The Atlanta Skeptics held their third Skepticamp in June 2011. It was covered (including some presentation audio) in the Skepticality podcast #158: Return to Lake Skepticamp. The previous events for this city were in February 2009 and May 2010. Videos of many of the presentations are being posted online via the Atlanta Skeptics in the Pub podcast feed.

Contents 1 When 2 Where 3 What 3.1 Saturday, June 11, 2011 3.2 Sunday, June 12, 2011 4 Contact 5 Website 6 Media

edit When

June 11-12, 2010 (Saturday and Sunday)

edit Where

Doraville Community Center, 3770 Central Avenue, Doraville, GA 30340 Google Map

edit What

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Add +4 hours to get GMT.

edit Saturday, June 11, 2011

Time	Name	Topic
10:00 AM		Howdies and How-doos
10:30 AM	Simon Menanteau	Intro to Skepticism (via Skype)
11:00 AM		Intro to Skepticism - Discussion/Q&A
11:30 AM	Bob Blaskiewicz	All They Want is the Truth: TruthCon 2011 Download: (MPEG Video, 378M)
12:00 PM		LUNCH
1:00 PM	Eve Siebert	The Mythical Origins of Naughty Words Download: (MPEG Video, 223M)
1:30 PM	Katie Smith	Putting a Friendly Face on Skepticism Download: (MPEG Video, 365M)
2:00 PM		BREAK
2:15 PM	Rich Hammett	Ghost in the Machine: Creationist Neuroscience Download: (MPEG Video, 299M)
2:45 PM	Tim Farley	Please Don't Start Another Blog or Podcast! Download: (MPEG Video, 389M)
3:15 PM	McKenzie Smith	Green Jelly Beans Linked to Acne: Practical Statistics for Skeptics Download: (MPEG Video, 291M)
3:45 PM		BREAK
4:00 PM	Christian Walters	Discussion/Audience Participation: Workplace Woo: Fight or Flight? Download: (MPEG Video, 351M)
4:30 PM	Taylor Proctor	Roadside Skeptic: A Guide to Georgia Funtimes Download: (MPEG Video, 174M)
5:05 PM		BREAK
5:25 PM	Ken Garrison	The 2008 Financial Crisis--The Man Responsible (hint: it's not Barney Frank)
5:55 PM	Laura Ross	Questions Without Answers: Medical Ethics in Light of the HeLa Line of Cells Download: (MPEG Video, 297M)
6:22 PM	Lisa Hammett	Allergies: Why your body is trying to kill you Download: (MPEG Video, 279M)
7:00 PM		END

edit Sunday, June 12, 2011

Time	Name	Topic
10:00 AM	Jerry Jobe	Someone's got to sell the soap
10:30 AM	John Snider	Skeptical Trivia contest Download: (MPEG Video, 365M)
11:00 AM	Stephen King	Internet Reviews Download: (MPEG Video, 352M)
11:30 AM	Elizabeth Gordon	Some conspiracy theories are real
12:00 PM		LUNCH
12:30 PM	LaVerne Knight-West	My Year of Critical Mothering
1:00 PM		WRAP-UP/CLEAN-UP
2:30 PM		END

edit Contact

Lead Organizer: Maria Walters

edit Website

• Official page at the Atlanta Skeptics website.
• UStream.tv channel where the event was streamed live

edit Media

Videos for many of the presentations are posted starting at episode #20 in the Atlanta Skeptics in the Pub podcast feed. Direct links are provided above, or subscribe to the feed in your favorite podcast software:

• RSS feed
• iTunes page