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| Date | Time | Surname | Name | Role | Session title |
| 02-set | 11:00 - 11:45 | Mantovani | Alberto | Scientific director, Humanitas institute | Immunity, from cancer to COVID-19: Dreams and Challenges |
| 02-set | 12:00 - 1:30 | Pörtner | Hans Otto | Alfred-Wegener-Institute IPCC Co-chair WG2 |
Climate Change |
| 03-set | 10:15 - 11:45 | Hartung | Thomas | Johns Hopkins University, USA | COVID-19: Unveiling ground- breaking research on brain impacts & the search for novel, plant-based vaccines |
| 03-set | 10:15 - 11:45 | O'Reilly | David | British American Tobacco Research Scientist |
COVID-19: Unveiling ground- breaking research on brain impacts & the search for novel, plant-based vaccines |
| 03-set | 10:15 - 11:45 | Cookson | Clive | Financial Times, UK | COVID-19: Unveiling ground- breaking research on brain impacts & the search for novel, plant-based vaccines |
| 03-set | 14:30 - 16:00 | Giacca | Mauro | King’s College London Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences |
Genomics and Policy |
| 03-set | 14:30 - 16:00 | Morgante | Michele | Istituto di Genomica Agraria Director |
Genomics and Policy |
| 03-set | 16:15 - 17:00 | Sachs | Jeffrey | Columbia University | Sustainability and Science Advice Sustainability |
| 03-set | 17:00 - 17:45 | Haug | Gerald | ETH Zürich Professor |
Science Advice and Science Communication |
| 04-set | 10:15 - 11:00 | Pievani | Telmo | University of Padua Professor |
The Darwinian lesson of COVID19 |
| 04-set | 11:00 - 11:45 | Mattaj | Jain | EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory | Technology transfer & collaboration |
| 04-set | 12:00 - 1:30 | Močnik | Griša | Jožef Stefan Institute Associate professor |
Pollution & Cities |
| 04-set | 12:00 - 1:30 | Lenarčič | Matevz | Aviation for Science | Pollution & Cities |
| 04-set | 16:15 - 17:45 | Cattaneo | Elena | Università degli Studi di Milano | Stories of science, stem cells and freedom |
| 04-set | 17:00 - 17:45 | Barish | Barry Clark | California Institute of Technology | Inquiry Based Research: What? Why? And How? |
| 05-set | 10.15 - 11.45 | Branchesi | Marica | Gran Sasso Science Institute | Into the era of gravitational wave astrophysics |
| 05-set | 14:30 - 16:00 | Giacca | Mauro | King’s College London Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences |
Experiences of pandemic crisis surge and research-guided responses |
| 05-set | 14:30 - !5:15 15:15 - 16:00 |
Yonath | Ada | Weizmann Institute of Science Director |
From basic science to advanced medicine |
| 06-set | 9:15 - 10:00 | Bassi | Angelo | Università di Trieste | Quantum Mechanics and the new technological revolution |
| 06-set | 10:15 - 11:00 | Figalli | Alessio | ETH Zurich Professor |
Optimal transport, from nature to machine learning |
| 06-set | 11:00 - 11:45 | Mézard | Marc | Director of Ecole normale supérieure | Recent progress in artificial intelligence: what impact on science and on society? |