On July 2 and 3, the G20 community and members of Think20 (T20) Brasil will gather in Rio de Janeiro for engagement group’s Midterm Conference, a precursor event to the Official G20/T20 Summits.

Over two days, leaders from national and international think tanks, academia, representatives from the private and public sectors, and civil society will debate the progress made over the past months and propose solutions for global challenges, including issues such as hunger, climate change, and digital transformation.

The initiative is committed to strengthening the participation of think tanks and academic institutions in the G20 process in Brasil, disseminating the knowledge produced by the six T20 Brasil Task Forces, promoting expanded dialogue between academic institutions, research entities, and leaders from the G20 Sherpa and Finance tracks, and contributing to the formulation of recommendations made to the official G20 agenda.

For the first time, the Midterm Conference will present the Communiqué in advance to the leaders of the G20 Brasil Sherpas and Finance Tracks. This document synthesizes the work carried out by the Task Forces over the previous months into objective and concrete recommendations to G20 countries, aiming to influence the leaders' negotiations and the drafting of the joint declaration to be presented during the G20 Official Summit in November 2024.

The T20 is one of the 13 official Engagement Groups of the G20, bringing together international think tanks and research centers from member countries besides invited countries and organizations. The primary goal of the T20 is to produce, debate, consolidate, and present policy recommendations to the leaders of the largest international economic cooperation forum.

Since the end of 2023, the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG), and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) have comprised the T20 Brasil Organizing Committee, taking on the responsibility of contributing to knowledge production and organizing policy recommendations during Brasil's G20 presidency.

The T20 Brasil Midterm Conference is organized by CEBRI, FUNAG, IPEA, Rio de Janeiro City Hall, and BNDES, and sponsored by CAF, Equinor, Veirano Advogados, AWS, Microsoft, KAS Brasil and Suzano. 

For more information, visit t20brasil.org.

Let's rethink the world!

 

Preliminary program:

 

Program:

 

JULY 2ND, TUESDAY

9:00 to 10:00 am BRT | WELCOME COFFEE AND ACCREDITATION

10:00 to 11:10 am BRT | OPENING CEREMONY

• Helena Tenorio, Director of Human Resources, IT and Operations Division at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
• José Pio Borges, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI).
• Marcia Loureiro, President at the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG).
• Luciana Servo, President at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA).
• Lucas Padilha, Municipal Secretary of the Civil House of the City of Rio de Janeiro.

11:10 am to 12:10 BRT | Panel 1: SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE ACTION AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS

• Moderator: Clarissa Lins, Trustee at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) and Founding Partner at Catavento Consultoria.
• Céline Kauffmann, Chief Programmes Officer at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI).
• Luciana Costa, Director of Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Climate Change at Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
• Maria Netto, Executive Director at the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS).
• Ben Weisman, Executive Director for Capital Mobilization at Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) online.
• André Corrêa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

12:10 to 2:00 pm BRT | BREAK 

2:00 to 3:00 pm BRT | Panel 2: INCLUSIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

• Moderator: André Clark, Trustee at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), Senior Vice President for Siemens Energy Latin America and Vice President of Siemens Energy Brazil]
• Anirban Sarma, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
• Helena Tenorio, Director of Human Resources, IT and Operations Division at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
• Christian Perrone, Director of Government Affairs at Microsoft Corporation Brazil.
• María Inés Baqué, Leader of Public Sector Government Transformation for Latin America at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Francisco Gaetani, Extraordinary Secretary for the State Transformation at the Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services.

3:00 to 4:00 pm BRT | Panel 3: REFORMING THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE

• Moderator: Lavínia Barros de Castro, Member of Strategic Affairs Committee at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
• Iyabo Masha, Director of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G24). online.
• Marcos Caramuru, International Advisory Member at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI).
• Samya Paiva, Corporate Risk Manager at the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).
• Laura Jaitman, Director of International Economic Affairs at the World Bank Group.
• Tatiana Rosito, Secretary for International Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance.

