7-9 November
at the CDI USP Auditorium.
CDI USP Auditorium
Av. Prof. Lúcio Martins Rodrigues, 310 - Butantã, São Paulo
This thematic track involves the restoratin of native vegetation, expansion of integrated agricultural systems and the restoration of pasture areas. In addition, the track also considers techniques to restore vegetation, re-establishing native species. In this way, the soil will accumulate a high biodiversity of plant substrates that should stimulate its microbial biomass, resulting in potential carbon fixation in the soil.
This thematic track focuses to create value from CO2 emissions through the design of integrated processes for CO2 capture and conversion. In this concept, CO2 is considered a valuable chemical building block for fuels and materials. This track also includes technologies used in CO2 storage in geological structures and other types.
This thematic track involves technologies or a set of technologies that associate biomass energy with carbon capture use and storage, a process always carried out on a large scale. With this it is possible to sequestre carbon from the atmophere. Works that present the technologies and their contribution to building a positive public perception of BECCUS influencing the design of public sustainability politicies for the Brazilian energy systems are included.
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Programme is dedicated to study technologies related to Measurement and quantification of GHG emissions; Mitigation of GHG emissions, such as, pneumatic machines and devices in general, Chemical looping combustion and Oxy-fuel combustion; Adsorption systems for CO2 capturing from flue gases; Deep eutectic solvents for CO2 capture from flue gases; and Membranes for CO2 capture from flue gases.
This thematic track is related to the development of documents for climate change, sustainable and decarbonization fields, such as requirements standards, specifications and guides, which can be used to consistently ensure that material, products, processes and sevices are suitable for its purposes. This track also supports policies to provide the energy transition and societal engagement, achieved by the understanding of the social perception and acceptance of all stakeholders as well as the lay public, establishing an open dialogue with society. Works and studies in these areas are key to support technology transition and implementation.
This track intends to receive papers to discuss environmental impact and social aspects of Energy Transition including but not limited to gender and justice issues, energy access and safety, poverty aliviation, women participation, development of economic activities among others.
Economic papers of energy transition, including economic feasibility of renewables and non renewables, as well as how carbon credits can contribute to Energy Transition feasibility. What are the challenges and benefits for policies related to carbon credits, as well as SWOT analysis.
This track involves energy management as an opportunity to enable organizations across all sectors to realize on-going energy consumiption reducion and related GHG emissions reduction. This thack includes activities and technologies for estalishment, implementation and maintanance of energy management systems, monitoring and measuring energy performance for continual improvment; identifying, quantifying, verifying, validating and reporting energy performance improvements; energy security; energy savings calculations; terminology, competencey and conformity assessment in this field.
This thematic track seeks to present innovative and sustainable solutions focused on the decarbonization of electrical power systems. It includes but not limited to aspects such as eco-efficient materials, increased availability and efficiency of electricity production, optimization of distributed energy resources and integration with agriculture, digitalization of eletricity.
Natural Based Solutions (NBS)
Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHG)
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (BECCUS)
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
Nature Based Solutions (NBS)
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
Carbon Credits & Economics
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
Environmental & Social & Gender
Standardization, Regulation, Social Perception & Acceptance
Power & Storage
Power & Storage
Natural Based Solutions (NBS)
Standardization, Regulation, Social Perception & Acceptance
Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHG)
Power & Storage
Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHG)
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (BECCUS)
Communication & Dissemination of Knowledge Manager - RCGI.
Postdoctoral researcher at IEE/USP, within the scope of RCGI.
Since 2016 is the Director of Human Resources and Leadership Management for the RCGI – Research Centre for Gas Innovation located at the Polytechnic school of USP, funded by FAPESP (São Paulo State funding agency) and SHELL, object of the PhD study. Before, developed approximately 18 years of experience in companies as Unilever, Andersen Consulting (Accenture), Chase Manhattan Bank, Banco Itaú, Grupo VR, growing in the career from analyst to Human Resources director. Worked in Human Resources consulting for more than 15 years, focused on Coaching, Career Management, Leadership and Team Development, Mentoring Programs, Change Management and Organizational Culture among others. Adapted and delivered programs of Leadership based on Values for industrial company in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil and United States. Adapted and delivered Organizational Culture Development program for a new pharmaceutical company operating in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and for a global group in the United States. Taught classes and programs in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Low-Carbon Technology Manager – Shell.
