| August 12, 1999 |
| Registration |
8:00 - 8:30 |
| Inaugural comments |
8:45 - 9:00 |
Session 1
Panel 1: Large Dams and their Alternatives in Brazil |
 Abstracts of Panel 1 submissions ->
English | Português
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Mr.
Luis Alberto Machado Fortunato
Eletrobras
The role of hydro-electricity in the Brazilian power sector |
9:00 - 9:15 |
Mr
Sadi Baron
MAB, National Movement of Dam Affected People
Reparations and indemnification for losses suffered by dams affected populations |
9:15 - 9:30 |
Mr.
Cassio Viotti
CBGB, Brazil Chapter, International Commission on Large Dams
Large dams and power production - the Brazilian experience
|
9:30-9:45 |
Prof.
Aziz Ab' Saber
University of São Paulo
A review of the regional dams and reservoirs in Brazil |
9:45 - 10:00 |
| Commissioners Question Time |
10:00 - 10:30 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
| Panel 2: Large Dams and their Alternatives: Future Energy
Trends |
11:00 – 11:15 |
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Abstracts of Panel 2 submissions ->
English
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Mr
Teodoro Sanchez
ITDG, Intermediate Technology Development Group, Peru
Small hydro as an energy option for rural areas
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Mr.
Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos
ANEEL, Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency, Brazil
Evolution of hydro-electric industry in Brazil: regulatory and institutional aspects |
11:15 - 11:30 |
Mr.
Alan Poole
INEE, Institution for Electrical Energy, Brazil
The challenge and limits of large dams in Brazil
|
11:30 - 11:45 |
Dr
Jaime Millan
Inter American Development Bank, USA/Colombia
The future of large dams in Latin America: IADB's energy strategy for the region
|
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
12:00 - 12: 30 |
| Lunch Break |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Session
2
Panel 3: Large Dams and Indigenous/Traditional People |
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Abstracts of Panel 3 submissions ->
English
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Mr.
Jose Porfirio Fontanelle de Carvalho
Eletronorte, Brazil
Indian communities and power utilities in the Brazilian Amazon: Eletronorte's experience
|
14:00 - 14:15 |
Mr. José Rodrigues and Mr. Euclides Pereira Macuxi
National Movement for Human Rights and 33 groups, Brazil
Socio-cultural rights and ethnic diversity of the indigenous and quilombo people |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Mr.
Salomon Nahmad Sitton
Research Centre on Social Anthropology, Mexico
The impact of hydro-electric dams on indigenous people, chinantecos, otomies and
huicholes: a casestudy from Mexico
|
14:30 - 14:45 |
Mr. Hector Huertas and Mr. Bonarge Pacheco
International Association for Environmental Defence, Panama
The Bayano hydo-electric dam in Parana
|
14:45 - 15: 00 |
Mr
Carlos Chen
Rio Negro community representative, Guatemala
The Chixoy dam case |
15:00 - 15:15 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
15:15 - 15:45 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
15:45 - 16:15 |
| Panel
4: Large Dams and the Environment |
|
Abstracts of Panel 4 submissions ->
English
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Mr.
Jorge Cappato
Fondacion Proteger, Argentina
Dams and climate change: new hydro-electric projects in the La Plata watershed
|
16:15 - 16:30 |
Mr.
Philip Fearnside
INPA, National Institute for Research on the Amazon, Brazil
Tucurui Dam: lessons in planning and impacts |
16:30 - 16:45 |
Mr.
Ricardo Canese
Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Paraguay
Preliminary profile of water resource management of the Parana River Project
|
16:45 - 17:00 |
Mr.
Fabio Feldmann
Consultant, and former Secretary of Environment, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Dams, sustainability and public consultation mechanisms |
17:00 - 17:15 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
17:15 - 17:45 |
| August 13, 1999 |
Session 1
Panel 5: Large Dams and their Alternatives: Social and Resettlement Issues |
|
Abstracts of Panel 5 submissions ->
English
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Prof.
Celio Bermann
Graduate Programme on Energy, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Community-managed resettlement: the case of Ita dam |
8:45
- 9:00 |
Mr.
M. Kudlavicz
Land Pastoral Commission, Brazil
Porto Primavera dam, Parana River |
9:00
- 9:15 |
Mr
Carlos Avogadro
Member IHA/University of Moron, Argentina
The binational Salto Grande hydro-power project and the relocation of the city of
Federacion
|
9:15
- 9:30 |
Mr.
Ivan Correa
ASPROCIG, Association of Producers for Communal Development of La Cienaga Grande de
Lorica, Colombia
Urra dam, Colombia |
9:30
- 9:45 |
Ms.
Margarita Rosa de Castro Illera
Consultant, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Colombia
Lessons from the resettlements of the Urra hydro-power project
|
9:45
- 10:00 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
10:00 - 10:15 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
| Panel 6: Large Dams and Decision Making: Conflict and Negotiation |
|
Abstracts of Panel 6 submissions ->
English
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Mr.
Elias Diaz Pena
Sobrevivencia, Paraguay
Yacyreta hydro electric project: the struggle for participation |
11:00
- 11:15 |
Dr.
Ismael Aguilar Barajas
Department of Economics/Centre of Strategic Studies, Monterrey University, Mexico
Inter-regional transfer of water in North-Eastern Mexico: the dispute over El Cuchillo
|
11:15
- 11:30 |
Mr.
Miguel Nucete
Former President, Yacambu-Quibor River Basin Agency, Venezuela
Resolution of conflicts and negotiation: the experience of the Yacambu-Quibor project
in Venezuela
|
11:30
- 11:45 |
Mr.
Cristian Opaso
GABB, Action Group for Bio Bio, Chile
The Bio Bio project: a lesson not fully learned |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
12:00 - 12:30 |
| Lunch Break |
12:30 - 14:00 |
| Panel 7: Large Dams and Decision Making: Policy and Institutional Frameworks |
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Abstracts of Panel 7 submissions ->
English
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Mr.
Altino Ventura Filho
Itaipu Binational, Brazil
Itaipu: a binational hydro-electric power plant - benefits and regional context
|
14:00
- 14:15 |
Mr.
Jorge Oscar Daneri
Parana Ecological Forum, Argentina
Citizens' participation and the Anti Dams Law of the
province of Entre Rios |
14:15
- 14:30 |
Ms
Grethel Aguilar Rojas
Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN/CEL), Costa Rica
Impact assessment and hydro-electric dams in Central America: a legal perspective |
14:30
- 14:45 |
Prof.
Carlos Vainer
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Decision making: privatization of the Brazilian energy sector |
14:45
- 15:00 |
Mr.
Humberto Marengo
Federal Commission of Electricity, Mexico
Considerations on the future of dams
|
15:00
- 15:15 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
15:15 - 15:45 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
15:45 - 16:15 |
| Chair's summary of proceedings and concluding remarks |
16:15
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