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HUMANISM 2017 Comprising IHEYO General Assembly IHEU regional meetings Humanist Professionals training day Humanists UK welcome drinks reception ‘Populism, extremism, and threats to humanism’ conference Conference dinner IHEU General Assembly Please send any corrections to [email protected] OVERVIEW 09:30 – 11:30 Friday 4 August IHEU regional meetings Angel Room, St Pancas Room, and Chapel Room All daytime events take place at: 09:30 – 16:00 International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) General Assembly The Lift Islington, Blue Room, with Chapel Room 45 White Lion Street London, N1 9PW 10:00 - 17:00 Angel Humanist Professionals training day Penton Room, with Angel Room and St Pancras Room 19:00 - 23:00 Humanists UK welcome drinks reception (open to all) Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London, N1 2UD Highbury and Islington 09:30 – 17:00 Saturday 5 August Populism, extremism, and threats to humanism The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, St James’, London, SW1Y 5AG Wellcome Trust Lecture Theatre Charing Cross Piccadilly Circus 19:30 – 23:00 Humanism2017 dinner Kingsway Hall Hotel, 66 Great Queen Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC2B 5BX Harlequin restaurant Holborn Covent Garden 09:00 – 16:30 Sunday 6 August International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) General Assembly Kingsway Hall Hotel, 66 Great Queen Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC2B 5BX Milton & Keats Room Holborn Covent Garden IHEYO GENERAL ASSEMBLY IHEU REGIONAL MEETINGS Friday 4 August, 09:30. The Lift Islington Friday 4 August, 09:30. The Lift Islington 09:30 Registration 09:30 Asia regional meeting Chapel room 10:00 Welcome Lauren Nicholas and Marieke Prien Latin America regional meeting St Pancras room 10:15 My journey from Christianity to humanism Peter Tatchell Africa regional meeting Angel room 10:55 The importance of the vote Chris Curtis, YouGov Ismail Kaji, Mencap Ade Onibada, Bite the Ballot Chaired by Bradley Allsop. 11:30 Meetings end 11:40 Communication strategies Daniel Wardle Blue Hall or Apostasy in the 21st century: impact on young people Imtiaz Shams Chapel Room 12:30 Lunch and networking 13:15 Bad news and critical thinking in the media Michael Marshall 14:00 IHEYO General Assembly 15:50 Close and thanks IHEYO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS Bradley Allsop Bradley Allsop is studying for his PhD in youth political engagement at the University of Lincoln. He is a student activist campaigning for campus democracy and on environmental issues, and was the Education Officer for Humanist Students for the past year. Chris Curtis Chris Curtis is an International Politics Research Executive at YouGov. He has written for publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times on British politics. He was also part of the team at YouGov who correctly predicted the shock result of the 2017 General Election. Ismail Kaji Ismail Kaji has a learning disability and works as a parliamentary support officer for the learning disability charity Mencap. He uses his own experiences to campaign on issues such as healthcare, employment, and benefits. He has written for publications includingThe Guardian and Huffington Post. Michael Marshall Michael Marshall is the Project Director of the Good Thinking Society and the Vice President of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He regularly speaks with proponents of pseudoscience for the Be Reasonable podcast. His work has seen him organising international homeopathy protests, leading legal challenges and public activism to end homeopathy on the NHS, and co-founding the popular QED conference. He has written for The Guardian, The Times, and New Statesman, and is a guest lecturer in journalism and ethics at Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sunderland. Lauren Nicholas Lauren is the Coordinator of Young Humanists, responsible for managing the overall activity of the section. By day, she manages strategic projects for a large multi-academy trust. With a degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, she also has experience conducting research alongside educational psychologists, as well as volunteering with children and insects (sometimes together). When not at work or coordinating Young Humanists, she’s usually found making something, singing something, or teaching something new and unusual to her budgie, Murray. Ade Onibada Ade Onibada manages content and connections for Bite the Ballot, as well as working as a freelance journalist. Ade works to galvanise Bite the Ballot’s online community to engage with day-to-day politics. Anya Overmann Anya Overmann is the Communications Officer for IHEYO. Based in the US, she is also an editor for Humanist Voices and a Senior Content Strategist. Marieke Prien Marieke Prien is the president of IHEYO, the youth section of IHEU. She has been volunteering with the German young humanists since the age of 14 and has been a board member of the national humanist youth association, Bundes JuHu, for several years. Marieke has a degree in Cultural