Lecturer/Position/Organization: Prof. Fabio Marazzi, University of Bergamo Session/Theme: Science and Law Title of the presentation: The evolution of intellectual property landscape The aim of science is a quest for knowledge, that has to be disseminated, shared, capitalised and Used Intellectual property is the results and outcomes of research: “Intellectual” as it is a creative output;

Lecturer/Position/Organization: Piergiorgio Strata Professor of Neurophysiology, Rita Levi Montalcini center for brain Repair, Dpt Neuroscience University of Turin, Italy Session/Theme: Science, Technology and Economy Title of the presentation: Freedom in the access to science career Among the many aspects of freedom in research one concerns the lack of free access to a scientific carrier which

Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, Anatomy, University College, London Session/Theme: Science, society and politics – public understanding of science Title of the presentation: Is science dangerous? The idea that scientific knowledge is dangerous is deeply embedded in our culture. Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from the Tree of

John Harris FMedSci., B.A., D.Phil. Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics Institute of Medicine Law and Bioethics, School of Law University of Manchester Session: Science, Society and Politics (part 1) Title: “The Obligations of Society to Science�? My question is: is there a moral obligation to undertake, support and even to participate in serious scientific

Lecturer/Position/Organization: Krishna B. Garg/Professor/University of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 302004, India Session/Theme: Science, Ethics and the Ethics of Scientific Research Title of the presentation: Do Globalisation and Modern Scientific Developments Pose New Challenges for the Society! It is perhaps proper to club science and technology together for the sake of discussion even if their internal scope

Demetrio Neri Stem cell science and policies: the Italian debate and legislation in a European perspective. Introductory remarks. My presentation consists of two sections. In the first section I’ll try to answer to the question which is the issue of this session. Perhaps my answer will sound a bit pessimistic, but what happened at the

Lecturer/Position/Organization: Charles H. Baron/Professor/Boston College Law School Session/Theme: Science and Law Title of the presentation: Legal Methodologies for Maximizing Freedom of Scientific Research In the realm of American law, there may be no more quoted statement from a judicial opinion than that of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis who observed in a 1932 case:

Tiziano Barberi (PhD, senior scientist in the laboratory of Stem Cell and Tumor Biology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York) Session: Science, Technology and Economy Round table: Open Access to Science Impact of open access in biomedical research Open access to science comes from one of the initiatives of the Open Society Institute (OSI).

Stem Cells and Public Opinion Giulio Cossu (Director, Stem Cell Research Institute Dibit, H. San Raffaele) “The experience of the Italian referendum on stem cells�? It is now approximately one year since a heated and convulse campaign on the referendum started to reach a peak of animosity and verbal violence few days before the selected

Mino Vianello Facolta’ di Statistica, ” La Sapienza” Descartes Prize E’ naturale, visto il contesto in cui nasce – contesto non solo italiano, anche se in Italia particolarmente scottante dopo l’introduzione d’una legge sulla fecondazione assistita che tocca direttamente il tema della sperimentazione con le cellule staminali embrionali – e’ naturale, dicevo, che quasi implicitamente