The FREEFLO 2025 lineup includes high-profile personalities, authors and podcasters, organization heads, and leaders in science and freethought.
scheduled events subject to change.
Check back frequently to be sure you have the latest information.
Friday
5:00pm to 7:00PM
Registration Open - Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Pick up your name badge, conference program, and t-shirt.
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7:00 to 10:00 PM
Sci-Fi Costume Party - Royal Palm Ballroom
Costumes encouraged, but not required.
$30 tickets still available
Some registrations include this event
Meet, eat with, and chat up our FREEFLO speakers, and freethinking friends from around the state. Hors d'oeuvres and cash/credit bar available.
Saturday
7:30 to 9:00 Am
Pre-Paid Breakfast Buffet - Royal Palm Ballroom
Ticketed Guests Only
Tickets not available for purchase on site
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8:00 am
Registration - Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Service Project - Capital Ballroom (Open until complete.)
Exhibits - Capital Ballroom
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8:30 Am
General Session Doors Open - Crystal Ballroom
Silent Auction - Open until 9:15p
Grab your preferred seat and check out the Silent Auction items.
Proceeds support the FREEFLO Scholarship Fund.
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9:00 Am
Welcome to FREEFLO!
Jocelyn Williamson
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9:25 am
Kate Cohen
Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe
(and Maybe You Should Too)
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10:10 am
Meet your MC, Mary Crisman
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10:15 am
BREAK (Autographs w/Kate)
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10:35 am
Jasper Hoffman
The Duality of Tradition and Trauma:
Understanding Abuse in Amish & Mennonite Communities
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11:15 am
Katherine Stewart
Money, Lies, and God:
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
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12:00 PM
(Autographs w/Katherine)
12:00 to 1:45 pm
Pre-Paid Lunch Buffet - Closes at 1:30
Royal Palm Ballroom
Ticketed Guests Only
Tickets not available for purchase on site
OR dine at the hotel restaurant or restaurants 5 minutes away by car
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1:45 pm
FREEFLO X-Panel
Moderator: Seth Andrews
Panelists: Jasper Hoffman, Lisa Sklar,
Olga Eillen Vazquez, & David Teachout
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3:05 Pm
BREAK
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3:25 pm
Kavin Senapathy
The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power
of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids
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4:10 pm
Cat Bohannon
Eve: and other scientific reasons boobs are not butts
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5:00 pm
BREAK (Autographs w/Kavin & Cat)
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6:30 PM
Cash/Credit Bar - Crystal Ballroom Foyer
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7:00 PM
Doors Open for Dinner - Crystal Ballroom
Ticketed Guests Only
Tickets not available for purchase on site
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8:00 PM
Awards
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8:15 PM
Comedian - Devin Seibold
TICKETED DINNER Guests Only
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9:15 PM
Silent Auction Closes
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9:30 PM (approximate)
Pub-Style Trivia w/Dr. Dan Batcheldor - Crystal Ballroom
$20 tickets still available
Some registrations include this event
Sunday
7:30 to 9:00 Am
Pre-Paid Breakfast Buffet - Royal Palm Ballroom
Ticketed Guests Only
Tickets not available for purchase on site
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8:00 am
Registration - Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Service Project - Capital Ballroom (Open until complete.)
Exhibits - Capital Ballroom
Auction Winners pick up winnings -Registration Area
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8:00 am
Doors Open - Crystal Ballroom
8:00 TO 9:15 am
Stitch ‘n’ Bitch Social
Everyone is welcome to join the Secular Women of the Central Florida Freethought Community for coffee and social time with friends, old and new. Bring a quiet craft, art project, or pick up a provided activity to enjoy with the group.
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9:15 Am
Welcome to Sunday!
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Forrest Valkai
Life Lessons from the Lab:
How Learning Science Makes You a Better Person
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10:15 am
BREAK
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10:30 Am
FREEFLO Policy and Activism panel
Moderator: Gina Duncan
Panelists: Nadine Smith, Fish Stark,
Sam McGuire, & Cheyenne Drews
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12:00 to 1:45 pm
Pre-Paid Lunch Buffet - Closes at 1:30
Royal Palm Ballroom
Ticketed Guests Only
Tickets not available for purchase on site
OR dine at the hotel restaurant or restaurants 5 minutes away by car
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1:45 pm
Nadine Smith
Equality Is A Humanist Value
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2:35 pm
Fish Stark
We Are The Moral Majority
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3:00 Pm
BREAK
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3:10 pm
Seth Andrews
A War Story About Love
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