Day 3 - 30/04/2026

Time Room Event
9–10hIVSymposium 2 – Translational Science: Bridging Basic Research and Societal Impact
Chair: Dr. Jochen Junkler (Fiocruz-RJ/Brazil)

Basic and Translational Research in Neuroscience: From the laboratory bench to the patient

Humboldtian: Prof. Dr. Claudio Oscar Fernández Outón (Max Planck Laboratory for Structural Biology, Argentina)
10–11hIVPoster Session with Refreshments – PhD candidates and researchers
11–13hIVSession 2 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Programs and Opportunities
Chair: Prof. Dr. Roberto Hofmeister Pich

Ambassador Scientist of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Brazil: Prof. Dr. Juliana Pasquarelli Perez (USP/Brazil)

Representative of DAAD-RJ: Betina Soares (DAAD-RJ)
13–14hRestaurantLunch
14–16hI and IV Round Table 5 and Round Table 6
IRound Table 5 – Technology and Climate Change Impacts: Emerging Diseases, Biodiversity Loss, and Paths for Action
Chair: Dr. Karinne Marieta Carvalho (Fiocruz-RJ/Brazil)

Plants for the future: Biotechnology innovations for a Green and Regenerative Agriculture in Brazil

Researcher: Profa. Dra. Adriana S. Hemerly (UFRJ/Brazil)

Advances in solar photovoltaics, energy storage, electrical mobility, green hydrogen and agrivoltaics in Brazil

Humboldtian: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Rüther (UFSC/Brazil)

Living in Overshoot: Three Generations and the Question of Climate Futures

Humboldtian: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Araújo (UERJ/Brazil)

How technology is changing our knowledge of the diversity and evolution of primates

Humboldtian: Rodrigo Costa Araújo (Universidade Federal do Amazonas(Brazil)/ German Primate Center, (Germany))
IVRound Table 6 – Technology, Data, Culture and the Future of Cities
Chair: Marcelo Nurnberg Schroeder (UFSC/Brazil)

Creative Territories: Culture, Innovation and Technology

Humboldtian: Carolina Viviane Nunes (Humanität)

Perception of the impacts of AI among creative professionals in Brazil

Experienced Researcher: Beth Ponte (Deck Digital Intelligence for Culture)

Curative Territories

Experienced Researcher: Alex Moreira Lima (Unesco Sost - Transcriativa)

The New Forms of the Image: On Art and Technology in Current Times

Humboldtian: Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zacarias (UNICAMP/Brazil)
16–17hIVPoster Session with Refreshments – PhD candidates and researchers
17–19hIVClosing Plenary Session

The President of the Clube Humboldt do Brasil: Prof. Dr. Mônica Santos de Freitas (UFRJ/Brazil)

Sponsor

Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation

Organizers

UFRJ – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro IBqM – Instituto de Bioquímica Médica inbeb – Instituto Nacional de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem Humanität Clube Humboldt do Brasil