Some Confirmed Speakers

(some will make only brief remarks)

Hon. Mr. Romano PRODI
Prime Minister of Italy

Hon. Mr. Koïchiro MATSUURA
Director-General, UNESCO
PARIS

Hon. Riccardo ILLY
President
Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
ITALY

Mr. Alain Giorgio Maria ECONOMIDES
Director General of Cooperation and Development
Ministry of Foreign Affaris
ITALY

Dr. Hamadoun TOURE'
Secretary General
International Telecommunication Union
GENEVA

Dr. Lamya Ahmad AL-SAQQAF
Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to FAO
Chairperson of the G77 Rome Chapter
ROME

Professor Pier Ugo CALZOLARI
Rector
University of Bologna
ITALY

Dr. Panitchpakdi SUPACHAI
Secretary General, UNCTAD
GENEVA

Hon. Dr. Dmitry Viktorovich LIVANOV
Rector
State Technological University MISIS (Moscow)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Hon. Mr. Giuseppe FIORONI
Minister of Education
ITALY

Professor Laura MARCHETTI
Under-Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
ITALY

Mr. Michael W. OBORNE
Director of the International Futures Programme and the Global Science Forum
OECD
FRANCE

Lord Julian HUNT of CHESTERTON, CB, FRS
Professor of Climate Modelling
Former Director-General and Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office
U.K.

Mr. Giuseppe MORSILLO
Head of the Director's General Policy Office
European Space Agency (ESA)
FRANCE

Hon. Mr. Luigi NICOLAIS
Minister for Reform and Innovation
ITALY

Mr. Umberto PAOLUCCI
Senior Chairman Microsoft Europe Middle East Africa
Vice President Microsoft Corporation
President Microsoft Italia
ITALY

Dr. Miahil C. ROCO
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
The National Science Foundation
U.S.A.

Dr. Robert AYMAR
CERN Director General
GENEVA

Dr. Bruno LANVIN
Advisor,Global Information and Communication Technologies
World Bank
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Professor Édouard BRÉZIN
Former President of French Academy of Sciences
Département de Physique
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l’École Normale Supérieure
FRANCE

Professor Martin L. PERL
Nobel Laureate
Department of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University
U.S.A.

Mr. Giovanni MANFREDI
Minister Plenipotentiary and Coordinator for Energy Issues
Directorate General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation
ITALY

Dr. Lawrence L. KAZMERSKI
Director
National Centre for Photovoltaics
U.S.A.

Dr. Isao YUKAWA
President
Kyocera Solar Corporation
JAPAN

Professor Carlo RUBBIA
Nobel Laureate
CERN
GENEVA

Dr. Evgeny P. VELIKHOV
President of Russian Research Centre
Kurchatov Institute
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Dr. Pratap C. REDDY
Founder and Executive Chairman
Appolo Hospitals Group
INDIA

Dr. Francisco E. BARALLE
Director-General ICGEB
TRIESTE

Dr. Giorgio TAMBURLINI
Scientific Director Institute of Child Health IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo
ITALY

Hon. Mr. Fabio MUSSI
Minister, University and Research
ITALY

Hon. Dr. Mosibudi MANGENA
Minister of Science & Technology
SOUTH AFRICA

Dr. Janez POTOCNIK
European Commissioner for Science and Research
European Commission
BRUSELLS

Mr. Pasquale PISTORIO
Vice President for Innovation and Research
Confindustria
ITALY

Professor Hans VAN GINKEL
Recto United Nations University
TOKYO

Professor ATTA-UR-RAHMAN, FRS
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Science & Technology
PAKISTAN

Dr. Dimitri PISKOUNOV
Deputy Director General
UNIDO
VIENNA

Hon.Mr. Xinsheng ZHANG
President, Executive Council, UNESCO
Vice Minister of Education
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Professor Mark BRAY
Director
International Institute for Educational Planning
UNESCO
PARIS

Professor Stefano FANTONI
Director
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
ITALY

Mr. Ludger VIEHOFF
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Basic Policy Issues of International and Multilateral Cooperation
GERMANY

Professor Furio HONSELL
Rector
University of Udine
ITALY

H.E. Armando SANGUINI
Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ITALY

H.E. Alpha Oumar KONARE'
Chairmain of the Commission of the African Union
AFRICAN UNION
ETHIOPIA

Deputy Minister Hon. Patrizia SENTINELLI
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ITALY

Hon. Dr. Noah M. WEKESA
Minister of Science and Technology
KENYA

Hon. Professor Hany Mahfouz HELAL
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
EGYPT

Hon. Prof. Romain MURENZI
Minister of Science, Technology and Scientific Research
RWANDA

Prof. Nagia ESSAYED
Commissioner for Human Resources, Science & Technology
AFRICAN UNION
ADDIS ABABA

Hon. Mr. Sylvanus Mushi BONANE
Minister of Scientific Research and Technology
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Mr. Roger SCHJERVA
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Finance
NORWAY

Sir David KING
Chief Scientific Advisor to H.M. Government and Head of the Office of Science and Technology
U.K.

Confirmed Session Chairs

Professor Katepalli R. SREENIVASAN
Director
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
TRIESTE

Professor Hans N. WEILER
Professor Emeritus of Education and Political Science
Stanford University
U.S.A.

Professor Lynn MEEK
Director
Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP)
School of Professional Development and Leadership
University of New England
AUSTRALIA

Professor Walter R. ERDELEN
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
PARIS

Ing. Giancarlo MICHELLONE
President
AREA Science Park
ITALY

Dr David LINDLEY, OBE, FREng, FRSA
Director
Ocean Power Delivery Ltd.
U.K.

Professor Phyllis PITT-MILLER
Dean
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Campus
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Professor Elaine EL-KHAWAS
Department of Educational Leadership
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The George Washington University
U.S.A.

Professor JacobPALIS
President
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
Ntional Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics
BRAZIL

Professor Mohammed HASSAN
Executive Director
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
President, African Academy of Sciences
TRIESTE

Professor Werner BURKART
Deputy Director General
International Atomic Energy Agency
VIENNA

Confirmed Rapporteurs

Dr. Carlo RIZZUTO
President, Elettra Laboratory
Sincrotone Trieste
ITALY

Dr. Hebe VESSURI
Senior Researcher and Head of the Department of Science Studies
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC)
VENEZUELA

Professor Goolam T. G. MOHAMEDBHAI
President
International Association of Universities, UNESCO
PARIS

Professor Sverker SÖRLIN
Professor of Environmental History
Division of History of Science and Technology
School of Architecture and the Built Environment
SWEDEN

Professor Ali SAYIGH
Chairman of WREC
Director General of WREN
Editor-in-chief of Renewable Energy Journal
U.K.

Prof. Dr. Nouria LAKHDAR-GHAZAL
Head
Neuroscience Unit and Group of Research on Biological Rhythms
Faculty of Science
Mohammed-V University
MAROC

Professor Miguel NUSSBAUM VOEHL
Head
Computer Science Department
College of Engineering
Catholic University of Chile
CHILE

Professor Teboho MOJA
Department of Administration Leadership and Technology
The Steinhardt School of Education
U.S.A.