First World Conference on the Future of Science

Detailed Daily Programme

Wednesday, Sept. 21st


	Daily Details

plenary session, 9.00 am- 1.00 pm, Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo and Aron Goldhirsch
Speakers	Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Dariusch Atighetchi, Amos Luzzatto, Paljin Tulku Rinpoce, Peter Atkins, Giulio Giorello,

plenary session, 2.00 pm- 4.00 pm, Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Mauro Ceruti and Peter Atkins
Speakers	Edgar Morin, Lewis Wolpert , Serghey Kapitza*, Edoardo Boncinelli

plenary session, 4.30 pm- 6.30 pm, Sala Arazzi


Chairperson	Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Speakers	John H. Barton , Aron Goldhirsch, Amedeo Santosuosso


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

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


Chairpersons	Paolo Milani and Carlo Rubbia
Speakers	Predhiman K. Kaw, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Michael Graetzel, Louis Schlapbach, Pascal Acot


Chairpersons	Pier Giuseppe Pelicci and Chiara Tonelli
Speakers	Kenn Weiss, Leonard Guarente,Teruhiko Wakayama, Xing-Wang Deng, Bruce Chassy

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, Elizabeth Blackburn, Gordon J. McVie, Giulio Draetta


Chairpersons	Maurizio Dècina and Tomaso Poggio
Speakers	Vinton G. Cerf, Zhores Alferov, Adi Shamir, Alan Kay

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


Round table organized by UNESCO
Chairperson	Gianni Puglisi
Speakers	Luc Montagnier, David Pauza, Vittorio Colizzi


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plenary session, 9.00 am – 10.30 am Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Giulio Giorello and Zhores J. Alferov
Speakers	Daniel C. Dennett, Philip Pettit, Emanuele Severino

plenary session, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Mario Monti* and Franco Malerba
Speakers	Paul David, Richard Nelson, Paula Stephan

plenary session, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Sala Arazzi


Chairpersons	Giuliano Amato and Viktor Chernomyrdin*
Speakers	Viktor Chernomyrdin*, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Federico Mayor, Alberto Martinelli , Janez Potocnik

A Program for the Future- plenary session, 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Sala Arazzi

Chairpersons Umberto Veronesi and Marco Tronchetti Provera

with the participation of Lucio Stanca, Italian Minister for Innovation and Technology

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