Events
Leadership and Responsibility in the New Brazilian International Agenda
September 23, 2010 // 9:00am — 1:00pm
Thomas Shannon, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil; Ernesto Fraga Araújo, Minister, Brazilian Embassy; Albert Fishlow, Professor, Columbia University; Denise Gregory, Executive Director, CEBRI; Joel Velasco, Chief Representative for North America, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA); Donna Hrinak, Senior Director of Latin America Government Affairs, Pepsico Co.; Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting; Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Media Briefing on the Presidential Election in Brazil
September 22, 2010 // 11:15am — 12:00pm
Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting; João Augusto de Castro Neves, Founding Partner and Political Analyst, CAC Consultoria; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Public Opinion in Brazil: Findings from the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project
September 22, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project; Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Senior Researcher, Pew Global Attitudes ProjectCommentators: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting
Book Launch: Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed
September 16, 2010 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Author: Larry Rohter, Culture Reporter, The New York Times; Commentators: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Peter Hakim, President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue
Emerging Trends in Environment and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 22, 2010 // 9:30am — 12:30pm
Economic development and environmental sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean are intrinsically connected. Experts discuss trends likely to shape the economy and natural environment in the region for the next 10 years.
Challenges of Industrial Policy, Innovation and Competitiveness in Brazil
July 15, 2010 // 5:00pm — 6:15pm
Luciano Coutinho, President, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Forum Brasil Roundtable Discussion with Jorge Ávila
July 14, 2010 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Jorge Ávila, President, Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI)
Policy Lessons from India, Brazil, and South Africa on Development and Implementation of National Plans of Action on Elimination of Child Labor
April 19, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of Labor and Employment, India; Carlos Roberto Lupi, Minister of Labor and Employment, Brazil; Membathisi Mdladlana, Minister of Labor, South Africa; Kailash Satyarthi, Chair, Global March Against Child Labor, President Global Campaign for Education, Co Chair- 1Goal Campaign
Beyond Lula: The Outlook for the 2010 Brazilian Elections
April 07, 2010 // 9:30am — 1:00pm
Alberto Almeida, Director, Instituto Análise; Clifford Young, Executive Director, IPSOS Public Affairs Brazil; Cláudio Gonçalves Couto, Professor, Fundação Getúlio Vargas; Christopher Garman, Director, Eurasia Group; David Fleischer, Professor Emeritus, Universidade de Brasília and President, TCC-Brazil (Transparency, Consciousness and Citizenship); João Augusto de Castro Neves, Founding Partner and Political Analyst, CAC Consultoria
Brazil as a Regional Power: Views From the Hemisphere
March 12, 2010 // 8:00am — 3:30pm
Leslie Bethell, Brazil Institute; Achilles Zaluar, Embassy of Brazil; Andrew Hurrell, University of Oxford and New York University; Matias Spektor, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, and Council on Foreign Relations; Thomaz Guedes da Costa, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University; Dante Caputo, Former Foreign Minister of Argentina 1983/89; George Gray Molina, Princeton University; Arlene Tickner, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Michael Penfold, Corporación Andina de Fomento, Caracas; Olga Pellicer, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Arturo Cruz, INCAE Business School, Managua; Johanna Mendelson Forman, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Christopher McMullen, Department of State; Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue; Riordan Roett, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
