Locations and Dates
In addition to the Las Vegas-based conferences the JREF also sponsors international TAM conferences, with the first TAM London taking place in 2009 and TAM Australia, co-sponsored by Australian Skeptics, in 2010. A related series of events titled The Amazing Adventure has been held featuring trips to the Bermuda Triangle (2007), an Alaskan cruise (2007), the Galapagos Islands (2008), Mexico (2009), and the Caribbean (2010).
| Dates | Location | Attendance | Speakers making a first appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31 - February 2, 2003 | Ft Lauderdale, FL | 150 | Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, Star Gazer Jack Horkheimer, Jose Alvarez, Phil Plait, Center for Inquiry's James Underdown and Skeptic's Dictionary author Robert Todd Carroll | |
| January 15 - 18, 2004 | Tuscany Casino in Paradise, NV | 250 | Magicians Banachek, Lance Burton, and Jamy Ian Swiss, comedian Julia Sweeney, writer Ian Rowland, Quackwatch webmaster Stephen Barrett, National Center for Science Education's Eugenie Scott, American Physical Society's Robert L. Park, and editor of Skeptic magazine Michael Shermer | The Amaz!ng Meeting 2 |
| January 13 - 16, 2005 | Stardust Resort & Casino, Paradise, NV | 500 | Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, journalist Christopher Hitchens, psychologist Richard Wiseman, magicians Andrew Mayne and Jerry Andrus, actor Dean Cameron and paranormal investigator Joe Nickell | TAM 3 From Eve to Newton The Apple of Knowledge |
| January 26 - 29, 2006 | Stardust Resort & Casino, Paradise, NV | 800 | ACLU president Nadine Strossen, planetary scientist with the Voyager program Carolyn Porco, MythBusters Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage and Kari Byron, Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, astrophysicist Ed Lu, Magicians Mac King and Todd Robbins, activist Ellen Johnson, psychologist Stanley Krippner, philosopher Daniel Dennett, political analysts Lawrence O'Donnell and Karen Russell, and comedian Paul Provenza | TAM 4 Science in Politics and the Politics of Science |
| January 18-21, 2007 | Riviera Casino, Winchester, NV | 800 | Magicians Penn & Teller, National Public Radio host Peter Sagal, computer scientist Neil Gershenfeld, editor of Reason magazine Nick Gillespie, editor of Scientific American magazine John Rennie, Children's author Diane Swanson, politician Lori Lipman Brown, activist Margaret Downey, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, journalist Anderson Cooper, singer Jill Sobule and editor of The Onion Scott Dikkers | TAM 5 Skepticism and the Media |
| January 25 - 27, 2008 | Plantation Hotel & Conference Center, Plantation, FL | Stop Sylvia webmaster Robert S. Lancaster, Skepchick Rebecca Watson, sci-fi author Mike Stackpole, Skeptoid host Brian Dunning, activists Bart Farkas, Jeff Wagg, Mark Roberts and Kelly Jolkowski | TAM 5.5 Skepticism and Activism | |
| June 19-22, 2008 | The Flamingo in Paradise, NV | 900 | Keynote speaker Neil DeGrasse Tyson, biology professor PZ Myers, Australian skeptic Richard Saunders, screenwriter Matthew Chapman, mathematician Arthur T. Benjamin, medical blogger Steven Novella, Bad Science writer Ben Goldacre, What's The Harm?'s Tim Farley and journalist Sharon Begley | TAM 6 I, Skeptic - Modern Skepticism in the Internet Age |
| July 9-12, 2009 | Southpoint Casino, Enterprise, NV | 1100+ | Keynote speaker and television producer Bill Prady, Center for Inquiry's DJ Grothe, science writer Jennifer Ouellette, Joseph A. Albietz III, Stephen Bauer, statistician Daniel W. "Chip" Denman, Skepdoc Harriet Hall, Ray Hall, musician George Hrab, CSICOP's Ray Hyman, Alison Smith and Fintan Steele | TAM 7 |
