The Science of Compassion: Origins, Measures, and Interventions, which took place July 19th to 22nd in Telluride Colorado, was the first large-scale international conference of its kind dedicated to scientific inquiry into compassion. The conference convened a unique group of leading world experts in the fields of altruism, compassion, and service to present their latest research. This was the discussion and Q&A for the panel Future Direction in Research on Compassion by James Doty, MD, Phil Zimbardo, PhD, Daryl Cameron, PhD candidate, Clifford Saron, PhD, and Mohamed El-Hodiri, PhD.