Technological infusion! Medical diffusion. Personal confusion?

I would like to thank the organizing committee for inviting me to make the opening speech in this conference, even though my appearance is unfitting, my status unsuitable, my interests irrelevant and myself detached from the present and the future of contemporary scientific developments, “advances and controversies.” On the basis of my academic past, I was asked to talk about the unpredictable future and the hidden secrets of an unprecedented interaction between technology, medicine and human person. An interaction which provokes surprise and admiration for the technological achievement; hesitation and doubts about the future of medicine; dilemmas, worries and confusion to the human person. (This is clearly indicated by the punctuation marks used in the title.)