4:00 to 5:00 pm BRT | Panel 4: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT

• Moderator: Larissa Wachholz, Senior Fellow at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), Partner at Vallya Participations and Executive Director at Vallya Agro.
• Maarten Smeets, Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and Member of the Steering Committee at the Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN).
• Dan Ioschpe, Brasil Chair at Business Engagement Group of the G20 (B20) and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Iochpe Maxion.
• Veronica Rezende Coelho, CEO at Equinor Brazil.
• Elisa Fraga, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Trade at the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.

5:00 to 6:00 pm BRT | Panel 5: STRENGTHENING MULTILATERALISM AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 

• Moderator: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
• Philani Mthembu, Executive Director at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD).
• Izabella Teixeira, Trustee Emeritus at the Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI), Member of the Administrative Council of The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel of the United Nation Environment (IRP/UNEP).
• Pamla Gopaul, Head of the Africa Policy Bridge Tank Programme at the African Union Development Agency (NEPAD)
• Christopher da Cunha Bueno Garman, Managing Director for the Americas at Eurasia Group.
• Felipe Hees, Brazilian Sous-sherpa of the G20 at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 5:50 to 6:00 pm BRT | CLOSING REMARKS

• Marcos Azambuja, Trustee Emeritus at the Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI).

 

JULY 3RD, WEDNESDAY

09:00 am to 10:00 am BRT | WELCOME COFFEE AND ACCREDITATION

10:00 to 10:30 am BRT | OPENING

• Luciana Servo, President at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA).
• Maria João Rodrigues, President at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).
• Renata Amaral, Secretary for International Affairs and Development at the Brazilian Ministry of Planning and Budget.

 10:30 to 10:45 am BRT | VIDEO

• Esther Duflo, Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Co-founder and Co-director at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Chair in Poverty and Public Policy at Collège de France.

10:45 to 11:10 am BRT | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

• Flora Myamba, Executive Director of the Women and Social Protection Tanzania (WSP).

11:10 am to 12:10 BRT | Panel 6: FIGHTING POVERTY, HUNGER AND INEQUALITY

• Moderator: Ana Costa, Deputy Director, Social-environmental Division (BNDES).
• Gala Díaz Langou, Executive Director at Center for the Implementation of Public Policies to Promote Equity and Growth (CIPPEC).
• Rafael Guerreiro Osório, Deputy Director of Studies and Social Policies at Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA).
• Stephen Devereux, Research Fellow at Institute for Development Studies (IDS). | online
• Saulo Ceolin, General Coordinator for Food and Nutrition Security at Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

12:10 to 12:45 pm BRT | SYNTHESIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS 

• Moderator: Almir Nascimento, Director of the International Relations Research Institute (IPRI) of the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG).
• TF 01 – Clara Brenck, Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Associate Researcher at the Center for Research in Macroeconomics of Inequalities at University of São Paulo (Made/FEA-USP).
• TF 02 – Maiara Folly, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Plataforma CIPÓ.
• TF 03 – Ana Saggioro Garcia, Researcher at BRICS Policy Center (BPC) and Professor at Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ).
• TF 04 – Vera Thorstensen, Professor at São Paulo School of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EESP) and Coordinator at Center for Global Trade and Investment  (CCGI).
• TF 05 – Bruno Bioni, Co-Executive Director at Data Privacy Brasil and Professor at College of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM).
• TF 06 – Melina Risso, Research Director at Igarapé Institute.

12:45 to 1:00 pm BRT | DELIVERY OF T20 BRASIL COMMUNIQUÉ TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM BRAZILIAN MINISTRIES OF FINANCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND G20 SOCIAL

• Antonio Cottas, Subsecretary for International Finance and Economic Cooperation at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance.
• Felipe Hees, Brazilian Sous-sherpa of the G20 at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Gustavo Westmann, G20 Social/Special Advisor for International Affairs Secretariat General Presidency of the Republic of Brazil.
• Tatiana Berringer, Coordinator of the Social G20 in the Finance Track at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance.

1 pm BRT | CLOSING