PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council

February 24: Annual Strategic Planning Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
March 18–21: U.S.-Brazil Business mission to Brazil featuring United
States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk, Ex-Im President and
Chairman Fred P. Hochberg, then-Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke,
and Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs David Sandelow (Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo Brazil)
March 19: U.S.-Brazil Business Summit featuring President Barack Obama
(Brasília, Brazil)
March 31: Brazil Forum event on Business Opportunities in Rio de Janeiro
featuring Sérgio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro; Eike Batista, President
of EBX Group; and Eugenio Gouveia Vieira, President of Federation of
Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FIRJAN) (Washington, D.C.)
May 6: Brazil Forum Roundtable featuring Marcelo Haddad, Executive
Director of the Rio Investment Promotion Agency (Rio Negócios)
(Washington, D.C.)
July 19: Roundtable with Brian Brisson, New Senior Commercial Officer for
Brazil of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Washington, D.C.)
August 10: BUSBC energy roundtable featuring Deputy Secretary of Energy
Daniel B. Poneman in preparation for the launch of the U.S.-Brazil Strategic
Energy Dialogue (SED) (Washington, D.C.)
Then-Brazilian Health Minister Jose
Gomes Temporão addresses council
members at a roundtable discussion on the
FDA-ANVISA Dialogue.
August 28–September 2: Export Green–Trade Mission: Green Building
and Brazil
September 23: 2011 Economic Conference co-hosted by BUSBC and the
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce featuring Brazil’s Central Bank
Governor Alexandre Tombini and Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega
(Washington, D.C.)
October 12: Roundtable with Brazil’s Permanent Representative to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo (Washington, D.C.)
October 13: Roundtable with Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary Tatiana
Prazeres (Washington, D.C.)
November 1: Export Green–Building Envelope Energy Efficiency
Technology Cooperation Workshop (São Paulo, Brazil)
November 14: Roundtable with Sergio Lazzarini, Associate Professor of
Organization and Strategy, Brazilian Institute of Education and Research
(INSPER) (Washington, D.C.)
November 15: Export Green–Doing Business in Brazil (Atlanta, Georgia)
December 2: Brazil Forum Luncheon with Senator Richard D. Lugar (R-IN)
December 13–15: Export Green Buyers Mission: POWER-GEN
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
Business leaders and government
officials wait to hear President Barack
Obama’s keynote address at the
U.S.-Brazil Business Summit. President
Obama said “There is no question that
the United States and Brazil benefit
from the economic ties we’ve developed
over the years. There’s no question that
strengthening those ties would be a
win-win for both our nations.”
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