2016 Latin American Cities Conferences - São Paulo

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)...

Paula Bellizia

Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Operations, Microsoft Latin America

Paula Bellizia is the VP of sales, marketing, and operations for Microsoft Latin America. She is focused on driving Microsoft’s business objectives and strategies around digital transformation and artificial intelligence, across 35 offices in 21 countries, with more than 2,000...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...