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Permalink Reply by Eli on October 5, 2009 at 3:47pm

Was a great time, and great meeting a heap of fellow freethinkers. It was, in a word, awesome.

Permalink Reply by Chrys Stevenson on October 5, 2009 at 4:06pm

I hope that all those who attended the LA Convention - and those who couldn't - will consider making a trip 'Down Under' for the AAI Rise of Atheism Global Atheist Convention to be held in Melbourne, Australia, next March.

It's going to be huge. We're expecting around 2,500 delegates, which will make it one of the largest ever gatherings of atheists.

Speakers include: Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Dan Barker, Peter Singer, AC Grayling, Stuart Bechman, Russell Blackford and many, many more.

Melbourne is an exciting, stylish, cosmopolitan city with beautiful parks, a stunning mix of modern and colonial architecture, quaint trams, and incredible restaurants of every ethnicity you can imagine.

I do hope we'll see many members of this group there!

Permalink Reply by lt_zippy2 on October 8, 2009 at 8:15pm

Well I had a great time, well worth the 11 hour flight from the UK to get there!

..and the jet lag now I'm back home!

Can't make the Australia one, but I should make it to Montreal! (and maybe even Copenhagen)!

Permalink Reply by lt_zippy2 on October 14, 2009 at 12:53pm

I really really really wish I could go to Australia...but I can't afford it (nor do I have enough annual leave!)

However...

Does anyone have any details of the Copenhagen Convention (especially the dates!) so I can at least book some leave!

Permalink Reply by Tom Melchiorre on October 16, 2009 at 1:43pm

The cosponsored AAI-Danish Atheist Society convention/conference will be in June, although the exact dates aren't finalized at this point. Australia is the next stop on the AAI world tour, and I hope I can make it.