Program

 

Time	August 27th - Friday	August 28th - Saturday	August 29th - Sunday	August 30th - Monday
08:15		Session 1 - Biofuels: new developments, challenges and limitations	Session 5 - Brain plasticity	Session 8 - Quantum entanglement
10:15		Brazilian Nature exhibition and coffee break	Poster Session and coffee break	Poster Session and coffee break
10:45		Session 2 - Mathematical modelling of populations and disease	Session 6 - Deep Earth system	Session 9 - Plant development and climate change
12:30		Lunch	Lunch	Symposium Closing and Lunch
14:00			Visit to "Pedra Grande"
14:30		Session 3 - Regulation of energy metabolism
16:30		Brazilian Nature exhibition and coffee break
17:00		Session 4 - Planet formation and evolution
17:30			Session 7 - Science journalism and public perception on science
18:00	"Botequim" Cocktail and Dinner
19:00		1st day - closing	2nd day - closing
20:00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner

 

Session	Speakers
Biofuels: new developments, challenges and limitations	- Joaquim Eugênio Abel Seabra, Brazilian Bioetanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE) - Chris Greenwell, Durham University - Glaucia Mendes Souza, University of São Paulo (USP)
Brain plasticity	- Jacinta O’Shea, University of Oxford - Martin Cammarota, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS - Edson Amaro Junior, University of São Paulo (USP)
Deep earth system	- Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, University College London - Rommulo Conceição, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) - Richard Holme, University of Liverpool
The mathematical modelling of populations and disease	- Claudio Struchiner, Brazilian School of Public Health - FIOCRUZ Vincent Jansen, University of London - Ivana Gudelj, Imperial College London
Planet formation and evolution	- Jane Greaves, University of St Andrews - Douglas Galante, University of São Paulo (USP) - Ken Rice, University of Edinburgh
Plant development and climate change	- Anthony Hall, University of Liverpool - Carlos Alberto Martinez Y Huaman, University of São Paulo (USP) - Philip Wigge, John Innes Centre
Quantum entanglement	- Paulo Nussenzveig, University of São Paulo (USP) - Daniel Felinto, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) - Libby Heaney, University of Oxford
Regulation of energy metabolism	- Nadja Cristina Souza-Pinto, University of São Paulo (USP) - Andrew J. Murray, University of Cambridge - Licio Augusto Velloso, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Science journalism and public perception of science	Yurij Castelfranchi, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) - Yurij Castelfranchi, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) - Mariluce Moura, Pesquisa FAPESP Magazine - Tim Hirsch, Journalist