If you’d like Hemant to speak to your group, please contact him at Mpromptu@gmail.com.
Past/Upcoming Speaking Engagements
UPCOMING!Peoria Area Humanists | 3/18/18 | Peoria, Illinois |
PAStAHCon | 10/13/17 – 10/15/17 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
End of the Line Humanists | 7/9/17 | Oak Park, Illinois |
Ark Encounter Protest | 7/8/17 | Williamstown, Kentucky |
Rationalists of East Tennessee | 4/30/17 | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Ohio State University | 3/30/17 | Columbus, Ohio |
Freethought Cruise | 3/16/17 – 3/20/17 | Cozumel, Mexico |
Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison | 11/15/16 | Madison, Wisconsin |
Alberta Secular Conference | 10/15/16 – 10/16/16 | Edmonton, Alberta |
Humanist Association of London and Area | 9/19/16 | London, Ontario |
Southeast Wisconsin FreeThinkers | 9/11/16 | Cudahy, Wisconsin |
Secular Student Alliance at USD | 4/19/16 | Vermillion, South Dakota |
Connecticut Assembly for Reason and Ethics conference | 4/2/16 | Hartford, Connecticut |
TEDxYouth@ColumbiaSC | 3/5/16 | Columbia, South Carolina |
Anchorage Museum | 9/19/15 | Anchorage, Alaska |
Penn State University | 9/9/15 | State College, Pennsylvania |
SkepDakota | 8/29/15 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Sunday Assembly Denver | 8/16/15 | Denver, Colorado |
Secular Hub | 8/15/15 | Denver, Colorado |
Gateway to Reason conference | 7/31/15 – 8/2/15 | St. Louis, Missouri |
Atheist Advocates of San Francisco | 6/13/15 | San Francisco, California |
Sunday Assembly International Conference | 5/29/15 – 5/30/15 | Atlanta, Georgia |
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater | 5/24/15 | Clearwater, Florida |
Freethought Alliance Conference | 5/2/15 – 5/3/15 | Fullerton, California |
Riverside Atheists and Free Thinkers | 5/1/15 | Rancho Cucamonga, California |
Valparaiso University Secular Student Alliance | 4/29/15 | Valparaiso, Indiana |
Mythinformation | 4/25/15 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Openly Secular Day | 4/23/15 | Orlando, Florida |
University of Illinois at Chicago Secular Student Society | 4/6/15 | Chicago, Illinois |
Langara College | 3/28/15 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Vanderbilt University Secular Student Alliance | 3/17/15 | Nashville, Tennessee |
Reason in the Rock | 3/14/15 – 3/15/15 | Little Rock, Arkansas |
Tri-State Freethinkers | 3/10/15 | Newport, Kentucky |
Skepticon 7 | 11/21/14 – 11/23/14 | Springfield, Missouri |
Northern Illinois University | 10/21/14 | DeKalb, Illinois |
Carnegie Mellon University | 10/7/14 | Pittsburgh, PA |
Boise State University Secular Student Alliance | 09/20/14 | Boise, ID |
Periyar International USA | 09/13/14 | Baltimore, MD |
Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago | 09/07/14 | Skokie, IL |
Colorado Secular Conference | 08/16/14 – 08/17/14 | Denver, CO |
Foundation Beyond Belief Conference | 07/18/14 – 07/20/14 | Chicago, IL |
Secular Student Alliance 2014 Conference | 07/11/14 – 07/13/14 | Columbus, OH |
Imagine No Religion 4 | 05/16/14 – 05/18/14 | Kamloops, BC, Canada |
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater | 04/19/14 | Whitewater, WI |
Freethought Festival | 04/11/14 – 04/12/14 | Madison, WI |
SkepTech | 04/04/14 – 04/06/14 | Minneapolis, MN |
SashaCon | 03/15/14 – 03/16/14 | Columbia, MO |
Kentucky Freethought Convention | 10/26/14 | Louisville, KY |
Grand Traverse Humanists | 07/29/13 | Traverse City, MI |
Secular Student Alliance 2013 Conference | 07/12/13 – 07-14-13 | Columbus, OH |
Conversation with a Pastor | 07/06/13 – 07-07-13 | San Antonio, TX |
Ethical Society of St. Louis | 06/23/13 | St. Louis, MO |
Triangle Freethought Society | 06/17/13 | Raleigh, NC |
Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry | 06/16/13 | Charleston, SC |
Charlotte Atheists | 06/15/13 | Charlotte, NC |
Secular Events in Chicago | 06/08/13 | Chicago, IL |
SkepTech | 04/05/13 – 04/06/13 | Minneapolis, MN |
American Atheists 2013 National Convention | 03/28/13 – 03/31/13 | Austin, TX |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 03/25/13 | Indiana, PA |
Loyola University Chicago Secular Student Alliance | 03/15/13 | Chicago, IL |
Madison Freethought Festival | 03/08/13 – 03/10/13 | Madison, WI |
Chicago Skepticamp | 03/02/13 | Chicago, IL |
Lake Shore Unitarian Society | 02/24/13 | Winnetka, IL |
Skepticon 5 | 11/09/12 – 11/11/12 | Springfield, MO |
MENSA HalloweeM | 10/27/12 | Chicago, IL |
Kansas City Atheist Coalition conference | 10/05/12 – 10/06/12 | Kansas City, KS |
Humanists of Florida Association Conference | 09/28/12 – 09/30/12 | Lakeland, Florida |
Drake University | 09/22/12 | Des Moines, IA |
Atheist Alliance of America 2012 Convention | 08/31/12 – 09/03/12 | Denver, CO |
Secular Student Alliance 2012 Conference | 07/06/12 – 07/08/12 | Columbus, OH |
Oklahoma Freethought Convention | 06/23/12 | Tulsa, OK |
Ohio SkeptiCamp 2012 | 05/26/12 | Columbus, OH |
Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics at University of Wisconsin — Madison | 04/28/12 | Madison, WI |
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | 04/21/12 | San Luis Obispo, CA |
North Texas Secular Student Convention | 04/14/12 | Arlington, TX |
Alabama Atheists and Agnostics | 04/07/12 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
Rock Beyond Belief | 03/31/12 | Fort Bragg, NC |
Michigan State University | 03/29/12 | East Lansing, MI |
Reason Rally | 03/24/12 | Washington, DC |
Secular Student Alliance at Illinois College | 03/17/12 | Jacksonville, IL |
Secular Alliance at Indiana University | 02/20/12 | Bloomington, IN |
Skepticon IV | 11/19/11 – 11/20/11 | Springfield, MO |
University of South Carolina | 10/10/11 | Columbia, SC |
Midwestern University | 08/16/11 | Downers Grove, IL |
Midwest Humanist and Freethought Conference | 08/12/11 – 08/14/11 | Omaha, NE |
Secular Student Alliance 2011 Conference | 07/29/11 – 07/31/11 | Columbus, OH |
Americans United — West Suburban Chicago | 07/28/11 | Chicago, IL |
The Amaz!ng Meeting | 07/14/11 – 07/17/11 | Las Vegas, NV |
Center For Inquiry — Michigan | 06/08/11 | Grand Rapids, MI |
ReasonFest | 05/06/11 – 05/07/11 | Lawrence, KS |
Kansas State University | 04/29/11 | Manhattan, KS |
Atheists United | 04/24/11 | Los Angeles, CA |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 03/30/11 | Baltimore, MD |
Northwest Freethought Regional Conference | 03/25/11 – 03/27/11 | Portland, OR |
Purdue University | 01/20/11 | West Lafayette, IN |
Pomona College | 11/11/10 | Claremont, CA |
Elmhurst College | 11/08/10 | Elmhurst, IL |
Dartmouth College | 10/23/10 | Hanover, NH |
Illinois Institute of Technology | 10/14/10 | Chicago, IL |
Humanists of West Suburban Chicagoland | 10/13/10 | Naperville, IL |
Lynchburg Area Secular Humanists | 09/25/10 | Lynchburg, VA |
Secular Student Alliance at Longwood University | 09/24/10 | Farmville, VA |
Harvard University | 09/19/10 | Cambridge, MA | University of South Alabama | 09/11/10 | Mobile, AL |
Secular Student Alliance 2010 Conference | 07/23/10 – 07/25/10 | Columbus, OH |
Evangelical Free Church | 07/18/10 | Bloomington, IL |
Iowa Secularists Conference — Keynote Speaker | 07/17/10 | Des Moines, IA |
Elements[Chicago] | 06/23/10 | Chicago, IL |
American Humanist Association conference | 06/03/10 – 06/06/10 | San Jose, CA |
DePaul University | 06/01/10 | Chicago, IL |
University of Oregon | 05/21/10 | Eugene, OR |
