Today as never before innovation is a dominating force in daily life, spurring ever more rapid change. Globalization, the increasing mobility of people and ideas and the potential of science and its applications hold out both promise and challenges for a constantly evolving society.
Hence the need to build an educational and training system that meets the needs of an economy that is increasingly based on human capital. At the same time, the industrial world faces the additional challenge of recasting social policies to take account of its aging population.
Many responses to these needs could come from research, as shown by the new opportunities to enhance health and the quality of life offered by molecular biology. However, these very developments also raise questions and fears that could stifle progress in the field if an effort is not made to involve the public in a real, open debate.
It is therefore essential that we focus our gaze on the horizons of development in order to identify risks and opportunities.
International Conference
Palazzo Marino, Sala Alessi
Piazza della Scala, 2
5 December 6 December
Chairperson


Claudio Carlone
President, Hypothesis
14:30 Welcoming addresses


Gabriele Albertini
Mayor of Milan

Massimo Sordi
Vice President, Milan Chamber of Commerce
Introduction


Umberto Veronesi
Italian Minister of Health
15:15

Progress and development in the knowledge era


Rita Levi Montalcini
President, Fondazione "Levi Montalcini"
Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1986

Franco Modigliani
Professor Emeritus of Economics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1985

Gary S. Becker
Professor of Economics and Sociology,
University of Chicago
Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1992
Closing remarks


Salvatore Carrubba
Councillor for Cultural Affairs, City of Milan
5 December 6 December
Chairperson


Claudio Carlone
President, Hypothesis
9:30

The frontiers of biology between ethics and research


Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Director, Institute of Experimental Immunology,
Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zürich
Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1996

François Jacob
Department of Molecular Biology,
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1965

Renato Dulbecco
President Emeritus, The Salk Institute,
La Jolla, California
Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1975
Closing remarks


Girolamo Sirchia
Councillor for Social Affairs, City of Milan


Simultaneous interpreting will be provided in English and Italian