THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE is a cycle of annual international conferences jointly organised by Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera and Fondazione Giorgio Cini.
The idea of these conferences springs from an awareness that the problems and dilemmas generated by unrelenting scientific and technological progress are not being adequately discussed in society as a whole.
As Science exerts an ever more pervasive influence on our lives, society seems ill-informed about the short and long term implications of scientific advance and is unaware of the social, economic and cultural consequences of the continuous technological revolution.
Aim of the Conferences is to underline the importance of scientific development as essential tool to improve the quality of our life and to define a new role of science in the society of the third millennium.
Experts of international renown from various spheres and disciplines are invited to give their points of view on these issues, which are crucial to the destiny of our society, addressing to a public of scientists, philosophers, theologians, industrialists, politicians, economists, journalists, students and anyone might be interested in social, economic and political consequences of constant scientific development.
THE 2008 CONFERENCE
The Fourth World Conference on The Future of Science will explore a theme that brings science to the centre of social debate: Food and Water for Life. The aim is to offer a global vision about issues as water scarcity, development of a sustainable agriculture, food safety, food and health, improvements related to scientific and technological development and the economic, political and ethical involvements.
