List of International Freethinker/Atheist Associations and Conferences

[siddharth]

As Nirmukta grows, so should our association with international freethought/atheist associations, organisations, and we ought to be represented at major international conferences. As a process leading up to this, this thread attempts to crowd-source a list of international associations and forthcoming conferences. Please add to the list:

Associations:

1. Atheist Alliance International

2. International Humanist and Ethical Union

Forthcoming Conferences:

1. Global Atheist Convention; Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 April, 2012

[Ajita Kamal]

Prof. Nayak has informed me that FIRA will soon be affiliating with IHEU. I think that is a course we can also follow after registration.

Regarding AAI, we should definitely be affiliating ourselves with them. Here's some additional information about how AAI was formed:
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/63558...ernational

Edit: Another link on the formation of AAI (from the AAI website) with a short speech by the newly elected president of AAI: http://www.atheistalliance.org/news-a-ar...-in-dublin