CONFEST/CONFEGE
CONFEST/CONFEGE: President Lula praises IBGE Conference
July 27, 2024 12h01 PM | Last Updated: July 29, 2024 03h12 PM
In a telephone call to Marcio Pochmann, president Lula highlighted the relevance of the topic of data sovereignty in the IBGE Conference and brought forward the meeting their future meeting to discuss the integration of federal government databases.
The president of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, called, on Friday (Jul 26), the president of the IBGE, Marcio Pochmann. Unable to attend the event in-person, president Lula praised the National Conference of Data Producer and Users, which will be held from July 29 to August 02 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with emphasis on the topic of National Sovereignty in Geosciences, Statistics and Data: risks and opportunities for Brazil in the Digital Era.
During the call, the president of the Republic stressed the relevance of the topic of data sovereignty in the context of information revolution, and highlighted the importance of the recovery and modernization of the IBGE.
President Lula also informed the president of the IBGE, Marcio Pochmann, that a meeting will be summoned to discuss the integration of the different databases of the federal government.
According to Marcio Pochmann, "this call from the president of the Republic confirms the great consideration and respect to official statistics and geosciences of the nation. President Lula restated his commitment with the technical and scientific strength of the IBGE, by means of the budgetary resources needed to face the challenges imposed by the advance of the Digital Era. The success of debates with producers and users of data made available during the IBGE conference will allow an even more vigorous, democratic, transparent and participative construction of the National System of Geosciences, Statistics and data in Brazil (SINGED)".
Changes in the Conference opening session
Due to the absence of the president of the Republic, the conference opening, this Monday (Jul 29), with accreditation from 7 am to 8am, has been rescheduled as follows:
8 am - 8:30 am - Welcome
- Gulnar Azevedo, Rector of the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ
- Marcio Pochmann, President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics – IBGE
8:30 am - 9 am - International opening
- Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive-Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC, on behalf of Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations – UN
9 am - 10:30 am - National opening
Invited authorities - Talks
- Carlos Lupi, Minister of Social Security
- Evanio Antonio de Araujo Junior, Secretary of Management of Information, Innovation and Evaluation of Economic Policies, on behalf of the minister of Education, Camilo Santana
- Carlos Henrique de Castro Ribeiro, Superintendent of the Regional Comptroller's office in Rio de Janeiro, on behalf of the Minister of the Comptroller's Office, Vinicius Marques de Carvalho
- Danilo Cabral, Superintendent of SUDENE
- Alexandre Ribeiro Mota, President of FUNASA
- Jorge Luiz Numa Abrahão, Director-President of the Sustainable Cities Institute – ICS
10:30 am - 11 am - Formalization of Partnerships
- Social Security; Ministry of Education; SUDENE; FUNASA; ICS and UERJ.
11:30 am - 12 pm - Closing session
- Gulnar Azevedo, Rector of the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ
- Marcio Pochmann, President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics – IBGE
Digital Era Conference
Successfully celebrated in the past under the title CONFEST/CONFEGE, thee Conference aims at discussing the risks and opportunities resulting from the current governance of the Digital Era, as well as at consolidating the National System of Geosciences, Statistics and Data (SINGED).
In a global context where digital inequality has taken on new dimensions, even greater than the traditional exclusion and poverty that existed in the old Industrial Era, the IBGE proposes, as a counterpart, the consolidation of SINGED through urgent, transparent, and democratic dialogue with the participation of all data producers and users, in a Conference based on three structuring axes: (i) Governance; (ii) Technology and Data; and (iii) Dissemination and Communication.
Throughout the five-day event, more than two thousand in-person and remote participants from different sectors of Brazilian society are expected to join us.
Registration is still open
Free registration for in-person and remote participation is open at the Conference website (eventos.ibge.gov.br/conferencia-soberania-nacional).
National Conference of Data Producers and Users
Venue: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ
Date: July 29 - August 02
Time: 8am - 6 pm
Registration: IBGE Virtual Shop
Press accreditation at: comunica@ibge.gov.br
