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JOSÉ ROBERTO MOREIRA
Chairman of the Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass
CENBIO

Mr. Moreira is Chairman of the Board of Centro Nacional de Referência de Biomassa (CENBIO) sited in São Paulo, Brazil. His current professional and academic posts include:
• Consultant for the Secretariat of Environment, State of São Paulo
• Vice President of the Brazilian Association of Energy Savings Companies (ABESCO)
• Technical Director of Negawatt Ltd. - an ESCO enterprise
• Professor of Physics at the Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo
• Professor of Energy at the Instituto de Eletrotécnica e Energia da Universidade de São Paulo.

He is an active speaker, presenting at conferences worldwide. He is the author of 210 papers in the area of Nuclear Physics, Atomic Physics, Energy Conservation, Energy Planning, Energy and Environment. He has also participated in 370 academic and industry events from which more than 190 outside of Brazil between 1966 – 2002. His professional energy experience includes:

• President of the Brazilian Society for Energy Planning, 1997-2000
• Leading Author of the IPCC-95, subgroup Energy Supply and Energy Primer, Working Group II
• Convening Leading Author of the SRTT (Special Report On Technology Transfer)-IPCC- subgroup Energy Supply, 1999
• Convening Leading Author Of The Third Assessment Report (TAR-IPCC), subgroup on Technological and Economic Issues on Energy Supply and Use, Working Group III, 1998-2000
• Under-Secretary of Energy at the Ministery of Mines and Energy in 1985-1986
• President of the Electricity Conservation Program (PROCEL) 1885-1888
• Vice-President for Studies and Energy Development at CESP - Companhia Energética de São Paulo, from 1983 to 1987.
• Manager of Coque e Álcool da Madeira S.A. from 1980 to 1983

Mr. Moreira is an Electric Engineer with option on Electronics by Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, 1962, holds a Master in Nuclear Physics, Saskatchewan University, Saskatoon / Canadá, 1969 and a PhD in Physics - Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo, 1971.


 


 
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