Annual Conference 2016

The British Humanist Association Annual Conference 2016 will be held in the busy and bustling city of Birmingham, home of the Midlands Enlightenment, on 10-12 June 2016. Tickets are selling quickly, so make sure you get yours now! Annual Conference 2016 will be the biggest and best to date, with more than 500 humanists gathering for a busy weekend of lectures, plenaries, panel discussions, live entertainment – and more choice than ever before. Join us at the world-class International Convention Centre Birmingham with an amazing cast of speakers from the worlds of science, comedy, journalism, history, philosophy, and the arts.

We are delighted to be welcoming the following fantastic guest speakers to Annual Conference 2016, and we will be announcing more in the weeks to come.

This year's Conference brings us to the home of the Midlands Enlightenment, and to the world-class International Convention Centre Birmingham. We’ve done everything we can to make this year’s Conference as affordable as it can possibly be. 

• £129 for BHA or HSS members
• £149 for non-members
• £89 for students

The BHA Annual Conference Accommodation Portal has kindly been organised by MeetBirmingham, and allows quick and easy booking at hotels near the Conference venue with rooms reserved specially for BHA Conference delegates. You are, of course, free to make your own accommodation arrangements too. 

​​ Please note that the follow details are tentative, and subject to change.

18:00 - Late | Drinks reception open to all

09:00 | Saturday sessions begin 17:00 | Saturday sessions end 19:00 | Drinks reception (Dining tickets only)
​20:00 | Gala Dinner (Dining tickets only)

10:00 | Sunday sessions begin 15:30 | Sunday sessions close

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Please see here details of the Annual Conference 2016 cancellation policy.