The first event, titled Evolution v. Creationism, took place on November 6 at the National Press Club. Over seventy people attended, including the three esteemed panelists, Eugenie Scott, Barbara Forrest, and Kenneth Miller. All three panelists were intimately involved in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case that found Intelligent Design had no place in science classrooms.

The panel was in honor of Darwin’s 200th birthday, the 150 year anniversary of On the Origin of Species, and was funded, in part, through the Darwin Day Foundation.