INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES

10/30/2025

17h45 to the 19h30

10/31/2025

9h00 to the 18h00

Centro de Convenções Salvador

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The Amazon is undergoing several transformations that require the establishment of a new productive paradigm, which at the same time leverages and dynamizes the local economy and guarantees the conservation of biodiversity, the end of deforestation and the reduction of inequalities. Globally moving towards a low-carbon economy that lessens pressure on the climate means going through an energy transition that will require an expansion in the exploration of strategic minerals. To advance and strengthen solutions that reconcile economic development, the reduction of inequalities and the conservation of forests and socio-biodiversity, the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM), academia and different sectors of the economy, will meet from August 30 to September 1, 2023, in Belém, for the International Conference – Amazonia and New Economies The event will bring presentations, debates and business exhibitions, with the participation of authorities, specialists, investors, organizations and leaders who have worked with the theme in the Amazon. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENT? The future of the world is linked to the future of the Amazon. Conserving biodiversity and fighting deforestation directly depends on economic alternatives for people living in the Amazon, for their subsistence and development.The new economies in their diversity (bioeconomy, carbon market and circular, solidary, regenerative and socio-biodiversity economies, etc.) represent the path to a sustainable future for the Amazon, combining conservation, zero net deforestation, development and social well-being. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IBRAM, THE MINING SECTOR AND LARGE INDUSTRIES? The world must transition to a low-carbon economy and face climate change. This requires an expansion of mining, especially of strategic minerals, for the development of renewable energies and the electrification of means of transport. Part of this expansion will take place in the Amazon. Mining, by definition, is not a sustainable activity, as it works with a non-renewable natural resource. Therefore, it cannot be classified as bioeconomy or as part of the field of new economies. However, mining and all industries can be a factor in promoting sustainable development, supporting and promoting different activities and different sectors, within the scope of new economies. Whether with logistical solutions, whether in the recovery of degraded areas, productive reforestation, encouraging entrepreneurship, conserving forests or even supporting institutions and strengthening community initiatives, mining can be a factor in diversifying the economic matrix of territories and, throughout its cycle, generate the conditions for the transition towards sustainable development, based on the new economies. GOALS Support a qualified debate on the new economies in the Amazon, in a broad and unrestricted way; Present and discuss the possible contributions of industries in the field of new economies; Create a network of articulation and support for the new economies in the Amazon, with a new space for interaction between sectors and participation of local leaders; Contribute to the preparation of a short, medium and long term agenda, with a view to promoting the integration of actions between the public and private sectors, civil society and communities; Strengthen the Pan-Amazon alliance on the subject.

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Schedule

PROGRAM SUMMARY

COMPLETE PROGRAM

16:10

PALCO UNICO: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES OPENING

16:45

PALCO UNICO: DIALOGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES

Rohitesh Dhawan - President and Chief Executive Officer - International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Speaker

09:00

PALCO UNICO: Speech inspired by Txai Suruí
Indigenous member of the Paiter Suruí people, appointed by UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, to the youth advisory group on climate change.

09:30

PALCO A - CBPM SETUR BA: PANEL 1 - THE CURRENT STATE OF MINING IN BRAZIL

Ana Maria Ferreira da Cunha - Founder of the Prestas na Mina movement | Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Anglo American | ESG Coordinator for Mining at IBRAM

Speaker

Anderson Baranov - CEO of Norsk Hydro Brasil

Speaker

Anderson Dourado Rodrigues da Silva - Advisor of the Director - Geological Survey of Brazil

Speaker

PALCO B - VALE: PANEL 2: FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS FOR THE AMAZONS AND THE MANY BRAZILS

Luana Maia - Lead, Global Brazil - Nature Finance

Speaker

Tatiana Botelho - Senior Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) and Founder of Guayí Ventures Institute

Speaker

PALCO C - BHP: PANEL 3 - CLIMATE SOLUTIONS HUB

Emilio Lebre La Rovere - Professor and Head of the Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Centro Clima - COPPE UFRJ

Speaker

PALCO D - HYDRO: PANEL 4 - ECONOMY, SOVEREIGNTY AND ILLEGAL ACTIONS: STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Sergio Fausto - General Director of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation - FFHC

