FRIDAY, JUNE 2 

6:30 PM – 10:00 PM:  Registration Desk Open  (Bethany Room B)

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM:   LIGHT DINNER   (Bethany, Room B)           

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM:  OPENING RECEPTION  & POSTER SESSION 1  (Bethany, Room B)          

SATURDAY, JUNE 3     LIVESTREAM LINK 

7:00 AM:  MASS (optional)  (University Chapel)

7:45 AM – 8:45 AM:   BREAKFAST  (Bethany, Room B)       

All talks in Bethany, Room A.  All Breaks in Bethany, Room B

8:45 AM – 9 AM:   Welcoming remarks   

9:00 AM:   Lecture: “Is the Universe Made for Life?  Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas,” Stephen M. Barr  (Univ. of Delaware)

9:45 AM:  Break   

10:00 AM:  Lecture: “The Promise and Pitfalls of Integrating Neuroscience and Faith,” Sofia Carozza (Univ. of Cambridge)

10:35 AM:  Lecture: “A Catholic Perspective on Pharmaceutical Development in and for Developing Countries,” Reinhard Vehring (Univ. of Alberta)

11:10 AM:  Break

11:25 AM: Lecture: “Does Artificial Intelligence Need the Gospel?”  Timothy E. Carone (Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater)                                 

12 Noon – 1:15 PM:  LUNCH  (Bethany, Room B)         

1:15 PM:  Lecture: “Human Origins and Our Evolving Understanding of Humanness,” Kieran McNulty (Univ. of Minnesota)

2:00 PM:  Break                       

2:20 PM:  Lecture: “The Psychological and Neurobiological Response to Beauty: Reason to hope,” Samantha Mattheiss (Felician Univ.)

2:55 PM:  Lecture: “This is My Body: Modern Science and the Doctrine of Transubstantiation,” Thomas Davenport, O.P., (Pontifical Univ. of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome)

3:30 PM:  Break                                          

3:50 PM: Lecture: “The Dark Universe,” Maria Elena Monzani (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University) 

4:35 PM:  Break      

4:55 PM:  Lecture: “Medical Approaches to Alleviate Suffering from Sex-Discordant Gender Identity: Scientific Evidence and Outcomes,” Paul Hruz (Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis)

5:40 PM to  6:30 PM:  COCKTAIL HOUR  (Bethany, Room B)     

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM:  CONFERENCE BANQUET   (Bethany, Room B)         

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM:  SOCIALIZING & POSTER SESSION 2  (Bethany, Room B)

SUNDAY, JUNE 4      LIVESTREAM LINK

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM:  CONFERENCE MASS  (University Chapel)

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM:  BREAKFAST  (Bethany, Room B)

Talks in Bethany, Room A.

10:00 AM:  Guest Lecture: “Using Geomagnetic Fields in Biblical Archaeology," (Yoav Vaknin, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem)                                                                                   

10:45 AM: Break                                

11:00 AM:  Lecture: “The Origin of Life on Earth: How the Tree of Life is Rooted in Matter,”  Luc Jaeger (UC Santa Barbara) 

11:45 AM:  Lecture: “Evolution and Christian Belief,” John Paul Libanati (Vanderbilt Univ.)

12:20 PM - 1:30 PM: LUNCH   (Bethany, Room B)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM:  2022 SCS Membership Meeting  (Bethany, Room B)

2:30 PM:   Conference ends