Brazil’s minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, will lecture next Monday (26) at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo. She’ll talk on “The Importance of Arab Countries to Brazilian Agriculture” to the Chamber’s members and guests. It will be a great opportunity for members and companies to get facetime with the minister,” stressed Arab Brazilian Chamber president Rubens Hannun. The Arab world is the premier destination for Brazilian animal protein – beef and poultry – and the second biggest destination for Brazilian agricultural products. Cristina will travel to Arab countries next September and intends to look into introducing new items in their markets.

And check out in your ANBA Bulletin this Wednesday (21) that the British magazine The Economist will hold the Brazil Summit, a conference on the future of the Brazilian economy, on October 24 in São Paulo. Under the name “Back in business?” the conference brings together The Economist’s editors and over 200 government and business leaders. Some of the speakers are the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ); former president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Gustavo Franco; chief economist for XP Investimentos, Zeina Latif; chief executive of Nubank, David Vélez; and the president of Insper, Marcos Lisboa. The Arab Brazilian Chamber supports the event and its members have a discount to register.

And Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass is returning to Brazil next September to launch a museum devoted to pharaoh Tutankhamun in Curitiba, Paraná. Hawass served as consultant and created the concept for the new museum “The Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun.” Aside from the launch, he will deliver a lecture and release a book.