Alexandre Breda joined Shell Brazil in December 2013; he holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Unicamp (University of Campinas) with a MBA degree in Energy from USP (University of Sao Paulo).
Alexandre has 23 years of experience in energy companies with a solid experience in innovation, energy transition, R&D and climate change.
Currently, he is the Manager for Low-Carbon & Energy Transition Technology responsible for a portfolio including NBS (nature-based solutions), CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and renewables (solar, sind, batteries and hydrogen).
Head of Oil Products and Biofuels, Energy Research Company.
She has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997) and a master’s degree in Energy Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2003). She is currently Head of the Oil Products and Biofuels Department at Energy Research Company. She has experience in the area of production engineering, working mainly on the following topics: biodiesel and energy planning.
Full Professor at Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Ariaster Baumgratz Chimeli a full professor of economics at the University of São Paulo specializing in environmental economics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a post-doctoral research fellow
at the International Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. Before joining USP, Ariaster was an associate professor of economics at Ohio University.
His research focus is on environment and development economics, and he has conducted theoretical and empirical work on topics such as economic growth and the environment, climate variability, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, tropical deforestation, energy, international trade and the environment, and the socioeconomic impact of extreme events.
Ariaster has conducted advisory and consulting work for the US Department of Energy, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), governments of the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais in Brazil and Ohio in the US, Brazilian Congress and the private sector.
Member of ABC and Royal Society, Specialist in the Amazon.
Carlos A. Nobre is an Earth System scientist from Brazil. He obtained an Engineering degree in Electronics Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil, in 1974 and a PhD in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in 1983. He initiated his professional carrier in 1976 at the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), in Manaus, Brazil, as research assistant. He was a researcher with Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) for over 30 years, where he helped to establish a modern weather and climate forecasting research center (CPTEC-INPE), and was its Director from 1991 through 2003. He created in 2008 INPE’s Center for Earth System Science. More recently (2011-2014), he was Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Secretary for R&D Policy, where he created in 2011 the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN). He was President of Brazil’s Federal Agency for Post-Graduate Education (CAPES) in 2015-2016. He was one of the architects of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) and LBA’s Program Scientist from 1996 to 2002. He was thesis supervisor of over 30 PhD and MSc students and has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications. He was chair of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Scientific Steering Committee (2005-2011). He has served in many international scientific committees, such as the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Science Advisory Board on Global Sustainability (2013-2016). Currently, he is a member of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and of the Rockfeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. He has participated in many IPCC reports.
Founder and CTO of Carbonic.
Graduated in BSc Chemistry from Universidade de São Paulo (2014), with a year abroad at the University of York, in the MSc Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technologies (2012/2013). PhD in Chemistry obtained in the University of Sao Paulo (2021) in the area of heterogeneous catalysis for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, particularly over rhenium catalysts, at IQ-USP under supervision of Prof Pedro Vidinha. Currently, she is still in the group of Prof. Pedro Vidinha as a postdoctoral researcher associate working in the hydrogenation of CO2 to alcohol, as part of a start up called Carbonic.
Engineer and Researcher| CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage | CO2 Storage | Carbon Management | Decarbonization | Sustainable Development.
Petroleum Engineer with a Master’s in Energy from the University of São Paulo (USP) and an exchange stint at the IFP School in France in Petroleum Economics and Management. She is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering of Energy and Fluids at USP, researching geological carbon storage.
Co-founder and Director of the non-profit CCS Brasil, she also serves as Executive Vice President of Manacá CCS and as a Researcher at the Research Centre For Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI).
Additionally, she is a co-founder and board member of the Society for Low Carbon Technologies (SFLCT). Her professional background spans consulting and research in the Energy sector, emphasizing CO2 emission reduction and the Carbon Market, and she educates on energy transition topics.
