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World Conference on the Future of Science
MON, SEP. 20 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
1st Day




MORNING SESSION (9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.) chaired by: Claudio Basilico, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA , Chiara Tonelli, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy

VIRUSES IN EVOLUTION
 Viruses: the invisible enemy revealedDorothy Crawford, University of Edinburgh, UK
 Viral ForecastingNathan Wolfe, Stanford University, USA
 Endogenous viral sequences and their evolutionJohn Coffin, Department of Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, USA.

ANIMAL AND PLANT VIRUSES
 Animals, humans and viruses: novel perspectives for managing global threatsIlaria Capua, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy
 Viruses, Insects and HungerShivaji Pandey, FAO, Rome, Italy
 The battle against plant virusesWilhelm Gruissem, Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH, Zurich

AFTERNOON SESSION (2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.) chaired by: Giuseppe Ippolito, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy , Gianpiero Sironi, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

VIRUSES AND MANKIND
 Global burden of infectious diseases: not just numbersGiuseppe Ippolito, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
 Hepatitis C: towards control and eradicationCharles Rice, Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, NY, USA
 Pandemic influenzaAdolfo García-Sastre, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
 Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Response and PreparednessHeinz Feldmann, Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research,National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,Hamilton, Montana.
 Viruses and immunity: molecular pirates and the challenge of a global allianceAlberto Mantovani , Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Università degli Studi di Milano
 Vaccines to address the needs of 21st century societyRino Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy