SkeptiCal 2026

Topics and speakers include:

• Alternative Medicine for Animals (Brennan McKenzie)
• How Science Education Can Protect Us from Misinformation (Bruce Alberts)
• A Skeptical Examination of Wildfire Risk and Response (Peter Hess)
• What Every Skeptic Should Know about Cold-Reading (Susan Gerbic)
• Adventures at the Festival of Mind Body Spirit Wallet (Richard Saunders)
• Selective Skepticism Is NOT Skepticism (Thomas Smith)
• Fantastical Images and Astounding Claims (Leonard Tramiel)
• Skepardy! (hosted by Bill Patterson with special guest contestants)
• Skeptics Jukebox (Joey Fabian)

Get your tickets now before a price increase to $75. Tickets for starving students are $20 each (with ID). Space is limited, so grab your tickets early.

There will be a Skeptics-in-the-Pub the night before in Oakland.
[Global Skeptics-in-the-Pub has been moved to International Skeptics Day, October 13.]

More information, tickets, and T-shirts at https://SkepticalCon.com.

[Venue is a short walk from the 12th St. Oakland City Center BART station.]