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Register Today! https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=3452621 The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry (CFI) will co-present an exciting national conference Thursday, March 1, through Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Orlando http://orlandocon.secularhumanism.org/. (Attendees are urged to plan on staying in Orlando through Monday, March 5, to take advantage of exclusive sightseeing opportunities.)

The conference will be held in the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport, Orlando's only top-tier conference hotel inside the airport terminal. There will be no taxis or shuttles to ride–claim your luggage and ride the escalator straight up into the hotel lobby. Make reservations now at https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=3452621. To obtain conference hotel room rates, reserve online here or by phone at 1-888-421-1442. Be sure to give the operator pass phrase CFSH3-1-12 to secure a discounted conference rate.

This conference follows the Council's sold-out Thirtieth Anniversary conference held in October 2010 in Los Angeles, California. It is expected that the Council and CFI will cosponsor a secular humanist conference in the spring of each year.

Scheduled to speak: Daniel C. Dennett, Sir Harold Kroto, PZ Myers, Russell Blackford, Stephen Law, Rita Swan, Anthony Pinn, Victor Stenger, Elisabeth Cornwell, Eddie Tabash, Ophelia Benson, Lionel Tiger, Ronald Bailey, Razib Khan, Jamila Bey, Sikivu Hutchinson, David Silverman, Bill Cooke, Steven K. Green, Ellenbeth Wachs, Ronald A. Lindsay, Debbie Goddard and Tom Flynn.

Musical entertainment by George Hrab.

At "Moving Secularism Forward", learn about one of Florida's most dramatic church-state battles regarding the Blaine Amendment, and much, much more; including an optional motorcoach excursion to Kennedy Space Center. Scheduled topics include: Situation Review: The International Academy of Humanism; Outreach and Advocacy Strategies; Does Secularism Have a Political Agenda? and What Are Our Objectives as Secular Humanists?

Further information about the conference–including its theme, speakers, and registration and meal packages–will be announced on secularhumanism.org, within the pages of FREE INQUIRY and the SECULAR HUMANIST BULLETIN, and in e-mail announcements.

Driving to the conference? Parking in the airport/hotel ramp is FREE for attendees.