Global Conference 2020

Part 1: A Conversation with Brazil's Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes | Part 2: Beyond the Headlines: The New United States-Brazil Opportunity

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 AndrĂ© 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