Science teacher symposium: Answer student questions without getting sued or fired

I just received this item via a friend at Biola University:

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Dear Science Teachers and Professors,

You are invited to attend Biola's 2008 Science Teacher Symposium: Intelligent Design after Expelled.

Presented by Biola University's M.A. Program in Science and Religion
Thursday July 17, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m., Biola University
Friday, July 18, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Biola University

To get more information and register: Go here.

Cost: $99 ($109 if postmarked after July 1).

What will it be like to teach about Intelligent Design in the wake of the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed>> (released to over 900 theatres on April 18)? Internationally known design theorist Dr. Paul Nelson, who appeared in Expelled, will give us an answer.

Dr. John Bloom and Dr. Mike Keas of Biola's M.A. Program in Science and Religion will also contribute to the program. The symposium grants teachers with ACSI (Christian) Continuing Education Units. Public and home school educators are also welcomed.

Symposium Topics Important to all Science Teachers
--Introduction to Science and Religion
--Resources for Teaching about Intelligent Design
--Human Origins: Issues in Physical Science and Biology

Parallel Sessions
--Physical Sciences
-----Inferring Design from Anthropic Correspondences
-----Biochemistry: The Biochemical Prerequisites for Life
--Life Sciences
-----Recent Advances in Biological Intelligent Design Research
-----Using the Explore Evolution Curriculum (going beyond topics in our 2007 Symposium)

NOTE: We do not favor mandating (as public policy) the teaching of intelligent design (ID) in schools. Even so, many teachers will want to know more about ID as an exciting new scientific research agenda. After more students will be asking about ID than every before. Be prepared to respond to student curiosity!
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Note: I have embedded the links. I hope the teachers market test some of their ideas on students as well.