Seminars
(Last updated on August 13, 2008)
Seminar 9: Logistics in the Amazon Region: Important Structuring Initiatives
Aim: To present the initiatives and/or projects underway or recently concluded, which bring the possibility of improvements to the logistics in the region, be they in terms of transport, airport structures or any other dynamics which have a positive effect on the region.
Partner Institution: Faculty of Technology at the Federal University of Amazonas (FT/UFAM)
September 10, 2008 (Wednesday)
8:30 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 1 Moderator.
8:40 am - Panel 1: Investments in the Region’s Logistics Infrastructure.
Moderator: Márcia Helena Veleda Moita, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), PhD in Production Engineering, at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region, at the Federal University of Amazonas (NTC/UFAM), Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Hércules Andre, Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region, at the Federal University of Amazonas (NTC/UFAM), studying for a Master’s degree in Production Engineering, Researcher on the THECNA and NTCODAM Project, Language: Portuguese.
Lectures:
8:50 am – 9:10 am
• Lecture 1 – The Port Infrastructure in Amazonas - Bottlenecks and Solutions – Rildo Cavalcante, Chairman of the State Superintendence for Navigation, Ports and Waterways (SNPH), Language: Portuguese.
9:10 am - 9:30 am
• Lecture 2 – The National Logistics and Transport Plan (PNLT) - Luiz Carlos Rodrigues Ribeiro, General Coordinator in charge of Planning, Ministry of Transport, Language: Portuguese.
9:30 am - 9:50 am
• Lecture 3 - Manaus Airport: Projects and Perspectives - Benigno Matias de Almeida, Regional Superintendent of INFRAERO, Language: Portuguese.
9:50 am – 10:20 am
• Lecture 4 – The Logistics Platform as a Competitive Differential for the Sustainable Development of the Amazon Region – Olavo Tapajós, Lecturer at the Amazonas Higher Education Center (CIESA), Studying for a PhD in Transport Planning, Language: Portuguese.
10:20 am – 11:20 am - Coffee break
11:20 am – 11:40 am
• Lecture 5 - The National Transport Confederation (CNT) Logistics Plan – nome, cargo/função atual da National Transport Confederation, maior titulação acadêmica, especialidade que o vincula ao seminário/painel, Language: Portuguese.
12:30 pm – Lunch
2:30 pm – Seminar Restart.
3:00 pm – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 1 Moderator.
3:00 pm – Panel 1 (continued): Investments in the Region’s Logistics Infrastructure.
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm
• Lecture 6 - TransMilenio - The Urban Transport Service Model in Bogotá, Colombia - Edgar Alfonso Buitrago Romero, Coordinator of the Water Transport Operations Group at the Colombian Ministry of Transport, Bachelor’s degree in Transport Engineering, Language: Spanish.
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
• Lecture 7 – River Transport in the Amazon Region - Waltair Vieira Machado, Director of the Faculty of Technology at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Water Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region (THECNA), Project Coordinator: Diagnosis and Proposals for Sustainable Development, PhD in Physics, Language: Portuguese.
3:50 pm – 4:50 pm - Coffee break
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm - Debate Session
6:00 pm - Close
September 11, 2008 (Thursday)
8:30 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 2 Moderator.
8:40 am – Panel 2: Integration Points: Logistical Alternatives
Moderator: José Luiz Fonseca da Silva Filho, Lecture at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), PhD in Production Engineering, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: José Teixeira de Araujo Neto Santos, Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region at the Federal University of Amazonas (NTC/UFAM), Researcher on the Logistics of Cargo Transport in Amazonas Project (NTCODAM), Language: Portuguese.
Lectures:
8:50 am – 9:10 am
• Lecture 1 – The ZFM Entrepôt as a Logistical Facilitator - José Darci Granziol, Superintendent Director of the Resende/RJ Entrepôt, Language: Portuguese.
9:10 am – 9:30 am
• Lecture 2 – The Port of Suape - João Poggi, Consultant in Ports, Formerly Port Management Director at Suape, Language: Portuguese.
9:50 am - Coffee break
10:30 am – 10:50 am
• Lecture 3 – Logistics as a Factor of Competitiveness - Wilder Ferreira da Cunha, Director of the Uberlândia Trade and Industry Association (ACIUB) and Superintendent of the Uberlândia Integrated Logistics Center (NIL), Language: Portuguese.
11:00 am – 12:30 pm - Debate Session
12:30 pm – Lunch
2:30 pm – Seminar Restart
3:00 pm – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 3 Moderator.
Panel 3: Integration of the North Region to the Brazilian South and Midlands.
Moderator: Mirian Buss Gonçalves, Lecturer at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (USFC), PhD in Production Engineering, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Nadja Vanessa Lins, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Master’s degree in Production Engineering, Researcher on the THECNA Project, Language: Portuguese.
Lectures:
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
• Lecture 1 – Water Transport in the Amazon Region - Philip M.. Fearnside, Senior Researcher at the National Amazon Region Research Institute (INPA), Post-doctorate studies specializing in Ecology: The Process and Impacts of Deforestation, Language: Portuguese.
