Charles Darwin Week

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his most important work, On the Origin of Species. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research have joined together to celebrate both events.

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Wednesday, September 16

The Relevance of Evolutionary Thinking

KNAW/NWO Conference, Trippenhuis, Amsterdam

12.30	Coffee & Tea
13.00	Welcome & Introduction
13.10	Lecture Sander Tans
13.45	Lecture Robin Dunbar
14.30	Coffee & Tea
15.00	Panel Discussion (Panel members: Robin Dunbar, Dario Floreano, Paulien Hogeweg, Eugene Koonin, Carel van Schaik and Sander Tans)
16.00	Coffee & Tea
16.15	Darwin, Het Onthutsend Ontwerp: a cabaret show about evolution theory by Flip Jan van Oenen en Henry Kalb
17.30	Drinks

Programme

Tuesday, September 15

KNAW symposium
Evolution, a Matter of Facts

Wednesday, September 16

KNAW/NWO Conference
The Relevance of Evolutionary Thinking

Thursday, September 17

NWO Conference
Evolutionary basis of Human Behaviour

Friday, September 18

NWO Conference
Evolution of Culture and Social Institutions