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Picking a date for your event is never easy. Something to consider are major regional and national events that would also appeal to your local pool of skeptics. It's never good to realize several of your key contributors are going to be out of town at the national event on your chosen date.
Now that there are over 50 different skepticism-related events worldwide each year (including Skepticamps), potential for conflicts like this abound. If you add in purely atheist, humanist, secular and freethought events (which also appeal to scientific skeptics) the problem gets worse.
To that end, we've researched which major events have already published their dates for 2014, and collected that information here. Naturally you can't avoid all of them, but at least knowing what is out there versus your planned dates lets you ask the right questions during your date selection discussions.
2014 Event Dates[]
Here are the 2014 event dates we've discovered so far, we will endeavor to keep this updated. This does not include Skepticamps, which are listed on the front page of this site. You can also refer to the skepticism guide on Lanyrd for a constantly updated list. Most of the links in the table below lead to individual event pages on Lanyrd, where you can find more information.
| Event | Start | End | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Int'l Conference: Atheist Centre 75 years | 1/5/2014 | 1/6/2014 | Vijayawada | India |
| CFI NE Ohio Secular Summit 2.0 | 1/28/2014 | 1/28/2014 | Columbus, OH | United States |
| 25th Anniversary Conference of the University of Humanistic Studies (UvH) | 1/30/2014 | 1/31/2014 | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| FtBConscience 2 | 1/31/2014 | 2/2/2014 | Online | United States |
| Darwin on the Palouse | 2/6/2014 | 2/9/2014 | Moscow, ID & Pullman, WA | United States |
| Darwin Day (Tampa) | 2/8/2014 | 2/8/2014 | Clearwater, FL | United States |
| CFI/AU Indiana Civic Day | 2/8/2014 | 2/8/2014 | Indianapolis, IN | United States |
| Darwin Day (Broward) | 2/15/2014 | 2/15/2014 | Coconut Grove, FL | United States |
| Southern California Secular Humanist Conference | 2/15/2014 | 2/15/2014 | San Diego, CA | United States |
| 1st Secular Activism Conference | 2/22/2014 | 2/22/2014 | Sydney, NSW | Australia |
| Budapest Conference of Skeptics | 2/22/2014 | 2/22/2014 | Budapest | Hungary |
| Science and Rationalists’ Association of India conference | 3/1/2014 | 3/2/2014 | Dum Dum | India |
| AHS National Convention 2014 | 3/7/2014 | 3/9/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| ThinkCon | 3/15/2014 | 3/15/2014 | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| SASHA Con | 3/15/2014 | 3/16/2014 | Columbia, MO | United States |
| Oxford Literary Festival - CFI UK sessions | 3/22/2014 | 3/29/2014 | Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Atheist Days (Poland) | 3/28/2014 | 3/30/2014 | Warsaw | Poland |
| Il valore dei fatti ("The value of facts") | 3/31/2014 | 3/31/2014 | Milan | Italy |
| ReasonFest 4 | 4/4/2014 | 4/5/2014 | Lawrence, KS | United States |
| Skep Tech 2 | 4/4/2014 | 4/6/2014 | Minneapolis, MN | United States |
| Edinburgh Science Festival 2014 | 4/5/2014 | 4/20/2014 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| Freethought Festival 3 | 4/11/2014 | 4/12/2014 | Madison, WI | United States |
| Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) | 4/11/2014 | 4/13/2014 | New York, NY | United States |
| Global Warming – where do we go from here? | 4/12/2014 | 4/12/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| QED 2014 | 4/12/2014 | 4/13/2014 | Manchester | United Kingdom |
| American Atheists 2014 National Convention | 4/17/2014 | 4/20/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT | United States |
| Northwest Arkansas LogiCon | 4/19/2014 | 4/20/2014 | Fayetteville, AR | United States |
| RavenCon skeptic track | 4/25/2014 | 4/27/2014 | Richmond, VA | United States |
| Betreffende Betz en dubieuze geneeskunde ("On Betz and Dubious Medicine") | 4/26/2014 | 4/26/2014 | Brussels | Belgium |
| American Ethical Union 99th Annual Assembly | 5/1/2014 | 5/4/2014 | Skokie, IL | United States |
| FFRF Raleigh Regional Convention 2014 | 5/2/2014 | 5/3/2014 | Raleigh, NC | United States |
| The Surveillance Society | 5/3/2014 | 5/3/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| ReAsonCon | 5/3/2014 | 5/3/2014 | Hickory, NC | United States |
| Orange County Freethought Alliance Conference 2014 | 5/3/2014 | 5/3/2014 | Fullerton, CA | United States |
| Flag Down 2014 | 5/5/2014 | 5/9/2014 | Clearwater, FL | United States |
| Women in Secularism 3 | 5/16/2014 | 5/18/2014 | Alexandria, VA | United States |
| Good Thinking Society Hack Day | 5/17/2014 | 5/17/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| Imagine No Religion 4 | 5/16/2014 | 5/18/2014 | Kamloops, BC | Canada |
| Balticon 48 skeptic track | 5/23/2014 | 5/26/2014 | Baltimore, MD | United States |
| Future of Ethical Societies Conference 2014 | 5/23/2014 | 5/26/2014 | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
| Logicon 2014 (Canada) | 5/24/2014 | 5/24/2014 | Edmonton, AB | Canada |
| SkepKon 2014 | 5/29/2014 | 5/31/2014 | Munich | Germany |
