On Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., a conference titled "Caring for the Human Being: Knowing the Past and Understanding the Present to Design the Future — Medical Thought from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century: Humanity Between Health and Disease, Humanitarianism, Science, Artificial Intelligence, Deontology, Bioethics, and Algorethics" will be held in Gorizia at the University of Trieste’s Conference Center (Gorizia campus, Via Alviano 18). The event is organized by the Order of Physicians and Dentists of the Province of Gorizia.

PROGRAM:

• 8:30 AM – Registration of participants
• 8:45 AM – Presentation and welcome remarks by the authorities
• 9:15 AM – Physicians and the dissemination of medical culture in the late Middle Ages – Marilyn Nicoud, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Avignon – Department of History
• 9:45 AM – The Old World and the medicine of the New World, 16th–20th centuries Great insights, discoveries, and the revolution in medicine—from rationalism and positivism to the explosion of knowledge – Stefano Arieti, former Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Bologna; Secretary of the Italian Society for the History of Medicine
• 10:15 AM – Medicine in the Works of Gustav Klimt – Albino Visintin, President of OMCeO Gorizia
• 10:25 AM – Reflections at the Intersection of Reality and Imagination: The General Practitioner Today and Tomorrow – Luca Maschietto, General Practitioner; Regional Secretary of SIMG
• 10:40 AM – Coffee Break
  11:10 AM – Training the Physician of the Future: Science, Knowledge, Humanity, Participation, and Integration – Stella Bernardi, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste
• 11:35 AM – Modern Medicine, Complexity, and the Future That Awaits Us – Silvio Brusaferro, Full Professor of General and Applied Hygiene at the University of Udine (former President of the ISS)
• 12:00 PM – Medicine 2026: Knowledge, Skills, Relational Capacity, and the Essential Focus on the Human Person – Gianfranco Sinagra, Full Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Trieste; Director of the Cardiothoracovascular Department and the Cardiology Unit at ASUGI; President of the Italian Society of Cardiology
• 12:25 PM – The Physician in the Era of Evolving AI: A Paradigm Bridging Knowledge, Science, and Wisdom – H.E. (His Excellency/Most Reverend) Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
• 1:00 PM – Therapeutic Beauty: The Healing Power of Art – Fr. Alessio Geretti, Parish Priest of Illegio and Caneva; Holy See Representative for Jubilee art events and special projects
• 1:30 PM – Q&A Session
• 1:45 PM – Post-test (ECM/CME)
• 2:00 PM – Event Conclusion

                 INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION    

The Conference, which enjoys, among others, the patronage of the University of Trieste, is open to surgeons, dentists and civil society.

Scientific director: dr. Albino Visintin

Organizational secretariat: OMCEO Gorizia secretariat
Tel: 0481531440 - From Monday to Friday 10:00 – 14:00
Mail: info@ordinemedici-go.it