2014 Symposium
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
US National Academy of Sciences and US National Academy of Engineering
March 17-19, 2014 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Program
Co-chairs: Alvaro Prata, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and Cristina Amon, University of Toronto
Sunday, March 16
6:15 p.m. | Buses depart for welcome reception - from outside hotel lobby |
7:00-11:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception and cocktails - Confeitaria Colombo |
Monday, March 17
From 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast at hotel |
8:30-9:00 | Welcome – Renanto Machado Cotta, Brazilian Academy of Sciences |
______________, US National Academy of Sciences | |
C. Daniel Mote, President, US National Academy of Engineering | |
Opening Remarks – Alvaro Prata, Committee co-chair (Brazil) | |
Cristina Amon, Committee co-chair (US) | |
9:00-10:30 |
BIOENGINEERING AND PUBLIC HEALTH: Mathematical Modeling and Control of Mechanical and Biological Systems Smart Skin Sensors and Analytics in the Cloud to Advance the Frontiers of Wearable Health |
10:30-11:00 | Break |
11:00-12:30 p.m. |
Constructing and Analyzing Organs on a Chip System Enabling Information Technologies for Organ Bio-Printing |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
1:30-2:00 | Flash Poster Talks I |
2:00-3:30 | Poster Session I |
3:30-5:00 |
PRECISION NANOTECH: I. Carbon Nanomaterials Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Multi-Scale Computational Methods to Simulate Novel DNA Sequencing Techniques |
5:00 | Free time |
8:00-10:00 | Dinner |
Dinner Speaker: Sandoval Carneiro, VALE S.A. |
Tuesday, March 18
From 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel |
8:30-10:00 |
II. Nanotechnology Based on Programmable Nucleic Acids Molecular Programming with DNA/RNA Computational Design Principles for Functional Nucleic Acid Nano-assemblies |
10:00-10:30 | Break |
10:30-12:00 |
BIOFUELS Improved Feedstock Biomass Conversion Technologies |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
1:00-2:30 |
Sustainable Biofuels Made with State-of-the-Art Biotechnology Life-Cycle Analysis of Biofuels |
2:30-3:00 | Flash Poster Talks II |
3:00-4:30 | Poster Session II |
4:30 | Free time |
8:00-10:00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, March 19
From 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel | |
8:30-10:00 |
SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES How Characteristics of Metropolitan Areas Interact to Foster Invention and Innovation Sentient Cities: Leveraging Crowdsourcing, Mobile, and Social Techniques to Address Challenges in City Planning |
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10:00-10:30 | Break | |
10:30-12:00 |
How to Develop Culturally Sensitive ICT Solutions to Improve Quality of Life Mainstreaming and Implementing Urban Climate Response Strategies: Results from the Urban Climate Change Governance Survey |
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12:00 | Symposium Adjourns | |
Lunch | ||
Optional activity for people taking evening flights back to US? |