INSTITUTO DE ARQUITETOS DO BRASIL | RJ
SUSTAINABLE CITY
expression of the 21st century
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CONFERENCES >> June 18th to 22nd, 2012
Conferences and round-tables on
urban and metropolitan issues
IAB-RJ Head Office
rua do Pinheiro 10, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro | www.iabrj.org.br
June 18th | Monday
09:00 - 10:00
Reception and registration
10:00 - 10:50
Opening Ceremony
Inês Magalhães
National Housing Secretary, Ministry for Cities
Francisco Gaetani
Executive Secretary, Ministry for the Environment
Joan Clos
Executive Director ONU-Habitat
Albert Doubler
President International Union of Architects
Jorge R. Monti
President of the Panamerican Federation of Architects Associations
Haroldo Pinheiro
President of the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil
CAU-BR
Sergio Ferraz Magalhães
President of the Institute of Architects of Brazil - IAB
10:50 - 13:00
Opening Conference “Cities for people“
Jan Gehl, conference | Professor Emeritus School of
Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pedro Claudio Cunca B. B. Cunha, presentation, comments and
mediation | Professor and Coordinator of the Section of Urban
Development and Sustainability of the BRICS - Policy Center at
Pontifical Catholic University - PUC-Rio
14:30 -15:50
Conference - Sustainable City and Environment
Leo Heller | Professor Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG
Francis Bogossian, comments | President of the Association of
Engineers, Rio de Janeiro
16:00 - 17:40
Round Table – Environmental Issues of the Metropolis
Felipe Leal | Secretary of Urban Development, Mexico City
Maria Teresa Serra | Consultant BIRD
Marilene Ramos, comments | President of the State Institute for
the Environment - INEA
June 19th | tuesday
14:00 - 14:30
Reception and Registration
14:30 - 15:50
Conference - Sustainable City and Housing
Vanderley John | Professor University of São Paulo - Polytechnic
João Whitaker | Professor University of São Paulo - HousingLab
José Conde Caldas, comments | Association of the Real State
Developers of Rio de Janeiro - ADEMI-RJ
16:00 - 17:40
Round Table - Housing
Inês Magalhães | National Housing Secretary, Ministry for the Cities
Antônio Augusto Veríssimo | Planning and Project Coordinator
at the Housing Secretary, City of Rio de Janeiro - PCRJ
Claudio Accioly, comments and mediation | Chief Housing Policy
Section of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UN-Habitat
June 20th | wednesday
PEOPLE’S SUMMIT DEBATE
Forum on Accessibility and Sustainability
18:30 - 21:30
Organized by CAU-RJ
June 21st | thursday
PEOPLE’S SUMMIT DEBATE
Forum on Rio Landscape Declaration
18:30 - 21:30
Organized by CAU-RJ with participation of ABAP and
PROURB /FAU-UFRJ
>> The objective of the Sustainable Cities conference is to discuss how modern
metropolis’ can approach the issue of sustainability. Big cities face a host of
challenges, economic growth, social equity and the environment. How can
housing, sanitation and mobility programs and policies be designed to best
address the concerns of their citizens while at the same time staying green?
June 22nd | friday
10:30 - 11:00
Reception and registration
11:00 - 12:30
Conference Sustainable cities: does urban form matters
Marcial Echenique, conference | Professor Cambridge
University, UK
Ephim Shluger, comments and mediation | Consultant World Bank
- BIRD
14:30 - 15:50
Conference - Sustainable city and mobility
Rômulo Orrico | Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
COPPE - UFRJ
Alexandre Sansão, comments | Secretary of Transportation, City
of Rio de Janeiro
16:00 - 17:40
Round Table – Mobility, Public Space and the Streets
Andrés Borthagaray | Professor General Sarmiento University,
Argentina
Juan Carlos Dextre | Prof. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru,
Lima
Fabiana Izaga, comments and mediation | School of Architecure
and Urbanism Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - FAU-UFRJ
18:00 - 19:30
Conference “Mobility rights in the contemporary city“
Manuel Herce Vallejo, conference | Polythecnic University of
Catalunya – UPC, Spain
Sergio Ferraz Magalhães, presentation, comments and mediation |
School of Architecure and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro - PROURB / FAU-UFRJ
Closing
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