Wednesday, May 23^rd
15:30 - They Mayor of Bologna Virginio Merola presents Nettuno d'Oro Award to Mario Capecchi

Thursday May 24^th

15:30 - 
Stabat Mater Hall of the Archiginnasio (historical venue of the University of Bologna), Genetics Today meeting with the Nobel Laureate Mario Capecchi.
Welcome by the President of the Univeristy of Bologna Ivano Dionigi

16:00 -
Presentations of partners of the CHERISH project:
Research and the European challenges for the identification of genes causing intellectual disabilities

16:30 -
Emanuele Panza:
My four years of work in Mario Capecchi's Laboratory

17:00 -
Lecture by Mario Cappechi

17:45 -
Bologna - Portland (Oregon) teleconference to celebrate the twinning of the two cities and conclusion by Giovanni Romeo, Bologna and Bill Horton, Portland
Mario Capecchi and the legacy of two great mentors of the past, Giuseppe Levi (1872 - 1965) and Victor A. McKusick (1921 - 2008)
Simultaneous translation into English and Italian will be available. The schedule refers to local Italian time