canberra skeptics

A Developing Role for Australia in Space Debris Characterisation and Management Speaker: Brett Biddington Date: Saturday, 13 April 2013 Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT Free Admission Space debris in Low Earth Orbits (LEO)...

Speaker: Tim Mendham Date: Saturday, 16 March 2013 Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT Free Admission The ways that Skeptics have communicated their message has changed dramatically in the 30+ year period that Australian Skeptics has...

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 13:30 to 15:00 Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre Clunies Ross St Acton, ACT Australia Free Admission Just why is it that, in a ‘multicultural’ society, issues about toleration – and what this involves – seem even more contention than they did...

An Evening with Lawrence Krauss Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012 Time: 6:00-7:30pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation All Welcome World-renowned theoretical physicist and science-communicator...

Date: Saturday, 11 August 2012 Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Speaker: Professor John Dwyer, AO, PhD, FRACP, FRCPI, Doc Uni (Hon) ACU Free Entry Towards the end of 2011, the Skeptics’ Tim Mendham published a table...

Date: Friday, 13 July 2012 Time: 6.00 - 7.30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Speaker: Scott O’Keefe Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation CHOICE's annual Shonky Awards are an opportunity for the people's watchdog to hand out lemons to...

12 June 2012 Time: 6.00-7.30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation The topic of illicit drugs in Australia is a topic that attracts continued controversy. Some argue that drug policy should...

Date: Monday, 14 May 2012 Time: 6.00-7.30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Speaker: Professor Dr George Dracoulis, FAA Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation Nuclear issues in Australia have had a conflicted history. We are a country...

A Canberra Skeptics Lecture Speaker: John La Salle, Director Atlas of Living Australia Date: 17 April 2012 Time: 6.00-7.30pm Venue: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation The Atlas of Living Australia is a...

A Canberra Skeptics Lecture Speaker: Dr Karen Macpherson Date: 14 March 2012 Time: 6.00-7.30pm Venue: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Science Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation The chances of winning Lotto are 8,145,060:1. Many...

Speaker: Dr. Rachael Dunlop Date: Wednesday 15th February 2012 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Place: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Science Centre, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601 Free Admission With so much information proliferating on the internet and no mechanisms in place to check...

Or Why a Hard Nose is No Protection for a Soft Head Speaker: John Smyrk Date: 13 December 2011 Time: 6:00-7:30pm Location: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Science Centre, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601 Free Admission The field of management has provided particularly rich soil for...

Speaker: Richard Saunders Date: 14 November 2011 Time: 6:00-7:30pm Location: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Science Centre, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601 Free Admission Richard Saunders will give an overview of some of the recent success achieved by skeptical activism, including...

A Canberra Skeptics Lecture Speaker: Dustin Welbourne Date: Wednesday 13th of July 2011 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Place: Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU Free Admission Dustin will be speaking on what he calls the ‘crypto continuum’, and the evidence, or lack of evidence...

A Canberra Skeptics Lecture Speaker: Michael Thorn Date: Tuesday, 21st of June 2011 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Place: Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU Free Admission Michael Thorn, Chief Executive of the Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation, will talk about what...

Australia's Foreign Aid: Who For? What For? A Canberra Skeptics Lecture Time: 6pm Friday 13th May 2011 Place: Innovations Lecture Theatre, Eggleston Road ANU Speaker: Philip Eliason Does aid reflect Australia's domestic political wishes and worries of the voter or is it a tool in the...

The details for the next Canberra Skeptics lecture are as follows: TOO EASY TO BELIEVE? Skepticism and the psychology of suggestibility Speaker: Krissy Wilson Date: Wednesday 13th of April 2011 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Place: Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU Dr Krissy...

Anyone else participating in 10^23 this year? http://rationalcapital.com.au/2011/01/10-23-campaign-in-canberra/

Folks In case anyone is interested, I'll be doing a talk for the Canberra Skeptics on Friday week about the Apollo Moon Hoax. = = = = Brilliant Stupidity - Why the Apollo Moon Hoax makes no sense OR Testing conspiracy theories - it isn’t rocket science! Speaker: Peter Barrett On Friday...