SkepTech conference will be held on April 5th and 6th 2013 at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. What is so important about technology that it became the theme of this event? After exploring other important topics like science, community, activism, politics, sexuality, and human rights – we settled on technology because we thought it was relatively unique, absolutely essential to the atheist movement, something most people want to learn more about, and something that just about everyone can relate to. In a recent interview at CNN, Jessie Galef, the Communications Director for the Secular Student Alliance, and Hemant Mehta, author of the extremely popular Friendly Athiest blog, express what they believe is causing an increase in the rate of young people who are doubting their faith. Hint – it’s the Internet. At SkepTech we are first and foremost dedicated to education. We want people to come away from this conference with practical skills that they can use in the the secular movement, and also in their daily lives. In addition to skill development here are some of the more interesting tech-related objectives that would be fun to accomplish in and around this event -
Live streaming of the event
Creation of an atheist documentary
Development of a public database of articles and scholarly papers on the subject of religion
An online list of atheist-friendly technology consultants that can be accessed by anyone
If anyone has the know-how and desire to help accomplish any of these objecives – or if anyone has interesting new objectives they would like to mention we would love to hear from you. Just leave a comment or send an e-mail to [email protected].
