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MAIN PLENARY SESSIONS
Opening Ceremony 11/24, Sunday, 18:00 – Municipal Theatre
Dilma Roussef BRAZIL
President of Brazil; economist and politician; ENERGETIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM, PRIVATIZATION; BOLSA-FAMÍLIA; RACIAL QUOTA; SOCIAL INCLUSION
Gordon McBean CANADA
Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction; physician; CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS; IPCC; 2007 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Irina Bokova
BULGARIA Director General of Unesco; politician and diplomat; EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; FOREIGN AFFAIRS; DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS; EDUCATION FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS, PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, PALESTINE
Jacob Palis BRAZIL
President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences; mathematician; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, MODELING OF EVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENA; ESTIMATES OF UNCERTAINTY
János Áder HUNGARY
President of Hungary; lawyer and specialist in political sciences; DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS; ACCESSION OF HUNGARY TO EUROPEAN UNION; ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; FOOD SAFETY; NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION
Jószef Pálinkás
HUNGARY President of the World Science Forum, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and vice president of the European Academies Science Advisory Council; physicist; EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF ATOMIC COLLISIONS; INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC POLICY AND EDUCATION
Sérgio Cabral BRAZIL
Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro; journalist and politician; FIRST SALARY CAP OF BRAZIL; END OF SPECIAL RETIREMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY; ELDERLY STATUTE; IMPLEMENTATION OF UPAs AND UPPs; INCREASING RESOURCES FOR S&T
Inequalities as Barriers for Global Sustainability 11/25, Mon, 9:00 - 10:30 Mediator:
Gretchen Kalonji FRANCE
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at Unesco; material sciences engineer; WOMEN IN SCIENCE; TEACHING OF ENGINEERING; CONSOLIDATION OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA
Speakers:
John Burn UNITED KINGDOM
Professor Newcastle University; geneticist; GENETIC DISEASES; VACCINE AGAINST COLORECTAL CANCER; NANOTECHNOLOGY IN GENOTYPING AND GENETIC SEQUENCING
Linxiu Zhang CHINA
Deputy Director of Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; agricultural economist; INTEGRATED RURAL URBAL DEVELOPMENT;ANTI-POVERTY POLICY; PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN CHINESE AGRICULTURE AND THEIR IMPACTS ON GROWTH, POVERTY, INEQUALITIES,ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS, HOUSEHOLD NUTRITION, INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT COMMUNITY LEVEL, RURAL BASIC EDUCATION
Pilar Alvarez-Laso Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences at Unesco; journalist and researcher;
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FRANCE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEDIA AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TO SOCIETY; EDUCATIONAL TV; INITIATIVES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Ricardo Paes de Barros BRAZIL
Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil; engineer, mathematician and economist; DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMETRICS
Science policy and governance: Inventing the future 11/25, Mon, 11:00 - 12:30 Mediator:
Alan Leshner USA
Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and executive publisher of the journal Science; psychologist; BIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC POLICIES ON ST&I; TEACHING OF SCIENCE
Speakers:
Anne Glover BELGIUM
Chief Scientific Advisor to President of European Commission; biologist; INNOVATION AND PROGRESS; YOUTH IN SCIENCE;WOMEN IN SCIENCE; WHOLE CELL BIOSENSORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Geneviève Fioraso FRANCE
Minister of Higher Education and Research; economist; INNOVATION; FOSTERING OF INDUSTRIES AND OF PROMIOTION OF EMPLOYMENT; INCENTIVE TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Heneri Dzinotyiweyi ZIMBABWE
Minister of Science and Development of Zimbabwe; mathematician; MANAGEMENT OF ST&I IN AFRICA; UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
Luiz Davidovich BRAZIL
Professor of UFRJ; physicist; QUANTUM OPTICS; SCIENCE AND EDUCATION POLICIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ROLE OF ACADEMIES IN ADVISING GOVERNMENTS
Takashi Onishi JAPAN
President of the Science Council of Japan; Professor at the University of Tokyo and of the IAS of UNU; urban engineer; URBANISM, ORGANIZATION OF LAND AND SECURITY SYSTEM; REDUCTION OF IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS
Scientific Integrity 11/25, Mon, 14:00 - 15:30 Mediator:
Ernst Winnacker GERMANY
Secretary General for Human Frontier Science Program; geneticist and biochemist; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; FINANCING OF FRONTIER RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN SCIENCES
Speakers:
Bengt Gustafsson SWEDEN
