Speakers

Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of S. Paulo/Brazil, Immediate Past President of the University of S. Paulo (USP). Civil Engineer and MEng (Building) Escola Politécnica USP (EPUSP); PhD (Civil Engineering), King's College London. Professor of Civil Engineering Materials and Components (EPUSP). Former Board VP of the Int. Council for Research and Innovation on Building and Construction (CIB, Rotterdam); Founder board member and President of the Brazilian Council for Sustainable Construction (CBCS). Research topics: development of building materials, mainly fibre reinforced ones; quality assurance of constructions and sustainable construction.