About this webinar:

This webinar will focus on the relationship between Brazil and California (specifically San Francisco, and the Bay Area) on developing business opportunities in Innovation & Technology. This online event will be a three-part webinar that will include a conversation between the Lt. Governor of California and the Ambassador of Brazil to the United States, showcasing the relationship between the two regions, followed by a panel discussion on the cooperation between Brazil and California and closing our program will be a discussion on innovation and technology around agribusiness. 

If you are interested in bringing your business to the Bay Area or growing your business in Brazil, this is the opportunity to listen in and learn more about the opportunities that could greatly support your goals.

Brazil is positioned to attract more private sector investment into infrastructure and to bring further bankable projects to market following an 18-month engagement program between the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) and the Brazilian Government.

About Brazil’s Infrastructure: Over the last decade, Brazil has progressed an ambitious investment agenda to attract private investment in infrastructure and increase the efficiency of its infrastructure project preparation and management. Between 2020 and 2022, the Brazilian government forecasted bringing more...To learn more click here

Program

Welcome Remarks

Darlene Chiu Bryant, Executive Director, GlobalSF

Ambassador Adalnio Senna Ganem, Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco

1st Panel – Brazil and California Overview

A discussion about the relationship between California and Brazil.

 

·         Ambassador Nestor Forster Jr., Brazilian Ambassador to Washington D.C. 

·         Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of the State of California

2nd Panel – Economic Overview and Cooperation Opportunities between Brazil-California

This discussion will focus on Brazilian/Californian cooperation, highlighting opportunities for Bay Area businesses to benefit from the Brazilian Public-Private Partnerships Program.

·         Moderator: Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor, GlobalSF

·         Panelist 1: Thomaz Zanotto, Director, Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs-DEREX at Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo-FIESP 

·         Panelist 2: Gustavo Gomes, Director at Programa de Parcerias de Investimentos - PPI

·         Panelist 3: Diana Dominguez, Trade and Investment Representative – Americas, Australia, New Zealand, GoBiz

Q&A

3rd Panel – Building Partnerships in Innovation and Technology

Our final discussion will focus on innovation perspectives in Agribusiness.

·         Moderator: Michael Rinelli, Investment Officer, ApexBrasil 

·         Panelist 1: Celso Luiz Moretti, President, EMBRAPA - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

·         Panelist 2: Carin Gerhardt, Director of Corporate Innovation, SVG Ventures THRIVE

Q&A

About agribusiness in Brazil: With a modern, efficient, sustainable and competitive agriculture, Brazil has become one of the world's largest agricultural producers and exporters over the last two decades. Productivity gains, management efficiency, research, innovation, and technological development have revolutionized the country’s agribusiness sector. Brazilian agricultural production has been steadily rising over the last decades, due to the intensive use of technology in machinery, equipment and genetic improvement…To learn more click here