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Offsite Event: Luncheon with Edison Lobão, Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy

***This event takes place at the Brazil-U.S. Business Council***Edison Lobão, Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy

Date & Time

Monday
Jul. 20, 2009
12:30pm – 2:00pm ET

Overview

***This event takes place at the Brazil-U.S. Business Council***

Event sponsored by the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, the Institute for 21st Century Energy, and the Brazil Institute.

Brazil is a leader in renewable energy and a key player in the energy security and climate change debates. The Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobão, will join us to share his perspective on these important issues, as well as on how the United States and Brazil can collaborate more closely in addressing 21st century energy challenges. Minister Lobão will also share his outlook for potential partnerships and investments in the areas of electric, hydroelectric, thermal, wind,sugarcane-ethanol, biodiesel, and nuclear,as well as the development of the recently discovered pre-salt oil fields.

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Brazil Institute

The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—works to foster understanding of Brazil’s complex reality and to support more consequential relations between Brazilian and US institutions in all sectors. The Brazil Institute plays this role by producing independent research and programs that bridge the gap between scholarship and policy, and by serving as a crossroads for leading policymakers, scholars and private sector representatives who are committed to addressing Brazil’s challenges and opportunities.  Read more

Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more

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