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The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce is proud to support Brazil Fest 2010 in Atlanta. Presented by Consulate of Brazil and National Black Arts Festival, the four-day event will mix business and culture.
The event will open with a business program in which the Southeast
business community will be able to join Brazilian Government
authorities and business representatives for a seminar on bilateral
trade, including investment projects related to the World Cup and the
Olympic Games in Brazil. Entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity
of scheduling meetings with Brazilian authorities and companies.
The event will also show the best of Brazil concert. Featured
artists include the incomparable Ivan Lins, the Afro-Brazilian
percussion group Olodum
(which played with Michael Jackson on his video clip "They don’t care
about us"), the Bossa singer Marcia Bittencourt, among others.
Please, take a look below for first day business schedule! For more information about the event, please go to www.brazilfestatlanta.com and www.nbaf.org. For concert tickets, please click here. BACC-SE members have 10% off on concert tickets. Please, email marketing@bacc-ga.com if you are a member and request you "special code".
Moderator: Ambassador Ruy Nogueira, Under-Secretary of State for Trade, Cultural and Technological Affairs
08:00 – 08:30 am Registration
08:30 – 08:50 am Opening
- Opening Remarks - Ambassador Adalnio Senna Ganem, Consul-General of Brazil
- Welcome Remarks - Mr. Neil Barclay, Executive Producer and CEO of the National Black Arts Festival
- Brazil – US Relations - Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
08:50 – 09:30 am Mechanisms to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
- Brazil / US Southeast Relations - Mr. Pendleton “Penn” Hodge, Board Member of Georgia Department of Economic Development
- Credit Lines to Investments in Brazil - Ms. Denise Andrade Rodrigues, Special Assistant to the President of Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
- Connecting the Business Community - Mr. Sam Williams, President of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
09:30 – 10:00 am Tourism
- “Destination Brazil” - Mr. Ney Humberto Neves, Special Assistant to the President of Brazilian Federal Tourism Agency (EMBRATUR)
- Ethnic Tourism in Brazil - Secretary Antonio Carlos Tramm, Secretary of Tourism of the State of Bahia
- Expanding Bilateral Opportunities in Tourism - Mr. Robert West, Chairman of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
10:00 – 10:30 am Coffee Break
Consulate General of Brazil
Ministry of External Relations
10:30 – 11:30 am New Investment Markets in Brazil
- Government Insights for the World Cup 2014 and Olympic Games 2016 - Ms. Miriam Belchior, Head of the Brazilian Federal Government Program for Infrastructure (PAC)
- Corporate Insights for the World Cup 2014 and Olympic Games 2016 - Mr. Ralph Lima Terra, Vice President of the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Supply Industries (ABDIB)
- Legal Aspects of Investment in Energy and Infrastructure Sectors in Brazil – Mr. Scott Greer, Mr. Pat Glisson, King & Spalding LLP
- Offshore Pre-Salt Oil Fields and BioFuel - Mr. Marco Antonio Martins Almeida, Secretary for Oil, Natural Gas and Renewable Fuel, Ministry of Mining & Energy
- Connecting the Business Community - Mr. Craig Lesser, Chairman of Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s International Committee
Ministry of External Relations
02:30 – 04:30 pm Private business meetings and sector meetings. Meetings will be previously scheduled (30 min each).
To request individual meetings please email trade@atlantaconsulatebrazil.org.
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