// BRAZIL FORUM
Panel Sessions
Keynote: We Were Here: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Future of Global Brazil
- Sábado 14/06
- 10:00 - 10:50 hrs. (Horário do UK)
In a context of global environmental emergency, there is an ethical and strategic cost to continuing to treat Indigenous sovereignty as a peripheral issue, when the preservation of traditional territories is directly connected to biodiversity protection, the reduction of deforestation, and the planet’s climate stability.
Drawing from the work of FUNAI and the lived experience of hundreds of Indigenous peoples, the conversation highlights how land demarcation, self-determination, and free, prior, and informed consent are no longer exclusively national matters, but have become central issues in global governance.
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Panel: Beyond the Machine: State Reform as a National Project
- Sábado 14/06
- 10:00 - 10:50 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss the reform of the Brazilian State as a structural condition for building effective global leadership and tackling domestic inequalities. In a context of reconfiguration of the international order, the State’s capacity to coordinate public policies, mobilise resources and implement transformative agendas becomes a central element for Brazil to exercise leadership in the multipolar scenario. The debate will address the institutional, budgetary and management challenges running through the public machinery, exploring how modernisation of the state apparatus can simultaneously strengthen internal governance and expand the country’s international projection.
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Panel: Beyond Oil: The Map of Brazil's Just Energy Transition
- Domingo 15/06
- 13:40 - 14:50 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss Brazil’s energy transition as a technical, political, financial and social challenge, examining how the country can pursue a sovereign and structured path towards decarbonisation without sacrificing its energy security and economic development. The panel will examine the contours of the Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.
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Keynote: Brazil, Destination of the World: Global Cities, Mobility and the New Diplomacy of Tourism
- Sábado 14/06
- 10:00 - 10:50 hrs. (Horário do UK)
Brazil is back at the centre of the map. After years of diplomatic isolation and deterioration of its international image, the country has reclaimed its role as a global destination, and Rio de Janeiro has been one of the main vectors of this reinvention. This keynote examines how the hosting of major international events, the modernisation of urban infrastructure and the projection of Brazilian culture abroad combine to reposition Brazil as one of the world’s most desirable and relevant destinations. The discussion draws on the concrete experience of a city that hosted the 2016 Olympic Games, welcomed the G20 summit in 2024, and consolidated a permanent agenda of global-scale events. In a multipolar world, tourism emerges as an instrument of soft power.
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Panel: Pact for Equity: State Strategies Against Structural Inequalities
- Domingo 15/06
- 10:00 - 11:40 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to examine the fight against Brazil’s structural inequalities as a challenge requiring coordinated responses across different spheres of power, sectors of society and territorial scales. The debate will examine how the articulation between public power, social investment and academia can generate more effective and lasting responses to the problem of inequality.
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Panel: 2026 Elections: Scenarios, Risks and Trends
- Sábado 14/06
- 11:40 - 12:30 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to analyse the Brazilian electoral scenario of 2026 as a decisive moment for the consolidation or rupture of the multipolar leadership project and inequality reduction that the country seeks to build. In a global context marked by the rise of anti-democratic movements and the resurgence of protectionism, Brazil’s presidential elections transcend domestic competition and acquire geopolitical relevance.
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Panel: Time, Technology and Power: Who Controls the Work of Tomorrow?
- Domingo 15/06
- 11:50 - 12:20 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss the future of work not as an inevitable trend, but as a field of dispute. The ongoing technological transformation, marked by artificial intelligence, automation and the platformisation of the economy, is profoundly reconfiguring the relationships between capital, time and power. The central question ceases to be merely economic and becomes political: how to distribute productivity gains? Who regulates the algorithms?
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Panel: Zero Hunger, Permanent Commitment: From the Brazilian Experience to Global Cooperation
- Sábado 14/06
- 13:30 - 13:40 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss the fight against hunger as an ethical and political imperative that defines a country’s capacity to guarantee dignity to all its citizens. Seventy years after the legacy of Josué de Castro, hunger in Brazil and the world remains a result of political choices and structural governance failures. The debate will examine the challenges of transforming the right to food into a permanent State policy.
