For information about this year's conference and events, go to www.secularstudents.org/conference.

2010 Events

In 2010, we held two regional leadership summits during the spring semester, in addition to our annual conference in the summer.  This enabled us to reach more students at more campuses than ever before!  Click the links below for details about each event.

February 2010: Nor Cal Regional Leadership Summit at Stanford University, Stanford, CA

April 2010: New England Regional Leadership Summit in Boston, MA: April 16-18 at Harvard University

Summer 2010: SSA 2010 Annual Conference in Columbus, OH: July 23-25 at the Ohio State University

2009

• Read a short review of the 2009 Annual Conference!
  
• Our keynote speaker was renowned blogger PZ Myers.
• We offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the Creation Museum with 300 atheists!  Read more about the trip!
  
• We also featured a full series of activist training, workshops on group-running, and presentations from national organizations, published authors and more.
• Download the complete schedule or the 2009 Conference Proceedings.
• Listen to the audio of the 2009 conference or check out videos on our YouTube channel!

2008
The 2008 SSA conference was part of the American Humanist Association/International Humanist and Ethical Union conference "E Pluribus Unum: Reclaiming Humanist Values" in Washington, DC.  Our events ran June 6-8 2008. 

Update #1: Applications for the 2008 Best Awards (with greatly increased awards) are now being accepted.
Update #2: Travel Grants are now available.
Update #3: SSA Conference Programming Schedule

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...