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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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