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Cognitive Computing and the Future of Science
Alessandro Curioni ,
IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe and Director, IBM Research - Zurich Bodies and Selves in the Age of Osiris
Sheila Jasanoff ,
Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Director, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School  

NEW FRONTIERS IN DATA DRIVEN WORLD

Lucio Pinto Managing Director, Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera
Massimo Sideri Innovation Editor, Corriere della Sera

The Wonders and Threats of the Instrumented World
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli ,
Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer science, University of California at Berkeley   Big data: challenges and opportunities
Alfonso Fuggetta ,
Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano; CEO and Scientific Director at CEFRIEL – Politecnico di Milano Connected Intelligence in Scientific Research
Derrick de Kerckhove ,
Professor, Former Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto Senseable Cities
Carlo Ratti ,
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associati Beyond The Sharing Economy: Rethinking Trust, Transparency & Transactions
April Rinne ,
Sharing Economy Advisor, Portland, Oregon

THE DIGITAL SOCIETY: CONNECTED, VIRTUAL AND SMARTER

Emanuele Borgonovo Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Director, Bachelor in Economics, Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University
Massimo Sideri Innovation Editor, Corriere della Sera

Democracy in the digital age – Challenges and chances for political participation
Patrizia Nanz ,
Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bremen; Chair of the European Institute for Public Participation Democracy in the digital age – Challenges and chances for political participation
Ariane Götz ,
Reseach Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam Big Data is Not About the Data!
Gary King ,
Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor,  Harvard University; Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University The Social Value of Big Data
Carlo Batini ,
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Univeristà degli studi Milano-Bicocca Why Technology is not enough: Innovation, society and culture
Massimiano Bucchi ,
Professor of Science and Technology in Society, Università di Trento

COMBINING THE DIGITAL AND BIOLOGICAL WORLD

Gabriele Beccaria Scientific reporter and editor of Tuttoscienze – La Stampa
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci Director of Research, European Institute of Oncology 

Integrating Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Data: The Impact of Digital Technology on Research
Sabina Leonelli ,
Professor Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter Image-based Plant Phenotyping - Computer Vision From Lab to Field
Tony Pridmore ,
Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham   Ensembl: Structuring Knowledge for Biomedical Application
Paul Kersey ,
Team Leader, Non-vertebrate Genomics, European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cambridge, UK Using Big Data and Real World Evidence to Improve Health Outcomes – Industry Perspective
Michael Seewald ,
Center of Excellence in Real World Evidence, Novartis Basel Delivery of care to patients with chronic diseases – facilitation through digitization
Albert Farrugia ,
Scientific and Regulatory Senior Advisor, Kedrion Biopharma; Adjunct Professor, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia Saving, Extending and Enhancing Lives
Matteo Losi ,
Innovation Sales Director, SAP Italia  Digitising life
Giuseppe Testa ,
Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Milan;
Director, Laboratory of Stem Cell Epigenetics, European Institute of Oncology