I International Forum on Environment and Blue Economy
Promoting Innovation Networks in the Brazilian Northeast

The Secretariat of Environment (SEMA) and the Institute of Environment and Water Resources (INEMA), in partnership with the AIR Centre, have organized the First International Forum on Environment and Blue Economy: Promoting Innovation Networks in the Brazilian Northeast, that brought together research institutions, companies and public agencies from various countries to exchanges ideas and experiences on innovation and the Blue Economy
This Forum aimed to mobilize local and regional governments, researchers, entrepreneurs and civil society for the discussion of common policies and establishment of a common scientific agenda as well as the strengthening of local capacity and development of joint projects, aligning local priorities and global challenges, such as the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
As a result, it provided an open and fruitful forum discussions for international scientific and technology collaboration between Brazil, Africa, Europe and the United States of America.

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  • DATE
    August 14, 2019
  • Venue
    SENAI-CIMATEC
    Salvador, Brazil
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  • Program
  • 08:30 am-09:00 am Registration
  • 9:00 am-09:30 am Opening Remarks
    Chair: Rui Costa | Governor of Bahia
    Keynote Speaker: Manuel Heitor | Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
    Speakers:
    João Carlos Oliveira da Silva | SEMA
    Adélia Pinheiro | SECTI
    Ediene Lousato | Bahia Public Ministry
    Inácio Arruda | SECITECE
    João Carlos Salles | UFBA
    Márcio Costa | FAPESB
    Ângelo Calmon de Sá Júnior | FIEB
  • 9:30 am-10:30 am Blue Economy in Northeast Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of Climate Change and Global Competitiveness (roundtable)
    Keynote Speaker: José Sampaio de Souza Filho | COINTEC/FIEC
    Moderator: Olivia Oliveira | IGEO/UFBA
    Discussants:
    Maria Ozilea Bezerra Menezes | LABOMAR/UFC
    André Beirão | Observatório de Políticas Marítimas
    Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade | SENAI-CIMATEC
    José Carlos Pinto | Parque Tecnológico da UFRJ
    João Carlos Salles | UFBA
    Thiago Carvalho Borges | IBDMAR
  • 10:30 am-11:00 am Coffee Break
  • 11:00 am-1:00 pm Parallel Workshops #1
  • Room 1 - Entrepreneurship and business development in the blue economy
    Moderator: Samuel Façanha | PPGA/GESTIC/UECE, IDESCO
    Rapporteur: José Moutinho | AIR Centre
    Discussants:
    Marcello Reis | Meteora
    Wilsa Atella | MONIPORT
    Júlio Pellegrini | Prooceano
    Vinícius Rego | PWC
  • Room 2 - Mitigation of the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems
    Moderator: Gregory Jenkins | Penn State University
    Rapporteur: José M. Landim Dominguez | UFBA
    Discussants:
    Eduardo Topázio | INEMA
    Tiago Miranda | IB-S
    Alexandre Fernandes | UERJ
    Carina Bock | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ
  • Room 3 - Earth observation for sustainable fisheries and marine aquaculture
    Moderator: Stewart Bernard | CSIR
    Rapporteur: Ruy Kikuchi | UFBA
    Discussants:
    Kwame Agyekum | University of Ghana
    José Roberto Pantaleão | Bahia Pescas
    Fábio Hochleitner | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ
    Nuno Grosso | DEIMOS
  • 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Lunch
  • 2:30 am-4:30 pm Parallel Workshops #2
  • Room 1 - Earth Observation for biodiversity and marine spatial planning
    Moderator: TBA
    Rapporteur: Zelinda Leão | UFBA
    Discussants:
    Ricardo Meireles | UFBA
    Milton Kampel | INPE
    Fabio Hochleitner | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ
  • Room 2 - Observation, mapping, distribution and monitoring of marine litter
    Moderator: Luiz Paulo Assad | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ
