VENICE, SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2005 With the Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic With the Patronage of the President of the italian Council of Minister Under the auspices of UNESCO PROGRAM Organised by Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera CONFERENCE COMMITTEES CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE PRESIDENT HONORARY COMMITTEE TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY th st nd rd Umberto Veronesi Giovanni Bazoli Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Viktor Chernomyrdin SECRETARY GENERAL Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Science and Values The Impact of Science Science and Powers Chiara Tonelli Federico Mayor on Human Life Shimon Peres ORGANISING COMMITTEE Marco Tronchetti Provera 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Plenary Session Parallel Sessions Plenary Sessions Pasquale Gagliardi Pier Giuseppe Pelicci PROGRAM COMMITTEE 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Press Conference Press Conference Press Conference Armando Peres Giuliano Amato 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Lucio Pinto Enrico Bellezza Lunch Lunch Lunch Stefano Zurrida Massimo Cacciari Maurizio Dallocchio 2.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Registration Desk Plenary Sessions Parallel Sessions Plenary Session SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Maurizio Dècina Zhores J. Alferov Pier Paolo Di Fiore 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony Round Tables Closure Jacques Bernier Sergio Dompè J. Michael Bishop Pasquale Gagliardi 8.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Welcome Dinner Concert Teatro La Fenice Farewell Cocktail Claudio Bordignon Umberto Galimberti Luciano Caglioti Giulio Giorello Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Franco Malerba Renato Dulbecco Gordon McVie Aron Goldhirsch Paolo Milani Margherita Hack Mario Monti Luc Montagnier Federico Nazzari Conference Secretariat: Rita De Martini, Lavinia Galli Rita Levi Montalcini Pier Giuseppe Pelicci Hospitality Desk in Venice: Tel. +39 340 7171248 Paul Nurse Carlo Rubbia Gianfranco Ravasi Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo Please visit www.veniceconference2005.org for the updated details of the program. Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza Emanuele Severino Luigi Zingales Chiara Tonelli CONFERENCE COMMITTEES CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE PRESIDENT HONORARY COMMITTEE TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY th st nd rd Umberto Veronesi Giovanni Bazoli Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Viktor Chernomyrdin SECRETARY GENERAL Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Science and Values The Impact of Science Science and Powers Chiara Tonelli Federico Mayor on Human Life Shimon Peres ORGANISING COMMITTEE Marco Tronchetti Provera 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Plenary Session Parallel Sessions Plenary Sessions Pasquale Gagliardi Pier Giuseppe Pelicci PROGRAM COMMITTEE 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Press Conference Press Conference Press Conference Armando Peres Giuliano Amato 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Lucio Pinto Enrico Bellezza Lunch Lunch Lunch Stefano Zurrida Massimo Cacciari Maurizio Dallocchio 2.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Registration Desk Plenary Sessions Parallel Sessions Plenary Session SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Maurizio Dècina Zhores J. Alferov Pier Paolo Di Fiore 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony Round Tables Closure Jacques Bernier Sergio Dompè J. Michael Bishop Pasquale Gagliardi 8.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Welcome Dinner Concert Teatro La Fenice Farewell Cocktail Claudio Bordignon Umberto Galimberti Luciano Caglioti Giulio Giorello Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Franco Malerba Renato Dulbecco Gordon McVie Aron Goldhirsch Paolo Milani Margherita Hack Mario Monti Luc Montagnier Federico Nazzari Conference Secretariat: Rita De Martini, Lavinia Galli Rita Levi Montalcini Pier Giuseppe Pelicci Hospitality Desk in Venice: Tel. +39 340 7171248 Paul Nurse Carlo Rubbia Gianfranco Ravasi Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo Please visit www.veniceconference2005.org for the updated details of the program. Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza Emanuele Severino Luigi Zingales Chiara Tonelli OPENING CEREMONY DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20st, 2005 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2005 SCIENCE AND VALUES 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Palazzo Ducale, Salone dello Scrutinio (Entrance Porta della Carta) 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Welcoming Speeches Plenary Session: Science and Religions Umberto Veronesi Chairpersons: Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo and Aron Goldhirsch Giovanni Bazoli Marco Tronchetti Provera Speakers Chiara Tonelli Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo - Our knowledge of the Human Being in the Condition of Science Kathleen Kennedy Townsed Dariusch Atighetchi - Science and Religion in Islamic Bioethics Viktor Chernomyrdin Amos Luzzatto - Between a Future for Science and a Future for Faith Coffee break 8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Palazzo Ducale Lama Pajin Tulku - Relations between Religion and Science in Buddhist Tradition Welcome Dinner Peter Atkins - Is Science the Only Path to Knowledge? Giulio Giorello - Science and Faith: Is the Alliance Possible? Discussion 1.