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SECOND CONGRESS ON THE FUTURE Science, Technology, Humanities & Citizenry Commission on Future Challenges Council on the Future Santiago, 17, 18 & 19 January, 2013 Main Hall - Catedral 1158 Registration: http://www.senado.cl/ii-congreso-del-futuro/prontus_senado/2012-12-21/114434.html Press room: [email protected] Twitter: @congresofuturo Program Inauguration 2 Thursday 17 January 08:30 – 09:30 a.m. Registration 09:45 – 11:10 a.m. Opening Ceremony Cristián Larroulet, since 2010 Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Business Administration degree at Universidad Católica de Chile, Master’s degree in economics at University of Chicago. Mr. Larroulet has a longstanding academic career as Professor at Universidad Católica de Chile, and Director of the Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo. Camilo Escalona, President of the Senate. Senator for Region X – Los Lagos, since 2006. Son of a union bakery worker and an independent worker. He joined the Socialist Party Youth in 1969, at age 13. Nicolas Monckeberg, President of the Chamber of Deputies. Lawyer, Pontifical Catholic University and Master of Liberal Arts, Harvard University Extension School. Deputy for District 18 (National Renewal party) since 2002. Guido Girardi, President, Commission on Future Challenges. Physician specialized in pediatrics and epidemiology. Member, Party for Democracy (PPD). Senator for the Western Constituency of Santiago since 2006. Juan Asenjo, President, National Academy of Science. Professor, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. 2004 National Science Prize for Applied and Technological Science. Director, Center for Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chile. Civil Engineer, University of Chile, Ph.D. University College London. Opening Seminar 3a Citizenry and Local Governance Thursday 17 January 11.30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Panelists Ricardo Lagos Escobar. Former President of Chile (March 2000 – March 2006). Lawyer, economist, academic, researcher and politician. Former U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Change. Josep Borell. Aeronautical Engineer, Polytechnical University, Madrid, Master in Operations Research, Stanford University. Former President of the European Parliament, (2004 – 2007). Former President, European University Institute (up to 2012 - Italy). Cristovam Cavalcanti Buarque. Mechanical Engineer, Federal University, Pernambuco, Ph.D. in Economics, La Sorbonne, Paris. He worked for the IADB in Ecuador, Honduras and the United States (1973 – 1979). First Chancellor elected by direct election, University of Brasilia. Governor of the Federal District and Minister of Education under President Ignacio “Lula” da Silva. José Miguel Benavente. Civil industrial Engineer, Catholic University, Valparaiso. M.A. in Economics, University of Chile. Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oxford. Consultant for several organizations and governments. 4 Macro Topic I The Cries of the Earth Thursday 17 January Earth is a constantly changing planet, a huge chemical factory that has created and transported matter for four billion years. Thanks to its regulators and balances, this factory has managed to maintain, on its surface, the conditions that gave rise to life. But modern chemistry and physics show us that the balance is being altered and that the planet is suffering. Can humans, a product of the Earth, modify the geochemical cycles that have made the factory work for billions of years? Juan Carlos Castilla. Ph.D. in Marine Biology, and Sc.D., both from the University of Wales, United Kingdom. Professor, Department of Ecology and Las Cruces Coastal Marine Research Station (ECIM), Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has made important contributions to the study of coastal ecosystems. Macro Topic I 5 The Cries of the Earth Thursday 17 January 2:45-3:45 p.m. The Earth’s health: Main future challenges for the planet Panelists Gino Casassa. Hydraulics Engineer, University of Chile. His love for mountain climbing and science led him to study the high peaks of the Andes, Tibet and Antarctica. M.A. in Geophysics/Glaciology, Hokkaido University, Japan. Ph.D. Ohio State University (U.S.A.). Claude Allégre. French politician and geochemist. Former Minister of Education (June 1997 - March 2000). Member of the French Academy of Sciences, of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Reynaldo Charrier. Geologist, University of Chile. Specialized in structural and tectonic geology, Technical University of Munich. Ph.D. in Science, Free University, Berlin, Germany. Full professor, University of Chile and Andres Bello University (UNAB). Chairman, Chilean Geological Society. His