Executive Director of Karlskoga Industrifastigheter AB; administrator and physicist; UNION OF COSMIC SCIENCE WITH CULTURE AND THEOLOGY; SPACE SCIENCE AND HUMANISM
Indira Nath INDIA
Director of Blue Peter Research Centre; immunologist; VACCINES AND TREATMENT OF HANSENÍASE; EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE POLICIES; WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Nicholas Steneck USA
Director of Research Ethics and Integrity Program of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research; historian; HISTORY OF RESEARCH MISCONDUCT, THE USE OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH, THE ROLE OF VALUES IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND RESEARCH INTEGRITY
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Paulo Beirão BRAZIL
Professor at UFMG and coordinator of the Global Research Council; biochemist; FINANCING OF WORLDWIDE SCIENTIFIC RESERACH; INNOVATIVE PRACTICAL TEACHING OF SCIENCE
Science for Natural Resources 11/26, Tue, 9:00 - 10:30 Mediator:
Chunli Bai CHINA
President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); chemist; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC POLICY
Speakers:
Ernesto Calvo ARGENTINA
Director of the Institute of Physical-Chemistry of Materials, Environment and Energy of the University of Buenos Aires; chemist; ELETROSYNTHESIS, NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; INTERFACIAL AND MOLECULAR ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Luis Eugenio Mello BRAZIL
Director of the Technological Institute of Vale; doctor; COOPERATION ACADEMY-ENTERPRISE; STEM CELLS; USE OF ANIMALS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Marcia McNutt USA
Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Science”; geophysicist; REVISION PROCESSES IN PAIRS; CATASTROPHIES; OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS
Pavel Kabat CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Science and Engineering Education 11/26, Tue, 11:00 - 12:30 Mediator:
Volker ter Meulen GERMANY
Co-Chair of the Global Network of Science Academies; medical virologist; MOLECULAR AND PATHOGENIC ASPECTS OF VIRAL INFECTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS; INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Speakers:
Daya Reddy SOUTH AFRICA
President of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa and professor at the University of Cape Town; engineer; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS ARISING IN THE MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDS
Eva-Marie Neher GERMANY
Manager of XLAB Experimental Laboratory for Young People; microbiologist and biochemist; IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS
Patricio Felmer CHILE
Professor at the University of Chile; mathematical engineer; EDUCATION IN CHILE; TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
Pierre Léna FRANCE
President of La Main à La Pâte Foundation; physicist and astronomer; EUROPEAN VERY LARGE TELESCOPE; SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
O Papel Fundamental da Ciência
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The Fundamental Roles of Science In Innovation 11/26, Tue, 14:00 - 15:30 Mediator:
Jószef Pálinkás HUNGARY
President of the World Science Forum, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and vice president of the European Academies Science Advisory Council; physicist; EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF ATOMIC COLLISIONS; INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC POLICY AND EDUCATION
Speakers:
Carlos Tadeu da Costa Fraga BRAZIL
Executive Manager of the Research and Development Center at Petrobras; civil engineer; OIL ENGINEERING; BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; TECHNOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT; PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY-ENTERPRISE
Marco Antonio Raupp BRAZIL
State Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil; mathematician; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS; BIOINFORMATICS; MANAGEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONS; INTEGRATION BETWEEN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRODUCTIVE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL PARKS; CNERS SATELLITES; SPACE TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Reiko Kuroda JAPAN
Professor at the University of Tokyo; chemist; SCIENTIFIC POLICY; CHIRALITY; SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY
Umar Buba BIndir NIGERIA
Director general for the national Office for Technology and Promotion; machinery engineer; NARROW GAP BETWEEN ACADEMY-INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION OF NIGERIAN ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CORRIDOR ALONG THE 30KM AIRPORT ROAD IN ABUJA
Parliamentary Session 11/27, Wed, 9:30 - 11:30 Mediator:
Aloizio Mercadante BRAZIL
Minister of Education in Brazil; economist and politician
Gretchen Kalonji FRANCE
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at Unesco; material sciences engineer; WOMEN IN SCIENCE; TEACHING OF ENGINEERING; CONSOLIDATION OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA
Speakers:
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent FRANCE
