunday, May 29

8:00am – 9:00am
Sunday Breakfast with Unitarian Universalists President Peter Morales

8:00am – 12:00pm
Registration and Exhibits Open

9:00am – 2:00pm
Camp Quest Kids Program and Child Care

9:00am – 9:50am 
Panel: Growing Up Humanist
with Ben Niose, Tani Hale, Halley Noon, and Anya Steinberg; moderated by Jennifer Bardi

9:55am – 10:40am
Rafida Bonya Ahmed: Fighting Machetes With Pens

10:45am – 11:55am
Jerry Coyne: Why Science Leads to Atheism and Humanism (Keynote Address)
(book signing to follow)

11:55am – 12:00pm
Closing Remarks: Rebecca Hale, AHA President

1:00pm – 3:00pm
Post-Conference Session: Enhancing Community
with Rachael Berman & Kristin Wintermute

(Open to all; Chapter Leaders and Celebrants encouraged to attend)

12:30pm – 6:45pm
Post-Conference Tour: Museum of Science + Industry and Hancock Building
(separate registration required)