OPENING CEREMONY
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Umberto Veronesi, Conference President

Giovanni Bazoli, President Giorgio Cini Foundation

Marco Tronchetti Provera, President Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation

Chiara Tonelli, Conference Secretary general

Giorgio Orsoni, Mayor of Venice

Ferruccio Fazio, Italian Ministry of Health

OPENING LECTURES

 

Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, Stanford University, USA Human evolution between nature and culture.

Pier Paolo Di Fiore, IFOM Foundation, The Firc Institute of Molecular Oncology; University of Milan, Italy Molecular medicine: a possible future?

J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA Synthetic life.

Programme overview