Luiz Paulo Taboada shares his assessment of the real estate sector in Maceio, Alagoas, and gives an overview of Taboada's projects and upcoming plans, including Vista Lagoa and Angatu condominiums. He also talks about the challenges Taboada Incorporadora had to face during the pandemic and shares his vision for the future.

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Emilio Izquierdo gives an overview of MARAEY, the upcoming mixed-use development to be built in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro. He also talks about the latest news related to the project and shares his vision to turn MARAEY into the best sustainable tourist and residential development in Brazil.

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Deputy Minister Diogo Mac Cord de Faria discusses privatization programs in Brazil, including large privatization processes which are underway with major economic actors, including Eletrobras, the largest utility company in Latin America, and Correios, the largest Post Office in Latin America. He also talks about the real estate sector, mentioning the creation of real estate trust funds which will lead to tremendous investment opportunities in Brazil.

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Freddy Marcos gives an overview of Rentbrella, an umbrella sharing solution that enables urban mobility and delivers high impact brand activations in cities around the world. Rentbrella offers an app that allows customers to borrow an umbrella from an automated kiosk and use it free of charge for 24 hours.

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No dia 15/06/2016 começa a feira Iguassu Tourism Mart, no Marco das Américas, em Foz do Iguaçu, onde o Rio Grande do Norte terá estande próprio e promete movimentar o trade com as atrações programadas.

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No dia 21/06/2016 acontecerá uma reunião em Brasília para discutir a viabilidade de um projeto para o desenvolvimento do turismo sustentável na região Agreste-Trairi do Rio Grande do Norte.

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View the Executive Profile of Frederico Fleury Curado, President and CEO of Embraer, a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, defense and executive aircraft.

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View the Executive Profile of Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi, President and CEO of Bradesco, one of the biggest banking and financial services companies in Brazil.

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View the Executive Profile of Amos Genish, President and CEO of Vivo (Telefônica Brasil), the largest and most profitable telecom operator in Brazil.

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View the Executive Profile of Aldemir Bendine, CEO of Petrobras, the leading Brazilian oil company. Bendine is also the former President and CEO of Banco do Brasil, one of the country's biggest banks.

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$26.3B (Net Worth) -- Jorge Paulo Lemann is a Brazilian businessman and the richest man in the country. He is known for being one of the co-founders and partners of private equity firm 3G Capital.

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$17.0B (Net Worth) -- Joseph Safra's largest holding is Banco Safra, one of the largest private banks in Brazil, which is part of Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.

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$12.8B (Net Worth) -- Marcel Herrmann Telles is a Brazilian businessman, known for being one of the co-founders and partners of private equity firm 3G Capital, together with Jorge Paulo Lemann and Carlos Alberto Sicupira.

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$11.0B (Net Worth) -- Carlos Alberto Sicupira is a Brazilian businessman, known for being one of the co-founders and partners of private equity firm 3G Capital, together with Jorge Paulo Lemann and Marcel Herrmann Telles.

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$7.8B (Net Worth) -- The Marinho brothers control Grupo Globo, the largest mass media group of Latin America, founded in 1925 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), by Irineu Marinho.

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$5.0B (Net Worth) -- Eduardo Saverin is known for being the co-founder of the famous social media platform Facebook. He is also a co-founder and Chairman of capital firm Velos Partners.

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$4.1B (Net Worth) -- Abílio dos Santos Diniz is the former Chairman of the Brazilian retail chain GPA - Grupo Pão de Açúcar (Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição), which is the country's largest retailer.

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$3.6B (Net Worth) -- Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco is the founder of Brazilian food giant, M. Dias Branco, a company with national coverage, which has become a leader in the cookies, crackers and pasta segments.

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$3.4B (Net Worth) -- Walter Faria is the owner of Grupo Petrópolis, one of Brazil's largest beer and beverage companies, famous for brands such as Itaipava, Crystal, Lokal, Black Princess, Petra, etc.

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$2.2 (Net Worth) -- Aloysio de Andrade Faria is a Brazilian banker best known for the conglomerate Banco Alfa. He is also the owner of the Transamerica Corporation.

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Marcopolis ranked the top business leaders in Brazil by net worth. Jorge Paulo Lemann is number one, Joseph Safra is number 2 and Marcel Hermann Telles is the third top businessman in Brazil.