Founder and President at DATAGRO Consulting
Graduated in Business Administration, Dr. Nastari holds the degrees of M.SC. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University. He was for 22 years Professor of Economics at FGV – Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in São Paulo, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses (MBA, Master and Doctorate). With extensive experience in negotiations and commercial disputes at ITC (International Trade Commission) and the World Trade Organization, Dr. Nastari acted for the Brazilian government as Chief Economist in commercial disputes involving ethanol exports to the United States, subsidized sugar exports from the European Union, common banana import regime in the European Union, and Brazilian import regime of used and retreated tires.
Dr. Nastari is a member of the World Sugar Committee at ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) Futures in New York, where recommendations are made for improvements in contract rules and other matters related to world sugar trade. His career is closely associated with the development of ethanol and other biofuels in Brazil, and has also helped the development of ethanol in the United States through the Governors Ethanol Coalition, and in other Latin American, African and Asian countries, notably Thailand, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Since 1978, he has assisted the Brazilian government in Brazil in various instances through the National Energy Commission (1984-86), Commission for Reexam of the Energy Matrix (1991-93), and as Representative of the Civil Society at the National Council on Energy Policy (2016-2020 ). Since the 1980s, it has fostered the connection between biofuels and automakers having worked as Executive Director and Chairman of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineering (AEA), and as Lead Author of the IPCC.
He is president of IBIO, the Brazilian Institute of Bioenergy and Bioeconomy, and since 1984 founder and CEO of the Datagro Group, leading a team of over 190 professionals serving clients in 41 countries.
Assistant Professor at Universidade de São Paulo
Dr. Chinnakonda Gopinath is currently working as Chief Scientist and Chairman, Catalysis Division, at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, and Head, Center of Excellence on Surface Science at NCL, Pune. He is also Professor of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India. He obtained his Masters from Madurai Kamaraj University on 1986 and Ph. D. from IIT, Madras on 1993. His research interests include surface science, heterogeneous catalysis, solar to chemical energy conversion, new catalytic materials by simple methodology and nanomaterials. He has published more than 200 research articles, seven patents granted, filed 2 patents and produced 19 Ph. D. graduates. Currently, five PhD students are working at different stages in his group.
He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. He is a recipient of few awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) fellowship (1995-97), CNRS visiting Professor at Univ. Lille on 2010, CRSI Bronze Medal on 2008, Teaching in ErasmusMundus sponsored courses. He served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Chemical Sciences and currently serving in the Indian Journal of Chemical Technology.
Secretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation of São Paulo’s State
Vahan Agopyan served as rector of the University of Sao Paulo from 2018 to 2022 and is currently the state secretary for Science, Technology, and Innovation in the state of Sao Paulo.
In 1974, he received his diploma in civil engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo (Poli-USP). He has been a professor at USP since 1975 and served as Vice-Rector and Pro-Rector of Postgraduate Studies, Director of Politécnica, and President of the Institute of Technological Research (IPT). He was also the president of the Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research’s (Ipen) Superior Council and a member of the Sao Paulo State Research Support Foundation’s Superior Council.
In 2004, the So Paulo Engineering Institute named him an Eminent Engineer.
CINE Director at Center for Innovation on New Energies and Professor at University of Campinas (Unicamp).
Prof. Ana Flavia Nogueira holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (1996) and Master (1998) and PhD degrees in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (2001). She worked as a post-doctorate fellow at the Imperial College, UK, in 2001- 2002 and as visiting researcher at Stanford University in 2017-2018.
At the moment, Ana Flavia is Full Professor in the Chemistry Institute at UNICAMP and Director of the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE, www.cine.org.br). Prof. Nogueira’s research focuses on the development of functional (nano)materials and their application in solar energy conversion.
She has experience in the field of perovskite solar cells, chalcogenide and perovskite quantum dots and dense energy carriers (generation of solar fuels through photoelectrocatalytic systems using water, biomass and other low-added values substrates).
She has published more than 185 papers, seven book chapters, one book and 3 patents. Her H index is 43. The Laboratório de Nanotecnologia e Energia Solar (LNES) founded in 2005 has leadership in dye sensitized, organic solar cells and perovskite solar research in Brazil and Latin America.
In 2020 she was awarded with the ACS Leadership in Academia Award. Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science. She is also an associate editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Materials Advances.
Director of Science TNO Energy & Materials Transition & Professor Energy System Analysis at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
André Faaij is appointed as Director of Science of TNO Energy & Materials Transition, the largest research organization on energy transition and industrial transformation of the Netherlands. He focuses on strategy, large research initiatives and collaboration with academia. He combines this position with part time professor chairs on Energy System Analysis at the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University (UU) and as Distinguished Professor at the University of Groningen (RUG).
Prior to this position he was Chief Scientist of the New Energy Coalition (including the Energy Academy Europe) and Distinguished Professor at RUG. Until 2014, he was appointed as Professor and scientific director of the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development of Utrecht University. Current research covers in particular energy system integration questions, related scenario analysis and model development, industrial transformation, transition processes towards low carbon energy systems and related innovation and policy questions. He (co-)supervised 60+ Ph.D.-projects to date (20+ ongoing).
He worked and works as advisor for governments, the EC, IEA, the UN system, GEF, OECD, WEF, WEC, the energy sector & industry and NGO’s. He contributed to various IPCC reports, the World and Global Energy Assessment and IEA’s World Energy Outlook.
Furthermore, he was appointed Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, awarded the Linneborn Prize for outstanding contributions to the development of energy from biomass and as one of many scientists of the IPCC jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
RCGI’ Shell Brasil Executive Committee Representative
Camila has more than 20 years of experience in Oil and Gas Industry, working in applied research for metallic and non-metallic materials, project management, market strategy and business development in companies like Evonik, TechnipFMC, Vallourec and Petrobras. Working at Shell since 2020, her current role is Technology Project Lead, managing R&D projects in Low-Carbon Energy platform, aiming the growth of CCUS technology solutions.
Camila started her career as chemistry technician, and obtained her Master’s in Chemical Engineering by Federal University of Minas Gerais, MBA in Marketing&Sales by University of Mannheim (Germany) and she is PhD candidate in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Advisor to the FAPESP Scientific Board
Carlos F.O. Graeff received his Ph.D. in Physics from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 1994. After a post‐doctorate at TU München as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation stipendiary, he joined the University of São Paulo (USP), Campus Ribeirao Preto, as Assistant (1996-1999) and Associate Professor (1999‐2006). In 2006 he joined the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) as Full Professor. He is research fellow 1A from the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq); member of the advisory board of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Materials Advances (RSC); and member of Academia de Ciencias do Estado de São Paulo (ACIESP). Professor Graeff was a visiting researcher at several universities around the world examples: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (2003-2004); Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China (2011-2015); Beijing Jiatong University (BJU), China (2015-2017) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Germany (2019-2022). Former: Higher Education Coordinator of the State Government of São Paulo; vice president for research of UNESP (2017-2021); member of FAPESP Engineering Panel (2016-2017); coordinator of the Materials Science Division in CAPES-Ministry of Education (2009-2014). His field of interest is Materials Science, more specifically electronic devices (solar cells, thin-film transistors, etc.), biomaterials/bioelectronics and electronic magnetic resonance. He has a strong interest in nurturing scientific talent and supervised more than 50 Masters and Ph.D. students as well as postdocs. He has published more than 200 research articles and holds several patents, his Scopus (ID: 57773923100) h-index is 33. (09/2023).
Economist, Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Coordinator of the Center for Infrastructure and Environmental Solutions Studies.
Partner at GO Associados, Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Coordinator of the Center for Infrastructure and Environmental Solutions Studies. PhD from the University of California (Berkeley), master’s degree from Unicamp, and bachelor’s degree from FEA-USP, always in Economics. Work in the public and private sectors as an academic, executive, public policy maker, regulator, and member of boards of directors of national and foreign companies in different segments of the economy.
Professor at FGV since 1990, having been a visiting professor at Columbia University in 2006. Books and articles published in national and international magazines, including Brasil Real which won the Jabuti award. Member of the International Academy of Law and Economics (AIDE). President of Sabesp in 2007–11. President of CADE in 1996–2000, participating in the discussion of antitrust legislation in Brazil and abroad. Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy (1993–94) and Secretary for Economic Monitoring (1995), having participated in the implementation of the Real Plan. Member of the TIM Board of Directors and president of the Statutory Audit Committee; member of the Braskem Board of Directors; coordinator of the Statutory Compliance and Audit Committee; president of the Board of Directors of Estre Ambiental; and member of the Self-Regulation Board of Febraban. He is also on a pro bono basis, ETCO, CIEE, GRAPE ESG and the Executive Secretariat for Climate Change (SECLIMA).
He was a member of the UBER World Advisory Board and the Boards of Directors of Usiminas, Sabesp, CESP, Nossa Caixa, and Varig. Participates in the political-economic debate through articles in various conventional media outlets and social networks. I was a columnist for Folha de São Paulo, UOL and Rádio Bandeirantes. He collaborates with several vehicles and makes comments on economic issues.
Lawyer & researcher. Specialized in CCS and climate change regulation.
Lawyer focusing on Public Law, Regulatory, and Public Policies for decarbonization of the economy. She has experience in modeling PPPs and concessions, including structuring a financial guarantee system, evaluating and applying sustainable certifications in infrastructure projects, and forest concessions in the context of climate financing. Her activities have been focused on regulating carbon capture and storage, carbon markets, renewable energies, and other instruments focused on energy transition and decarbonization of the economy. She was part of the RCGI/Shell/FAPESP research project that subsidized PL 1.425/2022, on the CO2 capture and storage activity as a researcher at the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (USP).
Founder and CEO of Krilltech.
Marcelo Oliveira Rodrigues is a chemist with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), and a doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). With a scholarship from CAPES, he completed part of his post-doctorate at the University of Nottingham in England, and since 2011, he has been a professor on the undergraduate Chemistry course at the University of Brasilia (UnB). In 2012, it began several research projects involving carbon nanoparticles, highlighting the axis of innovation as one of the pillars of its activities. He is the founder and CEO of Krilltech, and has already registered six patents, two of which have been licensed.
Head of Environment, University of São Paulo
Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law at USP He holds a bachelor’s degree (2011), a doctorate (2007), and a master’s degree (2002) from the same institution. Advisor for master’s and doctoral courses at the USP Law School and the PROCAM Environmental Science Program at USP. Lead researcher at the Group of Studies Applied to the Environment: preventive and reparative protections for damages (USP). Main areas of activity: sustainable consumption; reverse logistics; solid waste and post-consumer civil liability; shared responsibility; causal link; contaminated areas; civil liability for damage to the environment; environmental compensation. Lecturer in Brazil and abroad, he has published several works, with emphasis on the book “Solid waste and post-consumption civil liability”, by Editora Revista dos Tribunais. Member of the Brazilian Institute of Civil Responsibility Studies – IBERC. Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research in Disasters at USP – CEPED. He was president of the OAB/SP Solid Waste Committee. She was Director of the Regional Office of the UN Cities Program at USP. She was Secretary of the Environment for the State of São Paulo. He was Superintendent of Environmental Management at USP. President of the Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo – CETESB. Nominated by Poder Magazine among the 50 most influential women in Brazil.
Full Professor of Bioengineering at University of Campinas (Unicamp).
Graduated in Biochemical Pharmacy (Food modality) from the University of São Paulo (1980), master’s degree in Food Science from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (1987), and PhD in Biochemical Engineering, University of Reading, England (1992) . Implemented and coordinates the Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Biorefinery and Products of Renewable Origin (LEBBPOR) at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FEQ) at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), where she is a Full Professor of Bioengineering. Experienced in “downstream processing” of proteins and biomolecules, fermentation, applied enzymology, agricultural waste inventory, biomass conversion processes for bioenergy, biofuels, and chemical products. Advises master’s students, doctoral students, postdocs, and scientific initiation students on topics related to bioengineering, biorefinery, inventory for quantifying agricultural waste, biofuels, and bioenergy, as well as projects with photosynthetic and heterotrophic microalgae. Coordinates research projects in collaboration with national and foreign universities and national companies. He currently coordinates research projects in collaboration with the Universities of Bath, Imperial College London, and Aberystwyth Unversity. It also collaborates with the Technical University of Delft and CENPES from Petrobrás. She is the coordinator and executive director of the Plasticulture Engineering Center (CEP) currently being implemented at UNICAMP. The CEP is a partnership between the company Braskem and FAPESP with the participation of USP, UFScar and Research Institutes of the State of São Paulo, which is organized into 10 main thematic areas in close collaboration with agricultural producers: a) Forestry, b) Sugarcane of sugar, c) Grains (Soya and Corn), d) Citrus, e) Banana, f) Aquaculture, g) Coffee, h) Protected cultivation (vegetables and fruits), i) Organic Food for the community permeated by 3 important topics transversal: i) circular economy and reverse logistics, technical-economic and impact analysis, iii) disruptive changes in the agricultural plastics sector. She coordinates several projects with the Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Planning (NIPE) at Unicamp, where she was Director from 2013 to 2017, and with FEQ.
Technical Advisor to the Institutional and International Department at CETESB, the Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo.
Ana Paula Fava has a degree in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, an MBA in Cultural Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Over the course of sixteen years (2000 – 2016) at the State Secretariat for the Environment, he served as assistant for international affairs to Prof. José Goldemberg (2008–2016), in the recovery of the Pomar Project (2007 – 2008) and as head of the international area (2009–2016). He accompanied several Environment Secretaries at United Nations Conferences (COPs) and coordinated the participation of the State of São Paulo in the historic ones: COP-10, in Nagoya, Japan (2010); Rio+20, RJ (2012); and COP-21, in Paris (2015). In June 2016, he took over as head of the Special Advisory for International Affairs of the State of São Paulo, where he was responsible for the international agenda of the 25 Government Secretariats, Companies and Authorities and for serving the 100 countries represented by their consulates until December 2018. During this period, she advised and accompanied Governors Geraldo Alckmin and Márcio França in audiences with ambassadors, heads of state, and foreign delegations. In addition to organizing international trips for several São Paulo authorities. She was Executive Coordinator of the International Relations Advisory Council (2017–2018) and of the World Economic Forum Latin America in São Paulo (March 2018). Since 2016, she has coordinated the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN 2015–2030 agenda in the government. Promoted awareness-raising and good practices workshops; coordinated the creation of the website www.guiadoimigrante.sp.gov.br, the publication “The World We Want” to celebrate 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the creation of the State SDG Commission (Decree 63,792, of November 9, 2018). She was Executive Coordinator of the State Commission for Sustainable Development Goals from 2019 to 2022. She is currently the technical advisor for international cooperation at CETESB.
Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London.
Prof. Anthony Kucernak (ARK) B.Sc., Ph.D,. CChem. MRSC, is a professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, and has extensive experience in the study of various aspects of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, supercapacitors, and the design of new electrochemical techniques. His group currently studies a large number of aspects of fuel cell systems ranging from the development of new electrocatalysts, the development of new techniques to characterise and study electrocatalysts, the development of fuel cell electrodes, and the development of new methods to characterise fuel cells.
CEO UN Pacto Global – Brazil
More than 20 years of experience in corporate affairs and sustainability issues acting as an executive for the private sector and international institutions. Leadership, climate change, energy, sustainability strategy, ESG, SDG, human rights and integrity.
Tackling societal issues generating and protecting value. Promoting Impact!
Chief Scientist and Chairman, Center of Excellence on Surface Science, Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Pune, India.
Dr. Chinnakonda Gopinath is currently working as Chief Scientist and Chairman, Catalysis Division, at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, and Head, Center of Excellence on Surface Science at NCL, Pune. He is also Professor of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India. He obtained his Masters from Madurai Kamaraj University on 1986 and Ph. D. from IIT, Madras on 1993. His research interests include surface science, heterogeneous catalysis, solar to chemical energy conversion, new catalytic materials by simple methodology and nanomaterials. He has published more than 200 research articles, seven patents granted, filed 2 patents and produced 19 Ph. D. graduates. Currently, five PhD students are working at different stages in his group.
He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. He is a recipient of few awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) fellowship (1995-97), CNRS visiting Professor at Univ. Lille on 2010, CRSI Bronze Medal on 2008, Teaching in ErasmusMundus sponsored courses. He served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Chemical Sciences and currently serving in the Indian Journal of Chemical Technology.
CEO of ABEEólica – Brazilian Association of Wind Energy and New Technologies. Co-chair of GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council)
Lawyer, administrator, environmentalist, federal deputy.
Feldmann was elected federal deputy for three consecutive terms. In the first term, he served as a constituent deputy in the drafting of the 1988 Constitution, being responsible for drafting the chapter dedicated to the environment, one of the most complete and advanced texts on this topic in the world. During his legislative life, Feldmann was the author of several laws covering a wide range of topics such as environmental education, solid waste, batteries, nuclear energy, protection of the Atlantic Forest and underground cavities, environmental impact studies, environmental audits, and packaging, among others. Among the main laws, the Law on Reducing Pollutant Emissions from Vehicles, the National Environmental Education Policy, and the Law on Public Access to Environmental Data and Information stand out. Furthermore, Feldmann was the rapporteur on important laws such as the National Water Resources Policy, the National System of Nature Conservation Units, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Biological Diversity.
Abstract
The presentation will draw on the speakers own experience in taking two companies out of University research into commercial development, and the important role that academic research can play in creating technology, jobs and value. This will be discussed in the context of the role that electrochemical technologies such as fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries, can play in the low carbon transition, and how this supports the increased production and utilisation of hydrogen and its carriers as a green fuel.
Bio
Professor Nigel Brandon is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London where he holds the Chair in Sustainable Development in Energy. His research interests are focussed on the science, engineering, and technology of electrochemical devices for the low carbon transition. He is a founder of Ceres Power, a listed fuel cell and electrolyser company now valued at around $800M, and a founder and Chair of RFC Power, an SME developing innovative manganese-hydrogen flow batteries. He holds a São Paulo Excellence Chair, and is PI od the RCGI project to develop a bioethanol fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for transport applications. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society and an overseas member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Professor of environmental physics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, Germany.
Paulo Artaxo is a professor of environmental physics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, Germany. He is a member of the IPCC – UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has developed his career working with the Amazon environment and global climate change. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He is vice president of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo (ACIESP). Paulo Artaxo has published over 480 scientific papers and presented more than 1200 scientific papers at international conferences. He published 28 articles in the Science and Nature family of journals. He is among the most cited Brazilian scientists, with 53,310 scientific citations on the ResearchGate platform and an “H-index” of 115. He has 64,051 citations on Google Scholar with an H index of 117. He received several awards, like the TWAS Earth Science Prize, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAS). He also received the Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. He was included in the Clarivate Analytics list as belonging to the top 1% of the most cited researchers worldwide in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Commander of the Order of Rio Branco (Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Itamaraty). Linneborn Prize 2023 (European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2023, Bologna, Italy) for the researches on Bioenergy. Chemical Engineering (1972), Master degree (1992) and PhD (1999) in Energy by the Graduate Program in Energy (PPGE), Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE), University of São Paulo (USP). She is a lecturer and thesis advisor at PPGE/IEE/USP and at the Post Graduate Program in Bioenergy USP / UNICAMP / UNESP. She is also the coordinator of the Research Group on Bioenergy (www.iee.usp.br/gbio) of IEE/USP. In addition, she is one of the coordinators of the Thematic Axes Program – Energy of USP. Reviewer at several scientific journals, such as Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, Biomass and Bioenergy and Energy for Sustainable Development, among others. Bioenergy Editor at Renewable Bioenergy and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Principal Investigator (PI) and Deputy Director for BECCS Program at RCGI/FAPESP/SHELL.
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Agricultural Engineer from the Federal University of Ceara (UFC) Master’s degree in Agronomy (Soils and Plant Nutrition) from UFC. Ph.D. from ESALQ-USP with a sandwich doctorate at Colorado State University (2009). Post-doctorate in Sciences from the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA-USP). He is currently a professor at the Federal Institute of Alagoas (IFAL), teaching the technical course on environment and the technological course on Environmental Management. Permanent professor of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Agronomy – Plant Production at the Federal University of Alagoas, and of the Environmental Technologies Program at the Federal Institute of Alagoas. He has experience in the area of Agronomy, with an emphasis on soil organic matter and the environment, working mainly on the following topics: carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas inventory, and uncertainty analysis. He was the technical coordinator of the Agriculture Sector in the Fourth Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory. Currently, he is the coordinator of the Climate Change and Agriculture Sub-network of Rede Clima (MCTI).
