In collaboration with the State and Municipal Secretary of Transports of Rio de Janeiro and the Ministry of Climate Protection, Environment and Nature Conservation of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the German Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro is organizing the forum “Megacities – Transport, Energy and Urban Development”. Leading representatives, CEOs and experts from various countries will provide insight into topics such as integrated transport systems for the development of megacities, new technologies for “Future Cities” as well as green energy production and supply for sustainable transport.
11:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Coffee and Accreditation
11:40 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Topic: “Mobility needs energy – Energy creates mobility”
Moderation:
Dr. Dirk Aßmann - Director of the Energy Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Presentations:
Marcelo Vertis - State Subsecretay for Energy, Logistics and Industrial Development (Rio de Janeiro)
Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke - Economist and Ex-President of Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Michael Vahrenkamp - Executive Director, STEAG Energy Services GmbH
Guests:
Máximo Pompermayer - Superintendent, ANEEL (Brazilian National Agency of Electric Energy)
Evandro Leite Vasconcelos - Director for Energy of the Light Group (Energy Provider, Rio de Janeiro)
Michael Geißler - Executive Director, Berlin Energy Agency
Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber - Representing Frauenhofer Energy Alliance and Director of Frauenhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
02:15 p.m. – 03:15 p.m. | Lunchtime
03:15 p.m. – 05:15 p.m. | Topic: “The Future Cities and the use of new Transport Technologies”
Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Cristovão Fernandes Duarte – Specialist for Urban Projects at Metropolitan areas: sustainability and adequacy of revitalized spaces, PROURB-FAU-UFRJ
Presentations:
Martin Powell - Director of Urban Development, Siemens Centre for Cities
Débora Linhares - Business Development Executive, Smarter Transportation, IBM
Prof. Dr. Christoph Käppler - Department of Sustainable Development, Urban Systems, Logistics and Transport, University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR)
Aguinaldo Velloso B. Ribeiro - Brazilian Minister of Cities
Guests:
Julio Lopes - State Secretary for Transport (Rio de Janeiro)
Sameh Wahba - Sector Leader for the Sustainable Development Department, World Bank - Latin America
Ronaldo Barreto - Latin America Strategic Partner Manager, Google
Enrique Peñalosa - Urban Strategic Consultant and Ex-Mayor (Bogotá, Colombia)
Vicente Loureiro - Subsecretary for Urban Projects (Rio de Janeiro)
Susan Zielinski - Executive Director, Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation (SMART), University Of Michigan
05:15 p.m. – 07:00 p.m. | Presentation and Reception: “MOBI Award for Sustainable Mobility Enterprises”
Introduction:
Susan Zielinski - Executive Director, Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation (SMART), University Of Michigan
Augusto Mathias - SMART MobiPrize Team
Dr. Danielle Guillen - Manager of the Rockefeller Foundation and Dr. Segundo J. Romero - SMART MobiPrize Team
Presentations:
Li-yuan Chao - OmniPay Limited, China (Enterprises for Innovative Transports Sharing System)
Dustin McBride - Zambikes, Zambia (assembles and distributes high quality bicycles for underprivileged people in Zambia)
Marcio Henrique Nigro - Caronetas, Brazil (Website that turns the Carpooling Idea into a Collaborative Consumption of the Car)