Professor at the University of Paris X; philosopher; HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION; ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES TRIGGERED BY ST&I
Eugene Nhlanhla Nqaba Ngcobo SOUTH AFRICA
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology of the National Assembly of the African National Congress; GENOCIDE,CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION; TRAINING OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Henrique Eduardo Alves BRAZIL
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Norte an president of the newspaper Tribuna do Norte; lawyer, businessman and politician; RECOVERY OF PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREAS (APPS); CABUGI TV, AFFILIATE OF THE GLOBO NETWORK IN RN; RADIO GLOBO IN NATAL; RADIO OF MOSSORÓ
Ita Okon Bassey Ewa NIGERIA
Researcher at the Center for Nuclear Research of the Ahmadu Bello University and former minister of Science and Technology; nuclear physicist; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; MANAGEMENT OF ST&I IN AFRICA
Juan Luis Castro González CHILE
President of the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives; doctor; HEMATOLOGY; MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS; FREE SERVICE FOR FAMILIES OF WORKERS
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Lucy Calderon Pineda GUATEMALA
Reporter of the Prensa Libre Newspaper; scientific journalist; COVERAGE FOR SCIENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Ninlawan Petcharaburanin THAILAND
Senator active in the Commission of Science, Technology, Communication and Telecommunications; biosciences manager; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Péter Szijjártó HUNGARY
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations; economist; GOVERNMENT POLICIES
Rodrigo Rollemberg BRAZIL
Senator; historian and politician; INDIGENOURS RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT, AND FIGHT FOR COMBATING PUBLIC LAND GRABBING
Sibá Machado BRAZIL
Congressman in the state of Acre; geographer; SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT OF AMAZONIA; NEW BRAZILIAN SCIENCE CODE
Acknowledgement Session 11/27, Wed, 12:00 - 12:30 Speakers:
Glaucius Oliva BRAZIL
President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); physicist; PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS; TROPICAL INFECCIOUS DISEASEES; NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
Glauco Arbix BRAZIL
President of FINEP/MCTI since 2011; sociologist; INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS; PUBLIC POLICIES; STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AGENCIES
Jorge Guimarães BRAZIL
President of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); veterinarian and biochemist; BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC POLICY; SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Ruy Marques BRAZIL
President of Rio Foundation for Research Support (Faperj) and professor at the University of the Estate of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); doctor; SPLEEN AND SPESIS; EXPERIMENTAL NUTRITION IN SURGERY; HEALING AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MELLITUS DIABETES AND TRANSPLANT; TUMORS IN DIFGESTIVE SYSTEM; FINANCING OF S&T
Closing Ceremony 11/27, Wed, 12:30 - 13:30 COM APRESENTAÇÃO DA DECLARAÇÃO FINAL
Speakers:
Jacob Palis BRAZIL
President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences; mathematician; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, MODELING OF EVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENA; ESTIMATES OF UNCERTAINTY
Jószef Pálinkás HUNGARY
President of the World Science Forum, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and vice president of the European Academies Science Advisory Council; physicist; EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF ATOMIC COLLISIONS; INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC POLICY AND EDUCATION
Marco Antonio Raupp BRAZIL
State Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil; mathematician; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS; BIOINFORMATICS; MANAGEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONS; INTEGRATION BETWEEN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRODUCTIVE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL PARKS; CNERS SATELLITES; SPACE TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Sumaya bint El Hassan JORDAN
Princess of Jordan and president of El Hassan Science City; SCIENE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PROMOTING CHANGES IN THE ARAB WORLD; STIMULUS TO THE POTENTIAL OF YOUNG TALENTS THROUGH EDUCATIONA AND OPPORTUNITY
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PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS
Amazonia, Biodiversity and Susteinable Development 11/25, Mon, 16:00 - 17:30 Mediator:
Adalberto Val BRAZIL
Director of the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA); biologist; FISH OF THE AMAZON; CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF REGIONAL UNBALANCES WITH REGARDS TO EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL
Speakers:
Julio Cezar Centeno VENEZUELA
Professor at the University of Los Andes; INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST SCIENCES; NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN NATURE CONSERVATION
