Intelligent design conferences, debates and other events
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Intelligent design concepts have been presented and discussed in many venues. Listed here chronologically are events involving known members of the intelligent design community. These events include colloquia, conferences, conventions, debates, dialogues, discussions, forums, gatherings, public interviews, meetings, round-tables, seminars, speeches, summits, symposia, and talks.
| Event name | Speakers | Where | When | Sponsors/benefactors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissent over Descent @ the Bristol Festival of Ideas | Steve Fuller | The Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX | May 9, 2007, 18.00-19.00 | British Cultrural Development Partnership |
| ID & Evolution | Paul Nelson | Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA | April 16, 2007, 6-8:30pm | |
| Michael Behe, Stephen Meyer, Jay Richards, Lee Strobel | Dallas, Texas, USA; Southern Methodist University | April 13-14, 2007 | Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute | |
| Michael Behe, Stephen Meyer, Jay Richards, Lee Strobel | Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | March 24, 2007 | Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute | |
| Steve Fuller, Lewis Wolpert | Royal Holloway University of London | February 21, 2007, 5:00pm – 6:30pm | ||
| Dembski, Shermer To Debate Evolution Vs. Intelligent Design | William Dembski, Michael Shermer | Cole Hall, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, USA | February 15, 2007 7:30pm | |
| Paul Nelson, Chris Peterson | The University of Georgia, Center for Complex Carbohydrate Research Auditorium | February 7, 2007, 7:30pm | The University of Georgia Christian Faculty Forum | |
| William Dembski, Ronald Numbers, Howard J. Van Till, Jeff Schloss | Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania | February 7, 2007 | Grove City College Society for Science, Faith and Technology and The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College | |
| Michael Behe, Sean Carroll | Alma College in Alma, Michigan, Remick Heritage Center | February 5, 2007 8pm (Behe), February 7, 2007 8pm (Carroll) | ||
| Michael Behe | Walla Walla Valley Academy auditorium | January 26, 2007, 6pm, Question-and-answer session Friday at noon in the Alaska Room of Kellogg Hall | Walla Walla College's 2007 Distinguished Scholar Lecture series | |
| Michael Behe | Walla Walla Valley Academy auditorium | January 25, 2007, 7pm | Walla Walla College's 2007 Distinguished Scholar Lecture series | |
| Michael Behe | University of Kansas, Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall | December 7, 2006 1-2:30pm | "Difficult Dialogues at the Commons - Knowledge: Faith and Reason" | |
| Paul Nelson, Michael Shermer | Penn State Berks | December 6, 2006, 7:30pm | ||
| Phillip E. Johnson | UC Davis | December 1, 2006, 7pm | Faith and Reason lecture series of Grace Valley Christian Center | |
| Paul Nelson, Michael Ruse, John Haught, Robin Collins | Utah Valley State College | December 1, 2006 9am - 4pm | Utah Valley State College, Student Center, Room 206 | |
| Paul Nelson, Michael Ruse, John Haught, Robin Collins | Westminster College | December 1, 2006, 7 pm - 9pm | Westminster College, Gore Auditorium | |
| Martin Nickels | Hunt Hall Indiana University Kokomoa | November 10, 11, 2006 | Indiana College Biology Teacher's Association | |
| John F. Haught, Barbara Forrest, and Paul A. Nelson, Craig Hood | Loyola University New Orleans |
- November 6, 2006, 7:00pm | ||
| Walter Bradley, Paul Nelson, Tom Woodward | Clearwater and Tampa, Florida | November 3-4, 2006 | C.S. Lewis Society | |
| Michael Behe, John Haught, Peter Dodson | University of Portland, Buckley Center Auditorium | Oct 28, 2006 at 2:00 pm | The Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture | |
| Michael Shermer, Jonathan Wells | The Cato Institute, Washington, DC | October 12, 2006, 12:00pm | The Cato Institute | |
| Hugh Ross, David Humphreys | University of Toronto | September 29-30, 2006 | The Annual Fund of St. Michael’s Alumni | |
| Michael Behe, Jonathan Wells, Ralph Seelke, William Dembski, Emcee: Thomas Woodward | University of South Florida Sun Dome | Sept. 29, 2006, 7pm | Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity | |
| Paul Nelson, Respondent: Johan F. Storm | University of Oslo and Rikshospitalet auditorium - Oslo, Norway | September 21, 2006: 14.15-16.00 - University of Oslo & 19.00-21.15 - Rikshospitalet | ||