    Rapporteur: José Luiz Moutinho | AIR Centre
    Discussants:
    Eduardo Silva | INESCTEC
    Ramiro Neves | MARETEC/IST
    Marcelo Rollnic | UFPA
    José Rodrigues de Souza Filho | IFBAIANO
  • Room 3 - Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for coastal preservation
    Moderator: Raimundo Macedo | UFRJ
    Rapporteur: TBA
    Discussants:
    Alexandre Evsukoff | UFRJ
    Augusto Loureiro | UFBA
    Maurício Barreto | CIDACS/Fiocruz
    Tiago Miranda | IB-S
  • 4:30 pm-5:00 pm Closing Remarks
    Jerry Miller | Science for Decisions | Report Workshops # 1
    Stewart Bernard | CSIR | Report Workshops # 2
    Olivia Oliveira | IGEO/UFBA | Final conclusions day 1
  • 5:00 pm Signature of the Agreement for the creation of the AIR Center|Bahia
    Joaquin Brito | AIR Centre
    João Carlos Oliveira | SEMA
    Márcia Telles | INEMA
    João Carlos Salles | UFBA
    Olivia Oliveira | IGEO/UFBA
  • 5:15 pm Group photo
  • 5:30 pm Cocktail
  • DATE
    August 15, 2019
  • Venue
    SENAI-CIMATEC
    Salvador, Brazil
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  • Program
  • 08:30 am-09:00 am Registration
  • 9:00 am-11:00 am Job creation and poverty eradication: the inclusive blue economy (roundtable)
    Keynote speaker: D.K. Osseo-Asare | Penn State University
    Moderator: Paulo Pietrobon | Associação Baiana de Startups
    Discussants:
    Valéria Rocha | Project TAMAR/Fundação Pró-Tamar
    Clarissa Amaral | SEMA
    Lázaro Cunha | FAPESB
    Alcides dos Santos Caldas | UFBA
    Ana Carolina Lobo | WWF
    Kássia Rios | UFRB
  • 11:00 am-11:30 am Coffee Break
  • 11:30 am-1:30 pmPreservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems: the sustainable blue economy (roundtable)
    Keynote speaker: Antônio Fernando de Souza Queiroz | IGEO/UFBA
    Moderator: Simone Souza de Moraes | UFBA
    Discussants:
    Miguel Calmon | WRI Brasil
    José Ângelo dos Anjos | UFBA
    Lázaro Cunha | FAPESB
    Foster Mensah | CERSGIS
    Ícaro Moreira | UFBA
    Gregory Jenkins | Penn State University
  • 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Lunch
  • 2:30 pm-4:30 pm Promoting innovation networks: the collaborative blue economy (roundtable)
    Keynote speaker: George Wiafe | ECOWAS MESA, University of Ghana
    Moderator: Jerry Miller | Science for Decisions
    Discussants:
    Aílton Cardozo | PGE BA
    Stewart Bernard | CSIR
    Hermano Carvalho | AIR Centre|Ceará
    Luiz Landau | AIR Centre| Rio de Janeiro
    Bruno Pacheco | Azores Regional Directorate for Science and Technology
    Joaquin Brito | AIR Centre
  • 4:30 pm-5:00 pm Closing remarks
    Jerry Miller | Science for Decisions | Report roundtable # 1
    Stewart Bernard | CSIR | Report roundtable # 2
    Olivia Oliveira | IGEO/UFBA | Final conclusions
  • 5:00 pm-5:30 pm The way forward?
    João Carlos Oliveira da Silva | SEMA
    Márcia Telles | INEMA
    Joaquin Brito | AIR Centre
    Adélia Pinheiro | SECTI
  • Rui Costa | Governor of Bahia State
  • Manuel Heitor | Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
  • João Carlos Oliveira da Silva | SEMA | Secretary
  • Adélia Pinheiro | SECTI | Secretary
  • Ediene Lousato | Bahia Public Ministry | Attorney General
  • Inácio Arruda | SECITECE | Secretary
  • João Carlos Salles | UFBA | Rector
  • Márcio Costa | FAPESB | General-Director
  • Ângelo Calmon de Sá Júnior | FIEB | Vice President
  • José Sampaio de Souza Filho | COINTEC/FIEC | President
  • Olivia Oliveira | IGEO/UFBA | Director
  • Maria Ozilea Bezerra Menezes | LABOMAR/UFC | Director
  • André Beirão | Observatório de Políticas Marítimas | Coordinator
  • Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade | SENAI-CIMATEC | Pro Rector
  • José Carlos Pinto | Parque Tecnológico da UFRJ | Director
  • Thiago Carvalho Borges | IBDMAR | Director
  • Samuel Façanha | PPGA/GESTIC/UECE, IDESCO | Research Professor
  • José Moutinho | Chief Networking and Business Officer | AIR Centre
  • Marcello Reis | Meteora | Executive Director
