Online Schedule

• Friday, July 18

• 7:00 PM (MDT) | Welcome, Introductions, Announcements

• 7:30 PM (MDT) | Plenary I
  Robert Ddamulira, “When the Green Movement Meets Jesus: A Christ-Like Model of Environmental Leadership”

• Saturday, July 19

• 8:15 AM (MDT) | Devotions
  

  • Devotional: J. Nathan Matias, “A Lament for Scientists under Attack”
  • Worship Leader: Ciara Reyes-Ton, Mount Carmell Worship Collective
  

• 8:45 AM (MDT) | Plenary II
  Sherol Chen, “Narrative Intelligence: The Agency and Authorial Leverage of Storytelling Amidst Advancements in AI”

• 10:15–11:45 AM (MDT) | Session I.A
  Integration of Faith in STEM Education 1
  

  • Erik Lindquist and John Harms, “Bookending Cornerstone and Capstone Courses for Inspiring a Holistic Synthesis of Faith and the Biological Sciences”
  • Karri Iverson, “For His Glory: Designing Curriculum That Encourages Worship”
  • Edward B. Davis, “Teaching Science Majors about Christianity and Science”

• 12:00 PM (MDT) | Zoom Discussion I
  Hosted by Craig Story

• 1:00 PM–2:30 PM (MDT) | Session II.A
  Engineering, Technology, Computer Science 1
  

  • Philip P. Graybill, “Christian Perspectives on Technological Asceticism”
  • Daren Erisman, “Proleptic Guardrails for Humanity and AI: Generative AI in an Age of Uncertainty”
  • Noel W. Anderson, “Created and Called: Humans with AI on Sunday Mornings”

• 3:30 PM–5:00 PM (MDT) | Session III.A
  Life and Health Sciences 2
  

  • Igor V. Sharakhov, “Different Means to the Same End: Diversity of Isolating Mechanisms in the Origin of Species”
  • Perry Marshall, “Natural Viral Engineering in Cognition-Based Evolution”
  • Mark A. Strand, “Challenges to Reliable Epidemiology and the Implications for Population Health”

• 7:30 PM (MDT) | Plenary III
  Abram Bicksler, “The Power of Partnerships to Bring About a Transformed World That Honors God Amid Mega-trends Affecting Our World, the Church, and the Creation”
  Respondent: Brian Gray

• Sunday, July 20

• 9:30 AM–10:30 AM (MDT) | Worship Service

  • Worship Leader: Ciara Reyes-Ton, Mount Carmell Worship Collective
  • Minister: Hugh Ross, “The Salt of the Earth”

• 11:00 AM–12:00 PM (MDT) | Plenary IV
  Ruth Bancewicz, “Science as Worship in the Laboratory and in the Church”

• 12:00 PM (MDT) | Zoom Discussion II
  Hosted by Kristine Johnson

• 1:15 PM–2:45 PM (MDT) | Session IV.A
  Psychology, Neurological and Behavioral Sciences 2
  

  • Kyle Valentino, “Understanding Depression Evolutionary, Neurobiological, and Contemporary Perspectives”
  • Bryan J. Dik, “Psychological Research on Work as a Calling”
  • Charitie Martino, “Leveraging Adaptive Resonance Theory for Memory Data: An Autonomous Approach without Back Propagation”

• 3:15 PM–4:45 PM (MDT) | Session V.A
  Theology and Humanities 3
  

  • Carol C. Kankelborg, “Toward Transcending the Conflict Model”
  • Seth Hart, “The Symbolic Cosmos: Reclaiming the Historical Christian Vision of the World”
  • Alan Tai, “A Physicist’s Perspective on God: Roadmaps to Wisdom Through Science and Life”

• 7:30 PM (MDT) | State of the ASA
  

  • Presenters: Janel Curry, Vicki Best, and Mike Beidler
  

• PDF of slides for State of the ASA
  

• Monday, July 21

• 8:15 AM (MDT) | Devotions
  

  • Devotional: Jennifer Wiseman, “A New Narrative of Hope”
  • Worship Leader: Ciara Reyes-Ton, Mount Carmell Worship Collective
  

• 8:45 AM–9:45 AM (MDT) | Plenary V
  Jeff Hardin, “Fearfully and Wonderfully (Self)Made: Christian Faith and the Wonder of the Embryo”

• 10:15 AM–11:45 AM (MDT) | Session VI.A
  Physical and Environmental Sciences 4
  

  • David Heidlauf, “The Poison Water Site: A Case Study Reflection of this Country’s Worst Carbon Tetrachloride Groundwater Contamination Site from a Human, National Contingency Plan, and Biblical Perspective”
  • B. Moses Abraham, “Machine Learning-Guided Discovery of Catalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Generation”
  • Dominic Halsmer, “Cosmic Affordance Structure Confirms Purpose of an Evolving Creation”

• 12:00 PM (MDT) | Zoom Discussion III
  Hosted by Craig Story