Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

Conference: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m....

AMCHAM-Brasil
Rua da Paz, 1431
São Paulo
Brazil
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2016 Latin American Cities Conferences - São Paulo

AS/COA will hold its annual conference in São Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

 

Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

Conference: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m....

AMCHAM-Brasil
Rua da Paz, 1431
São Paulo
Brazil
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7:30 – 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Welcome Coffee

8:30 – 8:40 a.m.: Opening Remarks

  • Ragnhild Melzi, Vice President, Public Policy Programs & Corporate Relations, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
  • Deborah Stern Vieitas, CEO, Amcham Brasil

8:40 – 9:30 a.m.: Panel: The Impact of Competitiveness on the Economy

  • Jorge Arbache, Head, Economic Department, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Brazil 
  • Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos, Head, Economic Research Department, Citi Brazil
  • Julia Leite, São Paulo Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

9:30 – 9:50 a.m.: Coffee Break

9:50 – 11:00 a.m.: Panel: Competitiveness and Its Challenges to Businesses in Brazil

  • Paula Bellizia, General Manager, Microsoft Brasil
  • Flavio Cotini, President and CEO, Walmart Brasil
  • Julian J. Nebreda, CEO, Grupo AES Brasil
  • Brian Winter, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas; Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly (moderator)

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.: Keynote speaker: Competitiveness in Brazil and Latin America

  • Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Speakers

Jorge Arbache
Head, Economic Department, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Brazil

Jorge Arbache is the chief economist for Brazil's Ministry of Planning, Budget, and Management. He is also a professor of economics at the Universidade de Brasília. His previous appointments include economic adviser to the president of Brazil's National Development Bank (BNDES)...

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Paula Bellizia
Vice President, Latin America, Amazon Web Services

With more than 30 years of professional experience in the technology industry across several leading companies, including leadership positions at a number of Fortune 500 tech companies, Paula Bellizia is the new Vice President of AWS for Latin America. Prior to join AWS, Paula...

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Otaviano Canuto
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Otaviano Canuto is the executive director at the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Brazil, Cabo Verde, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Timor-Leste, and Trinidad and Tobago. Canuto has previously served as vice president...

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Flavio Cotini
President and CEO, Walmart Brazil

Flavio Cotini is the president and CEO of Walmart in Brazil and has twenty nine years of professional experience, thanks to the efforts made in several important companies in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and across Central America, working with a...

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Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos
Head of Economic Research Department, Citi Brazil

Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos is the head of the economic research department of Citi Brazil. Based out of São Paulo, he also contributes to the Citi Research team with the coverage of economic and political developments in Brazil. Prior to that, Kfoury Muinhos had been at Central Bank...

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Julia Leite
São Paulo Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

Julia Leite is Bloomberg São Paulo's bureau chief, returning to her native Brazil after three years covering emerging markets for Bloomberg News at the company's headquarters in New York. She helps oversee a team of about thirty journalists covering several topics, including...

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Ragnhild Melzi
Vice President, Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Ragnhild Melzi is Americas Society/Council of the Americas’ vice president of Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations. She provides leadership for the organizations’ international programming, which attracts top government officials, global business leaders, and prominent...

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Julian Nebreda
President, South America

Julian Nebrada is president of AES in South America where he leads our business over four geographies and serves a diverse set of customers with sustainable solutions that meet their energy needs. His international experience in the broad energy, finance, legal and public sectors...

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Deborah Stern Vieitas
CEO, Amcham Brasil

Deborah Stern Vieitas is the CEO at the American Chamber for Brazil. First woman in this position in 96 years of Amcham’s history, Stern Vieitas was also elected Top Ten Business Women in Brazil in 2014 by Valor Econômico, a leading Brazilian economic newspaper. With a solid...

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Brian Winter
Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and the vice president for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. A best-selling author, analyst, and speaker, he has been living and breathing Latin American politics for the past 20 years. Winter spent a decade...

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