About the Conference

8/31/2023 – 9:00 am to 9:30 am

TEASER

In this “teaser”, the former Minister of the Environment, Izabella Teixeira, will lead a brief round of discussion with some of the main names that should make up the conference panels, highlighting the major themes and main challenges for the future of the Amazon in a global context of ecological transition. 

MODERATOR:

Izabella Teixeira – Ex-ministra do Meio-Ambiente

SPEAKER:

Ana Yang – Chatham House
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho – President of the Igarapé Institute
Renata Piazzon –General Director of the Arapyaú Institute
Rohitesh Dhawan –President of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:30 am

BREAK

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 12:30 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

8/31/2023 – 12:30 pm to 14:00 pm

INTERVALO

STAGE 1 – AMAZON CITIES

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:15 am

CITIES IN THE AMAZON – CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT 

The panel will address the major urban challenges in Amazonian cities such as transportation, public safety, connectivity, social and territorial inequalities, and their relations with the local economy, from the perspective of public managers and civil society organizations

MODERATOR:

Rodrigo Perpétuo – Executive Secretary of ICLEI South America

SPEAKERS:

Beto Veríssimo – Co-founder of Imazon, Center for Entrepreneurship of the Amazon and Amazon 2030

Edmilson Rodrigues – Mayor of Belém

Josemira Gadelha – Mayor of Canaã dos Carajás

Laura Lizarazo – Control Risks

Renato Sérgio de Lima – CEO of the National Forum of Public Security

8/31/2023 – 11:15 am to 2:00 pm

BREAK

STAGE 1 – INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION AND INNOVATION

8/31/2023 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

MINING, ESG AND ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION

The panel aims to analyze, within the scope of the ecological transition process, how the mining chain, by developing initiatives and policies aimed at the ESG platform, has been promoting advances while facing Environmental, Social, and Governance challenges. 

MODERATOR:

Carlo Pereira – CEO of the UN Global Compact in Brazil

SPEAKER:

Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa – Director-General at National Mining Agency

Rafaela Guedes – Senior Fellow of CEBRI

Danielle Martin  – Director of Social Performance – ICMM

Maria José Salum – Sustainability Director at Sigma Lithium

Caio Borges – Head of Law and Climate – Climate and Society Institute  

Thaiza Bissacot – Alcoa’s Environment Director

STAGE 1 – INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION AND INNOVATION

8/31/2023 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

TRANSITION, CIRCULARITY AND EFFICIENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES 

The panel will discuss the most efficient and sustainable use of the natural resources in the Amazon. In addition to the bioeconomy, what are the new ways of organizing productive chains, the new arrangements, which contribute to a low carbon economy?  How does the circularity of the economy fit into this context?

MODERATOR:

Izabella Teixeira – Ex-ministra do Meio-Ambiente

SPEAKER:

Matthew Govier – Director at Accenture
Patrícia Ellen – CEO and Co-Founder of Systemiq do Brasil/AYA Earth Partners
Valmir Ortega – Executive Director at Belterra Agroflorestas

STAGE 2 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:15 am

A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE AND PEOPLE 

How do the new economies relate to people’s quality of life, the fight against poverty and the preservation of biodiversity, in the form of new productive arrangements?
How to expand this impact? What are the economic prospects of the large-scale bioeconomy? The panelists will address this and other issues in this panel.

MODERATOR:

Livia Pagotto – Amazon Concertation

SPEAKER:

Juliano Assunção –  Executive Director CPI/ PUC-RJ

Mauro O’ de Almeida –  Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainability of Pará

Patrícia Ellen – CEO and Co-Founder of Systemiq do Brasil/AYA Earth Partners

Amaury Oliva  – Executive Director of Sustainability, Financial Citizenship, Consumer Relations and Self-Regulation – Febraban

Maria Luiza Paiva – Executive Vice President of Sustainability at Vale

Puyr Tembé – Secretary of Traditional Peoples of Pará

8/31/2023 – 11:15 am to 2:00 pm

BREAK

STAGE 2 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

PROTECTED AREAS, NEW ECONOMIES AND LARGE ENTERPRISES

The different types of protected areas and their specificities, the coexistence between industry and the chains of sociobiodiversity and the different forms of economic use of conservation units will be discussed.

