1st Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposium 2010

Program

Thursday, September 16
7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception / Vin d'honneur
Dinner at the Hotel Restaurant

Friday, September 17
from 6:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Sandoval Carneiro, Director of International Relations, CAPES
Gisela Janetzke, Vice Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Carlos Eduardo Pereira, Committee Co-chair (Brazil)
Alfred Ludwig, Committee Co-chair (Germany)
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. EMERGING COOLING TECHNOLOGIES
Organizers: Jader Riso Barbosa Jr. and Sabine Schlecht

Magnetocaloric Microcoolers
Maria Luisa Sartorelli, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Thermoelectric Materials for Low Temperature Applications
Gabi Schierning, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. EMERGING COOLING TECHNOLOGIES (cont.)

Heat Driven Cooling: Sorption Systems and Solar Cooling
Tomas Núñez, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany
Thermal-Control of Microprocessors and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Gherhardt Ribatski, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Hotel Restaurant
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Organizers: Luis Guilherme Barbosa Rolim and Martin Dornheim

Future Development of Hydrogen Storage Materials
Wiebke Lohstroh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Semiconductor Electrodes for Solar Energy Conversion: Application in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Hydrogen Production and Water Disinfection
Claudia Longo, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE (cont.)

Lithium Ion Battery Systems In Automotive Applications
Gerd-Hendrik Greiwe, University of Muenster, Institute of Materials Physics, Germany
Hydrogen Production from Ethanol and Storage
João Carlos Camargo, Hytron Ind. – Hydrogen Technology, Brazil
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Poster Session I
5:45 - 6:30 p.m. Poster Session II
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. 2011 Organizing Committee Meeting for OCs and Co-Chairs 2011
7:00 p.m. Dinner at a Winery-Growing

Saturday, September 18
from 6:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. BIO-INSPIRED MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
Organizers: Wilson Kindlein Jr. and Martin Steinhart

Functional Plant Surfaces as Models for Biomimetic Materials
Kerstin Koch, Rhine-Waal University, Kleve, Germany
Design and Materials: A Bionic Approach
Annelise Kopp Alves, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. BIO-INSPIRED MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS (cont.)

Bioinspired Reversible Adhesives for Dry and Wet Conditions
Aránzazu del Campo, Max Planck Institute for Polymere Research, Mainz, Germany
Bionic – Patents from Nature
Sérgio Stefano Guerreiro, ThyssenKrupp Metalúrgica Campo Limpo Ltda., Engenharia Avançada, Brazil
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. CAPES Programs
AvH Programs / CONNECT
1:00 p.m. Leaving for the Cultural Program / Take away lunch on the bus
4:00 p.m. Visit to the Stone Path
5:30 p.m. Dinner at a Winery-Growing

Sunday, September 19
from 6:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 a.m. SELF-ORGANIZATION AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Organizers: Fernando von Zuben and Klaus Wehrle

Self-Organization and Adaptive Systems in Information Technology: Self-Organization and Topological Maps
Aluizio Fausto Ribeiro Araújo, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Organic Computing - A Model for Self-Adaptation! (?)
Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. SELF-ORGANIZATION AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (cont.)

Self-Organization and Adaptation in Mutiagent Systems
Ana Lucia Cetertich Bazzan, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Humanoid Robots: A Challenge for AI and Robotics
Sven Behnke, University of Bonn, Germany
11:30 - 11:40 a.m. Closing Remarks
12:30 p.m. Lunch at the Hotel Restaurant
After lunch buses will depart for the airport

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