Programme

Keynote speaker (tbc):

• Yuval Noah Harari, Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Keynote speaker (tbc):

• Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Japan

Speakers (confirmed):

• Helena Nader, Honorary President, Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)
• Alexander Kagansky, Director, Centre for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia

Speakers:

• Tim Berners Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium
• Corinna Cortes, Head, Google Research NY
• Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla

Speaker (confirmed):

• Sheryl Hendriks, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being

Moderator (confirmed):

• József Pálinkás, President, WSF (2008-2014)

Speakers (confirmed):

• Chux Daniels, Research Fellow, University of Sussex

Speakers:

• Mahama Ouedraogo, Director Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission
• Roxanne Varza, Director, Station F
• Cori Bargmann, Torsten N. Wiesel Professor, The Rockefeller University

Keynote speaker (tbc):

• Onora O'Neill, Member, House of Lords, UK

Speakers (confirmed):

• Indira Nath, Professor, Indian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

• Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
• Michal Kosinski, Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Keynote speaker (confirmed):

• Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature

Moderator (confirmed):

• James Gillies, Senior Communications Advisor, CERN

Speakers (confirmed):

• Linda Nordling, science journalist
• Matthew Liao, Director, Center for Bioethics, New York University College of Global Public Health
• Angela Saini, science writer

Speakers:

• Alan Finkel, Australia's Chief Scientist