With Brazil poised to become one of the world’s top petroleum producers, a sugar-production slump and rising biofuel prices have left its ethanol industry is in an uphill battle against corn-based imports and an ever-growing gas sector.

Participants of AS/COA's February 8 conference in Pernambuco, Brazil include business leaders of the beverage, agribusiness, wind energy, glass, pharmaceuticals, and industrial automation and engineering sectors. (em português)