PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council

Programs
The Brazil-U.S. Business Council has three regular programs that take place
every year: the Strategic Planning Meeting, the annual Brazil Mission, and
the Plenary Meeting. It also has the Brazil Forum Series, an ongoing series
of events, and in 2011, launched the U.S.-Brazil Business Summit.
Strategic Planning Meeting & Mid-Year Review
The annual Strategic Planning Meeting convenes members from the U.S.
Section of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council to establish the organization’s
strategies and tactics for the coming year and to ensure that each
company’s priorities are incorporated into the council’s program of work.
These priorities are revised during the Mid-Year Review.
Annual Brazil Mission
BUSBC annually hosts one or more missions to Brazil that bring together
high-level executives from U.S. member companies and their Brazilian
counterparts to meet with Brazilian senior government officials from all
branches of government at the federal, state, and local levels. BUSBC
missions advance the council’s program of work and help council members
identify customers, partners, and opportunities in Brazil.
President Barack Obama speaks to
the Brazil-U.S. Business Council
and the larger U.S. and Brazilian business
community at the U.S.-Brazil Business
Summit. President Obama acknowledged
the need to strengthen economic ties
between the United States and Brazil to
create jobs and business opportunities for
both countries.
Plenary Meeting
BUSBC’s Plenary Meeting is its annual major event that brings together
the two sections of the council to measure progress in advancing its
goals and laying the groundwork for cooperation in the coming year. The
BUSBC Plenary is the top forum for substantive public-private discussions
on the Brazil-U.S. economic and commercial relationship and is held in
alternate years in Brazil and the United States.
Brazil Forum Series
Brazil Forum is the council’s event series featuring high level public and
private sector authorities from both Brazil and the United States to foster
in-depth discussions of developments in the growing bilateral commercial
and economic relationship. With more than 30 events annually, the Brazil
Forum Series provides members with opportunities to network with
policymakers and business leaders.
Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega
speaks at the 2011 Brazil Economic
Conference on Brazil’s current economic
scenario and the global economy.
2012
PROGRAM
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