October 20 at 6:00 am PDT/9:00 am EDT

This session will open with a conversation with Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy, Brazil, followed by a panel discussion.

The panel will explore the future of the US-Brazil relationship by highlighting opportunities that go beyond the rhetoric and focusing on shared prosperity. As Brazil seeks new partnerships in higher-skilled, non-commodity sectors that will foster growth, with an emphasis on science and technology, the US must look to the world's eighth-largest economy as a willing neighbor endowed with vast natural resources, human capital, and a flourishing tech environment, and as a crucial partner to feed the world's growing population, which is forecast to reach more than nine billion by 2050.
 

Part 1:

• Guest Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy, Brazil

• Moderator Clifford Sobel, Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group LLC; Former US Ambassador to Brazil

Part 2:

• Moderator Clifford Sobel, Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group LLC; Former US Ambassador to Brazil

• Speaker André Esteves, Senior Partner, BTG Pactual

• Speaker Marc Ganzi, President and CEO, Colony Capital; CEO, Digital Colony

• Speaker Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy, Brazil

• Speaker Luis Alberto Moreno, Former President, Inter-American Development Bank
   

Guest 

Paulo Guedes

Minister of Economy, Brazil
 

Speakers

André Esteves
Senior Partner, BTG Pactual

Marc Ganzi
President and CEO, Colony Capital; CEO, Digital Colony

Luis Alberto Moreno
Former President, Inter-American Development Bank
 

Moderator

Clifford Sobel

Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group LLC; Former US Ambassador to Brazil