Roseli de Deus Lopes
Full Professor at the Polytechnic School (EP). Coordinator of the PreIC, PIBIC, and PIBITI Programs linked to the Office of the Vice-President for Research since 2014. Served as Deputy Director and Director of Estação Ciência (Science Station) - Center for Scientific, Technological, and Cultural Diffusion, as well as Academic Coordinator of the 'A USP e as Profissões' (USP and Professions) Program, both linked to the Office of the Vice-President for Culture and University Extension. She was responsible for the conception and implementation of FEBRACE (Brazilian Fair of Science and Engineering) and serves as its General Coordinator. Former Deputy Director of the IEA and Director of the IEA since 2024.
How Digital Innovation and AI Are Redefining Inclusion and Sustainable Development
This panel challenges the utilitarian view that digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence exist solely to improve corporate efficiency and maximize profits. Through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the WSA ecosystem, the discussion repositions technology and AI as tools for social empowerment, algorithmic justice, and the enhancement of human creativity. The central focus is to explore how we can move beyond the mere "digitalization of bureaucracy" toward meaningful innovation capable of addressing Brazil's long-standing challenges—such as hunger, productive exclusion, and educational gaps—without deepening existing inequalities.