Meeting CNI SUSTAINABILITY 2013
WATER: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAZIL
October 24th, 2013
Hotel Sofitel Rio de Janeiro| Copacabana
8am - 9am
Registration & Welcome Coffee
9am - 10am
Opening Session
Robson Braga de Andrade - President of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry
Olavo Machado Junior – President of the Industry Federation for the State of Minas Gerais
and President of the Environment Council for CNI
Izabella Teixeira - Ministry of the Environment - Brazil
Vicente Andreu Guillo - President of the Brazilian National Water Agency
Paulo Godoy - President of the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure
Benedito Braga - President of the World Water Council
Marina Grossi- President of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development
10am – 11.30am
Introductory Panel - After Rio + 20 Earth Summit: the challenges of sustainable
development goals and post 2015 agenda development
Kathleen Dominique - Environment Economist for the Horizontal Water Programme at
OECD- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho - General Sub Secretary of Environment, Energy and
Special Themes / Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Benedito Braga - President of the World Water Council
Nikhil Chandavarkar - Chief Outreach and CommunicationsBranch - Division for Sustainable
Development - Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations
11.30am - 1pm
Panel I - Corporative Water Management: water risks for business
Facilitator: William Waack – Journalist
Participants
Anders Berntell - Executive Director of 2030 Water Resources Group – International Finance
Corporation
Jon Freedman - Vice President of Government Relations for General Electric’s Global Water
Business
Ricardo Vescovi de Aragão - Director of Samarco & Council President of the Brazilian Mining
Institute
Joppe Cramwinckel - Director of Water Programme / World Business Council for Sustainable
Development -WBCSD
1pm - 2pm
Brunch
2pm - 3.30pm
Painel II - Public Policies on Water Management: are water markets an option?
Facilitator: William Waack – Journalist
Participants
Vicente Andreu Guillo - President of Brazilian National Water Agency
Luiz Gabriel Azevedo - Sustainability Director of Oderbrecht Construction & President of the
Brazilian Water Association
Jerson Kelman - Ex President of Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency & National Water
Agency
3.30pm-5pm
Panel III - Opportunities for Universalization of Sanitation: international experiences and a
national vision
Facilitator: William Waack – Journalist
Participants
Flávio Arakaki- National Superintendent of Special Investment Funds at ‘Caixa Econômica
Federal’ Bank
Roberto Cavalcanti Tavares - President of the Sanitation Company for the State of
Pernambuco (COMPESA)
Magaly Espinosa Sarria - Superintendent of Water Services / Chilean Government
Newton de Lima Azevedo Junior - Vice-President of the Brazilian Association for
Infrastructure & Governor for the World Water Council
Gesner Oliveira - Consultant abd parter of GO Associates
5pm
Closure Session