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|October 24–27, 2013 || [[Tacoma, Washington]] || CFI Summit || [[Ronald A. Lindsay]], [[Ray Hyman]], [[Daniel Loxton]], [[Edward Tabash]], [[Barry Kosmin]], Michael De Dora, [[Ophelia Benson]], Mark Hatcher, Bill Cooke, [[Zack Kopplin]], [[Bill Nye]], [[Leonard Mlodinow]], Lindsay Beyerstein, [[Josh Zepps]], and others. || Co-organized with the Center for Inquiry as part of the "CFI Summit: A meeting of minds — a call to collaborative action"<ref name=FrazierSummit>{{Cite journal |last=Frazier |first=Kendrick |date=March 2014 |title=CFI Summit: Highlights. Skeptics, Humanists Come Together in Tacoma in First Joint Conference: Skepticism, Humanism, or Both?
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Revision as of 21:04, 24 October 2016

CSICon
CSI Executive Director Barry Karr speaking at CSICon 2011.
StatusActive
Genrescience and skepticism
Location(s)Changes each year
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2011 (1983)
Attendance500 in 2015[1]
Organized byCommittee for Skeptical Inquiry
Websitecsiconference.org

CSICon or CSIConference is the annual convention of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) in the United States. CSICon is sponsored by its parent organisation, the Center for Inquiry (CFI).[2][3]

History

Bill Nye received the "In Praise of Reason" Award at CSICon 2011.

CSICon's current format stems from 2011, but similar conferences by CSI (until 2006 known as CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) go back as far as 1983, when the first was held at the State University of New York at Buffalo.[4] The second international CSICOP conference, themed "Paranormal Beliefs: Scientific Facts and Fictions", was held at Stanford University. The third, the first European CSICOP conference, was held at University College London in Britain, themed "Investigation and Belief".[5]
Throughout the 1980s, the European readership of the Skeptical Inquirer was large and increasing, while prominent CSICOP members James Randi and Paul Kurtz were visiting several European countries to help found national skeptical organisations with their own magazines. In 1989, the second European CSICOP conference in Bad Tölz, Germany, co-organized by the GWUP and also known as the 1st European Skeptics Congress. It was followed by the formation of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations in 1994, that would henceforth host international skeptical conferences in Europe.[6] Subsequent conferences were always held inside the United States.[5]

Around 2005, the CSICOP conferences that were on average held every year and a half, usually at a major American university in conjunction with the relevant faculties such as physics, psychology and philosophy, went into a seven-year hiatus. The organisation struggled with its leadership, focus and future perspective, prompting amongst other things a renaming from CSICOP to CSI, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006. In the meantime, the annual skeptical conference in Las Vegas, The Amaz!ng Meeting run by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), started to fill the gap and grew larger every year.

When CSI stabilized in 2011, it held its first newly-styled CSICon in New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] At this first CSICon, Planetary Society president Bill Nye was presented with the "In Praise of Reason" Award for his efforts in science communication with shows such as "Bill Nye the Science Guy" and later series and lectures.[8] Three more CSICons have been held since, with the 2013 and 2015 ones being part of a larger CFI conference.[7] After the last installment of The Amaz!ng Meeting in 2015, Las Vegas was chosen as the location for CSICon 2016 to fill the void.[9][10]

