Darwin Days 2009: 11., 12. and 13. February

Free entrance. No registration required.

Program Wednesday 11. February

09:30-09:40: Introduction: "Darwin's influence on our understanding of life"
Nils Chr. Stenseth (Chair of CEES)

09:40-09:50: "Greetings from Darwin’s homeland"
David Powell (British Ambassador in Norway)

09:50-10:15: "Announcing a new Norwegian book “Darwin: verden ble aldri den samme” (Eng: "Darwin: the world would never be the same again") edited by Dag O. Hessen, Thore Lie & Nils Chr. Stenseth)"
Nils Chr. Stenseth (Chair of CEES)

10:15-11:15: "The public acceptance of evolution in Europe and the United States"
Jon D. Miller (East Lansing, MI) (Abstract)

11:15-12:15:  “The fossil record and Darwin's theory of evolution”
Adrian M. Lister (Natural History Museum, London) (Abstract)

Break

14:00-15:00: “The evolution of individuality"
Paul Rainey (NZ Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS) at Massey University's Albany Campus) (Abstract)

15:00-16:00: “Self-Organization, embodiment, and biologically inspired robotics”
Rolf Pfeifer (Zurich, Switzerland) (Abstract)


Program Thursday 12 February

09:30-10:30: "A Genomic View of Human Origins"
Johannes Krause (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) 

10:30-11:30: “Evolution, behaviour and primate cortex: the behavioural neurobiology of vocal communication”
Cory Miller (Johns Hopkins University)

Pause

13:00-14:00: "Finding the way – an evolutionarily conserved brain function"
Edvard Moser, Director of Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Director of Centre for the Biology of Memory, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Abstract)
(Edvard Moser is replacing Christophe Pallier, who had to cancel his participation due to unforeseen circumstances)

14:00-15:00: "Evolution of Cooperation, especially in Humans"
Karl Sigmund (Vienna) (Abstract)

15:00-16:00: "The impact of Darwinian thought on decision theory and the behavioral sciences"
Peter Hammerstein (Berlin)
 

Program Thursday 12 February (CONTINUED, in Auditorium 1, Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern, University of Oslo)

16:30-17:15: "Discussion on the Complete Sequencing of the Neanderthal Genome"
Johannes Krause (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)

The press is especially invited to this discussion.
 

Program Friday 13 February (Auditorium 2, Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern, University of Oslo)

11:15-12:00: "Thomas Malthus and Connecting population dynamics and evolution"
Mike Begon (Abstract and more information)

Note!: The programme continues with a "bonus lecture" by Jeremy Young on 13. February (different venue).

See the full list of CEES' Darwin Year events.