2008 FAIR Conference

The annual conference for FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research) takes place this Thursday and Friday in Sandy, Utah. I'll be attending both days and plan to blog during the conference. I believe this will be a good opportunity to contrast the papers presented here with those presented at the Bushman seminar last week. I will be comparing the two events and talking about the overall nature of "apologetics," the term seeming to have taken on more of a pejorative edge. Odds are, many bloggers will be covering Sunstone; I'll be providing insight into FAIR's gathering here in addition to Bryce Haymond's blogging over at Temple Study. At any rate, here is the schedule for the conference, which unfortunately takes place during the Sunstone symposium:

Thursday Schedule
Time		Speaker/Event		Presentation
8:00 am		Registration
9:00 am		Opening
9:10 am		Mike Ash		Shaken Faith Syndrome
10:10 am		Mark Wright		The Book of Mormon and Mesoamerica
11:10 am		Margaret Young and Darius Gray		Nobody Knows, the Untold Story of Black Mormons
12:10 pm		Lunch
1:15 pm		Brian Birch, Blake Ostler, and James Faulconer		Philosophy and Mormonism
2:30 pm		Jeffrey Bradshaw		The Message of the Joseph Smith Translation: A Walk in the Garden
3:30 pm		Snack Break
3:45 pm		Larry Poulsen		Book of Mormon Geography
4:45 pm		Ugo Perego		Joseph Smith's DNA Revealed: New Clues from the Prophet's Genes
5:45 pm		Closing

Friday Schedule
Time		Speaker/Event		Presentation
8:00 am		Registration
9:00 am		Opening
9:05 am		Ron Esplin		The Joseph Smith Papers
10:05 am		Matthew Brown		The Israelite Temple and the Early Christians
11:05 am		Newell Bringhurst and Craig Foster		The White Horse Prophecy: Myth vs. Reality
12:05 am		Lunch
1:00 pm		FAIR Business
1:30 pm		Scott Gordon		Online Apologetics
2:30 pm		Brian Hauglid		The Book of Abraham
3:30 pm		Snack Break
3:45 pm		Brant Gardner		Second Witness: The Book of Mormon
4:45 pm		Daniel Peterson		Humble Apologetics
5:45 pm		Closing