About the event
Profile of Participants
Delegates attending the “1st LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABILITY” will come from a cross-sectorial range of areas. These are:
1. members of NGOs;
2. researchers at universities and research centres;
3. representatives from public and private companies;
4. members of social movements;
5. project officers and consultants;
6. other people interested in the topic.
The participation of doctoral students is warmly encouraged and supervisors/advisers are kindly requested to facilitate their participation. The sort of international exposure and the rich content of this Symposium will be beneficial to their training and to their future careers.
It is believed that this wide range of participants will help to outline the need for and the usefulness of integrated approaches towards social responsibility and sustainability, and hence contribute to the further consolidation of this thematic area.
MAIN TOPICS
Green factory
Green and sustainable supply chain
Sustainable Energy
Circular Economy
Renewable Energy
Industry 4.0
Digital Transformation
Reverse and green logistics
Material Innovation
Forest conservation
Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR
Social Innovation
Sustainable Cities
Sustainable Campus
Sustainable Universities
Sustainable marketing
Greenwashing cases
Social business
Social Inclusion for Livable Societies
Gender and diversity studies
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
Health, Comfort and Well-Being for a Better Life
Resilient Transport Systems and Mobility Solutions
Urban Regeneration, Planning and Design
Product Lifecycle Management
Social innovation
Sustainable Finance
Other topics related with sustainability in a general view
CO-CHAIRS
- Prof. Walter Leal, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
- Prof. Ubiratã Tortato, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (Brazil)
- Dr. Fernanda Frankenberger Silva, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná and Universidade Positivo (Brazil)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Bruno Henrique Rocha Fernandes - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Gianfranco Franz - Universitá degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
- Massimiliano Mazzanti - Universitá degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
- Rodrigo Lozano - University of Gävle, Sweden
- Ana Elena Builes Velez - Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia
- Carlos Daniel López Preciado - Universidad de Colima, Mexico
- Bárbara Galleli Dias - UFPR, Brazil
- Marcos Ferasso - Universidad de Lima, Peru
- Guillermo Javier Diaz Villavicencio - UNILA, Brazil
- Carlos Olavo Quandt - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Nelson Amaro - Galileo Universidad, Guatemala
- Eric Pallant - Allegheny College, United States
- Diane Pruneau - Université de Moncton, Canada
- Joao Hoefel - UNIFAAT, Brazil
- Federica Doni - Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
- Sonia Seixas - UNICAMP, Brazil
- Gricelda Herrera - Universidad Peninsula de Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Luis Vargas - Universidad de Chile, Chile
- Osiris Cancilieri Júnior - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Paulo Cruz Filho - Sistema B, Brazil
- Guilherme Francisco Frederico - UFPR, Brazil
- Cecilia M. V. B. Almeida - Journal of Cleaner Production and UNIP, Brazil
- Luciana Londero Brandli, UPF, Brazil
- David Chavez - PUCP, Perú
- Danielle Denes - Universidade Positivo, Brazil
Pablo Cortinez - Fund. Vida Silvestre Argentina - UCEMA, Argentina
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT
- Dr. Mihaela Sima, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Romania
LOCAL SCIENTIFIC AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Matheus Ramos Hamerschmidt - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Pablo Lucas Carpejani Farias de Lima - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Moriel Savagnago – Universidade Positivo, Brazil
- Bárbara Maria Fritzen Gomes - Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brazil
- Janaina Camile Pasqual Lofhagen - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio – Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
COOPERATING ORGANISATIONS
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP)
- German-Brazilian Science and Technology Network (GERBRAS-SCIENCENET)