Day One

Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast (8:00 AM – 8:30 AM)

Opening Panel (8:30 AM – 10:00 AM)

  • John Karam, University of Illinois
  • Denis Mizne, Lemann Foundation
  • Marcia Castro, Harvard University
  • Paulo Blikstein, Columbia University
  • Martin Carnoy, Stanford University

Session I: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (10:00 AM – 11:30 AM)

  • Paulo Blikstein, Columbia University
  • Olivia Coiado, University of Illinois
  • Carlos Eduardo de Andrade Brandt Silva, Central Bank of Brazil
  • Antonio Carlos Lessa, University of Brasília
  • Moderator & Discussant: Thomas Trebat, Columbia University

Lunch (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)

Keynote Address: Marcelo Cunha Medeiros, University of Illinois (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)

Session II: Economy (1:30 PM – 3:00 PM)

  • Juliana Mozachi Sandri, Central Bank of Brazil
  • Edmund Amann, Leiden University
  • Daniela Alonso Fontes, University of Illinois
  • Rodrigo Soares, Insper
  • Moderator & Discussant: Mary Arends-Kuenning, University of Illinois

Coffee break (3:00 PM – 3:15 PM)

Session III: Health (3:15 PM – 4:45 PM)

  • Andiara Schwingel, University of Illinois
  • Flávia Andrade, University of Illinois
  • Pedro Hallal, University of Illinois
  • Adriano Massuda, Fundação Getúlio Vargas
  • Moderator & Discussant: Marcia Castro, Harvard University

Break (4:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Reception (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM)

Day Two

Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast (8:30 AM – 9:00 AM)

Session IV: Education (9:00 AM – 10:30 AM)

  • Julia Callegari, Lemann Foundation
  • Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
  • Vânia Castro, University of Illinois
  • David Plank, Stanford University
  • Moderator & Chair: Lucas Giannini, Behring Foundation

Session V: Politics of Environment (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM)

  • Michael Silvers, University of Illinois
  • Marin Elisabeth Skidmore, University of Illinois
  • Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister, International Resource Panel and UN
  • Maria Antonia Tigre, Columbia University
  • Moderator & Discussant:   Victoria Saramago, University of Chicago

Lunch (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)

Session VI: Racial Justice (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM)

  • Jurema Werneck, Amnesty International Brazil
  • Márcia Lima, Brazilian Ministry of Racial Equality (MIR)
  • Marc Hertzman, University of Illinois
  • Zara Figueiredo Tripodi, Brazilian Ministry of Education
  • Moderator & Discussant: Jerry Dávila, University of Illinois

Coffee break (2:30 PM – 2:45 PM)

Concluding Panel (2:45 PM – 4:15 PM)

  • Marcia Castro, Harvard University,
  • Thomas Trebat, Columbia University
  • Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
  • Daniel de Bonis, Lemann Foundation
  • John Karam, University of Illinois

Closing Remarks (4:15 PM – 4:30 PM)

  • Jorge Paulo Lemann, Investor and philanthropist AB InBev, 3G Capital, and Lemann Foundation

Reception (4:30 PM – 5:30 PM)