  • Wilsa Atella | MONIPORT | Director
  • Júlio Pellegrini | Prooceano | Director
  • Vinícius Rego | PWC | Manager
  • Gregory Jenkins | Penn State University | Professor
  • José M. Landim Dominguez | UFBA | Full Professor
  • Eduardo Topázio | INEMA | Monitoring Coordinator
  • Tiago Miranda | IB-S | Director
  • Alexandre Fernandes | UERJ | Professor
  • Carina Bock | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ | Researcher
  • Stewart Bernard | CSIR | Principal Researcher, NRE Earth Observation
  • Ruy Kikuchi | UFBA | Full Professor
  • Kwame Agyekum | University of Ghana | Marine Researcher
  • José Roberto Pantaleão | Bahia Pescas | Technical Advisor
  • Fábio Hochleitner | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ | Researcher
  • Nuno Grosso | DEIMOS | Business Development Manager
  • Zelinda Leão | UFBA | Professor
  • Ricardo Meireles | UFBA | Assistant Professor
  • Milton Kampel | INPE | Lab Leader MOceanS
  • Luiz Paulo Assad | LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ | Technical Coordinator
  • Eduardo Silva | INESCTEC | Coordinator of the Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Ramiro Neves | MARETEC/IST | Coordinator
  • Marcelo Rollnic | UFPA | Researcher Professor
  • José Rodrigues de Souza Filho | IFBAIANO | Professor
  • Raimundo Macedo | UFRJ | Director of Cooperation with Scientific Societies
  • Alexandre Evsukoff | UFRJ | Professor
  • Augusto Loureiro | UFBA | Associate Professor
  • Tiago Miranda | IB-S | Executive Director
  • Jerry Miller | Science for Decisions | President
  • Joaquin Brito | AIR Centre | CEO
  • Márcia Telles | INEMA | General Director
  • D.K. Osseo-Asare | Penn State University | Assistant Professor
  • Paulo Pietrobon | Associação Baiana de Startups | Director
  • Valéria Rocha | Project TAMAR/Fundação Pró-Tamar | Coordinator
  • Clarissa Amaral | SEMA | Superintendent of Innovation and Environmental Development
  • Lázaro Cunha | FAPESB | General Director
  • Alcides dos Santos Caldas | UFBA | Researcher Professor
  • Ana Carolina Lobo | WWF | Conservation Manager
  • Kássia Rios | UFRB | Assistant Professor
  • Antônio Fernando de Souza Queiroz | IGEO/UFBA | Researcher Professor
  • Simone Souza de Moraes | UFBA | Associate Professor
  • Miguel Calmon | WRI Brasil | Director of the Forestry Program
  • José Ângelo dos Anjos | UFBA | Professor
  • Foster Mensah | CERSGIS | Executive Director
  • Ícaro Moreira | UFBA | Professor
  • George Wiafe | ECOWAS MESA, University of Ghana | Director
  • Aílton Cardozo | PGE BA | Chief Prosecutor of the Center for Studies and Improvement
  • Hermano Carvalho | AIR Centre|Ceará | Director of IDESCO
  • Luiz Landau | AIR Centre| Rio de Janeiro | General Coordinator of LAMCE-COPPE/UFRJ
  • Bruno Pacheco | Azores Regional Directorate for Science and Technology | Directo
Governor Rui Costa, Minister Manuel Heitor and Secretary João Carlos da Silva
Manel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
Paulo Miguez, UFBA
Olivia Oliveira, IGEO/UFBA
João Carlos Oliveira da Silva, SEMA
Márcia Telles, INEMA
Joaquin Brito, AIR Centre
Agreement for the creation of AIR Centre| Bahia
Audience
Group photo
Salvador, Bahia
Superintendent Clarissa Amaral, SEMA
D.K Osseo-Asare, Penn State University
Lázaro Cunha, FAPESB
Ana Carolina Lobo, WWF Brazil
Audience
Jerry Miller, Science for Decisions
Hermano Carvalho, AIR Centre|Ceará
Stewart Bernard, CSIR
Group photo
Foster Mensah, CERSGIS
Luiz Paulo Assad, LAMCE-COPPE/UFRJ
George Wiafe, ECOWAS MESA, University of Ghana
Bruno Pacheco, Regional Directorate for Science and Technology of Azores
Group photo
José Luiz Moutinho, AIR Centre
Salvador, Bahia
Visit to IGEO/UFBA
Visit to IGEO/UFBA
Visit to IGEO/UFBA
Milton Kampel, INPE, colleagues and friends
Inauguration of AIR Centre|Bahia Office
Secretary Inácio Arruda and IGEO/UFBA Director, Olivia Oliveira
Jerry Miller, Olivia Oliveira and José Luiz Moutinho
Plate AIR Centre | Bahia Office
Salvador, Bahia
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