| Kenneth R. Miller (Sep. 7, 2006, 7:30-9:00 p.m. “God, Darwin, and Design: Creationism’s Second Coming”) (Sep. 8, 2006, 10:00-11:30am, “Dialogue with Kenneth Miller”) Judge John E. Jones III (Sep. 26, 2006, 7:30-9:00 p.m. “Judicial Independence and Kitzmiller v. Dover et al”) Richard Dawkins (Oct. 16, 2006, 7:30-9:00 p.m. "The God Delusion") Eugenie C. Scott (Thu., Nov. 16, 2006, 7:30-9:00 p.m. "Faith, Reason, and Assumption in Understanding the Natural World") Michael Behe (Dec. 7, 2006, 1:00-2:30pm “The Argument for Intelligent Design in Biology”) | University of Kansas | September 7 – December 7, 2006 | "Difficult Dialogues at the Commons - Knowledge: Faith and Reason" | |
| Michael Behe, Stephen C. Meyer, Paul Nelson, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jonathan Wells | Biola University | May 12, 2006 | Biola University |
| Michael Behe, Benjamin Wiker, John Mark Reynolds | Franciscan University of Steubenville | April 8, 2006 | IDEA Club at Franciscan University | |
| Jonathan Wells, John C. Lennox, Charles B. Thaxton, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael J. Behe | Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic | October 22, 2005 | Konos Connection, Discovery Institute, European Scientific Network, Komenského institut v Praze |
| Angus Mengue, Chris Grace, Chris Macosko, Craig Hazen, David Lee, Denyse O’Leary, Earle Fox, Francis Beckwith, Fred Heeren, Fritz Schaefer, Fuz Rana, Garrett J. DeWeese, Gary DeWeese, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hugh Ross, J.P. Moreland, Jay Richards, Jed Macosko, Jerry Bergman, Joe Francis, John Angus Campbell, John Bloom, John Bracht, John Calvert, John Mark Reynolds, John West, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Kirk Durston, Kyler Kuehn, Larry Caldwell, Marcus Ross, Matt Cruzen, Michael Behe, Mike Keas, Nancy Pearcy, Paul Nelson, Philip Johnson, Richard Weikart, Robin Collins, Seth Cooper, Stephen C. Meyer, Walter Bradley, William Dembski | Biola University | April 22-24, 2004 | ||
| Benjamin Wiker, Bernard Brandstater, Bruce D. Evans, Casey Luskin, Christopher Langan, Curt Deckert, Daniel Toma, Darrel Falk, David and Rebecca Keller, David Hague, David K. Y. Chiu, Earl Aagaard, Ed Peltzer, Forrest Mims, Frank Tipler, Fred Skiff, Fuz Rana, Gina Lynne LoSasso, Guillermo Gonzalez, Ide Trotter, Jay Richards, Jed Macosko, Jim Swanson, John Bloom, Jonathan Wells, Kerry Fulcher, Kirk Durston, Mark Ryland, Martin Poenie, Marvin and Kimberly Payne, Paul Brown, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Roger DeHart, Russell W. Carlson, Ryan Huxley, Scott Minnich, Stephen C. Meyer, Timothy Standish, Walt Stangl, Walter L. Bradley, William Dembski | Biola University | October 25-27, 2002 | ||
| Phillip Johnson, William Dembski, Robin Collins, William Lane Craig, Jonathan Wells, Martin Poenie, Paul Nelson, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael Behe, David Berlinski, Scott Minnich, Jeff Schloss, Paul Chien, Guillermo Gonzalez, Walter Bradley | Yale University | November 2-4, 2000 | Rivendale Institute |
| Alan Guth , Allen Utke, Alvin Plantinga, Arne Wyller, Béatrice Anner, Bruce Gordon, Christian de Duve, Dallas Willard, David Yandell, Donald Schmeltekopf, Edward Zalta, Ernan McMullin, Evan Fales, Everett Mendelsohn, Forrest Mims III, Henry F. Schaeffer III, Horace Freeland Judson, Howard Ducharme, Howard Van Till, J. Budziszewski, James Barham, Jay Richards, Jeffrey Schloss, John Hare, John Mark Reynolds, John Searle, Karl Stephan, Larry Arnhart , Mark Ptashne, Mark Wilson, Michael Behe, Michael Boivin, Michael Keas, Michael Rea, Michael Shermer, Michael Tooley, Michael Williams, Nancey Murphy, Otavio Bueno, Paul Nelson, R. Douglas Geivett, Richard Amoroso, Robert DeHaan, Robert Koons, Robert O'Connor, Robert Sloan, Robert Wright, Robin Collins, Ronald Numbers, Rudolf Brun, Sahotra Sarkar, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Griffith, Stephen C. Meyer, Steven Shafersman, Steven Weinberg, Stewart Goetz, Stuart Rosenbaum, Terry Winant, Timothy Standish, Todd Moody, Walter Bradley, William Dembski, William Harris, William Lane Craig, William Talbott | Baylor University | April 12-15, 2000 | Michael Polanyi Center, Templeton Foundation |
| Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology – Chinese Academy of Science, Chengjiang, China | June 20-25, 1999 | |||
| Michael Behe, David Berlinski, Walter Bradley, William Lane Craig, William Dembski, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Phillip Johnson, Robert Kaita, Stephen C. Meyer, J. P. Moreland, Paul Nelson, Robert Newman, Nancy Pearcey, Del Ratzsch, John Mark, Hugh Ross, Siegfried Scherer, Jeff Schloss, Jonathan Wells, Luder Whitlock | Biola University | November 14-17, 1996 | Templeton Foundation, ASA | |
| Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, William Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer, Dean Kenyon, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson | Pajaro Dunes, California | June 22-24, 1993 | Early pioneers of intelligent design theory |

