All Day

Arrival of delegates

Day I - November 6th, 2019

 8:30 

Departure from hotel (Windsor Florida Hotel) to IMPA

9:00 – 9:30

Registration

9:30 – 10:00

Opening Session - 

• Carlos Matsumoto, General-Coordinator of Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Brazil (5 min)
• Ksenia Trinchenko, Head, Division of multilateral cooperation and international organisations, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Russia (5 min)
• Arvind Kumar, Scientist-E, International Multilateral & Regional Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology, India(5 min)
• TBC, HoD, China (5 min)
• Punkah Mdaka, Director: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa (5 min)
• Business Agenda by Brazil (5 min)

Joint Session: BRICS Young Scientist Forum and BRICS Academies of Science

         Theme: Fostering BRICS long term science, technology and innovation cooperation through the partnership among Academies of Science and Young Scientists.   

          -       Introduction: Carlos Matsumoto, General-Coordinator of Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Brazil (5 min)

         Science Academies Perspective

Plenary Session I – Young Women in Science

Keynote speaker: Marcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Brazil (20 min)

Parallel Session 1A - Cybersecurity

Parallel Session 2A - Bioeconomy

Parallel Session 3A – Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Parallel Session 1B – Cybersecurity

Parallel Session 2B – Bioeconomy

Presentations (career pathway and current research projects)

- Mário Tyago Murakami, National Laboratory of Bio-renewables, Brazil (7 min)

- Hugo Bruno Correa Molinari, Brazilian Agricultural Research Company, Brazil (7 min)

- Alexey Alekseenko, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Russia (7 min)

- Elena Anufriieva, Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russia (7 min)

- Priyanka Bajaj, CSIR,IMTECH, India (7 min)

- Meenakshi Verma, Chandigarh University, India (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- Didi Makaula, University of Cape Town, South Africa (7 min)

- Ashira Roopnarain, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa (7 min)

Parallel Session 3B – Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 Plenary Session II – Science Diplomacy

Parallel Session 1C – Cybersecurity

Parallel Session 2C – Bioeconomy

Parallel Session 3C – Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Presentation of innovation projects

- João Americo Macori Barboza, Unifil, Brazil (12 min)

- Alena Poliakova, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Russia (12 min)

- Nivetha Anbalagan, VIT University, Vellore, India (12 min)

- Tong Peng, Beijing Nature Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. China (12 min)

- Mr Sello Malinga, Inno R Solutions, South Africa (12min)

- Q&A 30 min

Parallel Session 1D – Cybersecurity

Parallel Session 2D – Bioeconomy

Presentations (career pathway and current research projects)

- Milca Rachel da Costa Ribeiro Lins, Federal University of Pernambuco and State Univeristy of São Paulo, Brazil (7 min)

- Pamella Suely Santa Rosa Pimentel, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil (7 min)

- Viacheslav Vasenev, RUDN University, Russia (7 min)

- Vera Vil, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Science, Russia (7 min)

- Anchal Garg, GGS-IPU, India (7 min)

- Sakar Mohan, Jain University,India (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- Dr Palesa Sekhejane, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa (7 min)

- Ms Lerato Madike, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa (7 min)

- Discussion 20 min

Parallel Session 3D – Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Parallel Session 1E – Cybersecurity

Presentations (career pathway and current research projects)

- Michele Nogueira Lima, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (7 min)

- Raphael Carlos Santos Machado, Fluminense Fedeal University and Inmetro, Brazil (7 min)

- Andrey Barinov, South Ural State University, Russia (7 min)

- Stepan Botman, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Russia (7 min)

- TBC, YS from India (7 min)

- TBC, YS from India (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- Mr Innocent Mbona, University of Pretoria, South Africa (7 min)

- Mr Frans Blauw, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (7 min)

- Discussion (20 min)

Parallel Session 2E – Bioeconomy

Presentations (career pathway and current research projects)

- Simone Pereira de Souza, State University of Campinas, Brazil (7 min)

- Tamar Roitman, Getúlio Vargas Foundation -RJ, Brazil (7 min)

- Vera Iurak, The Ural State Mining University Russia (7 min)

- Egor Rochin, Far Eastern Federal University Russia (7 min)

- Sreenivan Ayothriraman, NIT,Andra Pradesh,India (7 min)

- Manisha Sharma, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, India (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- TBC, YS from China (7 min)

- Dr Bongiwe Mcata,Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa (7 min)

- Ms Liesel van Emmenes, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (7 min)

- Discussion 20 min

Parallel Session 3E – Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Presentation of innovation projects

- Ygor Requenha Romano, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (12 min)

- Anton Ivankov, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Russia (12 min)

- Pooja Munjal, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India (12 min)

- Yuhan Fu, Boya Gongdao Beijing Robot Technology Co.,Ltd. China (12 min)

- Mr Tshepo Ndlovu, EezeeFeeder, South Africa (12min)

- Q&A 30 min

Parallel Session 1F – Cybersecurity

Parallel Session 2F – Bioeconomy

Incentives, constraints and opportunities for BRICS cooperation in the Bioeconomy Field

-  Introduction by facilitator (10 min)

- Fabio Trigo Raya, State University of Campinas, Brazil (10 min)

-  Vera Vil, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Science, Russia (10 min)

-  Neha Sharma, Poddar International College, Jaipur, India (10 min)

-  TBC,YS from China (10 min)

Ms Zabentungwa Hlongwana, University of KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa (10 min)

Meeting of the BRICS YSF Coordinators

Themes to be discussed:

- YSF Steering Committee (45 min)

- Terms of Reference (45 min)

- Fixed format and program (45 min)

- Others (45 min)

Plenary Session III – Conclusions of Parallel Sessions and Way Forward

-       TBC, Report from Representative of Parallel Session 1 (20 min)

-       TBC,Report from Representative of Parallel Session 2 (20 min)

Discussion (40 min)

Plenary Session IV – Young Innovators Prize Finals

Announcement of the 5 finalists (5 min)

-       Presentation of finalist 1 (10 min)

-       Presentation of finalist 2 (10 min)

-       Presentation of finalist 3 (10 min)

-       Presentation of finalist 4 (10 min)

-       Presentation of finalist 5 (10 min)

General comments from Adjudicators (5 min)