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Origins 2012 Full Schedule

Events color-coded in blue are for the technical CGS/CBS conference (Platinum, Gold, and Silver tickets), and events color-coded in yellow are for the general Origins 2012 conference (Bronze, Platinum, Gold, and Silver tickets).  Origins 2012 registration is available here.

 

Information for all ticket holders:  Registration for the conference will open at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, July 25.  Registration and check-in will take place in the Hodel Center.  If you are driving to the conference, here's a map with the Hodel Center marked with a green arrow:

 


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If you are flying to the conference, we need to know NOW if you would like a ride from the airport.  Please email Joe Francis to be included on the airport pickup schedule.

 

Platinum ticket holders:  If you are staying in the dorms you must bring your own linens.  Pillows, sheets, and towels are not provided.

 

Wednesday, July 25
12:30-5:30 pm Registration
Thursday, July 26
8:30 am - 5 pm Field Trip, Shenandoah National Park
6:00 - 6:45 pm Dinner
7:00 pm CBS & CGS council meetings
Friday, July 27
8:00 - 8:50 am Breakfast
8:50 - 9:00 am Welcome
9:00 - 10:00 am Geology Session
  • A Preliminary (Re)Estimation of the Ark-borne Animals, Beech & Ross
  • A Review of Extinction Patterns across the K-Pg Boundary, Clarey & Heim
  • The Significance of Soft-Sediment Deformation in the Permian Deposits in the Vicinity of Sedona, Arizona, Whitmore & Forsythe
10:00 - 10:10 am Break
10:10 - 11:10 am Biology Session 1
  • Baraminological Analysis of the Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), McLain & Clevenger
  • The Uncertain Baraminology of Ericaceae, Wood
  • Baraminological Analysis of the Asteraceae, Sanders
11:10 - 11:50 am Biology Session 2
  • What can Baraminic Distance Correlation Really Tell Us?, Wood
  • Adam: From Morphometrics to Music, Doran & Doran
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 1:40 pm Theology Session
  • Hesiod's Succession Narrative Adversarial Relationship to Genesis 1-11, McRoberts
  • The Nimrod-Like Figures of Ninurta and Hercules, Weekley
1:40 - 2:40 pm Biology Session 3
  • Origin of Pine Bark Beetle Infestations: A Proposed Project, Francis & Sanders
  • Are Linguistic Diversification and Biological Diversification Analogous? Exploring the Danger and Value of the Analogy for Creation Biology, Demme
  • Recalibration of Radiocarbon Dates of North American Mammoth Fossils, LeClaire & Wood
2:40 - 2:50 pm Break
2:50 - 3:20 pm CGS & CBS Business Meetings
3:30 - 5:30 pm Poster session
5:45 - 6:30 pm Dinner
6:30 - 7:15 pm Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and the Geology of the Flood
Kurt Wise
Professor of Science, Truett-McConnell College
7:15 - 8:00 pm A Creationist Perspective on Radiometric Dating
Andrew Snelling
Director of Research, Answers in Genesis
8:00 - 8:10 pm Break
8:10 - 8:55 pm Creation Biology for the Twenty-first Century
Todd Wood
Associate Professor of Science, Bryan College
8:55 - 9:40 pm Jerusalem Earthquake of 33 AD: Finding Bible Earthquakes in Laminated Dead Sea Sediment
Steve Austin
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Cedarville University
9:40 - 9:50 pm Break
9:50 - 10:30 pm Question and Answers with all Friday evening speakers
Saturday, July 28
7:30 - 8:15 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am Myth Busters: How should we read Genesis 1-3?
Abner Chou
The Master's College
10:00 - 11:00 am The Quest for the Historical Adam
William VanDoodewaard
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
11:00 - 12:00 noon The Church Fathers: Young-Earth Creationists
James Mook
Capital Bible Seminary
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm The Firmament: An Investigation of the Hebrew Bible's Raqia
Jud Davis
Bryan College
2:00 - 3:00 pm The Image of God and the Multifaceted Unity of Human Beings
Doug Kennard
Houston Graduate School of Theology
3:00 - 3:10 pm Break
3:10 - 4:10 pm Where Does Death Come From? A Biblical Theology of Death and Natural Evil
James Stambaugh
Doctoral candidate, Baptist Bible Seminary
4:10 - 5:10 pm Flood Theology: Why Does Noah's Flood Matter?
Stephen Lloyd
Hope Church