2025 Brazil Summit

Organized for over two decades, the Brazil Summit is one of the most important events in the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce’s annual calendar. Parallel to the spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF, the Chamber brings together in New York government officials, business leaders, members of the international financial community, and academia to engage in meaningful exchanges and discuss and evaluate key issues that affect Brazil’s economy and markets.

The 2025 Brazil Summit featured a special video message from Vice President of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin!

Marcos Troyjo, Former Deputy Minister of the Economy and Special Secretary for Foreign Trade & International Affairs, Brazil, presented the keynote address.

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Registration, Breakfast, & Networking

9:05 – 9:40 a.m. – Special video message from Vice President of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin and Keynote Address by Marcos Troyjo, Former Deputy Minister of the Economy and Special Secretaty of Foreign Trade & International Affairs, Brazil; Economist, Sociologist, and Diplomat

9:40 – 10:55 a.m. – Panel I: Rule of Law and Legal Certainty in Investments in Brazil

10:55 – 11:10 a.m. – Coffee Break

11:10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Panel II: Macroeconomic and Political Outlook

Welcoming Remarks:

Christian W. Hansen, Partner, White & Case

Will Landers, President & Chairperson of the Board, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce

Panel I – Rule of Law and Legal Certainty in Investments in Brazil

Keynote Speaker:

Minister Bruno Dantas Nascimento, Minister, Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU)

Moderator:

Amadeu C. Ribeiro, Partner, DLA Piper; Chairperson, Investing in Brazil Committee, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce

Speakers:

Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Partner, Mattos Filho

Marun Jazbik, Vice President & Corporate Counsel, ITOCHU International Inc.

Felipe Seligman, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, JOTA

Renata Vasconcellos, Head of LatAm Government Affairs, RELX

Panel II – Macroeconomic and Political Outlook

Moderators:

Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner, VERBANK Consulting, LLC; Chairperson, Banking & Capital Markets Committee, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce

Drausio Giacomelli, Head of Emerging Markets Research, Deutsche Bank

Speakers:

Claudia Ribeiro Castro, Senior Debt Officer, Emerging Markets, Invesco, New York

Fernanda Guardado, Chief LatAm Economist, BNP Paribas, São Paulo (Via Zoom)

Felipe Seligman, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, JOTA

Zeina Latif, Managing Partner, Gibraltar Consultoria; Columnist, O Globo (Via Zoom)

View speaker bios.

Location:
White & Case LLP | Quorum Conference Center
1221 Avenue of the Americas – 2nd Floor (6th Avenue, entrance on 49th Street) New York, New York 10020