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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
FÓRUM DAS AMÉRICAS
Conference
The Rise of BRIC: Impact on Global Policymaking
New York, 2 December 2011
Low Library, 116th Street and Broadway, Columbia University
We are pleased to invite you to join the inaugural Conference of the BRICLab at Columbia University, New York, on 2 December 2011, at Low Library, 116th Street and Broadway, Columbia University. The conference is entitled “The Rise of BRIC: Impact on Global Policymaking” and is sponsored by Fórum das Américas.
Registration for this conference is free upon registration and open to all.
The
rise of BRIC (Brazil, Russia India and China) is a transforming event
for the world. The BRICLab will examine their increasing influence and
the implications of their growing power through a combination of
classes, executive programs and conferences.
We will examine
the shift of the economic center of gravity of the world economy toward
emerging countries and the political, strategic and environmental
implications of the rise of BRIC. In this inaugural conference, we will
also focus on the ‘B’ in BRIC: Brazil; therefore discussing the changing
power and business dynamics brought about by the rise of Brazil.
The BRICLab inaugural conference will feature as speakers:
Michel Temer, Vice-President, Federative Republic of Brazil
Merit E. Janow, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University
Stephen King, Chief Economist, HSBC
Sergei Guriev, Rector, New Economic School of Moscow
Christian Deseglise, Co-Director, BRICLab, Columbia University
Corrado Clini, Chairman, G-20 Global Bioenergy Partnership
Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University
James Crombie, Editor, Bloomberg Brief
Marcos Troyjo, Co-Director, BRICLab, Columbia University
Stefan Wagstyl, Emerging Markets Editor, Financial Times
Marcello Hallake, Partner, Jones Day
Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company (to be confirmed)
Thomas Trebat, Executive Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
Marcelo Odebrecht, Chairman and CEO, Odebrecht
Sergio Cabral Filho, Governor, Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro
Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest
The Conference will take place at Columbia University (Low Library) in New York. It will bring together undergraduate and graduate students as well as policy makers, business leaders, professors and the media.
We very much hope you will be able to join us for this Conference.
The Rise of BRIC: Impact on Global Policymaking
Date: December 02, 2011 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm EST
Location: Low Memorial Library. Address: 116th Street and Broadway, Columbia University, New York
Registration and information please email:
JoAnn Crawford (jac12@columbia.edu) or
Anamélia Meireles (anamelia@forumamericas.org.br) or
Izabela Araújo at (izabela@forumamericas.org.br)