The Organizing Committee is extremely grateful to the invited speakers and their kind participation.

Donald Huisingh
Editor-in-Chief of Cleaner Production, Elsevier Science. Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development. University of Tennessee

Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas
Associated Professor of Universidade Federal Fluminense and President of ABEPRO - Brazilian Production Engineering Association

Jeffrey Burke
Executive Director - National Pollution Prevention Roundtable

Gilberto Huet de Bacellar Sobrinho
Environmental Management Assessor, Harbor and Coast Directory – Brazilian Navy

Pedro A. Ochoa George
Cienfuegos University

Fernando Cardozo Fernandes Rei
Director President, Company of Technology of Ambient Sanitation-CETESB

Thank you the authors and to all the participants who have made this event possible.

Special thanks are addressed to the UNIP's support committee, Prof. Ghislaine Gliosce da Silva, Prof. Maria de Fátima Dias, Prof. Alessandra Ancona de Faria and the Post-Graduate and Research team. We are sincelery grateful to students, teachers and coordinators of the UNIP's Tourism course, Prof. Marília Gomes dos Reis Ansarah, Prof. Célia Maria dos Santos and Prof. Luana Cunha Palma.

We could not refrain from expressing our gratitude to the SABESP, FAPESP, FINEP, and CNPq for the financial support.