{"id":281972,"date":"2020-10-15T11:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=281972"},"modified":"2020-10-17T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T19:11:34","slug":"brazil-arab-countries-forum-to-feature-bolsonaro-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-arab-countries-forum-to-feature-bolsonaro-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil-Arab Countries Forum to feature Bolsonaro, ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s president Jair Bolsonaro will speak during the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries<\/a>, which the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) will host online from October 19 to 22. Vice president Hamilton Mour\u00e3o will speak during the closing ceremony, and three Brazilian ministers will participate in the event\u2019s panels.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro will speak during the opening ceremony on the 19th<\/sup> at 8:30 am (BRT). Brazil\u2019s president visited three Arab countries \u2013 Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates \u2013 on a tour late last year. He was welcomed by officials and signed a series of agreements. Other travels were expected to take place this year, but the pandemic prevented them from happening.<\/p>\n

VP Hamilton Mour\u00e3o will speak on the 22nd<\/sup>, closing the event, which will run until 1:30 pm (BRT). The VP has proven to be an important interlocutor with the Arabs. He has visited the ABCC and participated in an ABCC webinar. Mour\u00e3o\u00a0 visited Lebanon in early 2019, where he discussed the country\u2019s free trade agreement with Mercosur.<\/p>\n

The forum will also feature Brazil\u2019s foreign minister Ernesto Ara\u00fajo opening its second day of activities. The minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Tereza Cristina, will open the third day. Marcos Pontes, minister of Science and Technology, will talk during the second day. A series of Arab officials will participate in the event, too.<\/p>\n

The forum is themed \u201cThe Future is Now.\u201d The prospects for Brazil and the Arab countries in the new global situation will permeate the first day\u2019s debates. On the second day, the topic is the new order in international business. The third day will see discussions around food security. And the last day will address environmental, social and corporate governance.<\/p>\n

Officials, specialists, and CEOs<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the ministers, the forum will feature ABCC president Rubens Hannun, special secretary for Foreign Trade and International Affairs of the Ministry of Economy Roberto Fendt, New Development Bank president Marcos Troyjo, Siemens Oman CEO Claudia Massei, ambassador Rubens Barbosa, Minas Gerais secretary of state Ana Maria Soares Valentini, and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) president Celso Moretti.<\/p>\n

It will also feature the director of the Agribusiness Promotion Department of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Alexandre Ghisleni; president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) Ricardo Santin; and president of Superior Agribusiness Committee (COSAG) of the Federation of Industries of S\u00e3o Paulo State (FIESP), Jacyr Costa Filho.<\/p>\n

Speakers will include, too, Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (ABIEC) president Ant\u00f4nio Jorge Camardelli, Cdial Halal president \u00a0Ahmad Ali Saifi, Fambras president Mohamed Zoghbi, IBM Brasil Latin America Governmental Relations director Fabio Rua, Inova House 3D founder Juliana Martinelli, C4IR Brasil executive director Lucas C\u00e2mara, and Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) president Sergio Segovia.<\/p>\n

Additionally, it will feature Grupo Bayer Brasil president Marc Reichardt; the executive secretary of the Secretariat of International Relations of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo, Affonso Massot; Natural Institutional Relations head Paulo Dallari; UN Global Compact Brazil executive director Carlo Pereira; head of Debt and Capital Markets Advisory for Latin America at KPMG, Samy Podlubny; DP World Brasil president Dallas Hampton; BRF global CEO Lorival Luz; and a representative from JBS.<\/p>\n

ABCC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other ABCC C-level executives, including members of the board and secretary-general Tamer Mansour, will participate in the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries. In addition to the panels, where authorities, executives and specialists from Brazil and the Arab countries will speak, the digital event will feature an exhibition area where companies from the two regions will present their products, services and interests in the Arab, Brazilian and international markets.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts:
\n<\/strong>October 19-22, 2020
\n9 am-1:30 pm
\n8:30 am-1:30 pm on the 19th<\/sup>
\nClick\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to register<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Caroline Antunes\/PR<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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