Local Organisers

Local Organising Committee

A Local Organising Committee helps with the implementation of the programme and with the logistics of the event:

ICSU

• Alice Abreu, Regional Coordinator, ICSU Rio+20 Initiative

UNESCO

• Ary Mergulhão, Science and Technology Officer, UNESCO's Brazil Office

WFEO

• Jorge Spitalnik, WFEO UN Relations Committee

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil

• Carlos Joly, Director, Secretariat of Policies and Programs in Research and Development, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil

Brazilian Academy of Sciences

• Jerson Lima Silva, Director
• Adalberto Val, Director

Especial Secretariat for Science and Technology of the City of Rio de Janeiro

• Franklin Dias Coelho, Secretary

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

• Luiz Felipe Guanaes Rego, Director of NIMA (Interdisciplinary Nucleus for the Environment)