The Amazing Meeting

The Amazing Meeting
StatusInactive[1][2]
GenreScience and skepticism
Location(s)Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2003
Most recent2015[1][2]
Attendance1,650 in 2011
Organized byJames Randi Educational Foundation
WebsiteAmazingMeeting.com

The Amazing Meeting (TAM), stylized as The Amaz!ng Meeting, was[1][2] an annual conference that focused on science, skepticism, and critical thinking; it was held for twelve years. The conference started in 2003[3] and was sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Perennial speakers included Penn & Teller,[4] Phil Plait, Michael Shermer and James "The Amazing" Randi. Speakers at the four-day conference were selected from a variety of disciplines including scientific educators, magicians, and community activists.[5] Outside the plenary sessions the conference included workshops, additional panel discussions, music and magic performances and live taping of podcasts including The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.[6] The final Amazing Meeting was held in July 2015.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Brian Dunning (March 19, 2016). "Are you frustrated that TAM & the JREF are no more, and the skeptical community has disintegrated?". Skeptoid blog. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Susan Gerbic (September 22, 2016). "From TAM to CSICon: An Interview with Ray Hall and Katie Dyer". CSI website. CSI. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Stollznow, Karen (July 23, 2010), The Good Word: The Amaz!ng Meeting, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, archived from the original on January 19, 2012, retrieved March 1, 2012
  4. ^ Mooney, Michael J. (August 26, 2009), "The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi", SFWeekly, San Francisco, California, archived from the original on June 10, 2011, retrieved February 7, 2012
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference DailyBeast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "An Introduction To The Amaz!ng Meeting". Skeptics On The .Net The online directory for everything Skeptical. Skeptics On The .Net. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference JREFStatus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).