GLOBAL SKEPTICS in the PUB

FRIDAY 22 AUGUST 2025

24 hours of conviviality

The Second Annual Global Skeptics in the Pub will begin at 7pm local time in New Zealand on Friday, August 22 and end at 9pm local time in Hawai’i (24 hours later on the same calendar day). That is UTC 0700 August 22 until UTC 0700 August 23.

  • This event will take place on Zoom. Download the Zoom app to your mobile phone or computer in advance to participate from anywhere. Download from: https://zoom.us/download

  • Zoom LINK: Will be posted here on 22 August
    Meeting ID: Will be posted here on 22 August
    Passcode: Will be posted here on 22 August

  • Tickets to SkeptiCal 2025 are not necessary for participation

  • Event coordinated by the Bay Area Skeptics

  • Wikipedia: Skeptics in the Pub

  • Participants:

    1. are welcome to converse in their native languare.

    2. may join multiple times during the 24 hours.

    3. are encouraged to take event photos & videos, which will be posted publicly on the web.

    4. are expected to conduct themselves in the spirit of civil discourse. Contentious political issues, religion bashing, and ad hominem attacks will not be condoned.

    5. may join individually or as groups.

    6. are encouraged to add the name of their affiliation or their city to their Zoom name.

  • To add your group as a “Participanting Organization” please email david.almandsmith@gmail.com


Participating Organizations
(This list is frequently updated)

Argentinian Ethical-Humanist Association
Association Française pour l'Information Scientifique (AFIS), France
Atheisten Österreich (Austria)
Atlanta Skeptics, Georgia, USA
Atropos Skeptics Society, Dobříš, Czechia
Aukland Skeptics in the Pub, New Zealand
Aula Cultural de Divulgación Científica de la Univ. de La Laguna, Canarias, España
Baltimore Skeptical Humanists, Maryland, USA
Bay Area Skeptics, California, USA
Beehive Skeptics, Utah, USA
California Freethought Day, USA
Center For Inquiry, International
Center For Inquiry - NYC, New York, USA
Center for Inquiry - San Francisco, California, USA
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, USA
Die Skeptiker, Wien, Österreich (Austria)
European Council of Skeptical Organizations (ECSO)
Giordano Bruno Stiftung Österreich
Giordano Bruno Stiftung Österreich | Hochschulgruppe
Good Thinking Society, England
Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, Greenwich, England
Hong Kong Skeptics in the Pub, China
Humanism in Kenya
Humanist Association of Monterey Bay Area, California, USA
Humanist Community in Silicon Valley, California, USA
Humanist Society - Singapore
Humanistische Akademie Österreich (Austria)
Humanistischer Verband Österreich
Humanistischer Verband Österreich | Landesverband Oberösterreich
Humanistischer Verband Österreich | Landesverband Tirol (IG Säkulare Tirol)
Humanistischer Verband Österreich | Landesverband Steiermark
Humanistischer Verband Österreich | Landesverband Vorarlberg
Konfessionsfreien, Österreich
Maharashtra Blind faith Eradication Committee (MANS), India
Malta Skeptics
Minnesota Skeptics, USA
Monterey County Skeptics, California USA
National Capital Area Skeptics, USA
National Center for Science Education, USA
Oregonians for Science and Reason, Oregon, USA
Perth Skeptics, Western Australia
Rational Roundtable, California, USA
Rocky Mountain Atheists, Alberta, Canada
SEVASH (Southeastern Virginia Atheists, Skeptics, & Humanists), USA
SKEPP: Studiekring voor Kritische Evaluatie van Pseudowetenschap en het Paranormale, België
South African Secular Society
Szkeptikus Társaság Egyesület, Magyarország (Hungary)
The Association for Science and Reason, Toronto, Canada
The Merseyside Skeptics Society, England
The New Zealand Skeptics
l’Union Rationaliste France
Vetenskap ock Folkbildning, Konungariket Sverige (Sweden)
Wellington Skeptics in the Pub, New Zealand