Marlucia Bonifacio BRAZIL
Coordinator of the Network of Eastern Amazonia of the Biodiversity Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (CNPq) and researcher of the Emílio Goeldi Museum in Pará (MPEG); biologist and ecologist; ZOOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY; SOIL FAUNA; AMAZONIA
Wolfgang Junk GERMANY
Professor of the National Amazonian Research Institute and scientific coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Humid Areas (INCT-INAU); ecologist; ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FLOODPLAINS AND LAND-WATER INTERACTIONS; AMAZON RIVER, PANTANAL E BASINS OF SOUTH AMERICA
The Medical Challenge of Old Age 11/25, Mon, 16:00 - 17:30 Mediator:
Helena Nader BRAZIL
President of Brazilian Society for the Promotion of Science (SBPC); biologist; GLYCOBIOLOGY; CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICIES OF ST&I IN BRAZIL
Speakers:
Fernando Lavadenz BOLIVIA
Health, nutrition and population for the World Bank; oncologist; CLINICAL ONCOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH POLICIES; STRENGTHENNING OF HEALTH SYSTEMS; CHANGING HABITS
Jiarui Wu CHINA
Vice President Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; biologist; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL BIOLOGY; SYSTEMIC BIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS FOR PROGRESSION OF DIABETES; GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF DIABETES
Manfred Hallschmid GERMANY
Professor of University of Tübingen; psychologist; FOOD INTAKE AND BODY WEIGHT; CROSSTALK BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL AND COGNITIVE FACTORS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP AND METABOLISM
Sérgio Pena BRAZIL
Director of the Gene Laboratory and professor at Minas Gerais Federal University (UFMG); geneticist; HUMAN GENOME DIVERSITY; FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF BRAZILIAN POPULATION; UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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Science Diplomacy 11/25, Mon, 16:00 - 17:30 Mediator:
Katalin Bogyai HUNGARY
President of the General Conference of Unesco; journalist and economist; DIPLOMACY AND CULTURAL DIALOGUES
Speakers:
Adel El Beltagy FRANCE
Chair of the International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC) and President of the Governing Board of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (Ciheam) of Egypt; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; STRESS PHYSIOLOGY; ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS IN PLANTS
Dan Bitan ISRAEL
Co-director of the Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO); chemist and educator; PROJECTS OF SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN; POLLUTION AND WATER CHEMISTRY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE DIPLOMACY; NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE
Hamid Reza Amirinia IRAN
Advisor to the Presidency and Head of the Center for Innovation and technology Cooperation; engineer; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; DIPLOMATIC EXPERIENCE
Hasan Dweik PALESTIN
Co-director of the Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO); chemist; POLYMERS; WATER CHEMISTRY; MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION; NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE; SCIENCE DIPLOMACY
Romain Murenzi RWANDA
Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS); physicist; S&T POLICY; ADVANCED COMPUTER STUDIES
Tateo Arimoto JAPAN
Professor and director of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Program of the National Graduate Institute of Japan; INNOVATION TO ADDRESS SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Vaughan Turekian USA
Chief International Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); geochemist; SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Sustainable Planted Forests 11/25, Mon, 17:30 - 19:00 Mediator:
Ron Sederoff USA
Professor at the North Carolina State University; geneticist zoologist; APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO FOREST TREE SPECIES
Speakers:
Dario Grattapaglia BRAZIL
Partner and co-founder of Heréditas and researcher of Embrapa; geneticist forest engineer; IMPROVEMENT AND GENOMIC SCIENCES OF PLANTS; FOREST SPECIES; POPULATION GENETICS AND FORENSIC OF HUMAN BEINGS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Hans Grosse Werner CHILE
Executive director of Instituto Florestal (INFOR); forest engineer; FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES
Oudara Souvannavong ITALY
Senior Director of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO); CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FORESTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY OF TREES
Shawn Mansfield CANADA
Director of Research in Quality and Biotechnology of Fibers of the British Columbia University; forest engineer; BIOTECNOLOGY AND CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS IN HARDWORD AND SOFTWOODS
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Applying Ocean Sciences and Knowledge For Social Benefits: Demands after Rio+20 11/25, Mon, 17:30 - 19:00 Mediator:
Wendy Watson-Wright FRANCE