Anthropology and now studies Cognitive Science. Imtiaz Shams Imtiaz Shams is an ex-Muslim atheist who co-founded Faith to Faithless in order to provide support and advice for those questioning their faith and going through the difficulties associated with leaving religion. Imtiaz will lead a workshop on the state of apostasy in the twenty-first century. The focus will be on strategies for humanists to engage with apostates and provide them with the much-needed support they deserve. Peter Tatchell Peter Tatchell has been campaigning for human rights, democracy, LGBT freedom, and global justice since 1967. He is a member of the queer human rights group OutRage!, and campaigns for human rights internationally through the Peter Tatchell Foundation. Daniel Wardle Daniel Wardle is the Communications Manager for Young Humanists UK. Having gained experience as a teacher, researcher, and school leader before moving into the charity sector, Daniel is an experienced public speaker and an expert in digital communications. He will lead an engaging and informative workshop on communication strategies. HUMANIST PROFESSIONALS TRAINING DAY Friday 4 August, 10:00. The Lift Islington Penton Room Angel Room St Pancras Room 10:00 Registration 10:30 Welcome Andrew Copson and Neil Anderson 11:00 What does it mean to be a humanist practitioner? Professor Richard Norman 11:45 Diversity in chaplaincy Beyond words: symbolic objects and Good practice in the Netherlands Mark Burleigh actions in ceremonies Alexandra Bronsveld and Lizzy Wijnen Tag (Mary) McEntegart 12:45 Humanist professionals: the international perspective Gary McLelland 13:30 Lunch 14:30 Use of questioning in practice Apostasy in the 21st century: impact on Humanist music and its use Steve Hoggins practitioners Teddy Prout Imtiaz Shams 15:20 Humanist pastoral care in the Dutch Using educational resources from Using dialogue in practice military Understanding Humanism Jeremy Rodell Col. Erwin Kamp Luke Donnellan 16:00 Bad news: critical thinking and the media Michael Marshall 16:50 Close and thanks HUMANIST PROFESSIONALS TRAINING DAY SPEAKERS Neil Anderson Neil is a Registered Celebrant with Humanist Society Scotland and President of the European Humanist Professionals based in Antwerp. A graduate in both Sociology and Law, Neil has had a multifarious career – from being an astronomical site tester in the Canary Islands and Iraq to leading environmental tours in Cuba, he has also run a variety of complex organisations - including law firms, a financial services company, a theatre and an environmental charity. He lives in Scotland. Alexandra Bronsveld Alexandra is a trainer in philosophy with children and teacher trainer at Centrum HVO (humanistic education) since 2008. She coordinates the Dutch Centre For Philosophy with Children. Creative and critical thinking are her expertise and she loves exploring all kinds of dialogue methods in various fields of education. Currently, she advises primary schools on how to integrate 21st century skills, citizenship, human rights education, and critical thinking in their curriculum. She is a strong believer in creating education together with pupils and in the importance of ‘thinking space’ for dialogue in schools. Mark Burleigh Mark is Head of Chaplaincy for the University Hospitals of Leicester - a large National Health Service (NHS) trust based on three hospital sites. He leads a team of paid chaplains from the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths as well as various Christian denominations and the NHS’s first paid non-religious team member. The large team of volunteers also includes input from Baha’i, Buddhist, Jain and Jewish volunteers. Mark worked as a computer programmer before training for Christian ministry in London. He was ordained in 1986 and his first church appointment was in Sussex, before moving to Leicester in 1989 to be the minister of a Baptist church. His first experience in chaplaincy was as a member of the multi-faith chaplaincy team at De Montfort University. He began part-time work as a hospital chaplain at Leicester General Hospital in 1994. He was appointed as a full-time chaplain in 1999 and Head of Chaplaincy in 2001. He also manages the Trust’s Bereavement Service and provides chaplaincy services to the local mental health and community hospital Trust. He is coming to the end of his six years as President of the UK-wide College of Health Care Chaplains, as a part of which he also serves as a director of the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy. Mark is married with two grown-up children. Andrew Copson Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and the President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. Luke Donnellan Luke is responsible for promoting the understanding of Humanism, especially in formal education settings. He manages Humanists UK’s school speakers programme; teacher training and CPD; and the production of educational resources. Before joining Humanists UK, he was a primary school teacher and maths leader. He also worked as a freelance philosophy teacher in both primary and secondary schools, having trained with SAPERE and The Philosophy Foundation.