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PROGRAM

MPS Galapagos Special Meeting,

USFQ Campus, San Cristóbal, 23-28 June 2013

EVOLUTION, THE HUMAN SCIENCES AND LIBERTY

JUNE 23

11 am Arrival in San Cristóbal (1 hour difference with continent)

12:30 p.m. Registration and Lunch at GAIAS

4 p.m. San Cristobal Convention Center:

Welcome by Local Authorities

Welcome by Carlos Montufar, PhD, USFQ

Welcome Address: Prof. Deepak Lal, UCLA, MPS

Prof. David Kohn , American Museum of Natural History

Adam Smith, Malthus and the creation of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

Prof. Diego Quiroga, USFQ

Darwin’s Islands

8 p.m. Cocktail and Opening Dinner ( at GAIAS center)

JUNE 24

8:30 am- 10:00am:

I. Cultural Evolution Chairperson: Dr. Carl-Johan Westholm, MPS

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Prof. Rob Boyd, UCLA and Arizona State University

Prof. Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics

10:00 – 10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:15 – 11:00 Discussion

11:00 – 11:45

II. Liberty and Evolution Chairperson: Prof. Peter Whybrow, UCLA, MPS

Prof. Joaquin Fuster, Semel Institute, UCLA

12am- 1.30 pm Lunch

2:00 – 2:45 Prof. Stuart Kauffman, University of Vermont (by video)

2:45 – 3:30 Discussion

3:30 – 5:00 p.m

III. The Social Animal Chairperson: Dr. Jiri Schwarz, Liberalni Institut, MPS

Prof. Robin Dunbar, Oxford University

Dr. Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, MPS

5:00 – 5:15 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

5:15 – 6:00 p.m. Discussion

8 pm- Dinner (at several restaurants in the island)

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JUNE 25

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

IV. The Political Animal Chairperson: Prof. Hannes Gissuarson, Univ. of Iceland, MPS

Prof. Larry Anhart, NIU

Prof. Kenneth Minogue, London School of Economics, MPS

10:00 – 10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:15- 11:00 Discussion

11:00 – 11:45

V. The Co-operative Animal Chairpeson: Dr. Eamonn Butler, Adam Smith Institute, MPS

Prof. Leda Cosmides, UCSB

12am- 1.30 pm Lunch

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Prof. David Rose, Univ. Missouri-St. Louis, MPS.

2:45 – 3:30 pm Discussion

3:30 – 5:00 p.m

VI. The Moral Animal Chairperson: Dr. Terrence Kealey, Univ. of Buckingham, MPS

Prof. John Tooby. UCSB

Prof. Gerald Gaus, Univ. of Arizona, MPS

5:00 – 5:15 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

5:15 – 6:00 p.m. Discussion

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8 pm: Dinner (at several restaurants in the island)

JUNE26

Tour of the Islands

JUNE27

8:30 am- 10:00am

VII. The Warrior Chairperson: Dr. Edwin Feulner, Heritage, MPS

Prof. Richard Wrangham, Harvard

Prof. Deepak Lal, UCLA

10:00am – 10:15am COFFEE BREAK

10:15 am- 11:00am Discussion

11:00am – 11:45 am

VIII. The Entrepreneur Chairperson: TBS

Prof. Peter Whybrow, Semel Institute, UCLA, MPS

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch

The New Biology and Medicine

Dr. James Le Fanu, medical columnist, Daily Telegraph

2:00 – 2:45 pm

Prof. John Kay, London School of Economics, Financial Times

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2:45 – 3:30 pm Discussion

3:30 – 5:00 pm

IX. The Religious Animal Chairperson: Prof. Kenneth Minogue, LSE, MPS

Prof. Pascal Boyer, Univ. of Washington

Rev. Robert Sirico, Acton Institute, MPS

5:00 – 5:15 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

5:15 – 6:00 p.m. Discussion

8 pm: Closing Dinner at GAIAS

Presidential Address

JUNE 28

8am- 10 am

Special Session: New Frontiers

Prof. Pascal Boyer, Univ. of Washington

Prof. Rob Boyd, UCLA and Univ. of Arizona

Closing Address: Dr. Edwin Feulner, Heritage Foundation, MPS

10:30 am Departure from hotels to airport

1:15 pm Departure to Guayaquil