Darwin Day 2010

Starts
Saturday, March 20th 2010 at 8:00 am
Location
IUPUI Campus Center, 401 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202

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Darwin Day Science Conference!

Saturday, March 20
All-Day Conference

“In 1859 Charles Darwin’s masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core.  Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke.  But he surely would have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later.   Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity.” 

— Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth

At the fourth Darwin Day Science Conference cosponsored by Center for Inquiry Indiana and IUPUI Freethinkers , you will have the opportunity to explore advances in the field of evolutionary biology and the controversy that still surrounds Darwin’s theory of evolution as school boards and state departments of education try to insert the teaching of creationism (Intelligent Design) into our public school science classrooms.   You will also learn how the religious community is being brought onboard in support of the theory of evolution.

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Schedule of the day's events:

Schedule of the day's events:

8:00 am:  Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am:  Introduction and Welcome—Reba Boyd Wooden, Executive Director, CFI Indiana, Mr. Andrew Troemner, President of IUPUI Freethinkers

9:00 am:   Dr. Jeremy Wilson : Bones, Stones, Genes, and Memes: Current Research on the Mode, Nature, and Tempo of Human Evolution

10:00 am: Dr. Eric Meslin : “The Evolution of Bioethics”

11:00 am:  Barbara Forrest : Back to the Future: The Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008

12:00 Noon:   Lunch (Bring your own or reserve/purchase ahead of time for $10)

1:00 pm:  Denise Sobieski: Teaching Evololution

1:45 pm:  Dr. David Orentlicher : The Teaching of Evolution and the Constitution

2:30  pm:  Toni Van Pelt : The Importance of Advocating for Science

3:15  pm:  Dr. Michael Zimmerman : The Evolution/Creation Controversy: Reaching Out to the Religious Community

4:00 pm:  Lauren Becker: The Trouble with Darwin: Guilt by Association in a Revolutionary World 

6:00 pm:  (or whenever we get there)  Reception at CFI Indiana ( $10 per person)

There is a rumor that Charles Darwin himself will be available for photo ops during the lunch hour.   You can get your picture taken with him for $5.00 per picture.  Hope he can make it.

Tickets:  

Registration includes a Continental Breakfast and begins at 8:00 am.  Presentations begin at 9:00 am.

General Admission is only $30, but special discounts apply for teachers, students, and Friends of the Center (CFI Members).  Lunch and evening reception tickets may be purchased for an additional $10 each and must be reserved and paid for by Friday, March 12.

For more information, including program notes, speaker bios, and a Mail-In registration form, please read the PDF files below.

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