Fall 2021 SCS NM Regional Conference Program (as of Sep. 8, 2021)
(Note: The talks and slides linked here represent the views or ideas of the individual speakers and are not, necessarily, the views or positions of the SCS, the SCS NM Chapter, or the Catholic Church.)
Fri, Sep 10, 2021
These events on Friday are open to the public and do not require registration.
Location: Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 3700 Canyon Rd., Los Alamos, NM 87544
5:30 pm Gold Mass, Main Church (video)
6:15 pm Dinner, Karen McLaughlin Parish Hall
7:00 pm Public lecture, Prof. Stephen Barr (U. Delaware, Physics, President of SCS),
"Science and Religion: the Myth of Conflict" (PDF) (video)
Sat, Sep 11, 2021
All events on Saturday require conference registration.
Location: Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., Los Alamos, NM 87544
8:15 am Breakfast, check-in
9:00 am Invocation and Blessing, Fr. John Daniel (pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Los Alamos)
Opening talk, Dr. Christopher Lee (LANL, Nuclear & Particle Theory, President of NM Chapter of SCS),
"The Mission and Vocation of a Catholic Scientist & the SCS" (PDF) (video)
9:30 am Keynote talk, Prof. Stephen Barr (U. Delaware, Physics, President of SCS),
"Cosmic Order: God and the Laws of Physics" (PDF) (video)
10:15 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Prof. Martinez (Marty) Hewlett, Ph.D., O.P. (University of New Mexico - Taos)
"Darwinian Evolution: The Science and The Controversy" (PDF) (video)
11:30 am Dr. Dan Winske [LANL (retired), Lab Fellow, Vice-President of the NM Chapter of SCS]
"Transhumanism: Superhighway, Rocky Road, or Christian Pathway to the Future?" (PDF) (video)
12:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Prof. Michael Dennin (UC Irvine, Physics & Astronomy, Vice-Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education),
"Proposing a Model for Free Will: How can the non-physical and physical interact?" (PDF) (video)
2:45 pm Dr. Chick Keller [LANL (retired), former director, Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics]
"The Existence and Nature of the Human Soul" (PDF) (video)
3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:45 pm Dr. Raymond Juzaitis [LANL (retired), former Associate Director for Weapons Physics]
"The Church and Nuclear Weapons" (PDF) (video)
4:15 pm Dr. Morrie Pongratz [LANL (retired), scientist in nuclear test diagnostics, forensics, space/satellite experiments]
"The End of Everything" (PDF) (video)
4:45 pm Social time / conference closing
6:00 pm Optional: Anticipated Mass of the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
7:30pm Conference banquet at Gabriel's of Santa Fe, 4 Banana Ln, Santa Fe, NM 87506Â