MODERATOR:

Garo Batmanian – General Director of the Brazilian Forest Service  – Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

SPEAKER:

Ricardo Mello – Manager for Amazon at WWF

Guido Germani – CEO of MRN

Hugo Barreto – Presidente of Cultural  Institute and Director of Climate, Nature and Cultural Investment at Vale

Claudinete Colé de Souza – Board of Directors of the Association of Remnant Communities of Quilombos of the Municipality of Oriximiná (ARQMO)

Jackeline Nóbrega Spínola – Resex TAPAJÓS-ARAPIUNS

Mauro Pires – President of ICMBIO

STAGE 2 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

CHALLENGES IN CONFRONTING ILLICIT ACTIVITIES IN THE AMAZON

Illegal activities that compete with the growth of new economies and dispute people and territories will be discussed in this panel. What are the challenges in command and control policies? How to ensure a future for people involved and exploited in illegal activities such as mining? How have the fight against environmental crimes been carried out and what are the necessary public security policies?

MODERATOR:

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho – President of the Igarapé Institute

SPEAKERS:

Caio Favaretto – Partner at Maranta Political Inteligency

Carla Pinheiro – Vice-President RI – Brazilian Institute of Gems & Precious Metals 

Jonata Galvão  – Director of Access to Justice and Conflict Mediation – Ministry of Justice

André Lima – Extraordinary Secretary of Deforestation Control and Territorial Environmental Planning

Larissa Rodrigues – Manager at Instituto Escolhas 

Tobias Brancher – Director of Environmental Inspection – Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS/PA)

STAGE 2 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

ECONOMY OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON

Within the scope of a green economy, which reconciles environmental conservation and the development of new sectors, chains and businesses, biodiversity is a central element. In this context, the Amazon has unique characteristics and enormous potential, unparalleled in the rest of the world. The panel will discuss possible paths and necessary investments for the development of a new biodiversity economy in the Amazon

MODERATOR:

Rafael Feltran-Barbieri – WRI

PANELISTS:

Pavan Sukhdev – Executive Director Gist Impact

Renata Piazzon – General Director of the Arapyaú Institute  

Mary Kristerie A. Baleva – Director of International Affairs and Treaties Division at ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Francisco de Assis Costa – Professor at UFPA

Vanda Witoto – Indigenous leader at Manaus

STAGE 3 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:15 am

INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL PEOPLES: A NEW ECONOMY BASED ON ANCESTRAL PRACTICES 

What place is there for forest peoples in this new paradigm? How can social actors strengthen traditional activities and make them part of new solutions through new economic arrangements? The panelists will discuss the strengthening of pre-existing chains in this panel. 

MODERATOR:

Neidinha Suruí (Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo) – Activist at the Kanindé Ethno-Environmental Defense Association

SPEAKER:

Adriana Ramos – Political Advisor and Socio-Environmental Law at Instituto Socioambiental

Alcebias Sapará–Vice-Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab)

Célia Regina Nunes das Neves – National Commission for the Strengthening of Coastal and Marine Extractive Reserves

Júlio Barbosa – President of the National Council of Extractive Populations (CNS)

Lúcia Alberta Andrade de Oliveira – Director of the National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI)

Valéria Pôrto – Quilombola

8/31/2023 – 11:15 am to 2:00 pm

BREAK

STAGE 3 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

CHALLENGES FOR INNOVATION IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ARRANGEMENTS AND BUSINESSES

MODERATOR:

Gonzalo Enríquez –  Director of the Technological Innovation Agency au Para University

SPEAKERS:

Angela Miller – Director Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Division – IDB Invest

Fábio Brasiliano – Environment Director for Bioeconomy and Climate at ABIHPEC

Janaina Dallan – CEO of Carbonext

Marcos Da-Ré –  Director of Green Economy at Certi Foundation

Sebastião Gonçalves Neves –  Vice-president of the Organization of Rubber Tappers of Rondônia

STAGE 3 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

THE INNOVATION FRONTIERS 

How can innovation give new economies another scale? How to boost biotechnology and innovation in light of the region’s structural challenges? How do societal agents articulate public policies and private initiatives? This panel will address these and other topics. 

