VAHAN AGOPYAN -Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of S. Paulo/Brazil and immediate past President of the University of S. Paulo (USP). Civil Engineer and MEng (Building), Escola Politecnica University of S. Paulo (EPUSP); PhD (Engineering), King's College London. Professor of Civil Engineering Materials and  Components (EPUSP). Founder board member and President of the Brazilian Council for Sustainable Construction (CBCS). Previous activities: Board VP of the International Council for Research and Innovation on Building and Construction (CIB, Rotterdam); CEO of the Technological Research Institute of the State of S. Paulo (IPT); Board Chairman of the Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN, Federal Government). Main research topics: development of building materials, mainly fibre reinforced ones; quality assurance of constructions and sustainable construction. Supervisor of 23 Doctoral Thesis and 25 Research Master Dissertations. "Chevalier" of the "Légion d'Honneur" (Republic of France), Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil). Member of the National Academy of Engineering (Brazil), Pan-American Academy or Engineering and Academy of Sciences of the State of S. Paulo.