Upcoming Events

_{Mike Cleek

April 10, 2014

Uncategorized}

Upcoming Events

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Setting the Record Straight: From Copernicus to Orphan Genes

_{A science and faith doubleheader featuring Dr. Michael Keas and Dr. Paul Nelson}_{Michael Newton Keas
Date
June
06
Jun
13
13
2019
Moats Auditorium, Biola University
La Mirada, CA}

Scientists love to tell stories about the quest to understand the universe — stories that often have profound implications for belief or disbelief in God. But more often than not, the stories are nothing but myths. Join us as Michael Keas, a historian of science and Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, explodes some of the most popular and pernicious myths about science and religion. Paul Nelson, philosopher of biology and Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science, will follow up with a presentation on "How the Orphan Genes Revolution is Shaking Up Biology."

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Springtime for Israel

_{How Israel's Rise Reshapes Mideast Geopolitics}_{John Wohlstetter
Date
June
06
Jun
20
20
2019
Discovery Institute
Seattle, WA}

Please join us on Thursday, June 20 for a captivating discussion on the current state of Middle East geopolitics, as Israel prepares for a new election, and how it will affect the United States with Discovery Senior Fellow and foreign policy expert John Wohlstetter. President Trump's first year saw the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War--and also of the U.S.-Israel alliance. His second saw the 70th anniversary of Israel's 1948 birth as a Jewish state, and the 25th anniversary of the 1993 Oslo Accords. In his third year President Trump formally recognized Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights. There may be some changes afoot in the Middle East. As Sunni states in the region ally against Iran, they have also become increasingly intertwined in the Israeli economy; the …

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2019}

Darwin Devolves Book Party

_{Michael Behe presents new challenges to evolution from recent studies of DNA}_{Michael J. Behe
Date
July
07
Jul
10
10
2019
McCaw Hall, Seattle Center
Seattle, WA}

While Stephen Colbert has called Michael J. Behe the “Father of Intelligent Design,” Behe’s arguments have been called “close to heretical” by the New York Times Book Review, and Richard Dawkins has publicly taken him to task for his “maverick” views. Wherever he goes, Behe makes waves, but has remained singularly focused on doing rigorous scientific analysis that points to controversial but incredible results that other scientists won’t touch.

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August
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2019}

Well, Why Not Socialism?

_{George Gilder
Date
August
08
Aug
8
08
2019
Seattle Pacific University, Upper Gwinn Commons
Seattle, WA}

Join Michael Medved, George Gilder, and Jay Richards on Thursday, August 8th.

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September
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2019}

2nd Annual European Conference on Intelligent Design

_{Katherine West
Date
September
09
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13
13
2019}

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture is co-sponsoring the 2nd Annual European Conference on Intelligent Design with TDI Brasil, Discovery Mackenzie, and Fundation Dignidad Y Liberdad. In its first year, this event was initially planned in Faro, Portugal. After pushback from local activists, it was moved to Porto, Portugal and — after further pushback — to its ultimate location in Leon, Spain. The opposition, which claimed that the conference was not truly of a scientific nature, served only to increase interest from local students and the community. In the end, a charter bus was provided to bring students from Portugal to Spain — traveling 2,000 km round-trip to reach the event. You can read the full story here. After a great turnout, the organizers are excited …

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2019}

Aslan is on the Move

_{Stephen Meyer Presents at the C. S. Lewis Society Annual Banquet}_{Katherine West
Date
October
10
Oct
10
10
2019
Calvary Church
Clearwater, FL}

The C. S. Lewis Society, on the campus of Trinity College of Florida, provides a guest-speaker forum for the campus community to hear scholars articulate topics of wide public concern. In this upcoming event, Dr. Stephen Meyer, Director of the Center for Science and Culture, will speak on the inescapable evidence of exquisite design in the cosmos. After bestsellers Signature in the Cell (2009) and Darwin's Doubt (2013), he is now exploring the startling evidence for God in his forthcoming title, The Return of the God Hypothesis (2020). This is a fundraising event for the work of the Florida-based C. S. Lewis Society, and each attendee will have the opportunity to support the work of the Society with a donation. When Thursday, October 10, 2019, starting at 6:30 …

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October
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11
2019}

Why Truth Still Matters

_{2019 SES National Conference on Christian Apologetics}_{Katherine West
Date
October
10
Oct
11
11
2019}

Stephen Meyer, Director of the Center for Science and Culture, is scheduled to speak at the upcoming National Conference on Christian Apologetics presented by Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC. The theme this year — Why Truth Still Matters — will feature a variety of sessions from scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Dr. Meyer's sessions are listed below, and a full line-up of speakers and sessions can be found at https://conference.ses.edu/. Darwin's Doubt Saturday, October 12 | 11:15 am - 12:10 pm In this presentation, Dr. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding the "Cambrian explosion" of animal life in the fossil record — a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but …

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October
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2019}

Want to promote intelligent design as an activist, doctor, donor, scientist, writer, educator, student, or ministry leader? Plan now to attend Discovery Institute’s third Intelligent Design Action Network Meeting in Seattle on October 18-19, 2019. Hear about the current state of the debate from the leaders of the movement; talk with David Berlinski by video-link about his forthcoming book; meet geneticist Michael Denton and learn about his next two books; discover what scientific and educational projects are currently in the pipeline; explore new tools to promote intelligent design as a scientist, doctor, educator, or citizen activist; and brainstorm about what we should be doing in the future. Plus see a sneak preview of new video projects. Cost is only $100 if you register by …

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COSM

_{A National Technology Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Crypto, and Life After Google}_{Discovery Institute
Date
October
10
Oct
23
23
2019
The Westin Bellevue
Bellevue, WA}

The COSM Conference is a premier national summit on the converging future of technology. Held in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, COSM highlights the interplay between global innovations and the pullulating Seattle scene of some of the world’s leading tech companies confronting the fastest moving opportunities. Focusing on the “systems of the world” competing to shape our economy and society, the mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation on the cosmic unities animating an array of apparently divergent technology areas. From artificial intelligence and blockchain to 5G and crypto-currency, from autonomous vehicles and cloud computing to the biotech revolution and to internet commerce, it is all converging in Seattle and …

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