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Panel: Culture as Democracy: Art, Identity and Global Projection
- Sábado 14/06
- 16:50 - 17:00 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes a reflection on the strategic role of Brazilian culture as a living expression of democracy and as an instrument of the country’s affirmation in the international scenario. The debate starts from the understanding that culture is not only a symbolic manifestation, but also a field of disputes, narrative construction and consolidation of democratic values.
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Keynote: Something New Under the Sun: AI, Ethics and the Protection of the Human Condition
- Sábado 14/06
- 10:00 - 10:50 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This keynote examines the AI revolution as a civilisational transformation comparable to the Enlightenment, exploring its dualities: extraordinary advances in medicine and sustainability, but also risks of mass surveillance, algorithmic bias and democratic erosion. The central argument holds that Law must serve as the “navigational chart” of this era — with balanced regulation grounded in privacy, transparency and institutional protection — ensuring that innovation serves human dignity and the reduction of inequalities.
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Panel: Organised Crime, Illicit Flows and Public Security: 'Follow the Money'
- Sábado 14/06
- 17:00 - 18:20 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss tackling transnational organised crime as a structural challenge requiring evidence-based responses, financial intelligence and international cooperation, as opposed to punitive approaches that have historically proven ineffective and socially devastating.
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Panel: A Country for All Women? Challenges of Female Representation in Brazilian Politics
- Sábado 14/06
- 15:00 - 15:10 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss female under-representation in Brazilian politics as one of the most persistent structural inequalities in national democracy. Despite women representing more than half of the population, their presence in political power spaces remains drastically lower, reflecting institutional, cultural and economic barriers that limit women’s access to and permanence in public life.
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Panel: New Climate Multilateralism: From Negotiation to Implementation
- Sábado 14/06
- 13:40 - 15:00 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to analyse the transition underway in the international climate regime, marked by the shift from three decades of centrality in negotiation to a new stage oriented towards implementation. Held in Belém, COP 30, recognised as the ‘COP of Truth’, symbolised this paradigm shift by affirming that climate action can no longer depend on ideal political conditions.
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Panel: Reality in Dispute: Artificial Intelligence and the Erosion of Common Truth
- Sábado 14/06
- 11:00 - 11:30 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to analyse disinformation and artificial intelligence not only as communicational phenomena, but also as structural challenges to democratic integrity and Brazilian digital sovereignty. The debate will examine the evolution of the disinformation ecosystem in Brazil, from private messaging networks to coordinated attacks on institutions, and will assess the effectiveness of contemporary regulatory frameworks compared to international digital security models.
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Panel: Beyond DE&I: The Power of Public-Private Initiatives in Combating Inequalities
- Sábado 14/06
- 15:10 - 16:20 hrs. (Horário do UK)
Achieving an equitable society requires collaborative, inclusive solutions to collective challenges — a responsibility shared by all social stakeholders. For the past years, Brazil has seen a significant surge in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives within the labour market and advertising sectors. To truly unlock the innovation inherent in diversity, DE&I must now transcend ‘market logic’ and seasonal corporate trends; it must be institutionalised as a core pillar of the logic driving both private initiatives and public policy. This panel will explore how Public-Private Partnerships can shift the needle from isolated actions to systemic governance — ensuring that equity becomes a permanent driver of national development and social justice in Brazil.
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Panel: The Frontiers of Education in Brazil: Strategic Challenges for the Next Decade
- Domingo 15/06
- 14:50 - 15:40 hrs. (Horário do UK)
This panel proposes to discuss the future of Brazilian education from two structural milestones that define the horizon of the next decade: the implementation of the new National Education Plan and the construction of the National Education System. The debate will examine the challenges of transforming formal targets into concrete policies in a country with deep regional asymmetries.
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