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Press Conference 1.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Lunch OPENING CEREMONY DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20st, 2005 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2005 SCIENCE AND VALUES 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Palazzo Ducale, Salone dello Scrutinio (Entrance Porta della Carta) 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Welcoming Speeches Plenary Session: Science and Religions Umberto Veronesi Chairpersons: Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo and Aron Goldhirsch Giovanni Bazoli Marco Tronchetti Provera Speakers Chiara Tonelli Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo - Our knowledge of the Human Being in the Condition of Science Kathleen Kennedy Townsed Dariusch Atighetchi - Science and Religion in Islamic Bioethics Viktor Chernomyrdin Amos Luzzatto - Between a Future for Science and a Future for Faith Coffee break 8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Palazzo Ducale Lama Pajin Tulku - Relations between Religion and Science in Buddhist Tradition Welcome Dinner Peter Atkins - Is Science the Only Path to Knowledge? Giulio Giorello - Science and Faith: Is the Alliance Possible? Discussion 1.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Press Conference 1.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Lunch DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2005 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2005 SCIENCE AND VALUES THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON HUMAN LIFE 2.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Sala Cenacolo Palladiano Plenary Session: Science, Culture and Ethics Parallel Session: Future Sources of Energy for Mankind Chairpersons: Mauro Ceruti and Peter Atkins Chairpersons: Paolo Milani and Carlo Rubbia Speakers Speakers Edgar Morin – Normal Evolution or Paradigmatic Revolution Predhiman K. Kaw - Energy Production for Developing World Lewis Wolpert – Is Science Dangerous? Veerabhadran Ramanathan - Air Pollution, Global Dimming and Global Warming: Serghey Kapitza – The Demographic Revolution and the Science Dilemmas for the Developed and the Developing Nations Edoardo Boncinelli – Science as Culture Michael Graetzel - Renewable Energy Coffee Break Coffee Break 4.30 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Louis Schlapbach - The Potential and Limits of Hydrogen Energy Technologies Plenary Session: Freedom of Science and Philosophy Pascal Acot – Climatology and Human Societies Chairpersons: Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Discussion Speakers 1.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi John H. Barton – Legal Restraints on the Freedom of Science Press Conference Aron Goldhirsch – Is Freedom of Research Really Jeopardised? 1.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Amedeo Santosuosso – Science and Law: a Fascinating Interaction Lunch 6.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Discussion DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2005 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2005 SCIENCE AND VALUES THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON HUMAN LIFE 2.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Sala Cenacolo Palladiano Plenary Session: Science, Culture and Ethics Parallel Session: Future Sources of Energy for Mankind Chairpersons: Mauro Ceruti and Peter Atkins Chairpersons: Paolo Milani and Carlo Rubbia Speakers Speakers Edgar Morin – Normal Evolution or Paradigmatic Revolution Predhiman K. Kaw - Energy Production for Developing World Lewis Wolpert – Is Science Dangerous? Veerabhadran Ramanathan - Air Pollution, Global Dimming and Global Warming: Serghey Kapitza – The Demographic Revolution and the Science Dilemmas for the Developed and the Developing Nations Edoardo Boncinelli – Science as Culture Michael Graetzel - Renewable Energy Coffee Break Coffee Break 4.30 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi Louis Schlapbach - The Potential and Limits of Hydrogen Energy Technologies Plenary Session: Freedom of Science and Philosophy Pascal Acot – Climatology and Human Societies Chairpersons: Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Discussion Speakers 1.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m. Sala degli Arazzi John H. Barton – Legal Restraints on the Freedom of Science Press Conference Aron Goldhirsch – Is Freedom of Research Really Jeopardised? 1.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Amedeo Santosuosso – Science and Law: a Fascinating Interaction Lunch 6.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Discussion DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DAILY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2005 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2005 THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON HUMAN LIFE THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON HUMAN LIFE 9.00 a.m.