Assistant director general and executive secretary of the Unesco Intergovernmental Oceanographic commission; MARINE RESEARCH, OBSERVATION SYSTEMS, MITIGATION OF RISKS; HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OCEAN RESOURCES AND COASTAL AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH
Speakers:
Alan Simcock USA
Joint coordinator of the Group of Experts of the Regular Process for the Unesco Intergovernmental Oceanographic commission; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATIC CHANGE, ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ALERTS
José Muelbert BRAZIL
Professor at Rio Grande do Sul Federal University (UFRGS); management of S&T at UNESCO; oceanographer; INTERACTION BETWEEN MARINE ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE
Patricia Miloslavich VENEZUELA
Professor at the Simón Bolivar University; biologist; CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE IN THE CARIBBEAN; CARIBBEAN; NATURAL GEOGRAPHY IN SHORE AREAS FOR SOUTH AMERICA
THe Role of Higher Education in Building A Critical Mass for Global Sunteinability 11/25, Mon, 17:30 - 19:00 Mediator:
Jorge Guimarães BRAZIL
President of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); veterinarian and biochemist; BRAZILIAN SCIENCE POLICY; SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Lidia Brito FRANCE
Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building of Unesco; forest engineer; FORESTS, ENERGY (BIOMASS AND CHARCOAL) AND WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION, S&T,INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONAND POLICIES AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS
Speakers:
Chusheng Chen CHINA
Vice president of the University of Science and technology of China; materials engineer; INTERSECTION OF MATERIAL SCIENCE, CHEMISTY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MASS TRANSPORT IN SOLID; CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR GAS SEPARATION AND WATER TREATMENT
Eudine Barriteau BARBADOS
Deputy Principal at the University of the West Indies; political scientist; FEMINIST THEORIZING; PUBLIC AND GENDER POLICIES; INVESTIGATIONS OF CARIBBEAN PUBLIC ECONOMY
Heila Lotz Sisitka SOUTH AFRICA
Vice coordinator of the Department of Education of the University of Rhodes; educator; SOCIAL CHANGE WITH EMPHASIS ON QUALITY OF TEACHING AND CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES TO POVERTY, RISK AND VULNERABILITY; CRITICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Marlene Hamilton JAMAICA
Former Pro-vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies; psychologist; GENDER STUDIES; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SCIENCE EDUCATION; STUMULUS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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Water Cooperationa and Security 11/26, Tue, 16h as 17:30 Mediator:
László Somlyódy HUNGARY
Professor at the University of Budapest; engineer; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL AND RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
Speakers:
José Galizia Tundisi BRAZIL
President of the International Institute of Ecology; biologist; MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RECOVERY; TRAINING WATER RESOURCE MANAGERS
Lars Tranvik SWEDEN
Head of the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Uppsala; biologist; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF LAKES; RESERVOIRS OF ORGANIC CARBON IN BIOSPHERE
Zelmira May URUGUAY
Coordinator of the International Hydrology Program (PHI) at Unesco; agronomist; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Young Scientists and Innovators: Making Science Sustainable for the Next Generation 11/26, Tue, 16h as 17:30 Mediator:
Gordon Dalton IRELAND
Chair of the International Consortium of Research Staff Association ICoRSA); engineer; ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY; OCEAN ENERGY; NATIVAS SOFTWARE
Mande Holford USA
Professor at the City University of New York; chemist and biologist; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NEUROPEPTIDES FROM VENOMOUS MARINE SNAILS AND MANIPULATION OF CELL SIGNALING IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Speakers:
Claire McNulty UNITED KINGDOM
Director of Science, Education and Society at the British Council; biochemist; DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPOR OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS; ENHANCE MOBILITY AND INTERACTION AMONG YOUNG RESEARCHERS OF EUROPE; BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE OF AFRICA
Eduardo Viotti BRAZIL
Legislative Advisor of the Brazilian Senate in the fields of political sciences and innovation; economist; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ST&I AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Jacqueline Allan FRANCE
OECD analyst for biotechnology and nanotechnology policies; physicist; SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH; BIOCHEMICALS AND BIOPLASTICS; SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS; PUBLIC-PRIVAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTHY AGING
Kate Krontiris USA
Independent researcher and strategist; expert on public policies; CIVIC PARTICIPATION; TECHNOLOGY
Martin Hynes FRANCE
