Speakers
Day 1: Opening of the program
Key speaker: Professor Tim Berra, The Ohio State University, USA, Charles Darwin: The concise story of an extraordinary man
Professor Tim Berra is the author of Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man. This 2009 book covers the life of Darwin from birth to death, his family, friends, books, and significance to Western thought. In 1990 Professor Berra authored the book Evolution and the Myth of Creationism, which explains the theory of evolution to the general reader and demonstrates why creationism is not science. Berra is also the author of A Natural History of Australia (1998) and Freshwater Fish Distribution (2007).
Professor Berra is an Emeritus Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University and a three-time Fulbright Fellow to Australia. He has lived in Australia for about nine of the past 38 years doing field work on Australian freshwater fishes. Since retirement Professor Berra has conducted research on nurseryfish in the Adelaide River, often on grants from the National Geographic Society. He is a Research Associate of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
