About once a year, the Secular Student Alliance has a conference. At these conferences students exchange best practices, get inspired, and connect with the larger secular movement.  Although empowering student leaders and activists is the core purpose of our conferences, non-students are also very welcome.

2008
The 2008 SSA conference will be part of the American Humanist Association/International Humanist and Ethical Union conference in Washington, DC.  Our events will be June 6-8 2008. The $40 student registration will register you for their events and our events. We're still putting together our schedule, so if you have ideas for events, let us know.

Update #1: Applications for the 2008 Best Awards (with greatly increased awards) are now being accepted.
Update #2: Travel Grants are now available.

2007
Our 2007 Conference was April 20th to the 22nd at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  We held it as part of the 30th Anniversary and Gala of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard.  SSA student member registration was $29 (non-SSA member student registration is $50).  Join today.  We gave away over 45 $100 and $200 travel grants.

2007 Update #1: Recommendations for having the most fun at the lowest price at our 2007 conference.
2007 Update #2: non-student SSA members under 30 can register for only $39.  Read more...
2007 Update #3: The New Humanism Conference: Word Is Spreading
2007 Update #4: Campus Activist Training Schedule Available

2006
Our 2006 conference was held Easter weekend in Kansas City, MO as part of the annual conference of Atheists Alliance International.  Read more...

2005
Our 2005 conference was held in August on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.  This was the first conference where we had an academic call for papers (read the papers in the Proceedings). Read more...

2004
Our 2004 conference was held in August just outside of Washington, DC. Read more...

2002
Our 2002 conference was held in August in Chicago, IL. Read more...

2001
Our 2001 conference was held in August on the campus of the Ohio State University. Read more...

2000
Our first conference was held on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. Read more...