Moderator

11:00

PALCO A - CBPM SETUR BA: PANEL 5 - THE FUTURE AND MINERALS: STRATEGIC CHALLENGES

Ricardo Sennes - Executive Director at Prospectiva Public Affairs

Moderator

João Marcos Pires Camargo - Director of Mineral Planning and Policy, Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)

Speaker

René Muga Escobar - Vice President Corporate Affairs Latin America at BHP

Speaker

Samuel Chrysostomo - Sales Director Lifecycle Services for BDH, Americas - Metso

Speaker

Vladimir Senra Moreira - Director of Sustainability at Mineração Rio do Norte & member of IBRAM Board of Directors

Speaker

PALCO B - VALE: PANEL 6 - WHAT´S ALREADY HAPPENING

Hugo Barreto - Director of Climate, Nature and Cultural Investment at Vale

Speaker

Valmir Ortega - Executive Director at Belterra Agroflorestas

Speaker

PALCO C - BHP: PANEL 7 - THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO TACKLING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Clarissa Lins - Founding partner of Catavento Consultoria

Moderator

Elbia Gannoum - Executive President of AbEEólica - Brazilian Wind Energy Association

Speaker

Rodrigo Lauria - Diretor de Mudanças Climáticas e Descarbonização

Speaker

PALCO D - HYDRO: PANEL 8 - INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS

Davi Barreto - CEO of the National Association of Rail Transporters - ANTF

Speaker

Wandenberg Pitaluga - CEO of the Economic Development Agency of Amapá

Speaker

14:00

PALCO A - CBPM SETUR BA: PANEL 9 - BUILDING CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO MINING CHALLENGES

Gonzalo Enriquez - Full Professor in Economics and Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology, BIONORTE (PPG-BIONORTE), Federal University of Pará – UFPA

Moderator

Bruno Farah - General Manager of Mining Technical Transformation at Vale

Speaker

Fabio Abdala - Senior Manager, Social Performance & Human Rights at Alcoa

Speaker

PALCO B - VALE: PANEL 10 - NEW ECONOMIES AND THE FUTURE WE WANT

Caio Luiz Carneiro Magri - CEO at Ethos Institute

Speaker

Ricardo Gravina - Co-CEO at Instituto Climate Ventures

Speaker

PALCO C - BHP: PANEL 11 - EFFICIENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE CLIMATE AGENDA

PALCO D - HYDRO: PANEL 12 - EDUCATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Leticia Zamperlini Jacintho - Presidente da Associação De Olho no Material Escolar

Speaker

Neliton Marques da Silva - Full Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Federal University of Amazonas - UFAM

Speaker

15:30

PALCO A - CBPM SETUR BA: DIALOGUES: THE CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MINING IN THE AMAZON

Larissa Rodrigues - Research Director at Instituto Escolhas

Moderator

General de Exército Luiz Gonzaga Viana Filho - Military Commander of the Amazon

Speaker

Gilson Gomes Camboim - National Coordinator of Mineral Cooperativism at OCB & President of the Federation of Mining Cooperatives of the State of Mato Grosso - FECOMIN

Speaker

Giorgio De Tomi - Full Professor at the University of São Paulo and Director of NAP.Mineração/USP (USP Center for Responsible Mining at USP).

Speaker

PALCO B - VALE: DIALOGUES: THE CHALLENGES OF INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS IN THE AMAZON AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TERRITORY.

Beto Verissimo - Co-founder at Imazon; Director at Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazonia; Director at Amazonia 2030 initiative; Director of Brazil's Social Progress & Special Forest Envoy at COP30 - Imazon | IPS

Speaker

Grazielle Parenti - EVP Sustainability at Vale

Speaker

Joana Chiavari Denadai - Research Director, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio)

Speaker

PALCO C - BHP: DIALOGUES - ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND NATURAL CAPITAL

Rubens Benini - Forest Director at The Nature Conservancy Brasil National Coordinator at Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact

Speaker

Valmir Ortega - Executive Director at Belterra Agroflorestas

Speaker

PALCO D - HYDRO: DIALOGUES: TERRITORIALITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Lissette Hidalgo Bacián - President, Quechua Indigenous Community of Quipisca - Chile

Speaker