Friday 19 June 2020
– Sunday 21 June 2020
Friday night comedy
Logan Hall
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL
Saturday and Sunday
Kia Oval
London SE11 5SS
Tickets for Humanists UK Convention 2020 are £159, and we have a special rate of £89 for students.
Ticket-holders are entitled to attend all sessions of Convention 2020 from Friday evening comedy through to Sunday afternoon.
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Attendees may choose to add on teas, coffees, and lunch on both days. We include these as optional add-ons to keep the basic ticket price as low as possible.
A highlight of the weekend is the three-course Gala Dinner on the Saturday weekend, which can now be booked separately from lunch.
Convention 2020 takes place at the Kia Oval. The Kia Oval is only three minutes’ walk from Oval underground station, which is itself only five minutes’ journey from Kings Cross St Pancras underground station.
Alice Roberts
Samira Ahmed
Saiful Islam
Carol Smillie
Zoe Lyons
A C Grayling
Ariane Sherine
Jim Al-Khalili
Bonya Ahmed
Ahmed Shaheed
Stephen Bush
Elaine Kasket
Natasha Devon
Ian Dunt
Callum Brown
Andrew Copson
Polly Toynbee
Raymond Tallis
Robin Ince
Julia Ebner
Sunny Hundal
Richy Thompson
Jimmy Bangash
London Humanist Choir
and many more to be announced
Alice Roberts
Paleontologist
Samira Ahmed
Journalist and broadcaster
Saiful Islam
Energy materials chemist
& Humanists UK patron
Carol Smillie
Broadcaster and humanist celebrant
Zoe Lyons
Comedian
A C Grayling
Philosopher
Ariane Sherine
Author and campaigner
Jim Al-Khalili
Theoretical physicist
Bonya Ahmed
Bangladeshi blogger and humanist activist
Ahmed Shaheed
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Stephen Bush
Political Editor, New Statesman
Elaine Kasket
Psychologist and author
Natasha Devon
Writer and mental health campaigner
Ian Dunt
Author and journalist
Callum Brown
Historian of secularisation in the UK
Andrew Copson
Chief Executive, Humanists UK
Polly Toynbee
Journalist
Raymond Tallis
Philosopher
Robin Ince
Comedian and broadcaster
Julia Ebner
Counter-extremism researcher
Sunny Hundal
Journalist and commentator
Richy Thompson
Director of Public Affairs and Policy, Humanists UK
Jimmy Bangash
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
London Humanist Choir
and many more to be announced
We need a spirit of optimism and a sense of the progress we’re making – and the Convention delivered it.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
I loved the variety of the talks and sessions – not just specifically humanist topics.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
Comedy was brilliant. Speakers were brilliant. Delegates were brilliant.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
I enjoyed the high quality speakers who brought so many ideas and such understanding to us. I felt thrilled to belong to an organisation which takes action at the highest levels of politics and does so much work in so many fields. I enjoyed the sense of being with people who shared my values and were of similar mind. Thank you to all who organised it.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
It’s like in the old days, when we used to read newspapers – when you turn the page, you’re not sure what you’re going to get. So it can be challenging and thought-provoking, but most of all it is an oasis of greatness in a world that is going absolutely mad.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
I loved the fabulous array of speakers – top quality people with really stimulating and worthwhile things to say. Utterly brilliant.
Humanists UK Convention 2019 attendee
The below times are tentative and subject to adjustment
Start time | End time | Session |
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11:00 | 17:00 | Humanist Professionals Conference Venue TBC |
13:00 | 17:00 | LGBT Humanists Conference Venue TBC |
16:00 | 20:00 |
Humanists UK Convention Registration Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL |
19:00 | 21:00 | Comedy evening |
21:00 | 00:00 | Welcome drinks |
Start time | End time | Session |
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08:30 | Registration | |
09:00 | 12:00 | Morning sessions |
13:00 | 17:00 | Afternoon sessions |
19:00 | 00:00 |
Drinks reception and gala dinner No dress code |
Start time | End time | Session |
---|---|---|
09:30 | Registration | |
10:00 | 12:00 | Morning sessions |
12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | 15:00 | Afternoon sessions |
15:15 | 16:45 | Humanists UK AGM – members only |
16:45 | 17:30 | Drinks with trustees |
For the first time in over a decade, Humanists UK Convention will visit London, our capital city, the centre of humanist thought for over two centuries, birthplace of the British Humanist Association in 1896, and home to almost one million people who identify as humanists.