Chief Executive of European Science Foundation; engineer; GUIDANCE FOR START-UPS; FINANCING FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS; INTERACTION ACADEMY-BUSINESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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Science and Technology in the Service of Disaster Risk Reductiona 11/26, Tue, 16h as 17:30 Mediator:
Virginia Murray UNITED KINGDOM
Head of Extreme events and Health Protection of the Health Protection Agency; doctor; TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS; CHEMICAL AND EXTREME EVENT INCIDENTS
Speakers:
David Johnston NEW ZEALAND
Senior Scientist at GNS Science; GEOSCIENCE AND MONITORING OF NATURAL DISASTERS; PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY; RESPONSES FROM SOCIETY TO WARNING SYSTEMS, DECISIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
Gordon Mc Bean CANADA
Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for catastrophic Loss Reduction; physicist; ATMOSPHERICAL AND CLIMATE SCIENCES;CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZZARDS; IPCC; 2007 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Richard Allen USA
Director of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory; seismologist; 3D IMAGES OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH; RAPID DETERMINATION OF ORIGIN PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKES
Yuichi Ono JAPAN
Professor of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science of the University of Tokohu; geographer; DISASTER RISK REDUCTION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR COOPERATION AND POLICY MAKING FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS
Bioenergy 11/26, Tue, 17:30 as 19h Mediator:
Chris Somerville USA
Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI); geneticist; CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS; EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION
Speakers:
Guanghui Xie CHINA
Professor at the Agricultural University of China; agricultural scientist; NON-FOOD BIOMASS; BIOMASS SUSTAINABILITY; USE OF MARGINAL LANDS FOR BIOFUEL CHARACTERIZATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT, FARMING TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SORHUM
Johann Görgens SOUTH AFRICA
Professor at the University of Stellenbosch; biochemical engineer; SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
John Pierce UNITED KINGDOM
Biologist head of British Petroleum; OIL AND GAS; CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYMOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL FUELS
Luís Augusto Barbosa Cortez BRAZIL
Professor at State University of Campinas (Unicamp); agricultural engineer; BIOMASS, ETHANOL FROM SUGAR CANE AND COOLING TECHNOLOGY
Luuk van der Wielen HOLLAND
Distinguished Professor at Technical University of Delft; chemical engineer; BIOBASED ECONOMY; BIORENEWABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; SPIN-OFF COMPANIES; OIL PALM BIOMASS CENTER IN MALAYSIA
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Zurina Amnan MALAYSIA
Chief Executive Officer of the Bionas Group; BIOFUELS; JATROPHA PLANTATIONS; NON-EMULSION AND POLARIZATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
Academy and Enterprise 11/26, Tue, 17:30 as 19h Mediator:
Carlos Alberto Aragão BRAZIL
General Director of the National Research Center for Energy and Materials (CNPEM); physicist; QUANTUM THEORY OF FIELDS AND ITS APPLICATIONS; ACADEMY AND BUSINESS INTERFACE; MANAGEMENT OF ST&I
Speakers:
Bernardo Gradin BRAZIL
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GranBio; civil engineer; CONVERSION OF BIOMESS IN ENERGY WEALTH; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Gábor Bojár HUNGARY
Founder and Director of Graphisoft; physicist and businessman; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE PARK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Luciano Pedrote BRAZIL
Manager of Technological Development at Embraer S.A; mechanical engineer; AVIATION INDUSTRY
Mario Mariscotti ARGENTINA
Founding Director of Concreto Reforçado Tomografia S.A. and professor at the University of Buenos Aires; nuclear physicist; INTERACTION ACADEMY-BUSINESS; INNOVATION; PHYSICS APPLIED TO ENGINEERING
Challenges and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Sciences for Sustainability: Future Earth 11/26, Tue, 17:30-19:00 Mediator:
Gordon McBean CANADA
Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for catastrophic Loss Reduction; physicist; ATMOSPHERICAL AND CLIMATE SCIENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS; IPCC; 2007 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Speakers:
Carlos Nobre BRAZIL
Secretariat of Research and Development Policies and Programs of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil (MCTI); advisor to the UN on Global Sustainability; climatologist; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC); SAVANNIZATION OF AMAZONIA IN RESPONSE TO DEFORESTATION; INFLUENCE OF GLOBAL IN THE RAINFOREST
Cheryl de La Rey SOUTH AFRICA
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria; psychologist; RESEARCH ON AIDS; WOMEN IN SCIENCE,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Thomas Rosswall FRANCE
Chairman of the Independent Science Panel of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, agriculture and Food Security; microbiologist; CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING IN GLOBAL STUDIES; MODELLING SYSTEMS AT DIFFERENT SCALES