AAI Conventions/Conferences

Atheist Alliance International facilitates and supports conventions and conferences hosted by its Affiliate and Associate Members, providing international credibility and prestige to local events and enhancing their success.  Conventions raise the profile of atheist and secular issues and give people an opportunity to hear from world-class speakers and local leaders.  Such events educate attendees and the public about atheism and provide opportunities for atheists and freethinkers to meet, discuss and learn about global and local issues of interest.   

Make sure you are there for the next one!

Convention Hosting

Hosting a convention is a fantastic opportunity for Affiliate/Associate Members to improve their local/national profile, attract media attention, raise funds, develop organisational and leadership skills, build their volunteer base and find new members and supporters.

However, hosting a convention is also a risky venture, and must be planned well to ensure its success.  Even though a convention provides substantial outreach and visibility, many groups are hesitant because of the risk and their inexperience.  AAI's involvement can ensure that such events are successful - as well as arranging world-class atheist speakers, AAI can assist the host with planning, marketing, ticket sales, coordination and general advice.  AAI also assist the host to maximise the post-convention benefits for its group.

AAI can support up to five conventions each year, preferably distributed around the world.  The agreement between AAI and the host in relation to each convention is set out in a Letter of Understanding (LOU).  If an Affiliate/Associate Member is you work with is interested in hosting an atheist convention with AAI's support, you should contact us as early as possible: our planning horizon is 12 to 18 months, and there may be unusual or unexpected considerations that take time to resolve.  
AAI wishes to support events that are intended to be harassment-free for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical appearance or disability.   As a condition of AAI providing financial assistance to a convention or agreeing that the AAI logo may be used to recognise AAI’s support for or sponsorship of a convention AAI requires the host group of the convention to adopt an anti-harassment policy substantially similar in scope and effect to this anti-harassment policy, and provide it in the languages that will be used at the convention

Queries regarding convention co-hosting should be sent to president [at] atheistalliance [dot] org.

Past Conventions/Conferences Hosted or Supported by AAI

• Sep 2012: First Secular Humanist Congress, 8-9 Sep
  Hosted by LiHS in Porto Alegre, Brazil
• May 2012: AAI European Convention, 25-27 May - The Atheist Perspective & Our Future
  Hosted by IBKA in Cologne, Germany
• May 2012: AAI North American Convention, 18-20 May - Imagine No Religion 2
  Hosted by Kamloops Centre for Rational Thought in Kamloops, BC, Canada
• Apr 2012: 1st Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Convention, 21 April - Filipino non-belief - are you ready for this?
  Hosted by Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society in Manila, Philippines 
• Apr 2012: Global Atheist Convention, 13-15 April - A Celebration of Reason
  Hosted by Atheist Foundation of Australia in Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• Jun 2011: World Atheist Convention
  Hosted by Atheist Ireland in Dublin, Ireland
• Jun 2011: Philosophy, Sexuality & Atheism
  Hosted by JAF in Nairobi, Kenya
• Apr-Aug 2011: Outreach seminars
  Hosted by the Gambia Secular Assembley in Gambia
• May 2011: Imagine No Religion Conference
  Hosted by Kamloops Centre for Rational Thought in Kamloops, BC, Canada
• Nov 2010: 1er. Coloquio Mexicano de Ateismo - La Fe No mueve montañas...La Ciencia Si!
  Hosted by Organizado por Masa Critica en Cd. de Mexico, DF, Mexico
• Oct 2010: 16th Annual AAI North American Convention - Athées Sans Frontières / Atheists Without Borders
  Hosted by Humanist Canada in Montréal, QC, Canada
• Jun 2010: AAI European Conference - Gods & Politics
  Hosted by Ateistik Selskab in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Mar 2010:  Global Atheist Convention, March 12-14 - The Rise of Atheism
  Hosted by the Atheist Foundation of Australia in Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• 2010: Malawi Secular Humanist Conference
  Hosted by the Association for Secular Humanism in Lilionge, Malawi
• 2009: 15th Annual AAI North American Convention - Darwin's Legacy
  Hosted by Atheists United and the Richard Dawkins Foundation in Burbank, CA, USA
• 2008: 14th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheists United in Long Beach, CA, USA
• 2007: 13th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Washington Area Secular Humanists in Crystal City, VA, USA
• 2006: AAI Iceland Conference
  Hosted by Samfelag Trulausra in Ryekjavik, ICE
  
• 2006: 12th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Heartland Humanists in Kansas City, MO, USA
• 2005: 11th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheists United in Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2004: 10th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Freethinkers of Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, CO, USA
• 2003: 9th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheists of Florida in Tampa, FL, USA
• 2002: 8th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Metroplex Atheists in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, USA
• 2001: 7th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atlanta Freethought Society in Atlanta, GA, USA
• 2000: 6th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheists & Other Freethinkers in Sacramento, CA, USA
• 1999: 5th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheist Community of Austin in Austin, TX, USA
• 1998: 4th Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Rationalist Society of St. Louis in St. Louis, MO, USA
• 1997: 3rd Annual AAI Convention
  Hosted by Atheists of Florida in Orlando, FL, USA
• 1996: 2nd Annual Atheist Alliance International Convention
  Hosted by Minnesota Atheists in Minneapolis, MN, USA
• 1995: 1st Atheist Alliance International Convention
  Hosted by Atheists United in Los Angeles, CA, USA