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University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Texas Tech University
September 18 \| September 19	September 21 \| September 22
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln – Monday, September 18 Overall Theme – System Approaches to Address Global Challenges
Opening Sessions
Time	Activity
08:30-09:10	Opening Remarks Ronnie Green, Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director, FAPESP Michael Boehm, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
09:10-09:50	Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP Scientific Director
09:50-10:10	Coffee break
Technical Session 1: Agricultural Engineering and Water Management
10:15-10:30	Smart Agricultural Technologies and Irrigation Christopher Neale Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute – University of Nebraska
10:30-10:45	Water Management in Agro-systems Fernando Braz Tangerino Hernandez School of Engineering – State University of São Paulo
10:45-11:00	Global Drought Monitoring Activities and Services Mark Svoboda National Drought Mitigation Center – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00-11:15	Climate Change and Agriculture Fábio Ricardo Marin Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ) – University of São Paulo
11:15-11:55	Q&A
12:00-13:20	Improving the Lives of Children: A UNL-Brazil Collaborative on Early Childhood Research & Practice Lunch with 15 min presentation by Susan Sheridan
Technical Session 2: Integrated Approaches to Crop and Animal Production
13:30-13:45	Tools for Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production – Global Yield Gap Patricio Grassini Department of Agronomy and Horticulture – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
13:45-14:00	Evolution of feedlot cattle nutrition and management in Brazil and its relationship with research conducted at São Paulo State Danilo Domingues Millen College of Agricultural and Technological Sciences – São Paulo State University
14:00-14:15	Overview of UNL Beef Cattle Nutrition and Management Research James C. MacDonald Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
14:15-14:30	Beef Cattle Functional Genomics Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano Embrapa Sudeste, São Carlos
14:30-14:50	Q&A

University of Nebraska–Lincoln – Tuesday, September 19 Overall Theme – System Approaches to Address Global Challenges
Technical Session 3: Food for Health
09:00-09:15	The Nebraska Food for Health Center: targeting domestic and global diseases Andrew Benson Department of Food Science and Technology – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
09:15-09:30	The hypothalamus as a target for the treatment of obesity Lício Augusto Velloso Faculdade de Ciências Médicas – Universyity of Campinas
09:30-09:45	Relations between water quality and child development worldwide: The special case of stunting Helen Raikes College of Education and Human Sciences – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
09:45-10:00	Fostering opportunities for child nutrition research program in Brazilian Amazon Marly Augusto Cardoso School of Public Health – Universidade de São Paulo
10:00-10:20	Q&A
10:20-10:40	Coffee Break
Technical Session 4: Ultra high power lasers and applications
10:40-10:55	Martin Centurion Department of Physics and Astronomy – UNL
10:55-11:10	Optics and Photonics Nilson Dias Vieira Junior Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN)
11:10-11:30	Q&A
11:30-12:15	Round table to discuss future plans
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:15-13:30	Closing Remarks by Nebraska and FAPESP Leadership

Texas Tech University – Thursday, September 21
Start	Activity
08:30- 09:00	Opening Session / welcome
	TTU: Ambassador Nagy TTU: Provost Galyean
09:00-09:40	Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Scientific Director, FAPESP
09:40-09:50	Transition break
09:50-11:30	Technical Session 01 Concurrent Sessions: Existing collaboration updates
	Physics and Chemistry Session 1A: ICC 102	Biochemistry & Life Sciences Session 1B: Hall of Nations
09:50-10:10	L. William Poirier	Mônica Tallarico Pupo Amanda M.V. Brown Microbial natural products research guided by interspecies interactions in symbiotic systems
10:10-10:30	Francisco Bolivar Correto Machado Excited states, poliradical character and defects in polyaromatic hydrocarbons systems Hans Lischka Ultra-high Performance in Multireference Quantum Chemical Methods and their Applications	Naima Moustaid-Moussa Mechanisms mediating anti-inflammatory effects of omega 3 fatty acids in metabolic disorders: Role of lipid mediators and miRNAs Theresa Ramalho Inflammatory lipid mediators and miRNAs in metabolic disorders
10:30-10:50	Sergio Ferraz Novaes Nural Akchurin High Energy Physics and Beyond	Chris Rock The auto-regulatory loop involving miR828, TAS4, and target MYB transcription factors: basic and applied studies
10:50-11:10	Cassiana C. Montagner David Klein Emerging contaminants in aquatic matrices from Brazil: How about the quality of our waters?	Andrea Parolin Jackowski Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo Incidence and Effects of Toxic Stress on Neurodevelopmental, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: A Cross-National Comparative Collaboration
11:10-11:30	Aparecido Carlos Goncalves Stephen Ekwaro-Osire Experience with FAPESP/SPRINT Project: “Probabilistic Dynamics Analysis and Lubricant Analysis to Improve Reliability of Gearboxes”	Sonia Marli Zingaretti Kameswara Rao Kottapalli Molecular mechanisms underlying sugarcane response to stress
11:30-11:50	Harvinder Gill	Ricardo Shohei Hattori Reynaldo Patiño Climate change, endocrine disruption, and fish reproductive health
11:50-12:00	Transition break
12:00-12:30	Funding Opportunities and Mechanisms for International Collaboration Euclides de Mesquita Neto FAPESP / University of Campinas
12:30-13:50	Lunch (Hall of Nations) Informal networking
13:50-15:20	Technical Session 2: Hall of Nations Health Sciences
13:50-14:05	Regulation of metabolism and inflammation by nutrient sensors William Tadeu Lara Festuccia Institute of Biomedical Sciences – University of São Paulo
14:05-14:20	Zika and mosquito-borne illnesses Steve Presley The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
14:20-14:35	Association of physical methods and drug delivery systems: potentials in targeted delivery of topically applied drugs Renata Fonseca Vianna Lopez School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo
14:35-14:50	Soy and human health Wilna Oldewage-Theron Nutritional Sciences – TTU
14:50-15:20	Q&A
15:20-15:35	Transition break
15:35-17:05	Technical Session 3 Environment and Human Health
15:35-15:50	Environment and Human Health Mauricio L. Nogueira São José do Rio Preto Medical School (FAMERP)
15:50-16:05	Effect of biodiversity on ecology of disease Jorge Salazar-Bravo Department of Biological Sciences – TTU
16:05-16:20	Research on arboviruses Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo
16:20-16:35	Environmental & human health in Texas and Sao Paulo Phil Smith Institute of Environmental and Human Health
16:35-17:05	Q&A
17:06-17:25	Transition break

Texas Tech University – Friday, September 22
08:30-09:00	Technical Session 4 Climate Change
08:30-08:45	The functioning of the Amazonian ecosystem and the effects of anthropogenic air pollution on the health of the Amazonian forest Paulo Artaxo Physics Institute – University of São Paulo
08:45-09:00	Water Resource Management under a Changing Climate Annette Hernandez Uddameri Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering – TTU
09:00-09:10	Transition break
09:00-10:40	Technical Session 5 Sustainable Energy
09:10-09:25	Smart Grids, Microgrids and Sustainable Energy: looking to the future Denis Vinicius Coury São Carlos School of Engineering – University of São Paulo
09:25-09:40	Energy economics Misak Avetisyan Department of Economics – TTU
09:40-09:55	Applied research in rotordynamic problems Katia Lucchesi Cavalca Dedini School of Mechanical Engineering – University of Campinas
09:55-10:10	Delivering educational content to off-the-grid locations Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer Departament of Curriculum and Instruction – TTU
10:10-10:40	Q&A
10:40-10:50	Transition break
10:50-11:50	Technical Session 6 Innovation and Industry
10:50-11:05	Innovation and Industry Collaboration Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Scientific Director, FAPESP
11:05-11:20	Innovation and Industry Kimberly Gramm Managing Director of the Innovation Hub at Research Park – TTU
11:20-11:30	Transition break
11:30-12:00	Closing Remarks
12:30-13:30	Lunch

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