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RNA2015

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Thanks to the Lilly Endowment for providing scholarship support. TBA

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Thank you to our 2015 pre-conference organizer and sponsor: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and its program Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion (DoSER). Loews Philadelphia Hotel

10:00am EDT

Pre-Conference: Forefront Science for Religion Reporters — Welcome and Introduction Commonwealth

10:30am EDT

How Does Science Work? A Brief Introduction to the History, Philosophy and Practice of Science CommonwealthJennifer Wiseman • Melinda Baldwin • Rachel Gross

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Session: What Does It Mean to Be Human? Implications of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Millennium HallRobert T. Pennock

1:30pm EDT

What Does It Mean to be Human? Implications of Genetic Engineering CommonwealthChristine Scheller • Douglas Lauffenburger • Ted Peters

3:00pm EDT

What Does It Mean to be Human? Implications of the Search for Life Beyond Earth CommonwealthSe Kim • Lucas Mix • Jennifer Wiseman

4:30pm EDT

Pre-Conference Ends Loews Philadelphia Hotel

5:30pm EDT

Please be sure to stop by for a sneak peak of the exhibitor room! Millennium HallAAAS_DoSER • Missio • Reason Rally 2016 • American Humanist Association • Pew Research Center • Knights of Columbus • The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission • Lovell-Fairchild Communications • Faith Counts • Pontifical University of Santa Croce • Interfaith Family • Center for Inquiry • Public Religion Research Institute • Columbia Magazine • Loyola Press • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • Columbia Theological Seminary

6:30pm EDT

Dinner (RNA Conference begins) Millennium HallKnights of Columbus

8:00pm EDT

Dessert & Drinks Millennium HallRich Peluso • "Risen" the movie

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Friday program: "The Church Up Close in the United States" — Thank you to the School of Communications-Pontifical University Santa Croce and Columbia Magazine for sponsoring and arranging Friday's programming... Loews Philadelphia Hotel

7:15am EDT

Please be sure to stop by and visit our exhibitors! Millennium HallAAAS_DoSER • Missio • Reason Rally 2016 • American Humanist Association • Pew Research Center • Knights of Columbus • The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission • Lovell-Fairchild Communications • Faith Counts • Pontifical University of Santa Croce • Interfaith Family • Center for Inquiry • Public Religion Research Institute • Columbia Magazine • Loyola Press • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • Columbia Theological Seminary

8:00am EDT

Breakfast panel: World Meeting of Families and the Papal Visit Millennium HallDonna Farrell • Kenneth Gavin • Meg Kane • Helen Osman

10:00am EDT

Pope Francis: Myths and Realities CommonwealthGreg Erlandson • Alejandro Bermúdez • Austen Ivereigh • Maryann Cusimano Love • Rev. John Paul Wauck

11:45am EDT

Lunch and panel: What to Expect from Francis: An Insider's View Millennium HallDaniel Arasa • Guzmán Miguel Carriquiry Lecour • Rev. Thomas Rosica

1:15pm EDT

Pope Francis and the Meaning of Family CommonwealthMary Hasson • Helen Alvaré • Carl Anderson • Bishop Jean Laffitte

3:00pm EDT

Ethnicity, Family and the Changing Face of the U.S. Catholic Church CommonwealthJonathan Reyes • Archbishop José H. Gomez • Mark Gray • W. Bradford Wilcox

4:45pm EDT

Bishops' Panel on Pope Francis and His Visit CommonwealthRev. John Paul Wauck • Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza • Archbishop Charles J. Chaput • Archbishop Joseph Kurtz

7:30pm EDT

Dinner Millennium HallFaith Counts

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Thank you to the RNA conference committee for organizing the Saturday and Sunday events and panels Loews Philadelphia Hotel

7:45am EDT

Please be sure to stop by and visit our exhibitors! Millennium HallAAAS_DoSER • Missio • Reason Rally 2016 • American Humanist Association • Pew Research Center • Knights of Columbus • The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission • Lovell-Fairchild Communications • Faith Counts • Pontifical University of Santa Croce • Interfaith Family • Center for Inquiry • Public Religion Research Institute • Loyola Press • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • Columbia Theological Seminary • Knights of Columbus

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Millennium HallThe Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

9:30am EDT

Muslim Matters: What American Muslims are Talking About CommonwealthMatthew Miller • Dilshad Ali • Abdullah Pocius • Kameelah Rashad

11:00am EDT

Religion and Violence CommonwealthPeter Smith • Naveed Ahmad • Hasan Azad • Tom Heneghan

12:20pm EDT

Lunch Millennium HallJessica Hamar Martinez • Gregory Smith • Pew Research Center

1:45pm EDT

Church In the City: Thriving, Dying or Just Getting By? CommonwealthBob Smietana • Rev. Leslie D. Callahan • Shane Claiborne • Alvin Sanders

3:05pm EDT

How to Cover a Papal Trip in Three Easy Steps CommonwealthDavid • Austen Ivereigh • David O'Reilly • Rev. Thomas Rosica • John Thavis

4:30pm EDT

Active Member Meeting Congress Hall

6:00pm EDT

Silent Auction & Reception Millennium Hall

7:15pm EDT

Awards Banquet Millennium HallRev. Andrew Small • Missio

8:30am EDT

Breakfast CommonwealthRick Jackson • "90 Minutes in Heaven" the movie

10:00am EDT

Papal Site Tours Area Tours

12:30pm EDT

Box lunch and panel: Everything You Didn’t Think to Ask Yet About the Papal Tour Area Tours"90 Minutes in Heaven" the movie

2:00pm EDT

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