THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE is a cycle of international conferences with the aim to bring Science in Society, choosing every year a theme crucial to society, to underline the contribution and implications of scientific progress to everyday life, gathering together eminent experts from various disciplines addressing to the different spheres of the society. Read more


PREVIOUS TFoS CONFERENCES:

	2005	First World Conference
	2006	Second World Conference "EVOLUTION"
	2007	Third World Conference "THE ENERGY CHALLENGE"

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The Fourth World Conference on The Future of Science will explore a theme that brings science to the centre of social debate: Food and Water for Life. The aim is to offer a global vision about issues as water scarcity, development of a sustainable agriculture, food safety, food and health, improvements related to scientific and technological development and the economic, political and ethical involvements.

WED, SEPT. 24	OPENING CEREMONY
THU, SEPT. 25	WATER FOR LIFE Water sustainability, new sources, water management, safe water, sustainable water and agriculture.
FRI, SEPT. 26	FOOD FOR LIFE Quality and quantity crops improvement, food safety, food linked pathologies, nutrigenomics, novel food.
SAT, SEPT. 27	FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY WORLDWIDE Ethics, economics and politics.

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