Agenda

December 6, 2022

Please note that all times are Eastern Time (ET).

9:00 a.m.

Program begins

Welcome remarks

Diego Area
Deputy Director, Strategic Development, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council

H.E. Nestor Forster Jr.
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States, Embassy of Brazil

Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
US Department of State

9:00-9:15 a.m.
9:15-10:00 a.m.

Panel I:
Technology as a Tool for Healthcare Resilience

Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão, Senior Researcher, Center for Global Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Dr. Marcia Fournier, President, Dimensions Sciences; Program Manager, Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program, National Institute of Health (NIH)

Dr. Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Jr., President, University of São Paulo (USP)

MODERATOR:

Diego Area
Deputy Director, Strategic Development, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council

Q&A

10:00-10:20 a.m.
10:20-10:50 a.m.

Coffee Break

Panel II:
Scientific Advancements for a Green Economy

Dr. Fábio Ribeiro, R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Dr. Tamy Guimarães, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University

Dr. Alessandra Abe Pacini, Space Physicist, University of Colorado – CIRES / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA/NCEI)

MODERATOR:

Wazim Mowla, Assistant Director, Caribbean Initiative, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council

10:50-11:35 a.m.
11:35-11:55 a.m.

Q&A

Lunch Break

11:55 a.m-1:00p.m.
1:00-1:40p.m.

Panel III:
US-Brazil Cooperation on Science and Technology

Dr. Marco Antônio Zago, President, São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP)

Dr. Kendra Sharp, Director, Office of International Science and Engineering, US National Science Foundation

MODERATOR:

Dr. Duilia de Mello, Vice Provost for Global Strategies, Catholic University of America

Q&A

1:40-2:00 p.m.
2:00-2:40 p.m.

Panel IV:
Opportunities for Deeper US-Brazil Collaboration on Air and Space

Mr. Carlos Augusto Teixeira de Moura, President, Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

Dr. Bruno Sarli, Contractor, Heliospace, Goddard Space Flight Center, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Ms. Stela Ishitani Silva, Student Researcher, Catholic University of America and Goddard Space Flight Center, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Dr. Anderson Ribeiro Correia, President, Brazil’s Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA)

MODERATOR:

Lloyd Whitman, Senior Director, GeoTech Center, Atlantic Council


Q&A

2:40-3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.

Program Concludes

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