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The Seventh World Conference on the Future of Science - Mind: the Essence of Humanity 
    
La settima edizione della World Conference on the Future of Science organizzata dalla Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera e Fondazione Giorgio Cini, è dedicata a una delle più grandi frontiere della ricerca scientifica: la mente intesa come l’essenza dell’umanità.

Venezia, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
18 - 20 settembre 2011

 
Mind: the essence of humanity
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, September 18-20, 2011
CONFERENCE PROGRAM, August 26, 2011
Sunday, September 18 – Fondazione Cini
5.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Welcome Addresses
Umberto Veronesi Conference President
Giovanni Bazoli President Giorgio Cini Foundation
Marco Tronchetti Provera President Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Conference Vice President
Chiara Tonelli Conference Secretary General
Opening Lectures
Animal emotions and empathy Frans de Waal Professor of Primate Behavior in the Psychology Department;
Director Living Links Center, Emory University, Atlanta
Mood disorders and creativity Kay Redfield Jamison Professor in Mood Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
7.00 p.m. Welcome Cocktail

Monday, September 19 – Fondazione Cini
Morning Session: 9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
The bet on neuroscience Edoardo Boncinelli Professor of Biology and Genetics, Università Vita-Salute San
Raffaele, Milano
The evolution of mind Telmo Pievani Professor of Philosophy of Science, Università Milano Bicocca
Origins of core knowledge: object, space and number in the animal brain
Giorgio Vallortigara Professor of Neuroscience, Director Center for Mind/Brain Sciences,
Università di Trento
The boundaries of babel. Reflections on brain and grammar Andrea Moro Professor of General Linguistics, Institute for Advanced Study - IUSS,
Pavia
Minds brain and machines Tomaso Poggio Professor in the Brain Sciences and Human Behaviour, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Panel discussion
Afternoon Session: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Space, time and number in the brain Maria Concetta Morrone Professor of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Università di Pisa
The Dynamic Memory Trace Cristina Alberini Professor of Neuroscience, Structural and Chemical Biology and Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Minding minds: through the looking glass Corrado Sinigaglia Professor of Philosopy of Science, Università degli Studi di Milano
The Mind in Public: Media Discourses and Public Perception Massimiano Bucchi Professor of Science and Technology in Society, Università di Trento
Panel discussion
8.00 p.m. Cocktail and Concert at Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Tuesday, September 20 – Fondazione Cini
Morning Session: 9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Anomalous brain development and stem cell involvement as potential contributors to cognitive decline in glioma
- AIRC Lecture
William Weiss Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Brain disorders and plasticity Giancarlo Comi Professor of Neurology, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano
Dreams Allan Hobson Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
The deciding mind Gabriella Pravettoni Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Università degli Studi di Milano
Panel discussion
Afternoon Session: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Consciousness in Theory and Practice Giulio Tononi Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin
What is left of soul? And free will?
Enrico Berti
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Science, Università degli Studi di Padova
Giulio Giorello Professor of Philosophy of Science, Università degli Studi di Milano
Closing Remarks