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Online options for our 2024 Annual Meeting
Paid live-stream attendees: return to this page during the meeting to enter your password (given to you upon registration) and access the live-stream links.
Livestream sessions – All of the plenary speakers, one track of oral presentations, the Sunday worship, and the State of the ASA meeting will be livestreamed.
Additionally, ASA Members TBD are hosting a series of three Zoom meetings during the weekend for our online attendees to discuss the sessions they've been viewing. Please find the full schedule of online sessions below.
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Online Schedule
- Friday, July 26
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7:00 PM (EDT) | Welcome, Introductions, Announcements
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7:30 PM (EDT) | Plenary I
Praveen Sethupathy, "Why Does Diversity Matter?" - Saturday, July 27
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8:15 AM (EDT) | Devotions I
• Devotional: Chris Barrigar
• Worship Leader: Grace Capital City
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8:45 AM (EDT) | Plenary II
Charmaine Royal, "Diversity, Unity, Oneness" -
10:15–11:45 AM (EDT) | Session I.A
Physical Sciences: Modern Physics and the Nature of Reality
• Robert Kaita, “Modern Physics and Faith in Things Unseen”
• Roger Wiens, “Does Christianity Require Belief in the Supernatural?”
• Charles Kankelborg, “On the Statistical Plausibility of Divine Providence” -
12:00 PM (EDT) | Zoom Discussion I
Hosted by TBD -
1:00 PM–2:30 PM (EDT) | Session II.A
Life Sciences: Healthcare
• Jennifer K Briggs, “How Network Theory, Computational Modeling, and Microscopy in the Islet Informs Diabetes Care and Perhaps the Influence of Our Heart Posture and Attitudes on Faith Communication”
• Perry Marshall, “How to Detect Cancer at Stage Negative One”
• Mark Strand, “Healthy Individuals in Sick Populations: Can Individualism Sustain Healthy Populations?” -
3:30 PM–5:00 PM (EDT) | Session III.A
Social and Psychological Sciences: Reflections on Identity Formation
• Tony Jelsma, “The Use of Puberty Blockers in Childhood Gender Dysphoria”
• Dana Oleskiewicz, “Culture, Colonialism, and Gender Identity: Reflections from Rwanda”
• John Wood, “Jesus Christ, the Life of the Mind and Professional Formation” -
7:00 PM (EDT) | Plenary III
Francis Collins, “Come Let Us Reason Together: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust?” - Sunday, July 28
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9:30 AM–10:30 AM (EDT) | Worship Service
• Worship Leader: Grace Capital City
• Minister: David Anderson -
11:00 AM–12:00 PM (EDT) | Plenary IV
Beth Allison Barr, "‘Are Women Human?’ A Medieval Catholic Perspective on Modern Evangelical Ideas about Women" -
12:00 PM (EDT) | Zoom Discussion II
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1:15–2:45 PM (EDT) | Session IV.A
Engineering and Technology: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Human Condition
• Jim Stump, “Comparing Views on AI between Theologians and Scientists”
• Derek C Schuurman, “Chatting with Blaise Pascal: What Would Pascal Say?”
• John Knox, “Decentralization and AI: Heavenly Blueprints for Human Flourishing” -
3:15 PM–4:45 PM (EDT) | Session V.A
Environmental Sciences: Protecting Biodiversity
• Lynn Braband, “When Creation Care Gets Messy: Managing HumanWildlife Conflicts in a ‘Not Yet’ World”
• David Campbell, “Tennyson Beats Heraclitus: Generating Freshwater Biodiversity through Stable Habitats in Dynamic Landscapes”
• Steven Hall, “Conservation and Restoration in Sturgeon Aquaculture and Production Systems” -
7:30 PM-9:00 PM (EDT) | State of the ASA
• Presenters: Janel Curry, Vicki Best, and Mike Beidler
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PDF of slides for State of the ASA
- Monday, July 29
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8:15 AM (EDT) | Devotions II
• Devotional: Jessica Moerman
• Worship Leader: Grace Capital City
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8:45 AM–9:45 AM (EDT) | Plenary V
Brandon Vaidyanathan, “The Diversity of Beauty in Science” -
10:15 AM–11:45 AM (EDT) | Session VI.A
Theological Perspectives and Life Sciences: Diverse Approaches to Theodicy
• E Janet Warren, “Generational Sin and Epigenetics)”
• Andrew Nosal, “Theological Implications of the Existence of ‘Offensive’ Animals and the Ascetical Opportunities They Provide”
• Thomas Patrick Arnold, “Sharing with Young Earthers How the Hebrew Bible Does Not Require a Young Earth” -
12:00 PM (EDT) | Zoom Discussion III
Hosted by TBD
Should you have any questions, please contact us at asa@asa3.org.