MODERATOR:

Adalberto Val – Researcher National Institute of Amazonian Research

SPEAKERS:

Marcelo Thomé – Director of the Amazon Institute+21

Priscila Matta – Senior Sustainability Manager at Natura 

Reginaldo Arcuri – President of Farma Brasil

Thiago Falda – Executive President of the Brazilian Association of Bioinnovation

Victor Almeida – President of ABRAPALMA

STAGE 3 – NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT

8/31/2023 – 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

BRAZIL AT THE G-20

The panel will discuss Brazil’s performance in the G20, in the face of climate change and the ecological transition, looking at the role of the Amazon in the global context.

MODERATOR:

Izabella Teixeira –  Former Minister of the Environment, Co-President of IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council

SPEAKERS:

Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski – Senior Fellow of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)

Hussein Kalout – Researcher at Harvard University and Advisor to CEBRI

Ana Yang – Executive Director of Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator

Marcos  Caramuru -Ambassador

STAGE 4 – CLIMATE

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:15 am

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE AMAZON: SCIENCE AS A POLITICAL ACTOR

Considering the importance of the Amazon for climate change from its presence in the main international scientific reports, the panel discusses the role of science as a political actor in the formulation of agendas related to the human and nature systems and how this theme dialogues with national interests.

MODERATOR:

Suzana Kahn Ribeiro – Director of COPPE / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

SPEAKER:

Ana Yang – Executive Director of Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator

Emmanuel Guérin – European Climate Foundation (ECF)

Gilberto Câmara – Researcher at INPE

Paulo Artaxo – Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) 

8/31/2023 – 11:15 am to 2:00 pm

BREAK

STAGE 4 – CLIMATE

8/31/2023 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

THE DECARBONIZATION OF BRAZIL’S ECONOMY: FROM PARIS+10 TO PARIS+20 

A long-term look at the process of decarbonizing economies. Outcomes, challenges and perspectives of Brazil in the light of the Paris agreements. Discuss Brazil’s decarbonization routes, the role of the Amazon and the mining industry (strategic minerals). 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

André Corrêa do Lago  – Ambassador – Secretary of Climate, Energy and Environment

MODERATOR:

Izabella Teixeira – Former Minister of the Environment, Co-President of IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council

SPEAKER:

Adriano Santhiago de Oliveira General Coordinator – Climate – Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) 

Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of RE GREEN

Clarissa Lins – Founding Partner – Catavento Consulting 

Fábio Feldmann – Lawyer, environmentalist and one of the founders of the SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation

Roberto Schaeffer –  Professor – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Roberto Waack – Chairman of the Board – Arapyaú Institute

STAGE 4 – CLIMATE

8/31/2023 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

LAND ISSUES AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING

How disorderly territorial occupation, irregularity and land disputes affect the economy. How is the State present in the territories, providing security for business and people? What are the main challenges for the Amazon in this area? 

MODERATOR:

Eugênio Pantoja – Director of Public Policies and Territorial Development at IPAM

SPEAKER:

Braulina Baniwa –  Executive Director of National Articulation of Indigenous Women, Warriors of Ancestry – ANMIGA

Bruno Yoheiji Kono Ramos – President Iterpa

Gabriel Pansani Siqueira -Researcher at IG Terras

Rodrigo Justus –  Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil – CNA

Sérgio Leitão – Executive Director of Instituto Escolhas

STAGE 4 – CLIMATE

8/31/2023 – 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

INVESTMENT AND NATURE MARKETS FOR THE NEW ECONOMIES

From the mobilization of billionaire resources to financial instruments suitable for markets in nature, passing through cases of blended finance and the role of philanthropic capital, the panel will discuss investment routes and agendas for the new economies in the Amazon.

