Schedule for SkeptiCamp 2025
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Friday March 7th – Join us for a skeptical related movie Friday night at the Carl Sagan Ann Druyan Theater at CFI LA.
The movie, Man on a Swing from 1974, will be introduced by Jim Newman, with a discussion to follow.
Please RSVP here. The event is free, but we want to make sure we have enough refreshments.
Door opens at 7pm, screening starts at 7:30pm.
Please enter from the parking lot.
Saturday March 8th – This will be a morning to early evening event, 9:45am – 5pm with more socializing after.
Door opens at 9am. Entrance is from the parking lot.
The location is the Center for Inquiry Los Angeles at 2535 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
There is free parking attached to the Center, entrance on Rampart Blvd.
The speakers at the SkeptiCamp will be recorded for later broadcast.
Please RSVP for SkeptiCamp LA here, or let us know via the contact us form.
8:00 – 9:30 – Room open/volunteer set up, meet and greet
9:30 – 9:40 – Introductions. Greeting from our Master of Ceremonies Ross Blocher
9:40 – 10:10 – Talk #1
Ross Blocher
Verified Human Super Powers
Speaking to believers at the Conscious Life Expo
10:10 – 10:30 – Talk #2
Susan Gerbic
No, Tyler Henry did not tell Nicki Lake her house would burn down!
10:35 – 11:00 – Talk #3
Kyle Polich
The Missing411 project
The Missing411 project proports to track hundreds of missing persons cases, all deeply mysterious, and with the implication of a sinister cause.
11:00 – 11:15 Break
Coffee and snacks will be available throughout the talks in the lobby
11:15 – 11:40 – Talk #4
Chad Allen
The need for living a skeptically minded life in this complex world.
11:45 – 12:00 – Comedy with Matt Kirshen
12:00- 1:00 – LUNCH – We will have pizza. But feel free to bring your own food.
We request attendees to stay in the Center to socialize with each other, and so we can resume on time.
1:05 – 1:45 – Workshop
Susan Gerbic
Workshop – How to have better conversations with people who believe weird things.
1:50 – 2:20 – Talk #5
Lee Frank
A League of Supergeniuses Search for the Loch Ness Monster
2:25 – 2:45 – Talk #6
Karen Araujo
A First Timers Experience at CSICon
2:50 – 3:05 – Comedy with Funny Eddie
3:05 – 3:20 – Break
3:25 – 4:10 – Talk #7
The Sun Circled So Why Do Flat Earthers Exist?
Jeran Campanella in discussion with Spencer Marks and Ross Blocher
4:15 – 4:25 – Closing remarks, additional questions/comments from the audience
4:30 – 5:00 – Room Clean up
5:30-ish – The current plan is to leave to eat at Philippe The Original near downtown after the talks and clean-up are complete.
The start time for this might be changed based on if the talks go longer than expected.
We will update here on this page, so please check back if you could not make the talks, but want to join us for dinner!
(Dinner is not included in SkeptiCamp)