research focuses on Andean structural geology and tectonics. Macro Topic I 6 The Cries of the Earth Thursday, 17 January 3:45-4:45 p.m. Chile: A Country of Natural Disasters. Living with them and Moving Forward. Panelists Donald Dingwell. Secretary General, European Research Council (ERC). He is currently investigating explosive volcano eruptions, the highest energy events on the planet. Jaime Campos. Doctor in Geophysics, University of Paris. Associate professor, Department of Geophysics, University of Chile. Director, Montessus de Ballore International Earthquake Research Center (laboratory run in partnership by the CNRS and the FCFM, University of Chile). Former Scientific Director, National Seismological Bureau (1997 - 2007). Enrique Tirapegui: B.A. in Physics, University of Chile. Ph.D. in Mathematics and Doctor, Theoretical Physics, University of Paris. 1991 National Science Prize. Professor, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. Scientific Advisor, Council on the Future, Senate of Chile. Macro Topic I 7 The Cries of the Earth Thursday 17 January 5:00-6:30 p.m. The Post-Fossil Fuel World. Panelists Maurizio Bezzeccheri. President, Enel Green Power, Spain and Latin America. Chemical Engineer, graduated from the University of Naples (1984). He worked there as a researcher in modeling combustion equipment. Hugh Rudnick. Full professor, Faculty of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Nominated Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2000. Electrical Civil Engineer, University of Chile. Ph.D., The Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Peter Politzer. Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of New Orleans. His research focuses on the elucidation and prediction of molecular properties and reactive behavior. Dr. Politzer studies biologically active agents (such as anticonvulsants and HIV drugs) for high energy systems. Alejandro Toro Labbé. Full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Docteur d´Etat en Sciences Physiques, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France. His line of research focuses on developing the theory of reactivity and chemical reactions. Macro Topic I 8 The Cries of the Earth Thursday 17 January 6:30-7:30 p.m. The Health of the Oceans Panelists Ben Halpern. Director, Center for Marine Assessment and Planning; research biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses mainly on coastal and marine spatial planning. Juan Carlos Castilla. Ph.D. in Marine Biology, Senior Professor, Universidad Católica de Chile. Macro Topic II 9 Friday 18 January The Laboratory of Life There is currently no doubt that life functions according to the laws of physics and chemistry. We can say that it is a state of matter, but with a unique singularity, the specific features of which modern science has yet to decipher fully. That vague frontier between inanimate matter and life is one of the great topics of this century, one that combines the recent spectacular discoveries of biology and astronomy. 9.00- 9.10 a.m. Introduction Rafael Vicuña. Biochemist, University of Chile, Ph.D. in molecular biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Currently, full professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. His research focuses on astrobiology. Macro Topic II 10a The Laboratory of Life Friday 18 January 9:10 – 10:15 a.m. The New Frontiers of Life: Artificial Intelligence, Stem Cells Panelists Jean Paul Thiery. Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore. His research seeks to unravel the mechanism of invasion and metastasis of carcinoma cells Pedro Maldonado. Sc.D., University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (1993). B.A. in Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Chile (1984). Member, U.S. Society for Neuroscience. Director, Chilean Society for Neuroscience. Director, Center for Integrative Neuroscience, CENI. Pablo Valenzuela. A pioneer in the development of biotechnology in Chile. 2002 National Prize for Applied and Technological Science. He was involved in the invention of the vaccine against Hepatitis B and in the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. He has provided advisory services to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. Cecilia Hidalgo. Biochemist and first woman to receive an Sc.D. from the University of Chile. Post graduate studies, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. 2006 National Prize for Natural Science. Director of the FONDAP Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Macro Topic II 11a The Laboratory of Life Friday 18 January 10:15-11:15 Life: From the Big Bang to our Times Panelists Michel Brunet. French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist. Professor, Collège de France. He discovered