“Democratization of the politics of basic sanitation services through socio-technical innovations. Lessons to tackle the challenges”.
Monday 27 July
8:00 Registration
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Session
Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Local Coordinator
Margareth da Silva Pereira, Co-ordinator PROURB, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University, UK, DESAFIO’s Coordinator
10:00 – 11:00 Presentation of the DESAFIO Project
José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University, UK
Full video of the Opening Session and Project Presentation
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:30 Panel 1. “Thinking about the causes: the production and reproduction of vulnerability and the process of democratisation in the water and sanitation sector”.
Panelists:
Henri Acselrad, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Mariela García, University of the Valley (UNIVALLE), Cali, Colombia
André Monteiro, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil
Norma Valencio, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
Sérgio Portella, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Moderator: Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Full video of Panel 1
Panel 1 presentations available for download:
Mariela García – Click here to download
André Monteiro – Click here to download
13:30: 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Panel 2. “In search of synergies for change: factors, conditions and processes that help to explain how the innovations emerged”.
Panelists Part 1:
Helder Cortez, Ceara’s Water and Sanitation Company (CAGECE), Ceará, Brazil
Antonio Miranda, Former Municipal Secretary of Water and Sanitation, Recife
Andrés Toro and Julieth Vargas, University of the Valley (UNIVALLE), Cali, Colombia
Moderator: Léo Heller, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Full video of Panel 2, Part 1
Panelists Part 2:
Delmo Vilela, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Suyá Quintslr, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Moderator: Léo Heller, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Full video of Panel 2, Part 2
Panel 2 presentations available for download:
Antonio Miranda – Click here to download
Delmo Vilela – Click here to download
Helder Cortez – Click here to download
Suyá Quintslr – Click here to download
Andrés Toro and Julieth Vargas (1) – Click here to download
Andrés Toro and Julieth Vargas (2) – Click here to download
18:00 – 18:30 Book Presentation:
José Esteban Castro, Léo Heller, and María da Piedade Morais (Eds.), The Right to Water as Public Policy in Latin America: a Theoretical and Empirical Exploration [in Portuguese], Brasilia: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) and WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network, 2015.
The book was presented by the editors and two co-authors: Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and Hermelinda Ferreira, Pernambuco’s Water and Climate Agency (APAC).
Full video of the book presentation
The publisher IPEA generously provided free printed copies of the book, and 95 copies were distributed during the event. The book is freely available for download in pdf and epub formats here.
Tuesday 28 July 09:00 – 12:00 Panel 3. “The ‘why’. Factors and processes, and facilitators and obstacles that help explain the successes, failures and the possibility of replicating the innovations”. 
Panelists:
Sonaly Rezende and Eliano Sousa, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Hermelinda Ferreira, Pernambuco’s Agency for Water and Climate (APAC) and Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil
Claudia Valeria Silva Melo, Ceara’s Water and Sanitation Company (CAGECE), Ceará, Brazil
Margarita Portapila and Sonia Omelianiuk, National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina
Rute Pinto, Marine and Environmental Research Centre, University of Coimbra (IMAR-UC), Portugal
Moderator: Mariela Garcia, University of the Valley (UNIVALLE)
Full video of Panel 3
Panel 3 presentations available for download:
Sonaly Rezende and Eliano Sousa – Click here to download
Hermelinda Ferreira – Click here to download
Claudia Valeria Silva Melo – Click here to download
Margarita Portapila and Sonia Omelianiuk – Click here to download
Rute Pinto – Click here to download
12:00 – 13:30 Exhibition of posters and other dissemination materials
The session provided a space to foster exchanges between the research teams that developed the 10 case studies and the public.
13:30: 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Panel 4, Part 1. “The challenge continues: priorities and options to advance the process of democratisation in the attention of vulnerable communities”. 
Panelists:
Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Zara Texeira, Marine and Environmental Research Centre, University of Coimbra (IMAR-UC), Portugal
Marcos Helano Montenegro, Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy and Basic Sanitation of the Federal District (ADASA), Brasilia, Brazil.
Moderator: José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University, UK
Full video of Panel 4, Part 1
Panel 4, Part 1, presentations available for download:
Ana Lúcia Britto – Click here to download
Zara Texeira – Click here to download
Marcos Helano Montenegro – Click here to download
Panel 4, Part 2. “The challenge continues: priorities and options to advance the process of democratisation in the attention of vulnerable communities”.
Panelists:
Miguel Peña, University of the Valley (UNIVALLE), Colombia
Léo Heller, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Moderator: José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University, UK
Full video of Panel 4, Part 2
Panel 4, Part 2, presentations available for download:
Miguel Peña – Click here to download
Léo Heller – Click here to download
18:00 – 19:00 Closing session 
Panelists:
José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University, UK, Project Coordinator
Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, Local Coordinator
Full video of Closing Session
The team in charge of organizing the Conference
A surprise from the audience: 
Gifted pianist Victor Zveibil, who attended our Conference, delighted the audience with a mini concert. He works as a consultant in environmental management for the state Government of Rio de Janeiro.
Full video of the Mini Concert by Victor Zveibil
Organizers:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Local Coordinator
Newcastle University, United Kingdom, Project Coordinator
Support for dissemination:
27-28 January 2015
VENUE:
Brazilian College of Higher Studies (CBAE)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ),
Av. Rui Barbosa, 762 – Praia do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.