The second edition of the seminar develops the discussions begun on December 1993, taking as its starting point the issues and goals highlighted by the Nobel Laureates who participated in the two-day debate. The general framework remains that of the relationship between scientific progress, economic development and the emerging ethical issues associated with such change. The participants have been asked to reflect upon the intrinsic cultural value of science and on the need for the general public to play a more active role in setting the goals and ethical limits of research and its applications, with a view to overcoming conflict and strengthening international cooperation. This scenario can not ignore the strategic importance of education nor training and the impact of changes wrought by innovation in the world of production and work.

8 December 7 December The programme Chairperson SALVATORE CARRUBBA Editor, Il Sole-24 Ore 9,30 Welcoming addresses MARCO FORMENTINI Mayor of Milan MASSIMO ZANELLO President, Province of Milan PIERO BASSETTI President, Milan Chamber of Commerce SANDRO MOLINARI President of Cariplo CESARE MANFREDI President of Fiera Milano 10,00 Opening remarks UMBERTO COLOMBO President of CAST, Advisory Commission for Scientific and Technical Activities, City of Milan Education, Research and Technology: The Keys to Competitiveness ENRICO GARACI President of National Research Council (CNR) Investing in Research to Promote Development 11,00 Innovation and Research in the Future of Work WASSILY LEONTIEF Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1973 Professor of Economics, New York University Technological Advancement, Employment and the Distribution of Income between Labor and Capital GÈRARD DEBREU Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1983 Professor of Economics and Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley Innovation and Research: An Economist's Viewpoint on Uncertainty Chairperson RITA LEVI MONTALCINI nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1986 Superexpert, Istituto di Neurobiologia, CNR, Rome 14,30 Education and the Development of Human Capital LEON M. LEDERMAN Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988 Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia (Illinois) The Future of Science Education WERNER ARBER Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1978 Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Basel Scientific Advance Calls for Both Disciplinary Competence and Interdisciplinary Approaches 15,30 Science and the Transformation of Society JAMES D. WATSON Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1962 President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York The Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project JEAN-MARIE LEHN Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1987 Professor at the Collè ge de France, Paris Science, Society and the Natural/Unnatural Dualism 8 December 7 December Chairperson RITA LEVI MONTALCINI nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1986 Superexpert, Istituto di Neurobiologia, CNR, Rome 9,30 Scientific Enterprise as an Engine for Peace GEORGES CHARPAK Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1992 Senior Physicist at CERN, Geneva Physics without Frontiers BERNARD LOWN Nobel Laureate for Peace, 1985 Co-President Emeritus IPPNW, Chairman SatelLife, Brookline, Massachusetts Narrowing the north-South Divide in Health through Communication: A Peace Dividend of Science 10,30 Intellectual Diversity for a Single Culture JOHN C. POLANYI Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1986 Professor of Chemistry, University of Toronto Science and the Arts: Two Ways of Seeing RENATO DULBECCO Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1975 Expert, Area di Ricerca CNR, Milan Towards a Culture Based on Science Chairperson CLAUDIO CARLONE Director, Hypothesis 14,30 Introduction: Milan, a Capital City of Research RENATO UGO President, Italian Association for Industrial Research 15,00 Panel: The European Challenge for Milan ANTONIO EMMANUELI Managing Director, Rank Xerox Italia ETTORE INCALZA Managing Director, TAV GIANNI MARINI President Zeneca RICCARDO PERISSICH Director for Public Affairs, Pirelli RENATO RIVERSO President, Alitalia UMBERTO SILVESTRI President, Telecom Italia 16,30 Panel: Training: Strategies for the Coming Century ADRIANO BAUSOLA Rector, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan JEAN-PIERRE CONTZEN Director of Joint Research Centres, European Union ADRIANO DE MAIO Rector, Politecnico of Milan GIANCARLO LOMBARDI Councillor for Research and Training, Confindustria PAOLO MANTEGAZZA Rector, Università Statale, Milan ROBERTO RUOZI Rector, Università L. Bocconi, Milan