First World Conference on the Future of Science

	Programme overview

		Wednesday, Sept. 21st

		Thursday, Sept. 22nd
		Parallel session Future Sources of Energy for Mankind Parallel session The DNA Revolution Parallel session A Challenge for Science: Conquering Cancer Parallel session Future of Information and Communication

		Friday, Sept. 23rd

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Future Sources of Energy for Mankind - parallel session
9.00 am - 1.00 pm Sala Cenacolo Palladiano

The DNA Revolution - parallel session
9.00 am - 1.00 pm Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Paolo Milani (speech) and Carlo Rubbia
Speakers	Predhiman K. Kaw Energy production in the developing Nations Veerabhadran Ramanathan Air Pollution, Global Dimming and Global Warming: Dilemmas for the Developed and the Developing Nations Michael Graetzel Renewable Energy Coffee Break Louis Schlapbach The Potential and Limits of Hydrogen Energy Technologies Pascal Acot Climatology and human societies Discussion


Chairpersons	Pier Giuseppe Pelicci and Chiara Tonelli
Speakers	Ken Weiss Biomedical Genetics: Miracle or Mirage, Prediction or Predicament? Leonard Guarente Prolongation of Human Life Span Teruhiko Wakayama Animal Cloning by Somatic Cell Reprogramming Coffee Break Xing Wang Deng From Rice Genomics to Agrobiotechnology Application Bruce Chassy Food Safety and Biotechnology

	Discussion

A Challenge for Science: Conquering Cancer - parallel session
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm Sala Arazzi

Future of Information and Communication - parallel session
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm Sala Cenacolo


Chairpersons	Umberto Veronesi and Gordon J. McVie
Speakers	Pier Paolo Di Fiore Understanding Cancer. Molecular Genetics of Cancer Elizabeth Blackburn Telomeres and Telomerase: Life, Death and Cancer Gordon J. McVie The Future of Cancer Therapy Giulio Draetta Targeting Signaling Pathways in Cancer

	Discussion


Chairpersons	Maurizio Dècina (speech) and Tomaso Poggio
Speakers	Vinton G. Cerf Internet and Pervasive Networking Zhores Alferov – New Materials for Information Technology Adi Shamir Information Security and Privacy Alan Kay The Real Computer Revolution to Come

	Discussion

4.30 pm – 5.00 pm Coffee break

The role of Charities in conquering cancer - parallel session
5.00 pm - 6.00 pm Sala Arazzi

Modern Societies confronting new epidemics: the example of AIDS - parallel session
5.00 pm - 6.00 pm Sala Cenacolo

Round table organized by AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research) on the occasion of its 40th Anniversary

Round table organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

M.I. Colnaghi, A. Costa, F. De Bortoli*, G. McVie, P.G. Pelicci, G. Tremonti*, U. Veronesi

* unable to attend

Chairperson	Gianni Puglisi
Speakers	Luc Montagnier AIDS and news epidemics in the XXI Century David Pauza Innovative concepts for AIDS Vaccine Vittorio Colizzi “Families First Africa”, an Italian initiative with UNESCO: the African Approach to the AIDS Vaccine

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