Center for Inquiry World Congress 2009

 

The Center for Inquiry's 12th World Congress:
Science, Public Policy, and the Planetary Community
April 9-12, 2009
Bethesda, MD Hyatt Hotel (just outside of Washington, DC)

2009 marks the bicentennial of both Charles Darwin's and Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. There can be no more fitting opportunity to discuss and consider the appropriate relationship between science and public policy. Please join us as scientists and scholars from around the world analyze the role of science, explain how it works, explore its connection to public policy, and examine its significance for the global community.

Speakers
Norm Allen
Mona Abousenna
Tom Beauchamp
Roger Bonnet
David Contosta
Austin Dacey
Tarek Fatah
Barbara Forrest
Ren Fujun
Christopher Hitchens
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Leo Igwe
Philip Kitcher
Lawrence Krauss
Paul Kurtz
Ronald A. Lindsay
Elizabeth Loftus
John C. Mather
Joe Nickell
James Randi
Michael Ruse
Armadeo Sarma
Patricia Scott Schroeder
Drew Shindell
Eleanor Smeal
Eddie Tabash
Floris van der Berg
Toni Van Pelt
Ibn Warraq
Mourad Wahba
Richard Wiseman

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