Australian Skeptics National Convention 2011
Australian Museum, 19 November 2011
Program
9:30 – 9:40 Opening
9:40 – 10:25 Plastic surgery — shonks, odd devices and dodgy marketing
Dr Cholm Williams, plastic surgeon – http://www.plasty.net
10:25 — 11:10 Topic tbc
Dr Rachael Dunlop, researcher and science communicator – Skeptics Book of Pooh-Pooh — http://scepticsbook.com/
11:10 — 11:30 Break
11:30 — 12:15 Conservation, complexity and evidence-based approaches to saving species
David Salt, science author and editor
12:15 — 13:00 The dumbing down of science journalism
Peter Hadfield, science journalist and broadcaster – http://www.youtube.com/user/potholer54
13:00 –13:45 Lunch
13:45 — 14:00 Australian Skeptics Awards
14:00– 15:30 Panel – Regulating medical claims
Dr Rohan Hammett, National manager of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) – http://www.tga.gov.au/
Marcus Bezzi, Executive general manager of Enforcement and Compliance Division, ACCC – http://www.accc.gov.au
Dr Ken Harvey, Adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, and public health advocate
Moderator: Christopher Zinn, CHOICE Director Campaigns and Communications – http://www.choice.com.au
15:30 — 16:00 Break
16:00 — 16:45 Reason Australia
Dr Meredith Doig, President of the Rationalist Society of Australia and Chairwoman of Reason Australia –
http://www.reasonaustralia.org/
16:45– 17:30 Science and skepticism (recorded talk)
Prof Peter Doherty, Professor of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Melbourne and Nobel Laureate
17:30 — 18:15 Presenting science
Karen Player, Coordinator, Australian Museum Learning Services – http://australianmuseum.net.au/
18:15 — 18:30 Closing
19:30 — 22:00 Convention Dinner — Unbelievable
Lawrence Leung, Skeptic, comedian and paranormal investigator
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