UCLA | 04/23/10 | Los Angeles, CA |
Moody Church | 04/17/10 | Chicago, IL |
University of Minnesota | 04/01/10 | Minneapolis, MN |
Syracuse University | 03/31/10 | Syracuse, NY |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 03/30/10 | Troy, NY |
Valencia Community College | 03/29/10 | Orlando, FL |
University of Illinois | 03/12/10 | Champaign, IL |
Beloit College | 03/10/10 | Beloit, WI |
Willow Chicago | 03/07/10 | Chicago, IL |
Skepchicamp | 03/06/10 | Chicago, IL |
Jubilee Conference 2010 | 02/19/10 – 02/21/10 | Pittsburgh, PA |
HCCO Winter Solstice Banquet — Keynote Speaker | 12/19/09 | Columbus, OH |
Panel Discussion on the movie Collision | 11/19/09 | Chicago, IL |
Americans United for Separation of Church and State | 10/22/09 | Northbrook, IL |
Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference | 08/07/09 – 08/09/09 | Columbus, OH |
Carnegie Mellon University | 04/10/09 | Pittsburgh, PA |
University of California — Santa Cruz | 04/03/09 | Santa Cruz, CA |
Stanford University | 04/02/09 | Palo Alto, CA |
University of California — Berkeley | 04/01/09 | Berkeley, CA |
Purdue University | 03/31/09 | West Lafayette, IN |
Indiana University — Bloomington | 03/30/09 | Bloomington, IN |
Ohio State University | 02/07/09 | Columbus, OH |
Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago | 12/21/08 | Skokie, IL |
Elmhurst College | 11/18/08 | Elmhurst, IL |
Northern Illinois University | 11/12/08 | Dekalb, IL |
Kensington Community Church | 10/15/08 | Troy, MI |
Chicago area MENSA | 09/27/08 | Chicago, IL |
University of Minnesota | 09/25/08 | Minneapolis, MN |
Atheist Coming Out Party | 08/02/08 | Columbus, OH |
University Guelph Skeptics and University of Toronto Secular Alliance | 06/27/08 | Toronto, Ontario |
University of Minnesota | 04/03/08 | Minneapolis, MN |
Humanists of West Suburban Chicagoland | 12/12/07 | Naperville, IL |
University of Illinois — Chicago | 11/14/07 | Chicago, IL |
Interfaith Youth Core conference | 10/29/07 | Chicago, IL |
Harding University | 10/28/07 | Searcy, AR |
University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana | 10/13/07 | Urbana, IL |
The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza | 07/29/07 | Albany, NY |
Willow Creek Community Church | 07/25/07 | South Barrington, IL |
Midwest Emergent (Church) Gathering | 07/21/07 | Rolling Meadows, IL |
Barnes & Noble | 06/16/07 | Orland Park, IL |
Anderson’s Bookshop | 06/12/07 | Naperville, IL |
Rally for Reason (outside the Creation Museum) | 05/28/07 | Boone County, KY |
Barnes & Noble (Easton Town Center) | 05/27/07 | Columbus, OH |
Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations | 05/26/07 | Cleveland, OH |
Ohio State University | 05/24/07 | Columbus, OH |
California State University, Long Beach | 05/03/07 | Long Beach, CA |
Kriti Festival (Indian literature conference) | 04/29/07 | Chicago, IL |
Humanist Chaplaincy 30th Anniversary Gala/Symposium/Secular Student Alliance Convention | 04/20/07 – 04/22/07 | Cambridge, MA | Barbara’s Bookstore (near University of Illinois at Chicago) | 04/17/07 | Chicago, IL |
Minnesota Atheists | 04/15/07 | Roseville, MN |
American Atheists Convention 2007 | 04/06/07-04/08/07 | Seattle, WA |
College of Complexes | 03/31/07 | Chicago, IL |
Memphis Freethought Alliance | 03/25/07 | Memphis, TN |
Southeast Wisconsin Freethinkers (SWiFT) | 10/07/06 | Milwaukee, WI |
Lake Hypatia Freethought Advance | 07/01/06-07/04/06 | Munford, AL |
International Atheist Convention | 06/24/06-06/25/06 | Reykjavik, Iceland |
Parkview Christian Church discussion | 06/10/06-06/11/06 | Orland Park, IL |
Atheist Alliance International/Secular Student Alliance Convention | 04/14/06-04/16/06 | Kansas City, MO |