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September 24th
10:00 WELCOME / OPENING REMARKS
Anja Czymmeck
Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Brazil, Germany
José Pio Borges
President of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations, Brazil
Ignacio Ybáñez
Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Brazil
10:15 OPENING SPEECHES
New frontiers and Sovereignty on the brink of Global Challenges
Fernando Azevedo e Silva
Brazilian Minister of Defense
David McAllister
Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament
Moderator
Ignacio Ybáñez
Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil
14:00 PANEL 1
Traditional Frontiers: issues on Sovereignty and Security
How do migration flows impact cross-border security management?
In which way do environmental challenges affect geopolitics in a pandemic scenario?
How to manage sovereignty and international cooperation in times of growing nationalism?
What role do traditional borders play in the 21st century?
Ary Soares Mesquita
Lieutenant General, Brazil
Henning Speck
Political Adviser, German Bundestag, Germany
Elena Lazarou
Member of the European Parliamentary Research Service, Belgium
Moderator
Antonio Jorge Ramalho da Rocha
Professor, University of Brasília, Brazil
September 25th
10:00 PANEL 2
Economic Frontiers: Defense Industry in the Globalized World
Is there partnership for the defense industry in Latin America and Europe?
What is the potential for technology transfer between the private and military sectors?
How to improve the defense industry’s protection of strategic and sensitive data and facilities such as energy, water and banks?
How will states cope with the possible effects of the Covid-19 crisis on military spending and resource allocation?
Jackson Schneider
President and CEO, Embraer Defesa e Segurança, Brazil
Carlo Masala
Professor, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Anne Fort
Head of Unit at the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) at the European Commission, Belgium
Moderator
André Clark
General Manager at Siemens Energy Brazil and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations, Brazil
14:00 PANEL 3
New Frontiers in the Geopolitical Digital Era
What are the responsibilities of global governance in the regulation and protection of cyberspace?
How does 5G mark the era of digital geopolitics?
How to foster defense cooperation in general in “Outer Space”?
Eduardo Magrani
Konrad Adenauer Foundation Fellow, Brazil
Juan Battaleme
Academic Secretary of the Argentinean Council of International Relations, Argentina
Wiktor Staniecki
Head of Cyber Sector in the Security and Defense Policy Division at the European External Action Service, Belgium
Moderator
Sabrina Medeiros
Professor, Brazilian Naval War College, Brazil
15:30 CLOSING
Anja Czymmeck
Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Brazil, Germany
José Pio Borges
President of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations, Brazil
Ignacio Ybáñez
Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil
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