The Italian Antonio Vivaldi Institute of the Giorgio Cini Foundation has organised an international study conference entitled Antonio Vivaldi. Past and future, held on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, from 13 to 16 June 2007. The conference aims to survey the state of current work on Vivaldi and to suggest guidelines for future work. The conference has been divided into five sessions covering the main areas of Vivaldi research: biographical and documentary aspects (co-ordinator: Pierluigi Petrobelli); instrumental music, sacred vocal music and chamber music (co-ordinator: Michael Talbot); vocal music for theatre (co-ordinator: Reinhard Strohm); relations between Vivaldian musicology, performance and reception (co-ordinator: Roger-Claude Travers); and cataloguing and chronology problems (co-ordinator: Peter Ryom).