Webinar | First EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation

At the time of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, the webinar aims at identifying areas for cooperation between the EU and Brazil, regarding digital trade and emerging technologies. Participants explore key issues such as new digital infrastructures, 5G, cybersecurity, personal data protection, data-driven technologies, the Internet of Things and its applications, and Artificial Intelligence.

Speakers and participants offer their perspectives on these issues and explore areas where trade and cooperation can be strengthened in the short and medium term. Speakers provide their critical evaluations on the measures that should be promoted and on the challenges that should be tackled to enhance cooperation on digital trade and emerging technologies.

The insights and proposals offered by speakers and participants has been consolidated and utilised to elaborate the agenda of a second webinar, towards the end of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, aimed at tackling specific issues on where digital cooperation and digital trade may be fostered more straightforwardly.

Speakers:

Welcome and Introductory Remarks:
Goret Pereira Paulo, Director, FGV Office of Research and Innovation
Thibaut Kleiner, Director of Strategy and Outreach, DG Connect, European Commission
Luigi Gambardella, President EUBrasil
Luca Belli, Professor FGV Law School

A new agenda for innovation and digital cooperation between Europe and Brazil:
Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvão, Ambassador of Brazil to the EU
Ignacio Ybanez, Ambassador of the EU to Brazil
Patricia Ellen Da Silva, Secretary for Economic Development, State of São Paulo
Ricardo Castanheira, Digital & Technology Counselor, Permanent Representation of Portugal to the EU
Moderator: Luigi Gambardella, President EUBrasil

EU-Brazil: A Dialogue on Digital Trade, Emerging Technologies and Regulation:
Carlos Oliveira, Minister Counselor for Digital Market, Delegation of the European Union to Brazil
José Manuel Fernandes, President EU Brazil Delegation of the European Parliament
Jorge Arbache, Vice President for Private Sector at the Development Bank of Latin America
Tais Maldonado Niffinegger, Director of International Affairs, ANATEL
Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy, CEPS
Luiz Moncau, Public Policy Manager, NuBank
Emily Rees, Senior Fellow, ECIPE & Director, Trade Strategies
Moderator: Luca Belli, Professor FGV Law School

Wrap-up and takeaways:
Paula Soprana, Folha de São Paulo
Renato Flores, Director of FGV International Intelligence Unit and Professor at FGV Graduate School of Economics

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This was an event organized by FGV Direito Rio on March 12, 2021.

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