INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES

10/30/2025

17h 45 to the 19h 30

10/31/2025

9h 00 to the 18h 00

Centro de Convenções Salvador

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES

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.

Subject to change

Schedule

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16:00

PALCO UNICO: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE AMAZON AND NEW ECONOMIES OPENING

16:15

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

Raul Jungmann - CEO of IBRAM

Moderator

Izabella Teixeira - Former Minister of Environment, Co-Chair IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council; Advisor Emeritus of CEBRI, Co-Chair of IRP-UN

Speaker

Joaquim Levy - Director of Economic Strategy and Market Relations of Banco Safra

Speaker

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

Speaker

09:30

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

Maria Amélia Rodrigues da Silva Enriquez - Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Economics of the Federal University of Pará - UFPA

Moderator

Adriano Viana Espeschit - President at Belo Sun Mineração & Executive Director and Partner at J.Mendo Consultoria Empresarial

Speaker

Ana Maria Ferreira da Cunha - Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Anglo American & ESG Coordinator for Mining of IBRAM

Speaker

Anderson Baranov - CEO of Norsk Hydro Brasil & Senior Vice President of External Relations for South America

Speaker

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

Speaker

Mônica Pires Sodré -

Speaker

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

André Guimarães - Executive Director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute and IMAZON of IPAM

Moderator

Bernardo Strassburg - Founder and CEO of RE GREEN; Founder & Chief Scientist, International Institute for Sustainability; Assistant Professor at PUC-Rio University

Speaker

Francisco de Assis Costa - Full Professor at the Federal University of Pará, at the Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies (NAEA) and at the Postgraduate Program in Economics at UFPA

Speaker

Luana Maia - Lead, Global Brazil - Nature Finance

Speaker

Marcella Novaes - Executive Vice President - FIEPA

Speaker

Pedro Paulo Dias Mesquita - Market Intelligence Manager of Mining and Mineral Processing at BNDES

Speaker

PALCO C - BHP: PANEL 3 - CLIMATE SOLUTIONS HUB

Maria Netto - Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Climate and Society - ICS

Moderator

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

Speaker

Marcello Silva do Amaral Brito - Executive Secretary of the Consortium Amazônia Legal

Speaker

Vivian Mac Knight - General Manager of Climate Change and Decarbonization at Vale

Speaker

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

Sérgio Fausto - General Director of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation - FHC

Moderator

General do Exército José Ricardo Vendramin Nunes - Army General & Military Commander of the North

Speaker

Leandro Piquet Carneiro - Professor at the University of São Paulo & Coordinator of the School of Multidimensional Security Studies - Institute of International Relations

Speaker

Melina Risso - Research Director at the Igarapé Institute

Speaker

Renato Sérgio de Lima - President Director of the Brazilian Public Security Forum and Professor of the Department of Public Management at FGV EAESP

Speaker

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 -

Speaker

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

Speaker

Samuel Chrysostomo -

Speaker

Sílvia Cristina Alves França - Director of the Mineral Technology Center of CETEM

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

Livia Menezes Pagotto - Institutional Director of Instituto Arapyaú & Executive Secretary of Uma Concertação pela Amazônia

Moderator

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

Speaker

Joanna de Oliveira Leal Martins - Founder and Director of Operations at Manioca

Speaker

Thiago Falda Leite - Executive President of the Brazilian Bioinnovation Association

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 de Araújo Lins - Founding partner of Catavento Consultoria

Moderator

Davi Bomtempo - Environment and Sustainability Superintendent of CNI

Speaker

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

Speaker

Liège Vergili Correia -

Speaker

Marco Saltini - Vice-president at VW Truck & Bus

Speaker

Rodrigo Lauria -

Speaker

PALCO D - HYDRO: PANEL 8 - INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS

David Zylbersztajn - Professor at the Energy Institute at PUC Rio & Senior Partner of DZ Negócios com Energia

Moderator

Ana Cristina Barros -

Speaker

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

Speaker

Josiani Napolitano - Director of Institutional Relations at the Brazilian Association of Independent Electricity Producers - APINE & Vice President of the Electricity Sector Environment and Sustainability Forum - FMASE

Speaker

Luciene Machado - Deputy Managing Director, Project Preparation at BNDES

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 -

Moderator

Ana Cabral - CEO at Sigma Lithium

Speaker

Bruno Farah -

Speaker

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

Speaker

Fernanda Guabiroba -

Speaker

Jessica Naime - General Manager of Relationship and Corporate Social Responsibility at MRN

Speaker

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

Marcelo de Camargo Furtado - Head of Sustainability at Itaúsa & Executive Director of Instituto Itaúsa

Moderator

Caio Luiz Carneiro Magri -

Speaker

Carolina Graça - Director of Operations at the Green Bridge Facility, Igarapé Institute

Speaker

Sergio Leitão - Executive Director at Escolhas Institute

Speaker

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

Rafaela Guedes - Independent Consultant & Senior Fellow at Cebri

Moderator

Paulo Hartung - Executive President of the Brazilian Tree Industry - Ibá

Speaker

Roberto S. Waack -

Speaker

Tasso Azevedo - General Coordinator of MapBIomas

Speaker

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

Paulo Nassar - President of Aberje

Moderator

Leticia Zamperlini Jacintho -

Speaker

Neidinha Surui - Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo -

Speaker

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

Speaker

Ursula Vidal - Brazilian journalist, filmmaker and political activist, affiliated with União Brasil & current Secretary of Culture of the State of Pará and President of the National Forum of Secretaries and Directors of Culture

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

Raul Protázio Romão -

Speaker

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

Bruno Patrini Menna Barreto Gomes -

Moderator

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

Speaker

Grazielle Parenti - Executive Vice President of Sustainability at Vale

Speaker

Joana Chiavari - Research Director at Climate Policy Initiative - CPI/PUC-Rio

Speaker

Mauro Oliveira Pires -

Speaker

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

Rosa Lemos de Sá -

Moderator

André Lammerding-Berdau - Clusterkoordinator Biosfera/Tropenwald

Speaker

Rubens Benini - General Coordinator of the Coordination Council at Pacto pela Recuperação

Speaker

Tasso Azevedo - General Coordinator of MapBIomas

Speaker

Valmir Ortega - Executive Director at Belterra Agroflorestas

Speaker

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

Cláudio C. Maretti - Researcher (post-doctorate), consultant and volunteer; Leader of the Research Group on Collaborative Conservation and Protected and Conserved Areas, based at the Department of Geography at FFLCH USP (officialized with CNPq)

Moderator

Claudinete dos Santos Colé -

Speaker

Júlio Barbosa de Aquino - Extractive Leader & President of the National Council of Extractive Populations - CNS

Speaker

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

Speaker

Puyr Tembé - Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará & Co-founder of the National Association of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry - Anmiga

Speaker

17:00

PALCO UNICO: CONCLUSION AND CLOSING

Izabella Teixeira - Former Minister of Environment, Co-Chair IRP-UNEP and Member of the UN Economic and Social Council; Advisor Emeritus of CEBRI, Co-Chair of IRP-UN

Speaker

Raul Jungmann - CEO of IBRAM

Speaker

16:00

PALCO UNICO: ABERTURA DA CONFERÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL AMAZÔNIA E NOVAS ECONOMIAS

16:15