U.A.A.R (Unione Atei Agnostici Razionalisti) of Catania in collaboration with the University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, and Associazione Nesos ( an independent association whose goal is to combine scientific research, environmental education and sustainable tourism) has organized a conference to celebrate Charles Darwin.
The program for the evening is as follows:
Introduction
Carmelo Monaco
Head of the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences – University of Catania
Giorgio Sabella
Breve biografia di Charles Darwin
Evoluzione di un evoluzionista.
Pietro Minissale
La speciazione delle piante vascolari in ambienti insulari: il caso
studio della Sicilia.
Carmelo Ferlito
A memoria di rosa nessun giardiniere à mai morto.
Il senso del tempo prima e dopo Darwin.
Pietro Lo Cascio
King Kong: una storia evoluzionistica?
moderator
Giovanni Pilato
Giorgio Sabella, Pietro Minissale and Carmelo Ferlito are professors at the University of Catania
Pietro Lo Cascio is MSc conservation biologist for the Associazione Nesos in Lipari, Eolian Islands
Giovanni Pilato zoologist is a retired professor at the University of Catania