CONFEST/CONFEGE
IBGE opens national conference in Bahia with participation of governor and authorities
December 03, 2025 12h44 PM | Last Updated: December 04, 2025 09h42 AM
This Wednesday (3), at 8 am, the governor of Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues, and the president of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Marcio Pochmann, participated in the opening ceremony of the National Conference of Data Producers and Users (CONFEST/CONFEGE). The event was held in the Senai Cimatec auditorium, in Salvador.
The conference places Bahia at the center of the national debate on data sovereignty, governance and integration, bringing together experts, public managers and representatives from different sectors to discuss guidelines and paths aimed at modernizing the Brazilian statistical and geographic information.
In addition to the president of the IBGE and the governor, the following authorities participated in the ceremony:
- André Urpia, superintendent of the IBGE in Bahia
• Walter Pinheiro, director of Institutional Relations at Senai Cimatec
• Rowenna Brito, state secretary of Education
• Cláudio Peixoto, state secretary of Planning
• Pedro Lima Neto, superintendent of Banco do Nordeste in Bahia
• Carlos Henrique Passos, president of FIEB
• André Agatte, director of Business, Governments and Markets at SERPRO
• Valentina María, representative of the National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay, officially representing Mercosur, as well as all surveying institutions and researchers at the conference
The opening program included speeches by the president of the IBGE, Marcio Pochmann, and the governor of Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues.
Organized by the IBGE, with support from the Government of the State of Bahia, the Federation of Industries of the State of Bahia (FIEB), Senai Cimatec, the United Nations Development Program (PNUD) and the Union of Municipalities of Bahia (UPB), CONFEST/CONFEGE is sponsored by the Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) and Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A. (BNB).
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What: Opening of the National Conference of Data Producers and Users (CONFEST/CONFEGE)
When: Wednesday, December 3 – 8 am.
Where: SESI Djalma Pessoa School - 1737 Orlando Gomes Avenue, Piatã, Salvador - BA, 41650-010.
Time: 8 am.
