Events
Promoting Democracy and Rights at Work: Making a Difference
September 18, 2007 // 3:00pm — 5:15pm
Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, ILO; Charlotte M. Ponticelli, Deputy Under-Secretary for international affairs at the U.S. DoL; Kjeld Jacobsen, President of CUT; Helga Ying, Director, Worldwide Government Affairs and Public Policy, Levi Strauss; Ros Harvey, Global Program Manager for Better Work; Mércia Consolação Silva, Social Observatory Institute, Brazil.
Book Launch: Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes, by Gomercindo Rodrigues
September 12, 2007 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Gomercindo Rodrigues, a lawyer and activist, presents a rare and personal primary account of Chico Mendes' life and the struggle for justice in the Amazon.
Breakfast Discussion with Governor Jaques Wagner
September 11, 2007 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Governor Wagner will discuss the domestic challenges and opportunities the Brazilian government faces in transforming the immense and unshaken popularity of President Lula into an effective political instrument to advance a stalled policy agenda with three years and three months left in his presidency.
Director's Forum with Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns
August 03, 2007 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, briefed the media and the policy community on current challenges and opportunities the United States faces in the Americas.
Innovation Policies and Business Strategies in Brazil
June 27, 2007 // 8:30am — 1:00pm
Jorge Ávila, President, National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI); Jose Goldemberg, Professor, Univesidade de São Paulo; Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; Chris Hill, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Ricardo Camargo Mendes, Executive Director, Prospectiva Consulting; William Marandola, Executive Manager, Coinfar; Flavio Grynszpan, Consultant and former CEO, Motorola Brazil
The Global Dynamics of Biofuels: Potential Supply and Demand for Ethanol and Biodiesel in the Coming Decade
February 20, 2007 // 1:00pm — 4:00pm
Bruce Babcock, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University; Marcos S. Jank, Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) and University of São Paulo; Wallace Tyner, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. Discussants: Gregory Manuel, Special Advisor to the Secretary and International Energy Coordinator, State Department; Emerson Kloss, Economic Section, Agricultural Affairs, Embassy of Brazil in Washington
Third International Trade Symposium
February 16, 2007 // 7:30am — 5:00pm
Panel I, 2007 Trade Policy Outlook: WTO Major Players' Perspectives; Panel II, Developments in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations; Panel III, WTO Dispute Settlement and Compliance Issues; Panel IV, Ethanol Production and Trade: the New Frontier
Unlocking Brazil's Economy
February 13, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Paulo Levy, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada; Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Banco Central do Brasil; John Williamson, Institute for International Economics
Basic Education in Brazil: What's Wrong and How to Fix It
January 29, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Ricardo Paes de Barros, Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research; Norman Gall, Executive Director, Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics; Patricia Guedes, Researcher Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics; Jeffrey M. Puryear, Vice-President for Social Policy and Director, Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas, Inter-American Dialogue
The Future of U.S.-Brazilian Relations
January 24, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Ambassador Roberto Abdenur, Brazilian Embassy in Washington; Ambassador Anthony Harrington, Stonebridge International; Professor James Ferrer, George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs
