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The programme is based on four theme areas of the World BioEconomy Forum. The programme will consist of presentations and high level panel discussions. The programme planning is under way in the Advisory Board.
The dress code for the event is business casual.
Day I
State of Pará
Day II
Annual awards
Day III
for in-person participants
08:30
Jukka Kantola, Founder of the Word BioEconomy Forum
Helder Barbalho, Governor of the State of Pará
Marcello Brito, President of ABAG
José Carlos Fonseca, Executive Director, Ibá
Alexandra Moreira, ACTO Secretary-General
Gov. Flavio Dino, Governor of the state of Maranhão
Hamilton Mourão, Vice President of Brazil, Chairman of the National Council of Legal Amazonia
09:30
10:00
Overview on recent biostrategies worldwide by Dr Christian Patermann
Dr. Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister of Environment for Brazil
Mercedes Bustamante
11:00
Moderated by Dr Christian Patermann
Dr. Arturo Luis Luna Tapia, ICGEB Liaison Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Colombia
Ignasi Rodríguez Galindo, Responsible for External Relations, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Government of Catalonia
Julius Ecuru, Programme Manager, BioInnovate Africa
Nur Hygiawati Rahaya, Director of Forestry and Water Resource Conservation, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia (BAPPENAS)
Marisa Lameiras da Silva, Adviser to the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, Portugal
12:30
13:30
Hosted by Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
13:40
Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy, Director of Economic Strategy and Relations with Markets of Banco Safra in Brazil
14:00
Moderated by Michael Nettersheim
Gustavo Montezano, President of the Brazilian development bank BNDES
Mary Lystad, Global Sector Lead, Forest Products Investments
The International Financing Corporation IFC
Ana Yang, Executive Director, Hoffmann Centre at Chatham House
Sergio Rial, CEO Latin America, Santander
15:00
15:30
Onno van den Heuvel, Global Manager of UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative BIOFIN
15:50
Moderated by Teresa Presas
Joachim Schönbeck, Board Member, Andritz
Cristiano Teixeira, CEO, Klabin
Celso Tacla, Area President South America, Valmet
Dr. Sara Boettiger, Head of Global Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability, Bayer Crop Science Division
Dr. João Paulo Brotto Gonçalves Ferreira, CEO, Natura
17:15
19:00
08:30
Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
08:45
Sven Walter, Team leader, Forest products and statistics, FAO
Dr. Constantin Zohner, Lead Scientist, Crowther lab, ETH Zurich
09:15
Moderated by Aida Greenbury, Co-founder, World BioEconomy Forum
Grant Rosoman, Global Forests Solutions Senior Advisor, Greenpeace
Georg Buchholz, Program Manager, Forest and Climate Change Program (FORCLIME)
Dr. Robert Nasi, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Hannu Hämäläinen, Sales Director, Chempolis
Dr. Joice Nunes Ferreira, Researcher of Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília
Fernanda Mourão Arruda, Ateliê Xibé
10:30
11:00
Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director, nova-Institute
Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director, European bioplastics
11:20
Moderated by Ludo Diels
Bibiana Rubini, R&D&I Executive Manager, Suzano
Dr. Janne Poranen, CEO, Spinnova
Roberto Werneck, Technical expert, Open Innovation, Braskem
Nelleke van der Puil, Vice President of Materials, LEGO Group
Alper A. Kiziltas, Technical Expert, Ford Motor Company
12:30
13:30
Teresa Presas, Senior Advisor, World BioEconomy Forum
13:35
Dr. Nísia Trindade Lima, President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Ministry of Health, Brazil
13:50
Puyr Tembé
14:10
Moderated by Dr. Ricardo Abramovay
Valmir Ortega, Former State Secretary in Pará
Roberto Waack, Concertación for the Amazon, FSC
Tatiana Schor, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation Amazonas, Professor at the Federal University of the Amazon
Dr. Flora Tibazarwa, Program Director at Southern African Innovation Support Programme II
Dr. Gabriela Bianchi dos Santos, Mahá Biocosméticos
15:30
16:00
Ahmed Fahmi, Programme Specialist, Chief of Section, UNESCO
16:10
Moderated by Mark Rudnicki, Professor of Practice, Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Dr. Vivian Camacho, High Level Commissioner Alma Ata, PAHO, Peoples’ Health Bolivia (Bolivia)
Zulay Poggi, Researcher and university professor in the area of Innovation, Central University of Venezuela, Center for Development studies CENDES
Alison Mears, Co-Founder and Director Parsons Healthy Materials Lab
Dr. Yu Yuan, Executive Vice President of Association of Bio-industry Experts, Chengdu High Tech Zone
Dr. Lian Thomas, Scientist, University of Liverpool and the International Livestock Research Institute
17:30
19:00
09:00
09:15
for in-person participants
10:15
11:30
12:30
13:00
The organizer reserves the right to amend the programme shown above.