Secretary Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva is a career diplomat and is the Head of the Science, Technology and Innovation Section of the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin. He is also the co-founder and executive coordinator of the São Paulo Innovation and Science Diplomacy School (InnSciD SP).

He was Head of the Energy, Environment and Science, Technology and Innovation Section in the Brazilian Embassy in New Delhi, as Deputy Head of the Division of Information Society of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as one of the Brazilian representatives to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Prior to joining the Brazilian Foreign Service, Pedro was the Director for Customer Services at Comptel Communications in São Paulo, Brazil; and Software Development Coordinator at Siemens AG in Munich, Germany. Pedro holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering (2000) and in Philosophy (2009) and an MSc in Philosophy of Technology (2013) from the University of São Paulo.

Title: Science and Innovation Diplomacy to and from the Global South 

Abstract: The talk will present a perspective from the developing world on the concept of science diplomacy, taking into consideration objectives such as poverty eradication, industrialization and capacity building.  It will also introduce the field of innovation diplomacy, which distinguishes itself from science diplomacy due to its inherently commercial and industry-related characteristics.