One of the best things about attending QED is the social side – from chatting and hanging out in the bar and social spaces, to sharing thoughts digitally with other attendees during talks and panels. With that in mind, we have a few ways to help make socialising a little easier!
With QED just days away, we wanted to let you know what precautions we are taking to minimise risk from covid infections over the weekend.
There are just ten days to go until QED 2025, and we are delighted to add the final sessions to our line-up: a panel on the role of evidence in policy-making, a live recording of the European Skeptics Podcast, and Noah Lugeons.
With just two weeks to go until QED returns for the final time, we have two more panels to add to our packed line-up, exploring the impact of weight and weight stigma on health, and the ever-expanding role of AI in our lives.
With just over two weeks left before QED 2025 kicks off, we can announce details of two more sessions in the live podcast room: Fabulous Folkore with Icy, and the lineup for Andy Wilson’s final episode as host of InKredulous.
We are delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.
Saturday nights at QED are always special, and this year we are delighted to bring you an exciting evening up of comedy and magic, plus the official announcement of this year’s Ockham Awards!
We are delighted to announce two further additions to the line-up for the final QED: a panel exploring our obsession with horror, and a workshop teaching hands-on skills in debunking false claims.
While QED doesn’t officially start until 9am on Saturday morning, there’s always plenty on offer in the buildup to the weekend, to get our attendees in the mood.
At QED we couldn’t make our event work without the excellent help of our volunteers who help us make sure the conference runs smoothly for all our speakers and attendees. With this year’s event less than two months away, we’re putting out a call to all our attendees to ask that anyone who would like to volunteer gets in touch.
With QED 2025 fast approaching, we have three further additions to our final ever line-up - nanochemist Dr Suze Kundu, and panels exploring the problematic popularity of True Crime and the rise of Christian Nationalism at home and abroad.
We are delighted to announce two further additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel analysing the last fifteen years in skepticism, and our hands-on workshop teaching how to draw anything.
With just over two months to go until QED 2025, we’re delighted to announce two new additions to our main-stage line-up: award-winning writer and journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley and bird of prey specialist Emma McLachlan.
If you're travelling to the UK for QED this year, you probably need to apply for Electronic Travel Authorisation. Here's what you need to know.
We are delighted to announce two further additions to the line-up for the final QED: live recordings of the Inkredulous podcast and the Know Rogan Experience podcast.
We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon.
In order to make QED as accessible as possible to parents, we offer places at our professionally-staffed childcare for free, throughout the weekend - but places are filling up fast!
There are now fewer than 50 tickets left for the final QED, which takes place in just less than four months, on October 25th-26th. If you haven’t bought yours yet, time is running out, as we do expect to sell out this year.
Tickets to last ever QED are now on sale. Our weekend celebration of science, reason and critical thinking, returns for the final time in October 2025 with our usual thrilling mix of main stage speakers, live podcast recordings, panel discussions, interactive workshops, and more.
All good things must come to an end, and after fifteen years of running the UK’s largest celebration of science, reason and critical thinking, 25th-26th October 2025 will be the final QED conference.
