EVENTS

STOQ 2009 – THE STOQ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
«BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION. Facts and Theories»

The conference has had the presence of some of the most prestigious and eminent researchers in science, philosophy and theology. Exponents of universities and institutions in Europe and United States, between the most important in the world, have exposed their point of view from theis scientific disciplines, their reflections and their vision of a possible relationship between evolution theories and religion.

There has sprung out a dialogue and a confrontation between scientific and philosophic positions, defined by an highest scientific severity and by a common openness and willingness to an equilibrate debate, respectful of each position.

Speakers:

• Werner Arber, University of Basel, Switzerland (Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1978)
• Jacques Arnould, Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), France
• Francisco J. Ayala, University of California, Irvine, USA
• Gianfranco Biondi, University of L'Aquila, Italy
• Georges Chantraine, Theological Faculty of Lugano, Switzerland
• Simon Conway Morris, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Yves Coppens, Collége de France, France
• Card. Georges Cottier, Pontifical Academy of Science, Vatican City
• Anne Dambricourt-Malassé, National Museum of Natural History, France
• David J. Depew, University of Iowa, USA
• Robin Dunbar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Fiorenzo Facchini, University of Bologna, Italy
• Jeffrey L. Feder, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
• Douglas J. Futuyma, State University of New York (Stony Brook), USA
• Ludovico Galleni, University of Pisa, Italy
• Jean Gayon, University of Paris 1, France
• Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA
• Vittorio Hösle, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
• Stuart Kauffman, University of Calgary, Canada
• Dominique Lambert, University of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
• Jean-Michel Maldamé, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France
• Giorgio Manzi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
• Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA
• Rafael Martinez, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Italy
• Juergen Mittelstrass, University of Konstanz, Germany
• Stuart A. Newman, New York Medical College in Valhalla, USA
• Ronald Numbers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Olga Rickards, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
• Robert Russell, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), Berkeley, USA
• Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Massimo Stanzione, University of Cassino, Italy
• William R. Stoeger, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
• Robert E. Ulanowicz, University of Maryland, USA
• André Wénin, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
• David S. Wilson, Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA