Program
September 25th
16:00 – 17:00 – Royal Society
17:55 – 20:00 – Embassy of Brazil in London
16:00 – 17:00 – Royal Society
17:55 – 20:00 – Embassy of Brazil in London
| Start | Duration | Activity |
| 16:00 | Opening Session | |
| Celso Lafer, President, FAPESP | ||
| Roberto Jaguaribe, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK | ||
Martyn Poliakoff CBE (Commander of the British Empire), FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society), Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, Royal Society  |
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| Paul Boyle, CEO of ESRC and Chair of Science Europe | ||
| Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, British Council | ||
| 16:30 | 0:30 | Opening Speech: Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director, FAPESP |
| 17:00 | 0:15 | Keynote Speech: Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science |
| 17:15 | Q+A | |
| 18:00 | Brazilian Nature Mystery and Destiny Exhibition | |
| Roberto Jaguaribe, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK | ||
| Celso Lafer, President, FAPESP | ||
| Sir John Grant, BG's Executive Vice President | ||
| Reception | ||
| 20:00 | Closing for the day |
September 26th
08:30 – 17:00 – Royal Society
18:00 – 22:00 – RSA House
| Start | Duration | Activity |
| 08:30 | 00:30 | Welcome coffee |
| 08:50 | Panel Discussion International Scientific Collaboration Chair: Eduardo Krieger, Vice President, FAPESP |
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| 09:00 | 00:15 | Martyn Poliakoff CBE (Comander of the British Empire), FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society), Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, Royal Society |
| 09:15 | 00:15 | Peter Olesen, Chairman on the Danish Council for Strategic Research |
| 09:30 | 00:15 | Kerry-Anne Hoad, British Council |
| 09:45 | 00:15 | Carlos H. Brito Cruz, Scientific Director, FAPESP |
| 10:00 | 00:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 | 00:15 | Break |
| 10:45 | Theme 1. Biodiversity Chair: Carlos Alfredo Joly |
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| 10:45 | 00:20 | Carlos Alfredo Joly, University of Campinas & Biota Project, FAPESP - "The BIOTA/FAPESP Program: 12 years of a successful experience in combining biodiversity research, capacity building, bioprospection and public-policy Impact, in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 11:05 | 00:20 | Georgina Mace, FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society), Imperial College London - "Biodiversity loss and ecosystem change: trends and consequences" |
| 11:25 | 00:20 | Mariana Cabral de Oliveira, University of São Paulo - "Marine algae biodiversity" |
| 11:45 | Q+A | |
| 12:00 | 01:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | 00:20 | Theme 2. Climate Change Chair: Gordon McFiggans, University of Manchester |
| 13:20 | 00:20 | Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto, University of São Paulo - "Brazil-UK Network for investigation of Amazonian atmospheric composition and impacts on climate" |
| 13:40 | 00:20 | Gordon McFiggans, University of Manchester - "UK activities contributing towards the Brazil-UK Network for investigation of Amazonian atmospheric composition and impacts on climate (BUNIAACIC) network" |
| 14:00 | 00:20 | Luciana Vanni Gatti, IPEN - "First net annual carbon balances of the Amazon basin from in-situ vertical profile sampling" |
| 14:20 | 00:20 | Hartmut Boesch, University of Leicester - "The UK/Brazil Research Network for an Amazonian Carbon Observatory " |
| 14:40 | Q+A | |
| 14:55 | 00:10 | Break |
| 15:05 | 00:20 | Theme 3. Health Science Chair: David Murphy, University of Bristol |
| 15:25 | 00:20 | David Murphy, University of Bristol - "Adventures at the environment genome interface" |
| 15:45 | 00:20 | José Antunes Rodrigues, University of São Paulo - "Behavioural and neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating hydromineral metabolism: a lifelong perpective" |
| 16:05 | 00:20 | Lisete Compagno Michelini, University of São Paulo - "Time-course changes of molecular and physiological mechanisms during ageing in hypertensive and normotensive individuals: Effects of exercise training" |
| 16:25 | 00:20 | Paulo Amaral, University of Cambridge, Newton Fellow RS - "Non-coding RNAs: novel players in gene regulation, organism development and evolution" |
| 16:45 | 00:15 | Q+A |
| 17:00 | Closing for the day | |
| 18:00 to 22:00 | Reception at RSA House Benjamin Franklin Room – Ground Floor 8 John Adam St, WC2N 6EZ |
September 27th
08:30 – 16:45 – Royal Society
| Start | Duration | Activity |
| 08:30 | 00:30 | Welcome coffee |
| Panel Discussion Challenges and Opportunities in University-Industry Collaborative Research |
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| 08:50 | 00:15 | Simon Campbell CBE (Commander of the British Empire), FMedSci (Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences), FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
| 09:15 | 00:15 | Tony Hey, Vice President, Microsoft Research Connections |
| 09:30 | 00:15 | Sérgio Queiroz, FAPESP |
| 09:45 | 00:15 | David Jones, BG |
| 10:00 | 00:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 | 00:15 | Break |
| 10:45 | Theme 4. Biofuels Chair: Marie-Anne Van Sluys, University of São Paulo, FAPESP |
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| 10:50 | 00:20 | Luis A.B. Cortez, University of Campinas - "Understanding the capacity for biofuel production in Africa and Latin America" |
| 11:10 | 00:20 | Siu Mui Tsai, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo - "Biofuel production and land use conversion impacts on tropical terrestrial biodiversity and microbial community dynamics" |
| 11:30 | 00:20 | Jeremy Woods, Imperial College London - "Bioenergy and food security: friend or foe? Evaluating the role of bioenergy in sustainable development through the LACAf and GSB projects" |
| 11:50 | 00:10 | Q+A |
| 12:00 | 01:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Theme 5. Nanotechnology Chair: Euclides de Mesquita Neto, UNICAMP |
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| 13:05 | 00:20 | Russell Cowburn, University of Cambridge - "Magnetic ratchet for 3-dimensional memory and logic" |
| 13:25 | 00:20 | Marcelo Knobel, University of Campinas, "Nanomagnetism: Basic Concepts" |
| 13:45 | 00:20 | Paul O’Brien, FRS, University of Manchester, Founder of Nanoco Technologies Ltd, "Commercializing nanotechnology" |
| 14:05 | 00:20 | E.A. Thoroh de Souza, University Mackenzie, Brazil - "Graphene Photonics and Optoelectronics at Mackgrafe" |
| 14:25 | 00:15 | Q+A |
| 14:40 | 00:15 | Break |
| 14:55 | Panel Discussion: Science Culture Chair: Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva, FAPESP |
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| 15:00 | 00:15 | Philip Macnaghten, Durham University and University of Campinas - "Towards a Framework of Responsible Research and Innovation in Brazil" |
| 15:15 | 00:15 | Clive Cookson, Science editor, Financial Times - "Science in the Media" |
| 15:30 | 00:15 | Marcelo Leite, Science reporter, Folha de São Paulo - "Public perception of Science in Brazil: The case of climate change" |
| 15:45 | 00:15 | Martin Bauer, London School of Economics - "The culture of science – public mobilisation and the authority of science" |
| 16:00 | 00:15 | Maria Immacolata Vassalo de Lopes, University of São Paulo - "OBITEL - A study experience of television fiction in an international collaborative network" |
| 16:15 | Discussion | |
| 16:30 | Closing for the day | |
| 16:45 | Vin d'honneur |