Chairpersons
Giulio Giorello and Zhores J. Alferov

Speakers
Daniel C. Dennett – Evolution, Freedom and Society [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

Philip Pettit – Science and our Self-Image: Neuroscience and Free Will [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

Emanuele Severino – Philosophy and Technology [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]
 
Coffee break
  
Science and Economic Power - plenary session, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm Sala Arazzi 
 
Chairpersons
Mario Monti  [unable to attend] and Franco Malerba  [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]


Speakers
Paul David - Sustaining the ‘Open Science’ Revolution: The Advancement of Knowledge and the Knowledge-Driven Economy [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

Richard Nelson - The Market Economy and the Scientific Commons [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

Paula Stephan - Job Market Effects on Scientific Productivity  [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]
 
Discussion

Science and Political Power - plenary session, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Sala Arazzi 
 
Chairpersons
Giuliano Amato  [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl] and Viktor Chernomyrdin [unable to attend] 

Speakers
Viktor Chernomyrdin  [unable to attend] – Role of Science in Political Decision Making

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – Political Challenges of the New Scientific Revolution [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

Federico Mayor – Science and Society and Priorities [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl] 

Alberto Martinelli – Science and Democracy [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl] 

Janez Potocnik – Science and Policy: an EU Perspective [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl] 

Discussion

A Program for the Future- plenary session, 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Sala Arazzi
 
Chairpersons
Umberto Veronesi and Marco Tronchetti Provera [ita: modem - adsl] [ing: modem - adsl]

The Venice Charter
Announcement of the Second World Conference on the Future of Science

Farewell Cocktail