Symposium: Darwin's Evolution
Go deeper into Darwin's theory of evolution and how the theory itself has
evolved during the 150 years that have passed since it first was published!
Join our two-day symposium and listen to some of the greatest scientists in
the field, from all over the world!

Welcome 19-20 May 2009!
The Swedish Museum of Natural History.
The symposium is free of charge, presentations are in English, and some
previous scientific knowledge is recommended.


Register here: http://www.nrm.se/Darwin
The year of 2009 marks 200 years since Charles Darwin was born, and 150
years since his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
was published. Darwin is by far the most famous biologist ever, and he
changed the way we see our world. Evolution and natural selection belong to
the foundations of modern sciences.

List of speakers (may be subject to changes)
Opening lecture
Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA , USA): Darwin and the
Future of Biology


Darwin and modern society
Michael Ruse (Florida State University, Talahassee, FL, USA)

Darwin's vision in today's light
Antonio Lazcano (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Sandra Herbert (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA)
Peter & Rosemary Grant (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anders Götherström (Uppsala University)
Else Marie Friis (The Swedish Museum of Natural History)
Don Johanson (Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USA)

Beyond Darwin
Robert Ricklefs (University of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)
Geraat Vermeij (University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA)
Erich Jarvis (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA)
Rudolf Raff (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
Scott Edwards (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Rolf Ohlsson (Uppsala University)
Kerstin Johannesson (University of Gothenburg)
A complete program will be published in February 2009.