This year our Symposium centres on the theme "Facing the Future: Challenges and Perspectives of Life Sciences in the 21st century". In order to present a global picture of these latest challenges and perspectives, in this event we are dedicated to bring together the most outstanding researchers from a broad range of disciplines. Our Main sessions will be: Life Sciences Innovations, Physics in Biology, Machine Learning & Big Data, Synthetic Biology, Medicine, Health & Diseases, Environmental Issues and Science and Society. Our line up of confirmed speakers includes top scientists, who are already facing and ‘shaping’ the future of science.