MODERATOR

Marcelo Furtado – Nature Finance and Itausa

SPEAKERS:

Braulina Baniwa – Executive Director of National Articulation of Indigenous Women, Warriors of Ancestralitie

Fabiana Alves – CEO of Rabobank

Gustavo Luz – Executive Director of Fundo Vale

Joanna Martins – CEO and Director of Operations of Manioca

Leonardo Fleck – Amazon and Innovation Coordinator at Santander Bank

STAGE 5 – NATIONAL THEMES

8/31/2023 – 9:30 am to 11:15 am

CLIMATE TRANSITION: BRAZIL AND THE STRATEGIC MINERALS 

The panelists will discuss the exploration of strategic minerals in Brazil and the Amazon, linked to the global transition to a low-carbon economy and they will analyze the impacts of this process in the region, seeking to identify points of cooperation between the mineral sector and other economic dynamics and circuits.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Jorge Viana -President of Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency – ApexBrasil

MODERATOR:

Rohistesh Dhawan – President of ICMM

SPEAKERS:

Ana Cabral-Gardner – CEO of Sygma Lithium

Paul Ekins – University College London

Maria Amélia Enriquez – Professor at Pará University***

Francisco Valdir Silveira  – Director of Geology and Mineral Resources – Geological Survey of Brazil

8/31/2023 – 11:15 am to 2:00 pm

BREAK

STAGE 5 – NATIONAL ISSUES 

8/31/2023 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

FINANCING OF THE NEW ECONOMIES

The panel will be looking at the issue of financing the New Economies and, more broadly, economic development in the Amazon, the role of mining through the payment of Financial Compensation for Mineral Exploration (CFEM in its Portuguese acronym) and in the relationship with economic actors in its chain. The panelists will also address the role of financial institutions and development banks. 

MODERATOR:

Maria Netto  – Executive Director of the Institute for Climate and Society

SPEAKERS:

Fernando Facury Scaff – Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP)

José Fernando Aparecido – President of AMIG

José Pugas – ESG Head Partner at JGP Investments 

Natália Dias – Director of Capital Markets and Sustainable Finance at BNDES

Rosa Lemos de Sá – Secretary General of the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity (Funbio)

STAGE 5 – NATIONAL ISSUES 

8/31/2023 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

RECONCILING PRESENT AND FUTURE: THE TRANSITION IS A SUM AND NOT A REPLACEMENT

It will be debated how the new economies should add to more traditional activities and models and not necessarily replace them. The coexistence between large chains (agro, mining, livestock) and the new economies as an opportunity for collaboration and mutual growth.

MODERATOR:

Paul Hartung – President of Brazilian Trees Industry

SPEAKER:

Alexandre D’Ambrosio – Executive Vice President of Corporate and Institutional Affairs at Vale

Fernanda Stefani – Co-founder and CEO of 100% Amazônia 

Ellen Acioli – Coordinator at Fundação Avina

Gustavo Pinheiro –  Coordinator of the Low Carbon Economy Portfolio – Climate and Society Institute

Joanna Martins – CEO and Director of Operations at Manioca

Renata Piazzon – General Director of the Arapyaú Institute

STAGE 5 – NATIONAL THEMES

8/31/2023 – 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

THE DEFENSE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON

The panel will discuss the importance of the Armed Forces in the defense of the Amazon Region, as well as assistance to the population of the area, as a representative of the Brazilian State. The mission of the Armed Forces to contribute to the guarantee of national sovereignty, constitutional powers, law and order. The Amazon region as a strategic priority of the Armed Forces due to its extensive border strip and low demographic density.

MODERATOR:

Fernando Azevedo e Silva – General of the Army and Vice-President of IBRAM

SPEAKERS:

Antônio Capistrano de Freitas Filho  –  Vice-Admiral –  Commander of the 4th Naval District (Belém)

Luciano Guilherme Cabral Pinheiro – Northern Military Commander General of the Army

Raymond Nogueira Lopes Neto – Major General of the Air – Commander of the First Regional Air Command

Ricardo Augusto Costa Neves  – General of the Army – Military Commander of the Amazon 

Rubens Barbosa – Ambassador

11:00 am to 12:00pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: IVÁN DUQUE MÁRQUEZ – Ex-Presidente da Colômbia (2018 – 2022)

CLOSING AND NEXT STEPS

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

SPEAKERS:

Izabella Teixeira  – Former Minister of the Environment, Co-President of IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council

Raul Jungmann – CEO of IBRAM

STAGE 1 

8/31/2023 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON: VISION OF THE COURTS OF AUDITORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

The Panel will discuss the role of the courts of auditors in environmental governance, in the context of the efficient and sustainable use of the natural resources of the Amazon. How can the courts of auditors act in the fight against disorderly territorial occupation and in preventive environmental control? How can the courts of auditors contribute to the formulation and structuring of a new productive model in the Amazon, which privileges technology and innovation, circularity and decarbonization of production chains? How can the courts of auditors collaborate in the climate change agenda, in relation to the control of deforestation and other activities that degrade the environment in the Amazon?