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm
• Lecture 2 - Alternatives to Transport in the Amazon Region - Aimberê Freitas, Lecturer at the Roraima Faculty of Higher Education and Chairman of the Roraima Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Studying for a PhD in Transport Planning at UFRJ/COPPE/UFAM, Language: Portuguese.
3:50 pm – 4:30 pm - Coffee Break
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm
• Lecture 3 - Rail Transport as an Alternative for the Sustainable Development of the Amazon Region: Results of the Railroad v BR319 Highway Debate - Mariano Colini Cenamo, Executive Secretary of the Amazonas Institute of Conservation and Sustainable Development (IDESAM), Bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering, Promoters of debates on sustainability in the Amazon Region, Language: Portuguese.
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm
• Lecture 4: Sustainability v Integration in the Amazon Region - Virgilio Maurício Viana, General Director of the Sustainable Amazon Region Foundation, PhD in Sustainable Development, the person responsible for implementing sustainability projects in the Amazon Region, Language: Portuguese.
5:20 pm – Debate Session
September 12, 2008 (Friday)
8:30 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 4 Moderator.
8:40 am – Panel 4: South American Integration
Moderator: Antonio Marcos Siqueira, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), THECNA and NTCODAM Project Coordinator, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Language: Portuguese
Rapporteur: Fabrício Rodrigues Costa, Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region at the Federal University of Amazonas (NTC/UFAM), Studying for a Master’s degree in Production Engineering, Language: Portuguese.
Lectures:
8:50 am – 9:10 am
• Lecture 1 – Risks to the Multimodal Ecuador-Brazil Transport Infrastructure Processes - Salomón Enrique JAYA Quezada, Director of CETIF, Central University of Ecuador, Language: Spanish.
9:10 am – 9:30 am
• Lecture 2 – Prospects for the Atlantic – Pacific Route along the IIRSA NORTE Highway in Peru - José Luis Bonifaz Fernández, Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering, Master of Arts in Economics, Language: Spanish.
9:30 am – 9:50 am
• Lecture 3 – The Brazilian Government’s Projects and Prospects - nome, cargo/função atual do Ministry of Transport, maior titulação acadêmica, especialidade que o vincula ao seminário/painel, Language: Portuguese.
9:50 am - 10:30 am - Coffee Break
10:30 am – 10:50 am
• Lecture 4 - Contributions to the National Transport Logistics Plan in the IIRSA Context – An Initiative for The Regional Infrastructural Integration of South America - Waltair Vieira Machado, Director of the Faculty of Technology at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Water Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region (THECNA), Project Coordinator: Diagnosis and Proposals for Sustainable Development, PhD in Physics, Language: Portuguese.
10:50 am – 11:10 am
Lecture 5 - Results of the UFAM-ULg-UCE Tripartite Strategic Alliance in the Area of Multimodal Transport - Jaime Hernán Gutierrez Padilla, Lecture at the Central University of Ecuador, Master’s degree in Naval Engineering, Language: Spanish.
11:10 am – 12:30 pm - Debate Session
12:30 pm - Lunch
2:30 pm - Seminar Restart.
3:00 pm - Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 5 Moderator.
3:10 pm - Panel 5: Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region at the Faculty of Technology at the Federal University of Amazonas (FT/UFAM)
Moderator: Elton Fernandes, Lecturer at the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research into Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/COPPE), PhD in Production Engineering, THECNA Coordinator, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Fabrício Rodrigues Costa, Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region (NTC), Studying for a Master’s degree in Production Engineering, Researcher at the THECNA and NTCODAM Project, Language: Portuguese.
Lectures:
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
• Lecture 1 – Passenger Transport - Nadja Vanessa Lins, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Master’s degree in Production Engineering, Researcher at the THECNA Project, Language: Portuguese.
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm
• Lecture 2 – Cargo Transport - Márcia Helena Veleda Moita, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), PhD in Production Engineering, at the Center for Studies and Research into Logistics, Transport and Shipbuilding in the Amazon Region at the Federal University of Amazonas (NTC/UFAM), Language: Portuguese.
3:50 pm – 4:30 pm - Coffee Break
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm
• Lecture 3 – The Shipbuilding Industry - Nilson Barreiros, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), PhD in Production Engineering, THECNA Project Coordinator, Language: Portuguese.
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm
• Lecture 4 – Database - Antonio Marcos Siqueira, Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), THECNA and NTCODAM Project Coordinator, maior titulação acadêmica, Language: Portuguese
5:10 pm – 6:00 pm - Debate session with the participation of some special guests
Special Guests:
Lecturers from UFRJ/COPPE, Lecturers from Belém, Representatives of Government Institutions: ANTAQ, Brazilian Merchant Navy, FINEP, the Ministry of Transport, the Legislative Assembly of Manaus, the Manaus Ship Owners’ Association, amongst other institutions.
6:00 pm – Close
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