Our 2019 Annual Conference took place on June 7-9, 2019. Learn more about our conference below.
Friday, June 79:00am- 9:30am
Andy Norman: Taming the Crazy: How the Principles of Humanism Protect Minds From Dangerous Ideologies
9:30am-10:00am
Dr. Madhvi Potluri: Caste System in India and DNA Testing to prove its irrelevance
10:00am-10:30am
Dr. Jacob S. Sawyer: The Psychology of Death and Loss for Nonbelievers
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:45am
Panel: Humanism, Whiteness, and its Racialized Others
Featuring Christopher Driscoll, Jason Jeffries, and Sharon Welch
12:00pm-1:00pm
Award Ceremony
Dr. Pamela Gay, Isaac Asimov Science Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)
1:00pm-2:30pm (exact time to be announced)
Humanist Contributors Lunch
(This is an off-site fundraising event. RSVP is required: email Meredith Thompson at mthompson@americanhumanist.org for details.)
1:00pm-1:30pm
Anthony Magnabosco: Is Street Epistemology Compatible with Humanism?
1:30pm-2:00pm
Dr. Hector Garcia: On Alpha Gods and Monkey Presidents
2:00pm-2:30pm
Janet Heimlich: Only humanists can stop religious child abuse and neglect
2:30pm-2:45pm
Break
2:45pm-3:15pm
Heart of Humanism Awards
Presented by Foundation Beyond Belief
3:15pm-3:45pm
Wendy Webber: Decolonizing Service
4:00pm-5:00pm
Award Ceremony
Richard Wiseman, Humanist Media Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)
5:00pm-6:30pm (exact time to be announced)
Humanist Contributors Dinner
(This is an off-site fundraising event. RSVP is required: email Meredith Thompson at mthompson@americanhumanist.org for details.)
9:00am-9:30am
Sheldon Krimsky: Genetic Editing of Embryos: Ethical Considerations
9:30am-10:00am
Paul Golin: Why Are There So Many Jewish Atheists and Agnostics? And Why Do So Few Call Themselves Humanists (Yet)?
10:00am-10:30am
Kim Newton: Growing the Next Generation of Humanist Changemakers
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:15am
Jay Wexler: Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Wiccans and Others are Demanding Their Place in Public Life
11:15am-11:45am
Donna Forsythe: Humanist Celebrants and Secular Life-Cycle Celebrations
12:00pm-1:00pm
Award Ceremony
Leighann Lord, Humanist Arts Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)
1:00pm-2:30pm (exact time to be announced)
Humanist Contributors Lunch
(This is an off-site fundraising event. RSVP is required: email Meredith Thompson at mthompson@americanhumanist.org for details.)
(A re-cap of the activities of the American Humanist Association and its affiliates in the last year)
10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
noon – 1:00pm Central
1:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern
12:00pm-12:30pm
Dr. Ali Winters: Prolonged Solitary Confinement and the Secular Humanist
12:30pm-1:00pm
Sharon Thompson: You Think You Know What Love Is?
1:00pm-1:30pm
Jeffrey Caldwell: A Faith for the Faithless
1:30pm-1:45pm
Break
1:45pm-2:15pm
Vic Schachter: Enhancing Human Rights and Rule of Law Around the Globe Through Peaceful Dispute Resolution
2:15pm-2:45pm
Kevin Bolling: Next Generation of the Secular Movement: Are You Ready?
3:00pm-4:00pm
Award Ceremony
Mara Wilson, LGBTQ Humanist Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)
4:00pm-5:30pm (exact time to be announced)
Humanist Contributors Dinner
(This is an off-site fundraising event. RSVP is required: email Meredith Thompson at mthompson@americanhumanist.org for details.)
9:00am-9:30am
Bertha Vazquez: Promoting Evolution Education in the United States
9:30am-10:00am
Bill Schoolman: The Right To Die With Dignity, Compassion and Peace
10:00am-10:30am
Kalai Mugilan: How to develop our goodness as humans: A Humanist Sociological Approach
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:15am
Jennifer Hancock: The Necessity of Humanism in the Workplace
11:15am-11:45am
Anita Peters: Let’s Celebrate Humanism! Building Community by Assigning Significance within a Secular Life
12:00pm-1:00pm
Award Ceremony
Barry Kosmin, Lifetime Achievement Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)
1:00pm-2:30pm (exact time to be announced)
Humanist Contributors Lunch
(This is an off-site fundraising event. RSVP is required: email Meredith Thompson at mthompson@americanhumanist.org for details.)
