Schedule
July 12
Workshop DayJuly 13
Main Conference Day 1July 14
Main Conference Day 2July 15
Main Conference Day 3
- 10:00am 11:15amWorkshop 1A /Kyle Marian / How to Reach Wider Audiences Using Tools from Stand-Up Comedy /
- 10:00am 11:15amWorkshop 1B /Brian Wecht / Ask a Physicist! /
- 11:30am 12:45pmWorkshop 2A /Russ Dobler / Beyond the Echo Chamber: Skeptical Outreach Through Pop Culture /
- 11:30am 12:45pmWorkshop 2B /Steve Novella / How to Read Scientific Articles and Science Reporting /
- 12:45pm 2:15pmLunch (on your own)
- 2:15pm 3:30pmWorkshop 3A /Jay Novella, Brian Wecht, Steve Novella, George Hrab / Whaddaya Got? /
- 2:15pm 3:30pmWorkshop 3B /Latasha Wright / Monitoring Behavior Using Model Organisms /
- 3:45pm 5:00pmWorkshop 4A /Jay Novella, Brian Wecht, Steve Novella, Cortney Novella / Epic Movie Characters /
- 3:45pm 5:00pmWorkshop 4B /Hai-Ting Chinn, Matthew Schickele, and Tony Saunders / Opera SciComm: Excerpts from "Science Fair" /
- 7:00pm 9:00pmSGU Private Show
- 9:50am 10:35amSteve Novella /TBD / Haft Auditorium
- 10:40am 11:25amHarriet Hall / Manufactroversies About Vaccines That Prevent Cancer / Haft Auditorium
- 11:40am 12:30pmClay Jones and Grant Ritchey / Taking a Bite out of Quackery: The Science and Pseudoscience of Tourette Syndrome / Haft Auditorium
- 2:00pm 2:45pmDavid Gorski /TBD / Haft Auditorium
- 2:50pm 3:35pmMichael Marshall / Fighting Pseudoscience in the Heart of the UK Establishment / Haft Auditorium
- 03:45pm 04:45pmPanel / Into the Weeds of Medical Marijuana: The Good, The Bad, and the Downright Silly / Steve Novella, David Gorski, Emma Jones, Grant Ritchey / Haft Auditorium
- 04:55pm 05:55pmPanel / Science-Based Medicine Audience Q&A / Harriet Hall, Michael Marshall, Clay Jones, Steve Novella, David Gorski, Grant Ritchey / Haft Auditorium
- 07:00pm 09:00pmNECSS Presents: Real/Fake Science /The Pine Box
- 09:00am 09:10amLeighann Lord /Opening / Haft Auditorium
- 09:10am 09:55amTBD /Haft Auditorium
- 10:00am 10:45amOlivia Koski /Vacationing in Space, Feasting on Brains, and Smelling Strangers with Guerilla Science / Haft Auditorium
- 11:00am 12:00pmPanel: SciComm Meets “Me Too” /Cara Santa Maria, Olivia Koski, Virginia Hughes / Haft Auditorium
- 12:00am 01:30pmLunch (on your own)
- 01:30pm 03:00pmThe Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe Live /Steve Novella, Jay Novella, Bob Novella, Evan Bernstein, Cara Santa Maria, + Guest / Haft Auditorium
- 03:15pm 04:00pmKatie Mack /Death of a Universe / Haft Auditorium
- 04:05pm 04:50pmRaychelle Burks /It was the Professor, in the Library, with Poison / Haft Auditorium
- 05:00pm 06:00pmJennifer Ouellette /Keynote address / Haft Auditorium
- 8:00pm 10:00pmNECSS Social
- 09:00am 09:05amLeighann Lord /Opening / Haft Auditorium
- 09:05am 09:50amJay Novella /Topic TBD / Haft Auditorium
- 09:55am 10:40amNatalia Reagan /Time Has Always Been Up / Haft Auditorium
- 10:50am 11:35pmMike Miscione /New York City's Greatest Myths, Hoaxes, and Urban Legends / Haft Auditorium
- 11:40pm 12:40pmPanel: Researching Gun Violence: Past, Present and Future /Steve Novella, Judith Danovitch, Amanda Marcotte, Shaughnessy Naughton / Haft Auditorium
- 12:40pm 02:05pmLunch (on your own)
- 02:05pm 03:05pmPanel: Science, Skepticism, and Social Media /Brian Wecht, Katie Mack, Raychelle Burks / Haft Auditorium
- 03:20pm 04:20pmPanel: Scientists Take Action /Heather Berlin, Shaughnessy Naughton, Elaine DiMasi, Valerie Horsley / Haft Auditorium
- 04:30pm 5:15pmHai-Ting Chinn and Matthew Schickele /Opera SciComm: Excerpts from "Science Fair" / Haft Auditorium
- 05:15pm 05:30pmLeighann Lord /Closing / Haft Auditorium