Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Communities of science and technology mourn the death of … – Yahoo News Brazil

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RIVER – Representatives of communities of science and technology mourned the presidential candidate Eduardo Campos (PSB), who died in a plane crash off the coast of São Paulo Wednesday. In their opinion, the sad episode means the loss of an important interlocutor between these sectors and the government. Campos was Minister of Science and Technology. When he took the folder, in 2004, reviewed and updated the space and nuclear programs Brazilians and approved the current biosecurity program, which allows the use of embryonic stem cells for research.

Helena Nader-president of the Society Brazilian for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)

“His project of science is what we scientists, we want to:.’s vision of science at all levels Brazil was much poorer We lost a great one. interlocutor and a close friend of Brazilian science, I assure While this minister, was excellent, embraced the cause, surrounded himself with competent people and heard -.. was another quality that he invested in his true form education, has to do with discussions we had with him about science. “

César Camacho -Director General of the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA)

” It’s a sad and unfortunate news which also takes us by surprise here in Seoul, where we are living a very special moment for Brazilian science (academic Artur Avila received on Tuesday, South Korea, the Fields Medal, considered the “Nobel Prize of mathematics”). Eduardo has always been knowledgeable of the needs of the area. He was a close friend of Impa, where were several times when he was Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. His support was crucial to the creation of the Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad Public Schools (OBMEP) “

Jacob Palis -. President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC)

” It was a great loss to the political landscape of Brazil, particularly in the scientific area, which Eduardo loved so very much. On behalf of ABC, deeply regret and I present my condolences to the family and to the Brazilian scientific community “

Silvio Meira -. Chief scientist at the Center for Advanced Study of Recife (CESAR)

“Eduardo was a born leader, who in recent years have prepared and passed by parliamentary, ministerial and government experiences that would lead, sooner or later, to devote his energy, focus, expertise and dedication to driving the country, the people he loved and respected. The sudden and untimely death of Edward is an irreparable loss to Brazil and a catastrophe for Pernambuco “

Francisco Savoy -. President of Porto Digital, software development and creative economy Reef

“No doubt Eduardo Campos was one of the most promising politicians in the country, with a proven new bases, which have the preponderance Science and Technology history. In its passage through the political life of Pernambuco, has always had a commitment to the policies of the area, and his political passage was crucial to the development of the Porto Digital. It’s a startling news to his death, which initially is even difficult to believe. At that time the country is in need of public policies that prezem for innovation and encouraging the development of Science and Technology, could not do without it. “

Diogo Simões, who chaired the Foundation of the Science and Technology of the State of Pernambuco (Facepe) during management fields ahead of the government of Pernambuco

“The Facepe was the first foundation of support to science and technology in the Northeast. In 1989, Eduardo Campos was directly involved in the joints leading to the creation of the foundation. He had a sense of the strategic nature of science and technology in development. In the second term, he changed the rules of tax incentives forcing companies to invest part of the sales benefited in innovation projects -. Simões account

Luís Mário Luchetta, president of the Federation of Associations of Brazilian Companies Technology info

“No wonder he was Minister of Science and Technology. Perhaps because of the younger generation, which has already begun work using the computer, Fields has always had a perception of the importance of technologies for automation . processes and governance mechanisms is a huge loss for the country, for the IT industry and specifically for the democratic moment he would have much to contribute in the election debate process “

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