SPEAKERS:

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

-Juan Ramon Carrasco, Peru: Accusations of an Ordinary Vulture (A theatrical performance).

-Magician "Khalid" (Peru): Explaining Paranormal Phenomena (A Demostrative Speech of Illusionism).

Thursday August 3

REGISTRATION
2:00 – 7:00 PM

INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS
2:55 – 3:00 Manuel A. Paz y Miño (Philosopher, Author, Editor, Peruvian Journal of Applied Philosophy; teacher, Ricardo Palma University, Peru).

CRITICAL THINKING (Host: Manuel A. Paz y Miño)
3:00 – 3:35 Julio Cesar Krüger (Professor of Philosophy & Head, San Marcos National University’s Research Institute of Peruvian & Latin American Thinking, Peru): What is Critical Thinking?
3:35 – 4:10 Alejandro Borgo (Director, Pensar Magazine, Argentina): Critical Thinking: A Social Necessity or an Academic Luxury?
4:10 - 4:40 Q&A

4:40 - 4:50 Break

MAGIC, RELIGION, SCIENCE &  REASON (Host: Alejandro J. Borgo)
4:50 – 5:25 Hugo Estrella (President, Argentinean Ethical Humanist Association “Deodoro Roca”, Argentina): Magical Thinking, Religiosity and Politics in Latin American.
5:25 - 5:40 Q&A
5:40 - 6:30 Paul Kurtz (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Buffalo's SUNY Chairman CFI, CSICOP, CSH, USA): The Need for a New Enlightenment: Defending Science and Reason.
6:30 – 6:50 Q&A
6:50 – 7:30 Ruben Ardila (Professor of Psychology, National University of Colombia, Colombia): Science & Pseudo-Science: Why has been so hard to build a Science of Behaviour?
7:30 - 7:45 Q&A

7:45 Exit to dinner

Friday August 4

RELIGION, SEX & SOCIETY (Host: Carlos Alvarado de Pierola)
8:30 – 9.20 AM Norm R. Allen Jr. (Executive Director, African Americans for Humanism, USA): The Growth of Religion and its social impact among Latino and African descents.
9.20 – 9:40 Q&A
9.40 – 10:15 Artidoro Caceres (Neuro-Psychologist, Alas Peruanas University’s Faculty of Health Sciences' Dean, Peru): Sexuality, Religion & Science.
10:15 - 10:30 Q&A
10:30 – 11:05 Marco Aurelio Denegri (TV host & cultural critic, Peru): The Reign of Lie In Sexual Domain
11:05 - 11:20 Q&A

11:20 – 11:30 Break

EPISTEMOLOGY & PSEUDOSCIENCE (Host: Hernan Toro)
11:30 – 12:00 Carlos Alvarado (Philosopher, teacher, San Marcos National University/ Ricardo Palma University/ National University of Education, Peru): A Epistemological View of Pseudo-Sciences.
12:00 –12:30 Raymundo Casas (Teacher of Linguistics, San Marcos National University, Peru): The Spell of Pseudo-Science. The Case of "Scientific" Creationism.
12:30 – 1:00 Q&A

1:00 – 3:00 PM Lunch

MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY & PSEUDOSCIENCE (Host: Raymundo Casas)
3:00 – 3:30 Humberto Vasquez (Physician, ESSALUD [National Health Social System], Peru): Pseudo-Medical Therapies.
3:30 – 4:00 Guido Nunez, Rationalist and Skeptical Association of Venezuela: "Sistemic Medicine": A new classic of Pseudo-Medicine.
4:00 – 4:30 Cesar Sparrow (Psychology Teaching Assistant, San Marcos National University, Peru): Pseudo-Science and Psychoanalysis.
4:30 – 5:00 Q&A

5:00 – 5:10 Break

UFOS & MIRACLES (Host: Cesar Sparrow)
5:10 – 5:50 Luis Ruiz N. (Editor, E-Magazine "Perspectivas", Mexico): Extra-Terrestrials before Cameras.
5:50 –6:30 Hernan Toro (Electronic Engineer, teacher, Bolivarian Pontifical University, member, Colombian Skeptics, Colombia): The Ignored Anomalies of the Shroud of Turin.
6:30 – 7:00 Q&A

7:00 – 7:10 Break

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
7:10 – 7:40 Juan Ramon Carrasco, Peru: Accusations of an Ordinary Vulture (A theatrical performance).

7:40 Exit to dinner

Saturday August 5

RELIGION & SCIENCE (Host: Hugo Estrella)
8:30 – 9.10 AM Ben Radford (Writer, Editor, and Researcher, CSICOP, USA): The Importance of Inquiry and the Threat of Myths.
9.10 – 9:25 Q&A
9:25 – 10:15 Joe Nickell (Senior Research Fellow of the CSICOP, and author, USA): Investigating Miracle Claims.
10:15 - 10:30 Q&A
10:30 – 11:10 Hector Guillen (Physician & Head of Arequipa Anti-Cults Movement, Peru): Cults & Mind Control.
11:10 – 11: 25 Q&A

11:25 – 11:35 Break

RELIGION & HISTORY (Host: Hector Guillen)
11:35 – 12:05 Pepe Rodriguez, author and freethinker, Spain: From Goddess to God: Genesis of Concept of God and its Change of Gender.
12:05 –12:35 PM Luis Del Castillo (teacher of Physics, San Marcos National University, Peru): Myth and History in Jesus of Nazareth.
12:35 – 1:00 Q&A

1:00 – 3:00 Lunch

MEDIA, ECONOMY, POLITICS & DECEPTION (Host: Carmen Zavala)
3:00 – 3:30 Herbert Mujica (Journalist and Political Analyst, Peru): Media and Institutional Lies.
3:30 – 4:00 Manuel Humala Urrutia (Bachellor in Law, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, Peru): Economical & Political Fallacies.
4:00 - 4:30 Q&A
4:30 - 4:40 Break

ETHICS, LIYING & IRRATIONALITY (Host: Manuel Humala Urrutia)
4:40 – 5:10 Carmen Zavala (teacher of philosophy, Federico Villarreal National University, Peru): Ethics without Religion
5:10 – 5:40 Manuel Abraham Paz-y-Miño (Philosopher, Author & Editor, Peruvian Journal of Applied Philosophy, Peru): On Lies and Liars.
5:40 – 6:10 Mariano Querol (Psychiatrist, Peru): On Human Irrationality.
6:10 – 6:40 Q&A
6:40 – 6:50 Break

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
6:50 – 7:30 Guillermo Carranza (Humanist & Skeptic Magician "Khalid", Peru): Explaining Paranormal Phenomena (A Demostrative Speech of Illusionism).

CLOSING CEREMONY
7:30 – 7:35 A Latin American speaker (to be confirmed).
7:35 Exit to dinner