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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

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