Auditorium Program

8:00 a.m to 8:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
8:35 a.m to 10:05 TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:10 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Auditorium

OPENING CERIMONY

  • Marcus Vinicius Aguiar, President of AEA
  • Claudio Sahad, President of SINDIPEÇAS
  • Igor Calvet, Executive President of ANFAVEA
  • Marcelo Godoy, President of ABEIFA
  • Daniel Randon, Honorary President of SIMEA 2026
  • Marinna Silva, SIMEA Coordinator
  • Adalberto Maluf, Secretary for Urban Environment and Environmental Quality, MMA – Ministry of Environment
  • Renato Cabral Dias Dutra, National Secretary for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, MME – Ministry of Mines and Energy
  • Uallace Moreira, Secretary for Industrial Development, Innovation, Trade, and Services, MDIC – Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Auditorium

PANEL 1: “The Driving Force of Brazil: Agro 5.0, Biofuels, and Sustainable Mobility for Heavy Vehicles”

Lecture 1: “The Future of Biofuels and Renewable Infrastructure”
Speaker: Marcus D’Elia, Leggio Consultoria

Lecture 2: “Innovation Transforming Agribusiness: From AI to Propulsion Systems”
Speaker: Jeferson Lima, AGCO

Lecture 3: “Energy Transition Challenges in Trucks and Buses”
Speaker: Gilberto Martins, ANFAVEA

Moderator: Andrea Ramos, Estadão

12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m
Auditorium
SPECIAL LECTURE:
Theme: “AI and New Architectures Enhancing Decision-Making, Control, and Experience”
Speaker: Leimar Mafort, BOSCH
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
SPECIAL LECTURE:
Theme: “Ambition and Reality: Scaling Sustainable Innovations for Mobility”
Speaker: Roberto David Mendes da Silva, PETROBRAS
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
4:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
6:00 p.m Panel Discussion: “Brazil: A Global Exporter of Technological Solutions”
Guests: Livia Reis Rocha, BNDES / Joel Boareto, MIB / Camila Ramos, CELA and FIESP / Everton Lopes, AEA
Moderator: Pedro Kutney, Autodata

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

8:00 a.m to 8:30 a.m REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.
Auditorium

PANEL 2: “The Digitalization of the Sector: From Software Code to the Factory Floor”.

Lecture 1: “Software & AI: Software-Defined Vehicles, Security, and Connectivity”
Speaker: Fábio Maia, Cesar Centro Inovação

Lecture 2: “AI Applied to Testing Processes”
Speaker: Matthieu Claudet, AVL Austria

Lecture 3: “AI Applied to Manufacturing”
Speaker: Filip Mizoe, General Motors

Moderator: Anderson Suzuki, AEA

12:05 p.m to 1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m TECHNICAL SESSIONS
3:00 p.m to 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium
SPECIAL LECTURE: “The Importance of Additives in the Energy Transition”
Speaker: INNOSPEC
3:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m
Auditorium
PANEL DISCUSSION: Women in High Gear: Leadership, Innovation, and Engineering in Mobility
Guests: Bia Figueiredo / Rachel Loh / Alessandra Alves / Fabiana Ecclestone / Suzane Carvalho
Moderator: Keurrie Goes, Petrobras
4:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Auditorium
CLOSING
4:45 p.m to 5:15 p.m NETWORKING COFFEE