Since Darwin, biology has been dominated by a bottom-up, materialistic framework in which living things are ultimately derived from undirected physical processes—at the origin of life itself—and then change via random variations sifted by natural selection (or drift) throughout three billion years of organismal evolution. Within the past three decades, however, the sufficiency of this materialist framework has been strongly challenged by unexpected evidence. What if information, and not physical or material causes, provides the key to understanding biology? What are the principles governing the origin and transmission of biological information? Does materialism restrict our intellectual freedom to explore the full landscape of causal possibilities? Do recent scientific discoveries provide evidence that human beings are more than mere animals? Join us on Saturday, 12 November 2016 as scientists and scholars from the UK, the United States, and Europe explore these and other questions at the Beyond Materialism conference at Hughes Hall a college in the University of Cambridge as venue.

NOTE: The conference begins at 9:00am. Registration opens at 8:30am. Please arrive in good time so that the conference can get underway promptly.

For more information about the conference, bios of speakers and the programme for the day click here.

A PDF containing the above information can be downloaded here.

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

There is a limited numer of parking spaces on site. Hughes Hall is a very short walk from Queen Anne Terrace parking. Consider Queen Anne Terrace Car Park, Gonville Place, Cambridge CB1 1ND. A look at https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/conference/ may be helpful.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Send an email to conference@c4id.org.uk

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

It is regretted that tickets are non-transferable.

Can I update my registration information?

No changes can be made once a ticket has been issued.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

You may bring your e-ticket on your smart phone or other device or a printed ticket from the PDF that came attached to the confirmation email sent at the time of booking.

What is the refund policy?

If, after booking, you find that you will be unable to attend, then access your EventBrite account and cancel the booking. If the cancellation is made on or before 2359 on November 5th then a refund will be made - any refunds due will be processed after the date of the conference.

From November 6th onwards it is regretted that no refunds can be made.

The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?

We're sorry that this is not "okay". We expect name and ticket to match.

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