Program

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
		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
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
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
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
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
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
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