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October, 2009
The Road to Copenhagen: Progress and Challenges on Sustainable Development in Chico Mendes's Homeland
Monday, October 05 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Arnóbio (Binho) Marques, Governor, Brazilian Amazon State of Acre; Foster Brown, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center; Adriana Gonçalves Moreira, World Bank Senior Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Development Department for Latin America and Caribbean Region; Moderator Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Shifter, Vice-President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue
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September, 2009
Woodrow Wilson Public Service Award
Monday, September 21 2009, 1:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution will present the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service to His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, at a dinner to be held on September 21, 2009, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil and Eike F. Batista, chairman and CEO of the Brazilian EBX Group will serve as the dinner co-chairs for this prestigious event.
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July, 2009
Innovation in Brazil, India, and South Africa: A New Drive for Economic Growth and Development
Wednesday, July 15 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Event will take place in Geneva
Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, Permanent Representative, Brazilian Mission in Geneva; Rafael Oliva, Advisor to the Presidency, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES); Sérgio Queiroz, Assistant Coordinator of Scientific Innovation, The State of São Paulo Research Foundation; Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute; Mr. Yonah Seleti, Director General, Department of Science and Technology, Pretoria; N.N. Prasad, Chief of Staff to the Director General, WIPO; Dominique Foray, Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Ricardo Sennes, Professor of International Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP)
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Energy and Oil Reform in the Americas
Tuesday, July 07 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Chris Garman, Eurasia Group; Ana Maria Sanjuan, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Roger Tissot, PFC Energy; Duncan Wood, ITAM
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June, 2009
Innovation in Brazil: Public Policies and Business Strategies
Friday, June 26 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Event will be held in São Paulo, Brazil.
Ambassador Sérgio Amaral, Director of the Center for American Studies at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP); Paulo Sotero, director, Brazil Institute; Ricardo Sennes, Professor of International Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica in São Paulo and Associate Director, Prospectiva Consultants; Carlos Américo Pacheco, Professor, Economics Institute of UNICAMP; Francisco Higa, Professor of Administration, FAAP
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May, 2009
Emerging Powers: India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) and the Future of South-South Cooperation
Friday, May 22 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The speakers include: Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of India in Washington; Secretary Figueiredo de Souza, assistant of the IBSA Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations; Francis Kornegay, of the Institute for Global Dialogue (South Africa); Ummu Salma Bava of Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); Dr. Alcides Costa Vaz, from the Institute of International Relations of the University of Brasilia; and , Dr. Sunil Khilnani, of the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
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Animal Investigators: Solving Wildlife Crimes and Saving Endangered Species in Brazil and China
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Laurel Neme, author of Animal Investigators; Crawford Allen, WWF; Kevin Garlick, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Oil Security and Friendly Suppliers: Where Are We Now?
Thursday, May 14 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Joseph Dukert, Independent Energy Consultant; Duncan Wood, Director, Canadian Studies Program and Undergraduate International Relations Program, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Otavio Cintra, Senior Vice President, Downstream, Petrobras America, Inc.
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April, 2009
The V Summit of the Americas: Perspectives from the Region
Friday, April 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Rodrigo Borja, former President of Ecuador and former Secretary-General of the Unión de Naciones Sudamericanas (UNASUR)
Olga Pellicer, Researcher, Department of International Affairs, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Ricardo Sennes, President, Prospectiva Consultants and Profesor of International Affairs at the Pontifica Universidade Catolica - São Paolo (PUC- SP)
Francine Jacome, Executive Director, Instituto Venezolano de Estudios Sociales y Políticos (INVESP) and Director of the Red Democracia Activa
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March, 2009
Book Launch: Brazil: A Century of Change
Tuesday, March 24 2009, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Co-editor, Professor of Political Science, University of São Paulo, and former secretary of state for human rights for Brazil; and Jerry Dávila Author of Foreword, and Interim Director, Latin American Studies Program and Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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February, 2009
V Symposium on International Trade
Friday, February 20 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Minister Carlos Henrique M. Abreu e Silva, Embassy of Brazil in Washington;
Aluisio de Lima-Campos, Chairman, ABCI Institute;
Lytha Spíndola, Executive Secretary, Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade (CAMEX);
Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow of Peterson Institute for International Economics;
William R. Cline, Senior Fellow of Peterson Institute for International Economics;
Otaviano Canuto, Vice President for Countries, Inter-American Development Bank;
Counselor Pompeu Andreucci Neto, Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.;
Andrew W. Shoyer, Sidley Austin LLP;
J. Nicole Bivens Collinson, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.;
John R. Magnus, Miller & Chevalier;
Brad Figel,Global Director of Government Relations, Nike Inc.;
Gregory Harrington, Arnold & Porter LLP;
and Jose Raul Perales, Senior Program Associate, Latin American Program
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Brazil Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: brazil@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4030
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