MODERATOR:

Júlio Assis Corrêa Pinheiro – Counselor of the Court of Auditors of the State of Amazonas and President of the Technical Committee of Environment and Sustainability of the Rui Barbosa Institute

SPEAKER:

Members of the Courts of Auditors of the States of the Amazon and of the Court of Auditors of the Union.

STAGE 2

8/31/2023 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON: THE DEMAND FOR DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Experts from various fields will discuss the enormous infrastructure challenges that exist on the road to development in the region, considering the lack of physical and digital structures that impact the local economy. 

MODERATOR:

Marcello Brito – Legal Amazon Consortium

SPEAKER:

Beto Veríssimo – Co-founder of Imazon, Center for Entrepreneurship of the Amazon and Amazon 2030

Francisco Gaetani – Extraordinary Secretary for the Transformation of the State – Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services 

Ana Cristina Barros – Consultant

Lívia Menezes Pagotto – A Concertation for the Amazon

Luís Alberto Andrés – Sector Leader and Lead Economist at World Bank

Ricardo Augusto Costa Neves – Military Commander of the Amazon General of the Army

STAGE 3

8/31/2023 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON: POLITICAL VIEW AND NATIONAL INTERESTS

Representatives from the legislative and executive branches will debate on how the development of the Amazon connects to issues of national interest and is present in the construction of a political vision for the future of Brazil and the world. 

MODERATOR:

Mauro O de Almeida – Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of Pará

SPEAKER:

Zequinha Marinho – Senator and Vice-President of FPMin

Keniston Braga – Federal Deputy and Public Affairs Director of FPMin

Ronie Silva – State Representative of Pará

Edmilson Rodrigues – Mayor of Belém

Mônica Sodré – CEO at Political Action Network for Sustainability

Gizelle Freitas – Co-Councilwoman of Belém – Amazon Women’s Bench***

STAGE 4

9/01/2023 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON 

Communication plays a key role in understanding the socio-cultural and environmental diversity of the Amazon, promoting and disseminating sustainable practices, the green economy and the creative economy.

MODERATOR:

Paulo Nassar  – CEO of Aberje and Professor of ECA-USP

SPEAKERS:

Carol Bambo  – RBA Journalist – Band Pará

Eric Terena – Comunicator DJ

Estela Renner– Writer, Director and founder of Maria Farinha Filmes

Michel Blanco  – Head of Reputation and Corporate Communications Natura & Co

Peter Millard – Editorial Director at Bloomberg in Brazil

Shirlei Karo-Arara –  Arara-Karo Association

Úrsula Vidal – Secretary of Culture of Pará

STAGE 5

9/01/2023 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am

THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD PASSES THROUGH THE AMAZON 

Conserving biodiversity and combating deforestation depends directly on economic alternatives for the people living in the Amazon, for their livelihood and development. The Amazon is undergoing several transformations that require the establishment of a new productive paradigm that, at the same time, leverages and energizes the local economy and ensures the conservation of biodiversity, the end of deforestation and the reduction of inequalities. In their diversity, the new economies (bioeconomy, circular, solidarity, regenerative and socio-biodiversity economies) represent the path to a sustainable future of the Amazon, combining conservation, zero net deforestation, development and social well-being. These and other topics will be discussed in this panel.

MODERATOR:

Izabella Teixeira  – Former Minister of the Environment, Co-President of IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council

SPEAKERS:

Ana Yang – Executive Director of Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator

Emmanuel Guérin – European Climate Foundation (ECF)

Pavan Sukhdev – Executive Director Gist Impact

Paul Ekins – University College London