Thirteenth World Conference - The Lives to Come

The 2017 edition of The Future of Science offers the opportunity for an in-depth discussion
around the great innovations that are reshaping our existence.

The topics of "The Lives To Come" conference are the great questions that had been foreseen by our visionary founder Umberto Veronesi. Now more than ever a high-profile engagement is needed to fight the isolation of knowledge and build bridges between science and society, with a common goal: improving the lives to come.

Looking to the future with a vigilant eye and an open mind has been the mission of The Future
of Science series of conferences for the past 13 years. Indeed, asking ourselves about the world we will inhabit in twenty years is a prerequisite condition to interpret the world we live in today, both as individuals and as members of a community.
Today’s innovation, especially in the technical and scientific domains, is happening increasingly
faster and is reducing the gap between the present and the future. We witness the growth of
extraordinary opportunities for economic, human and social development. However, in order
to manage such rapid changes rather than suffering them, we will require new analysis and
understanding capabilities as well as a far-sighted and multidisciplinary vision.
The 2017 edition of The Future of Science offers the opportunity for an in-depth discussion
around the great innovations that are reshaping our existence. How will we treat diseases? How will we communicate and work? What will we eat? We already know that food is a key element in preventing disease and optimising treatment. How will we satisfy this and other basic needs of every human being? Biomedical sciences are exploring new ways to diagnose diseases as early as possible, and to assess their risk and treat them with a personalised approach. How will this new wave of findings redesign the very same concepts of health and disease? Digital technologies allow us to handle and manage data that are unmatched in quantity and quality, changing the roles of communication, information and interaction and bringing about extraordinary transformations at the social, economic and political level.
The topics of “The Lives To Come” conference are the great questions that had been foreseen by our visionary founder Umberto Veronesi. Now more than ever a high-profile engagement is needed to fight the isolation of knowledge and build bridges between science and society, with a common goal: improving the lives to come.