Lucien Greaves

Lucien Greaves is a social-activist and the co-founder of the The Satanic Temple, which aims to promote seperation of church and state and empathy for all people, among many things.

Talk title: The Satanic Plot to Dismantle Evangelical Theocratic Agenda
Time: Saturday, 7:30 PM

Mandisa Thomas

Mandisa is the founder of Black Nonbelievers Inc: A non-profit secular fellowship. The fellowship’s goals include supporting and creating networking opportunities for secular African-American communities.
Talk title:
Women of Color Beyond Belief: Where do we go from here?
Time: Saturday, 6:30 PM

Marissa A McCool

Marissa Alexa McCool, also known as The Purple Amazon, is the author of nine books, host of over 350 podcasts, a performer, an athlete, and a public speaker. With a speaking style that blends the academic with the theatrical, she brings her unique story and perspective to her activism and presentations. She’s a graduate student in the Twin Cities where she lives with her family.
Talk title:
The Purple Amazon’s Incomplete Guide to Surviving in the Worst Possible Timeline
Time: Saturday, 4:00 pm

Patrick Elliott

Patrick Elliott serves as Senior Counsel to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He has worked to resolve hundreds of state/church violations across the country.
Talk title:
The Christian Nationalist Playbook
Time: Saturday, 3:00 pm

Matthew Facciani

Matthew Facciani is a sociology PhD student, activist and science communicator. In addition, he is a blogger and podcaster known for discussing science and scientists alike.
Talk title:
How to Discuss Controversial Scientific Topics
Time: Sunday, 3:00 pm

Robert Schneiker

Robert Schneiker has been conducting research on the age of the Sphinx for the past seven years. He gave a presentation entitled “The Great Sphinx: From the Eocene to the Anthropocene” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Schneiker holds an MS in geology/geophysics from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and has worked in the environmental consulting industry since 1982. Currently, Schneiker provides support and training for the SEVIEW contaminant transport and fate modeling software that he developed. He has presented scientific papers in the United States, the European Union, and Canada. He is an avid bicyclist who enjoys kayaking and hiking and has traveled extensively in the U.S., visiting many of the national parks.

Talk title: The Mystery of Göbekli Tepe
Time: Sunday, 2:00 pm

Professor Harry Brighouse

Harry Brighouse is Mildred Fish Harnack Professor of Philosophy and Carol Dickson Bascom Professor of the Humanities at UW-Madison where he was taught for 28 years. He is the recent author of “Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships and Educational Goods: Values and Evidence in Decision-making.”.
Talk title:
Why I am not (exactly) a Christian
Time: Sunday, 1:00 pm