Skepticamp 2026 will take place at the Brentwood Community Center on Saturday October 24, 2026 from 1-5pm.
Followed by a meetup for food & drinks (on your own dime) and conversation at OB Clark’s in Brentwood at ~5:30-ish PM
We have some great presentations lined up:
- The Gold Standard Paradox: Rethinking How We Screen for Colorectal Cancer: Erica Barnell, MD/PhD, Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Science Officer of Geneoscopy.
- The Solar Diet: David Weinberg, MD, retired academic vitreoretinal surgeon, and emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Skeptics jumping on the “Misinformation” bandwagon: Taner Edis, PhD, professor of physics at Truman State University
- Fact Checking 10 Data Center Headlines in 10 Minutes: Kyle Polich, data scientist and founder of Dataskeptic.com and host of the Data Skeptic podcast
- Why Skepticism? From Definition to Celebration: Dr. Stephen Hupp, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist and professor of Clinical Child & School Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
- Space Madness: Why Colonization Of Other Planets Won’t Happen In Our Lifetime: Matthew Harris, SSSL Board Member
What else do you need to know?
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Even thought the event is free, please consider donating at least $20 to the Skeptical Society of St. Louis to help defray the costs and allow us to continue to hold events like this in the future.
If you wish to be a sponsor, please look at the options here.
