Overview

Speakers:

Claudio Nascimento, Vice Presidente da Rede Brasileira de Cidades Inteligentes e Humanas (http://redebrasileira.org/)

João Souza, CEO Projecto FA.VELA, capacitação e empreendedorismo

Mônica Bouqvar: Projecto MEmaker, digitalização e empoderamento 

Moderator: Silvia Ferreira (CES)

Bio notes

Cláudio Nascimento
I have almost a decade of experience working on public policies to development, especially through technology. Today I am:

-Vice President of the Brazilian Network of Smart Human Cities.
-Councilor of Porto Digital in Recife
-OASC (Open & Agile Smart Cities) Representative in Brazil.
-Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the National Forum of Municipal Officials and Secretaries of Science, Tech & Innov.
-Curator, Producer, and Speaker on Smart Cities in Campus Party Brazil
-Director of Technology in the municipality of Olinda.

João Souza
Specialist in marketing, entrepreneurship and social innovation. Consultant in social business and projects with positive socio-environmental and economic impact. Co-founder and CEO of FA.VELA, first Brazillian favela-based business and project accelerator, focused on developing the ecosystem of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in favelas and vulnerable territories.

Monica Bouqvar
Psychologist, postgraduate and history of art and art therapist.
Founder of the memaker project, it takes free robotics and creative expression to teenagers from favelas and vulnerable territories. She aims to expand the project to other communities.
Coming from the contemporary art market when she lived in the city of São Paulo, after her return to the city of Recife, She saw the need to contribute through knowledge exchange with teenagers from favelas. Worried about the lack of opportunity, for people at this age, she researched what already existed, and saw that there was a need of interesting activities and a tie that could lead these young people to a better future career.