Thursday 5 September
13:30 - 15:00
Panel Discussion: Regional Impacts of Systems Analysis
- Panel members will briefly present major international challenges in the Americas that would benefit from systems analysis followed by a panel discussion on future research directions for systems analysis in the region. Topics may include areas such as risk and resilience to economic, ecological, and social systems arising from global change; novel system-analytical approaches, methods, and tools; changing composition of population; ecological and evolutionary dynamics; air quality management and greenhouse gas mitigation; and much more.
Moderator
Goret Pereira Paulo, Director of the Research and Innovation Network, Getulio Vargas Foundation
Panelists
Jose Eduardo Boffino de Almeida Monteiro, General Coordinator of ZARC, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)
Michael Clegg, Professor Emeritus School of Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Chair of IIASA Governing Council
Eduardo Fracassi, Leader - Climate Change Awareness Initiative, ITBA Business School
Alberto Palombo, Secretary, Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN)
Eduardo de Rezende Francisco, Coordinator of Geographical Intelligence for Decision Support, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
15:00 - Coffee break
