PhD in Socio-environmental Development Sciences from the Centre for Advanced Amazonian Studies at the Federal University of Pará, Aiala Couto is a geographer, law graduate, and professor and researcher in the Postgraduate Geography Programme at UEPA.

Executive Director of the Instituto de Políticas Públicas em Direitos Humanos do Mercosul (MERCOSUR Institute for Human Rights Policies), with extensive experience in the technical-political articulation of actions with authorities and officials from the States Parties and Associates of Mercosur.

One of Brazil’s most prominent climatologists, Carlos Nobre has devoted his career to studying the Amazon and global climate change. He is Co-Chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), where he advocates for science-based solutions for the sustainable development of the region, with a focus on a standing-forest bioeconomy.

Legal Director at Google Brazil, holds a PhD in Law from the University of São Paulo Law School and an LL.M. in Law, Science & Technology from Stanford Law School.

Lawyer, co-founder and president of LACLIMA (Latin-American Climate Lawyers Initiative for Mobilising Action), the first climate change lawyers organisation in Latin America.

Artist, director, and entrepreneur from the favelas, widely recognised for transforming the periphery into a creative powerhouse. In 2023, he debuted as a filmmaker with the documentary Folia dos Anjos. The following year, he became a street reporter for TV Globo, bringing the voice of the favela to Carnival and other popular celebrations. He is also the general director of Cia Favelinha de Danças. Kdu has spoken at events in the USA, France, Colombia, and the UK.

Data scientist, speaker and co-founder of Programação Dinâmica. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering, a master’s degree in mathematical modeling of information from the School of Applied Mathematics at FGV-RJ and is currently a PhD candidate in Intelligence Technologies and Digital Design at PUC-SP. With experience in the public and private sectors, she has contributed to research projects at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and the Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE/FGV), was a senior data scientist at Cyberlabs and a professor at Inteli and IDP.

Impact and Sustainability Vice-President for IFood, one of the major food delivery companies in Brazil. Co-founder of the Black Women Investment Network, economist and investor with over twenty years of multisectoral and international expertise.

Minister of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil since 2013 and current president. Professor of Brazilian law and constitutional law at the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Master of Laws from Yale University and PhD from UERJ. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Barroso is the patron of Brazil Forum UK and has participated in all editions since 2016.

Forestry engineer and PhD in Geosciences from Unicamp, she completed her postdoctoral studies at Univates University Center. She was the director of the Environment Secretariat of the Municipality of Lajeado. Between 2019 and 2022, she served as CEO of the State Foundation for Environmental Protection (Fepam) of Rio Grande do Sul. Since March 2022, she has been the State Secretary for the Environment and Infrastructure.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (appointed by Brazil and Suriname), responsible for the strategic direction and supervision of the operations of the three arms of the group, the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab.

PhD in Public Administration and Government from the School of Business Administration of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-EAESP) with a doctoral internship at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Cambridge. Master in Public Administration from the same university and a degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo. She is the executive director of the Brazilian Public Security Forum and coordinates the preparation of the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook and the Atlas of Violence.

PhD in Environmental Science from the University of São Paulo (USP), postdoctoral researcher in Water Security and Human Mobility. Researcher at the Rede Sul Americana para as Migrações Ambientais (South American Network for Environmental Migrations).