| SkeptiCal 2014 | 5/31/2014 | 5/31/2014 | Oakland, CA | United States |
| American Humanist Association 73rd Annual Conference | 6/5/2014 | 6/8/2014 | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
| Secular Coalition 2014 Lobby Day and Secular Summit | 6/12/2014 | 6/14/2014 | Washington, DC | United States |
| God in the Lab: The Science of Religious Belief | 6/14/2014 | 6/14/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference - West | 6/20/2014 | 6/22/2014 | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
| SkepchickCon at Convergence | 7/3/2014 | 7/6/2014 | Minneapolis, MN | United States |
| The Amaz!ng Meeting 2014 | 7/10/2014 | 7/13/2014 | Las Vegas, NV | United States |
| Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference - East | 7/11/2014 | 7/13/2014 | Columbus, OH | United States |
| 2014 All-Star Conference & Atheist Baseball | 7/11/2014 | 7/12/2014 | St. Paul, MN | United States |
| Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon) | 7/18/2014 | 7/20/2014 | Chicago, IL | United States |
| 2014 CFI Leadership Conference | 7/24/2014 | 7/27/2014 | Amherst, NY | United States |
| Skeptics on the Fringe 2014 | 8/2/2014 | 8/23/2014 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| The Skeptic's Toolbox | 8/7/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Eugene, OR | United States |
| Atheist Alliance of America 2014 | 8/7/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Seattle, WA | United States |
| World Humanist Congress 2014 | 8/8/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track | 8/8/2014 | 8/10/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| FreeOK 2014 | 8/9/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Tulsa, OK | United States |
| 4th International Association of Free Thought Congress | 8/11/2014 | 8/11/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| 3rd Colorado Secular Conference | 8/15/2014 | 8/17/2014 | Aurora, CO | United States |
| Robert Green Ingersoll and the Reform Imperative | 8/16/2014 | 8/17/2014 | Amherst, Dresden, Seneca Falls & Geneva, NY | United States |
| DragonCon Skeptrack | 8/29/2014 | 9/1/2014 | Atlanta, GA | United States |
| 2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference | 8/29/2014 | 8/31/2014 | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
| 2014 Conference of Reason | 8/30/2014 | 8/30/2014 | Rapid City, SD | United States |
| Denkfest ("Think Hard" / "Thought Festival") | 9/11/2014 | 9/14/2014 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| Zeteticon | 9/12/2014 | 9/14/2014 | Fargo, ND | United States |
| Carolinas Secular Student Summit | 9/19/2014 | 9/21/2014 | Chapel Hill, NC | United States |
| Apostacon | 9/19/2014 | 9/21/2014 | Omaha, NE | United States |
| Szeged Skeptic Conference | 9/20/2014 | 9/20/2014 | Szeged | Hungary |
| Carolinas Secular Conference | 9/26/2014 | 9/28/2014 | Charlotte, NC | United States |
| Freethought 2014 | 9/27/2014 | 9/27/2014 | Nacogdoches, TX | United States |
| Wijsheid uit het Oosten (VtdK Symposium 2014) | 10/4/2014 | 10/4/2014 | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
| 2014 Trottier Symposium: Are We Alone? | 10/6/2014 | 10/7/2014 | Montreal, QC | Canada |
| Free Flo 2014 | 10/10/2014 | 10/12/2014 | Orlando, FL | United States |
| Freethought Day | 10/11/2014 | 10/11/2014 | Sacramento, CA | United States |
| Moving Social Justice | 10/11/2014 | 10/12/2014 | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
| Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights | 10/11/2014 | 10/12/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches | 10/18/2014 | 10/18/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
| The Skeptics of Oz | 10/18/2014 | 10/18/2014 | Wichita, KS | United States |
| Sexy Secular 2 | 10/18/2014 | 10/18/2014 | Akron, OH | United States |
| Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention | 10/24/2014 | 10/25/2014 | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
| SkeptOKon | 10/25/2014 | 10/25/2014 | Edmond, OK | United States |
| The Non-Conference | 11/1/2014 | 11/1/2014 | Toronto, ON | Canada |
| International Freethought Film Festival | 11/7/2014 | 11/9/2014 | Atlanta, GA | United States |
| AEU Ethical Education Weekend | 11/7/2014 | 11/9/2014 | Stony Point, NY | United States |
| Skepsis Congres 2014 | 11/8/2014 | 11/8/2014 | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| Carl Sagan Day (Broward) | 11/8/2014 | 11/8/2014 | Davie, FL | United States |
| AEU Youth of Ethical Societies Conference | 11/14/2014 | 11/16/2014 | New York City, NY | United States |
| XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia | 11/15/2014 | 11/15/2014 | Székesfehérvár, Budai | Hungary |
| ComCeptCon | 11/15/2014 | 11/15/2014 | Porto | Portugal |
| Carl Sagan Day (Tampa) | 11/15/2014 | 11/15/2014 | Clearwater, FL | United States |
| Skepticon 7 | 11/21/2014 | 11/23/2014 | Springfield, MO | United States |
| Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014 | 11/28/2014 | 11/30/2014 | Sydney | Australia |
| New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014 | 12/5/2014 | 12/7/2014 | Auckland | New Zealand |
| FIRA 9th National Conference | 12/24/2014 | 12/25/2014 | Brahmapur, Odisha | India |