Public Conference Information

C.S. Lewis and Ethics in a Post-Enron Age
A Public Conference on Saturday, April 17, 2004
LBJ Auditorium, UT Austin, Austin, Texas

A race devoted to the increase of its own power by technology, with complete indifference to ethics, does seem to me a cancer in the Universe.

- C.S. Lewis, from a letter to Arthur Clarke on December 7, 1943

The 2nd Austin C.S. Lewis Conference continues the thought-provoking and enjoyable experience of the previous C.S. Lewis Conference at St. Edward's University in 2002, and will include:

Internationally known authors/speakers
Lively panel discussion
Poetry, music, and dance
Meals outdoors under a tent, with live music
A riveting one-man performance of Lewis' The Great Divorce

Additional Information: www.CSLewisAustin.org

Speaker Biographies

Artist Biographies

Conference Schedule for Saturday, April 17th
8:00		Registration
8:15		Early Music Performing Artists - Jan Jackson, recorders, and Jonathan Brumley, archlute and recorder
8:45		Welcome and Announcements
9:00		Greeting and Opening Remarks: Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Bishop of Austin
9:20		"Beauty and the Nature Above 'Nature' in C.S. Lewis' 'Abolition of Man'" - Dallas Willard
10:10		Questions from the floor.
10:30		Morning Break
10:50		Acoustic Spoken Word Duo - Peter Nevland and Paul Finley
11:10		"Universities as Orcs: The Abolition of Man by the Hand of Academia?" - Peter Kreeft
12:00		Questions from the floor
12:20		Lunch and Live Music on the LBJ Library Plaza. Faculty Forum for College and University Faculty with Stan Mattson and Dallas Willard speaking in Bass Lecture Hall.
1:30		"Does Character Matter?"-Frederica Mathewes-Green
2:20		Questions from the floor
2:40		Interpretive Dance-Sandra Organ in collaboration with Cynthia Clawson, Song Stylist
3:00		Afternoon break
3:20		Panel Discussion of speakers
4:10		Questions from the floor
4:45		Break
5:30		Dinner and Live Music on the LBJ Library Plaza
7:00		"The Great Divorce" a one-man dramatic performance by actor Tony Lawton.
8:30		Close of Conference

Cost

Cost of the Conference is $55 before April 2, $65 between April 2-16, and $75 on April 17. This fee includes lunch, dinner and the evening drama. Student rate for the first 200 to register is $15 before April 2, and $20 afterward, and includes lunch, dinner, and the evening drama.

Conference sponsorship

The University of Texas Ethics Conference, which includes all conference events on April 15-17, 2004, is hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.

The sponsors of the Friday Conference are the Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise, Steve Nichols, Director, the College of Engineering; and The Center for Ethical Leadership, Howard Prince, Director, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; and the co-sponsor is The University of Texas Office of Graduate Studies. The Society on Social Implications of Technology of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is sponsoring two invited talks on engineering ethics.

The sponsor of the Saturday Conference is The Center for Ethical Leadership, Howard Prince, Director, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

Co-sponsors for the entire conference are: the Center for Ethics and Leadership, Phillip Thompson, Director, St. Edward’s University; Concordia University at Austin; LeTourneau University in Austin, and Huston-Tillotson College. Conference planning comes from a committee of faculty and administrators from The University of Texas, St. Edward’s University, Huston-Tillotson College, LeTourneau University, and Concordia University, all in Austin, Texas; Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and the Austin business community. This ad hoc committee wishes to acknowledge the contributions of the C. S. Lewis Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation in Redlands, CA., in organizing this conference.