| Oct 3-4, 2009 | Mermaid Conference Centre, Blackfriars, London, UK | 500 | James Randi (by Skype), Adam Savage, writer Jon Ronson, particle physicist Brian Cox, Simon Singh, Ben Goldacre, Richard Wiseman, comedian Robin Ince, writer Glen Hill, musician Tim Minchin and journalist Ariane Sherine | TAM London. Tickets sold out within 24 hours |
| July 8-11, 2010 | Southpoint Casino, Enterprise, NV | 1300 | Keynote speaker Richard Dawkins hosts of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, musical satirist Roy Zimmerman, author Simon Singh, evolutionary scientist and contrarian Massimo Pigliucci, social psychologist Carol Tavris, comedy writer David Javerbaum, Brain Science Podcast's Ginger Campbell, jazz musician Mike "Jonesy" Jones, author Jennifer Michael Hecht, Skeptical inquirer editor Kendrick Frazier and politician Sean Faircloth | TAM 8 |
| October 16-17, 2010 | Hilton London Metropole, London, UK | Richard Dawkins, Alan Moore, Andy Nyman, Adam Rutherford, Richard Wiseman, Susan Blackmore, Cory Doctorow, Marcus Chown, Melinda Gebbie, Tim Minchin and (by video) Stephen Fry | TAM London 2010 | |
| November 26-28, 2010 | Sydney Masonic Centre, Sydney, Australia | Simon Singh, James Randi, Dr Paul Willis, Skeptoid magazine's Brian Dunning, Krissy Wilson, Kylie Sturgess, astronomers Pamela Gay and Fred Watson and Rachael Dunlop | TAM OZ | |
| July 14-17, 2011 | Southpoint Casino, Enterprise, NV | 1650 | Keynote speaker Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Science Guy Bill Nye, Astronomers Pamela Gay and Lawrence Krauss, Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins, psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, Ben Radford and medical blogger David Gorski | TAM 9 From Outer Space |
| July 12-15, 2012 | Southpoint Casino, Enterprise, NV | Psychologist Deirdre Barrett, SGU's Evan Bernstein, Bob Novella and Jay Novella; Eugenie Scott, Robert Blaskiewicz, paranormal investigators Bryan & Baxter, radio show host Kelly Carlin, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn, writer Miranda Celeste Hale, executive director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation Elisabeth Cornwell, Christopher DiCarlo, Rachael Dunlop, Stuart Firestein, Julia Galef, geologist Sharon A. Hill, experimental psychologist Bruce Hood, human rights activist Leo Igwe, Lyz Liddell, neurologists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, illustrator Sara Mayhew, Carrie Poppy, artist Amy Davis Roth, Eve Siebert, linguist Karen Stollznow, JREF Field Coordinator Brian Thompson, and Michael Vassar | TAM 2012 Skepticism and the Future | |
| July 11-14, 2013 | Southpoint Casino, Enterprise, NV | Announced: Susan Jacoby (Keynote), Dan Ariely, Susan Blackmore, Russell Blackford, Elisabeth Cornwell, Jerry Coyne, Barbara Drescher, Reginald Finley, David Gorski, D. J. Grothe, Susan Haack, Harriet Hall, Sharon A. Hill, Marty Klein, Max Maven, Sara E. Mayhew, Steve Novella, Edwina Rogers, Massimo Pigliucci, Massimo Polidoro, Cara Santa Maria, Joe Schwarcz, Michael Shermer, Karen Stollznow, Jamy Ian Swiss, Banachek, Joshie Berger, Evan Bernstein, Bob Blaskiewicz, Bryan & Baxter, Chip Denman, Tim Farley, Shane Greenup, Miranda Celeste Hale, Kyle Hill, Daniel Loxton, Maria Myrback, Bob Novella, Jay Novella, Penn & Teller, Don Prothero, Stuart J. Robbins, Paul Provenza, Todd Robbins, Richard Saunders, Eve Siebert, Nakul Shenoy, Brian Thompson, and Brent Weedman | TAM 2013 Fighting the Fakers |
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