Our venue for the Friday night comedy evening is Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, the home of our Darwin Day Lecture until 2018.
Our venue for the rest of the weekend is the Kia Oval, the home of Surrey County Cricket Club since its foundation in 1845.Ticket sales suspended
Friday 19 June 2020
10:30–17:00
Royal National Hotel
38–51 Bedford Way
Bloomsbury
London
WC1H 0DG
Having been pioneered in 2017 and now an integral part of the Humanists UK Convention weekend, Humanist Professionals Conference will provide valuable training, CPD, and networking opportunities for all humanist professionals – celebrants, pastoral carers, school speakers, local group leaders, SACRE representatives, humanist student leaders – and those aspiring to become one.
Please note that Humanist Professionals Conference takes place at the same time as LGBT Humanists Conference.
Programme
Timings are provisional and subject to change.
Time | Session |
---|---|
10:30 | Registration |
11:00 | Welcome | Teddy Prout |
11:10 | Plenary | Our campaigns in the face on inequalities and discrimination | Richy Thompson |
11:45 | Comfort break |
11:50 | Workshops |
12:35 | Comfort break |
12:40 | Workshops |
13:20 | Lunch – not provided |
14:00 | Plenary | The history of humanist services | Maddy Goodall |
14:45 | Comfort break |
14:55 | Workshops |
15:40 | Comfort break |
16:00 | Closing plenary |
16:30 | Ends | Free time for dinner |
19:00 | Humanists UK Convention 2020 begins |
Friday 19 June 2020
13:00–17:00
Venue TBC
LGBT Humanists Conference returns, following spectacular success with its relaunch in 2019.
Tickets will be made available at a later date.
Please note that LGBT Humanists Conference takes place at the same time as Humanist Professionals Conference.
Kia Oval have produced an Access Guide available here.
All rooms booked by Humanists UK at Kia Oval have a hearing loop installed.
Please contact events@humanists.uk to request a reserved disabled parking space.
Should you have any specific requirements, or feedback, Kia Oval are contactable at accessibility@surreycricket.com.
Cancellations
Bookings may be cancelled free of charge up to 120 days prior to the Convention start date (by 20 February 2020, inclusive). Bookings cancelled 60-119 days (by 20 April 2020, inclusive) from the start date will incur a 50% charge of the full price of the ticket. Cancellations made within 60 days of the Convention start date (from 20 April, inclusive) will not be refunded, but may, at the discretion of Humanists UK and with no less than 21 days’ notice (by 29 May 2020, inclusive), be transferred to another eligible individual. Any refunds for ticket cancellations will be processed within two months.
Early Bird pricing
Early Bird tickets will be available until 31 January 2020, or until the first 100 Convention tickets are sold, whichever comes first. Humanists UK reserves the right to extend, curtail, or otherwise alter, the Early Bird ticket period, or Early Bird ticket allocation, without prior notice. Update: Early Bird tickets are now sold out.
Speakers
All appearances are subject to speakers’ work and other commitments.
Photography, video, and audio recording
Humanists UK reserves the right to photograph and record video and audio of all public sections of the Convention and to make public the footage as it sees appropriate. Please be aware that by attending Humanists UK Convention 2020, you consent to your voice, name, and/or likeness being used, without compensation, in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, for eternity, and you release Humanists UK, its successors, assigns, and licensees from any liability whatsoever of any nature. If you would like to ensure that you are not captured in any media, please contact events@humanists.uk and we will do our best to accommodate you.