Events

Sara Mayhew speaking at CSICon 2 in Nashville, Tennessee (2012).
CSI, CFI and CSH gathered at the joint CFI Summit in Tacoma, Washington in 2013.
Dates Location Name Speakers Attendance and notes
October 27–30, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana CSICon Bill Nye, Phil Plait, Barbara Forrest, Lawrence Krauss, Harriet Hall, Steven Novella, William B. Davis, Chris Mooney (journalist), Karen Stollznow, James Underdown and The Heathens, Joe Nickell, James Randi, Ray Hyman, Massimo Polidoro, D. J. Grothe, and others. Theme: "The Conference Dedicated To Scientific Inquiry And Critical Thinking"[4]
October 25–28, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee CSICon 2 Ronald A. Lindsay, Kendrick Frazier, The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Steven, Bob, and Jay Novella, Rebecca Watson, and Evan Bernstein), George Hrab, PZ Myers, James Alcock, Elizabeth Loftus, Indre Viskontas, Massimo Polidoro, Richard Wiseman, Jon Ronson, Sara Mayhew, Eugenie Scott, Dan Kahan, David Morrison, Sharon A. Hill, Scott Lilienfeld, Anthony Pratkanis, David Gorski, Harriet Hall, Kimball Atwood, Richard Lippa, Carol Tavris, and others. Theme: "The Conference Dedicated To Science And Skeptical Inquiry")[11]
October 24–27, 2013 Tacoma, Washington CFI Summit Ronald A. Lindsay, Ray Hyman, Daniel Loxton, Edward Tabash, Susan Gerbic, Barry Kosmin, Michael De Dora, Ophelia Benson, Mark Hatcher, Bill Cooke, Zack Kopplin, Bill Nye, Ben Radford, James Underdown, Joe Nickell, Leonard Mlodinow, Lindsay Beyerstein, Josh Zepps, and others. Co-organized with the Center for Inquiry as part of the "CFI Summit: A meeting of minds — a call to collaborative action"[12]
June 11–15, 2015 Buffalo, New York Reason for Change Ronald A. Lindsay, James Underdown, Kendrick Frazier, Tom Flynn, Michael Specter, Eugenie Scott, Harriet Hall, Steven Novella, David Gorski, Leonard Tramiel, Rebecca Goldstein, Stephen Law, Mark Boslough, Scott Mandia, Jan Dash, Joshua Rosenau, Dave Thomas, Ray Hyman, Scott Lilienfeld, Amardeo Sarma, Barry Karr, and others. Co-organized with the Center for Inquiry as "A CFI Conference"[1]
October 27–30, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada CSICon 4 James Alcock, Banachek, Julia Belluz, Lindsay Beyerstein, Robyn Blumner, Richard Dawkins, Katie Dyer, Sanal Edamaruku, Mark Edward, Kevin Folta, Kendrick Frazier, Susan Gerbic, Stephanie Guttormson, Harriet Hall, Ray Hall, David Helfand, George Hrab, Ray Hyman, Maria Konnikova, Lawrence Krauss, Ronald Lindsay, Elizabeth Loftus, Michael Mann, Joe Nickell, Paul Offit, Massimo Polidoro, Anthony Pratkanis, James Randi, Joe Schwarcz, Eugenie Scott, Kavin Senapathy, Jamy Ian Swiss, Jill Tarter, Carol Tavris, James Underdown, Bertha Vazquez, and Tamar Wilner.[13] Theme: "Celebrate Science and Reason"[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Frazier, Kendrick (September 2015). "'Reason for Change': Quacks and Cranks, GMOs and Climate, Science and Philosophy". Skeptical Inquirer. 39 (5). CSI. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Conference Dedicated to Science and Skeptical Inquiry". CSI Conference website. CSI / CFI. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ Bob Smietana (26 October 2012). "Skeptics, atheists share their doubts at conference". The Tennessean. Gannett Company. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ a b Adam Isaac (October 5, 2011). "CSICon – The Conference Dedicated To Scientific Inquiry And Critical Thinking". Point of Inquiry website. CFI. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Kendrick Frazier (June 2001). "CSICOP Timeline". Skeptical Inquirer. CSI. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Gábor Hraskó. "Earlier European skeptic events". Hungarian Skeptic Society. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Frazier, Kendrick (March 2015). "Organized Skepticism: Four Decades ... and Today". Skeptical Inquirer. 39 (2). CSI. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  8. ^ "Bill Nye Wins In Praise of Reason Award". CSI website. CSI. January 20, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  9. ^ Brian Dunning (March 19, 2016). "Are you frustrated that TAM & the JREF are no more, and the skeptical community has disintegrated?". Skeptoid blog. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Susan Gerbic (September 22, 2016). "From TAM to CSICon: An Interview with Ray Hall and Katie Dyer". CSI website. CSI. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Frazier, Kendrick (March 2013). "Ideas and Insights, Inquiries and Investigations". Skeptical Inquirer. 37 (2). CSI. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  12. ^ Frazier, Kendrick (March 2014). "CFI Summit: Highlights. Skeptics, Humanists Come Together in Tacoma in First Joint Conference: Skepticism, Humanism, or Both?". Skeptical Inquirer. 38 (2). CSI. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  13. ^ "CSICon Las Vegas: Speakers". CSIConference.org. CSI. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

External links

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