Agenda 

 BioFuels and Society Workshop

University of Illinois and the University of Sao Paulo

“Industry Partnerships for Bioenergy Research”

 11/12 – 11/14/2007

Piracicaba,  Sao Paulo, Brazil

College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz   

University of Sao Paulo

Sponsors:

 Monday, 11/12/2007

Room: Sala Centenário

08:30 AM: Welcome to the group of University of Illinois

·        Dean Antonio Roque Dechen, College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ/USP), http://www.esalq.usp.br/ (download)

·        Dean Carlos Roberto Azzoni, College of Economics, Business and Accounting (FEA/USP), http://www.erudito.fea.usp.br/portalfea/Default.aspx?idPagina=1

·        Dean Robert Easter, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES/UIUC), www.aces.uiuc.edu

10:00 AM: Visit at Caterpillar of Brazil, Natal Garcia

·        Purpose: Discussion of partnership among ESALQ-Caterpillar-University of Illinois;

·        URL:  http://brasil.cat.com/cda/layout?m=60180&x=12

12:30 PM: Lunch at Cosan Group

·        02:00 PM:  Visit Cosan Group – Armando Vieira Viotti (agricultural vice president), Rodolfo Norivaldo Geraldi (industrial vice president) e Carlos Martins Simões (exportation logistic director)

·        Purpose: Biggest sugarcane mill in Brazil

·        URL:  http://www.cosan.com.br/

04:00 PM: Visit at Dedini S/A Industrias de Base – Rodrigo Santos (Marketing Department)

·        Purpose: Excellent Company in the supply of products and services to the global biofuel market of custom made capital goods.

·        URL: http://www.dedini.com.br/pt/

05:30 PM: Visit at Fermentec – Henrique Amorim (Administration)/Mário Lúcio Lopes (Scientific Coordination)

·        Purpose: Yeast supplier for ethanol production.

·        URL: http://www.fermentec.com.br

 08:00 PM:  Dinner at Rua do Porto (fish)

Tuesday, 11/13/2007

Room: Sala Ceres

BioFuels and Society Workshop

Co-chaired by Deans Antonio Roque Dechen, Carlos Azzoni, and Robert Easter

08:15 AM: Coffee and pastries

08:30 AM: UIUC,Hans Blaschek (download)

08:45 AM: UIUC,K. C. Ting (download) (download2)

09:00 AM: UIUC,Robert Hoeft (download)

09:15 AM: UIUC,Robert Hauser (download)

09:30 AM: Coffee break

10:00 AM: UIUC,Robert Hughes,Jr. (download)

10:15 AM: UIUC, Peter Goldsmith (download)

10:45 AM: Polo Nacional de Biocombustível, ESALQ/USP, Weber Amaral (download)

11:00 AM:  Discussion Table

12:30 PM:  Brown Bag Lunch

02:00 PM:  USP-São Paulo (IQ), Glaucia Mendes Souza (download)

02:15 PM: ESALQ, Agri-Food Industry, Food and Nutrition Department, André Ricardo Alcarde (download)

02:30 PM: ESALQ, Biological Sciences Department, Helaine Carrer (download)

02:45 PM: ESALQ, Exact Sciences Department, Arquimedes Lavorenti (download)

03:00 PM: Coffee break

03:30 PM: ESALQ, Forest Sciences Department, José Luiz Stape (download)

03:45 PM: ESALQ, Economics, Administration and Sociology Department, Carlos J. C. Bacha (download)

04:00 PM: Prefeitura Municipal de Piracicaba, Luciano Almeida (download)

04:15 PM:  CTC, Jaime Fingueirut (download)

04:45 PM:  Discussion Table

05:30 PM Visit at NG Metalúrgica,  http://www.ngmetalurgica.com.br/

08:00 PM: Dinner at FabBier Restaurant (German food),

 http://www.restaurantefassbier.com.br/

Wednesday, 11/14/2007

Room: Sala Ceres

08:15 AM: Coffee and pastries

08:30 AM: ESALQ, Agricultural Engineering Department, Marcos Vinícius Folegatti (download)

08:45 AM: ESALQ, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Zoology Department, Celso Omoto (download)

09:00 AM: ESALQ, Genetics Department, Natal Antonio Vello (download)

09:15 AM: ESALQ, Crop Science Department, Edgar Gomes F. de Beauclair (download)

09:30 AM: Coffee break

10:00 AM: ESALQ, Soil Science Department, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri (download)

10:15 AM: ESALQ, Animal Science Department, Paulo Fernando Machado (download)

10:30 AM: USP – São Paulo (FEA), Guilherme Dias (download)

10:45 AM: BM&F, Felix Schouchana (download)

11:00 AM:  Discussion Table

12:30 PM:  Brown Bag Lunch at Centennial Room

01:00 PM: ESA, France, Guest Speaker, Bruno Parmentier (download)

02:15 PM: USP- São Paulo,  Joaquim Guilhoto e Carlos Azzoni (download)

02:45 PM: USP- São Paulo (IB),  Marcos Buckeridge (download)

03:00 PM: Coffee break

03:15 PM: Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), Reinaldo Luis Victória (download)

03:30 PM: Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), Carlos Clemente Cerri (download2)

03:45 PM: USP-Lorena, Nei Fernandes de Oliveira Júnior (download)

04:00 PM:  USP-Lorena, Adilson Roberto Gonçalves (download)

04:15 PM: ESALQ-LOG, José Vicente Caixeta-Filho

04:30 PM:  Discussion Table

06:30 PM:  End of discussions

08:00 PM dinner at Grande Hotel Sao Pedro, http://www.hoteis.sp.senac.br/jsp/hotel/default.jsp?newsID=0

Thursday, 11/15/2007

10:00 AM: Visit at LORENA Campus, Nei Fernandes de Oliveira Júnior

01:00 PM: Lunch, Lorena

02:30 PM: Visit Lorena School of Engineering, Profs. Nei Oliveira Jr and Daltro Pinatti (download)

20:00 PM: Dinner, São Paulo

After dinner Hotel Stanplaza (Alameda Jaú) and airport for those who are leaving.

Institution-Participants:

- Abag: http://www.abag.com.br/

- BM&F: http://www.bmf.com.br/portal/portal.asp

- Brazilian Biofuels Programme: http://www.polobio.esalq.usp.br/

- Case:  http://www.caseih.com/home.aspx?RL=POLA

- Catterpilar: http://brasil.cat.com/cda/layout?m=60180&x=12

- Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA): http://www.cena.usp.br/index.htm

- Coplacana: http://www.cana.com.br/coplacana/historico.html

- Cosan: http://www.cosan.com.br/

- CTC: http://www.ctc.com.br/

- Dedini: http://www.dedini.com.br/pt/

- ESALQ: http://www.esalq.usp.br/

- Fapesp: http://www.fapesp.br/

- FEA: http://www.erudito.fea.usp.br/portalfea/Default.aspx?idPagina=1

- Fermentec: http://www.fermentec.com.br

- Monsanto: http://www.monsanto.com.br/

- NG Metalúrgica: http://www.ngmetalurgica.com.br/

- Prefeitura Munipal de Piracicaba:  http://www.piracicaba.sp.gov.br/

- Unica: http://www.portalunica.com.br/portalunica/

- Other Institutions

Photos

e-mail: scaint@esalq.usp.br