II CAPES/FIPSE Biofuels Symposium

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
March 26, 2012
A QUESTÃO AGRÁRIA
6:30 p.m.	Opening Prof. xxx (cargo)
7:00 p.m.	Sustainability and Sustainable Development Prof. Dr. Elijah Johnson (FAMU)
8:00 p.m.	Presentations of Posters: “Renewable Energy Applied to a Farm: a Case-Study in Florida, USA” Alice do Carmo Precci Lopes (UWF/UFV) “Cloning of Guaiacyl-Syringyl Lignin from Hardwood Tree Species Used as Biofuels Feedstock” Bruno Martins (UFV/FAMU) “A Comparison of the Impacts of Social-Environmental Certification on the Conservation of Natural Resources in Brazil and in the United States of America” Jefferson Davis de Almeida Lessa (UWF/UFV) “US-Brazil Comparative Study: How Investments in Innovative Technology Transfer Affect Universities Performance in Biofuels Research and Development” Julia Dias (UFV/FAMU) “Steam Reforming of Ethanol: Energetic Solution, the Current Scenario, and Perspectives for Clean Energy in Brazil and in the U.S.” Larissa Dutra Brambila (UWF/UFV) “Carbohydrates Biosynthesis in Cytophaga: Insights from Transcriptomics” Luiz Fernando Almeida (UFV/FAMU “Implication of Brazilian and American Biofuels Laws on Food Prices” Nathalia Ottoline (UFV/FAMU) “Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Lignin Degrading Enzyme from Eucalyptus” Vitor Heringer (UFV/FAMU) Reception
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March 27, 2012
8:30 a.m.	The Process of Understanding and Bringing Cultures Together: a Global Challenge “The Importance of Being Globally-Minded in Today’s World” Prof. MEd. Rita C. Crider (UWF) “A Sociological Perspective of Cultural Interchanges” Prof. Dr. Adrian Aveni (JSU) “Preparing American Students for Participation in the US-Brazil Exchange Program” Prof. MEd. Joseph Jones FAMU) Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Pimentel Campos (DER/UFV) (Moderator) Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	The Impact of Man’s Intervention on the Natural Environment Moderador: Erly Cardoso Teixeira (UFV) L“How Irrigation Can Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture? An Economic Perspective to Brazil” Prof. Dr. Dênis Antônio da Cunha (DER/UFV) “The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Two Years Later: Lessons We Have Learned” Prof. Dr. Klaus Meyer Arendt (UWF) Prof. MEd. Rita C. Crider (UWF/USA) (Moderator)
2:00 p.m.	Biofuels Technology Transfer and Sustainability Prof. Dr. Tanaga Boozer (FAMU) Prof. Dr. Richard Gragg (FAMU) Prof. Dr. Clifford Louime (FAMU) Prof. Dr. Keith Simmons (FAMU) Prof. MEd. Rita C. Crider (Moderator) Coffee Break
4:00 p.m.	Controversies on Biofuel Use and Production “Wise Energy Use in Agrindustry Processes” Prof. Dr. Delly Oliveira Filho (DEA?UFV) “Produção de Álcool Combustível na Fazenda: a Vez dos Pequenos” Prof. Dr. Roberto Precci Lopes (DEA/UFV) “Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil and the ‘Food-Fuel-Forest Competition’ Debate” Prof. Dr. José Gustavo Feres (IPEA/RJ) Prof. Dr. Antônio Campos (DER/UFV) (Moderator) Closing Prof. Dr. Antônio Campos (DER/UFV)