Winter Symposium
January 30, 2021
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST

"Scientific and Spiritual Lessons in the Time of COVID"

featuring Dr. Francis Collins
Director, National Institutes of Health
2020 Templeton Award Laureate
ASA Member & Fellow

The ASA Winter Symposium featuring ASA member and Fellow Francis Collins is coming soon! We invite you to join us via Zoom on Saturday, January 30, 2021, beginning at 12 pm EST. Dr. Collins, who is Director, National Institutes of Health and the 2020 Templeton Prize Laureate, will share his unique insights on "Scientific and Spiritual Lessons in the Time of COVID."

This virtual event will include key elements of the ASA approach—a scientific talk followed by lively discussion facilitated by local and student chapters and concluding with time for fellowship/social interaction. The three-hour symposium will be broken down as follows:

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_62KF6KYJQoitZWDhN4PLWw

12 pm EST – Lecture with Francis Collins
  1 pm EST – Local Chapter/Student Discussions
  2 pm EST – Fellowship/Social Hour

Everyone is welcome to join us for one or all three segments.

Block two of facilitated discussions will start after the webinar ends at 1 pm EST/10 am PST (or a little after). For block two, please use the Zoom link:
network.asa3.org/meeting

In this unique time, we appear to be turning a corner. This is a special opportunity to hear from an ASA Fellow on the front line of the COVID response. Throughout his career, Francis has been a strong voice for the integration of faith and reason. He is best known for leading the Human Genome Project in 2003 to its successful completion. By his scientific leadership, public speaking, and popular writing, including his best-selling 2006 book The Language of God (which led to the creation of BioLogos), Francis has demonstrated how religious faith can motivate and inspire rigorous scientific research. He encourages religious communities to embrace the latest discoveries of genetics and the biomedical sciences as insights to enrich and enlarge their faith. He works closely with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key White House advisor on the national health crisis.

This symposium is open to ASA members and the general public. Please help us spread the word by inviting your church, friends, family members, students, and colleagues to attend too! You can do so by forwarding this email or posting the event on your social media pages.