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Petrobras performs in the following sectors: exploration and production, refining, marketing, transportation, petrochemicals, oil product distribution, natural gas, electricity, chemical gas, and biofuels.

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Itaú is the largest Latin American bank and one of the largest banks on the planet, with approximately 96,000 employees and operations in 20 countries throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe.

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Banco Bradesco was founded in 1943 and is currently one of the largest banks in Brazil in terms of total assets, offering a wide range of banking and financial products and services in Brazil and abroad.

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Banco do Brasil is one of the largest financial institutions in Brazil with 58,6 million clients and 15,100 points of service in 3,100 cities and 24 countries.

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Vale is a Brazilian multinational metals and mining corporation. It is the third-largest mining company in the world, leader in the production of iron ore and second largest producer of nickel.

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JBS is a global leader in beef, lamb and poultry processing and is also heavily involved in pork production. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

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GPA (Grupo Pão de Açúcar) is the largest retailer in Brazil, acting in the segments of food, clothing, home appliances and other products through its chain of hypermarkets and supermarkets.

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BRF is one of the giants in the global food market, acting in segments such as poultry, pork, beef, milk, dairy products and processed food products under several brands.

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Itaúsa is a holding company which engages in the manufacturing and financial service industries. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in São Paulo.

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Oi is a telecom company operating through the following segments: Fixed Line and Data Transmission Services, Mobile Services and Other Services. At the end of 2014, Oi had 74,5 million clients.

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Discover the top 10 list of the largest companies in Brazil, compiled and published by the MarcoPolis research team. The list includes companies such as Petrobras, Itaú, Bradesco, Banco do Brasil, Vale, JBS, etc.

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Pascoal Iannoni presents Flexform, a company which started in the office armchairs market 50 years ago, and is now one of the leading companies in the furniture sector in Brazil, with over 500 employees.

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Pascoal Iannoni, CEO of Flexform, gives an overview of the company, explaining what are its main values and philosophy. Flexform started as a family company 50 years ago and has now over 500 employees.

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Valério Dornelles presents Tecno Logys, a company acting in the construction market in Brazil. Tecno Logys offers technological solutions for the building sector through an innovative concept of integrated masonry.

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Mauro Dottori, President of MPD, gives an overview of the company. MPD has been acting in the construction and real estate segments in Brazil and is now completing 32 years of existence.

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Construction in Brazil: Overview of Lock Engenharia

Eduardo Menezes, CEO of Lock Engenharia, gives an overview of the company. Lock was founded 27 years ago and acts in 4 main areas: commercial, very high-standard residential construction, corporate and residential buildings.

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Trade Agro: Containerised Commodity Exports Company in Brazil

Eduardo Figueiredo, Managing Director of Trade Agro, gives an overview of the company. Trade Agro was founded 10 years ago to export cotton for textiles. Then the company began to focus on cotton seeds for animal feed, acting in the niche market of containerised exports.

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Eduardo Menezes gives an overview of the construction sector in Brazil and presents Lock Engenharia. The company was founded 27 years ago and today it has 4 main areas of actuation: commercial, very high-standard residential construction, corporate and residential buildings.

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Eduardo Figueiredo, Managing Director of Trade Agro

Eduardo Figueiredo gives his evaluation of the agriculture and agribusiness sector in Brazil and presents his company: Trade Agro. Mr Figueiredo gives an overview of the company's philosophy and values, success cases and current projects, as well as his vision for the future of the sector in the next three years.

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Building Maintenance in Brazil: Presentation of Álamo Engenharia

Luiz Eduardo Mendonça, Vice-President of Álamo Engenharia, gives his evaluation of the maintenance sector in Brazil. Álamo acts in areas such as electrical maintenance, civil engineering, maintenance repairs, hydraulics, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and some other small repairs.

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Mauro Dottori, President of MPD

Mauro Dottori gives his evaluation of the real estate and construction sectors in Brazil and presents MPD, sharing his vision for the company, its values, success cases, current projects, challenges to be faced and plans for the future.

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Metal Ar was recently awarded by Exame among the best companies to work for in Brazil for the 7th consecutive year. Directors and Partners Paulo Dias and Celso Mazetti, together with some of their employees, talk about the award and explain what it means to be working at Metal Ar.

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Luiz Eduardo Mendonça gives his evaluation of the maintenance sector in Brazil and presents Álamo Engenharia, talking about the company's philosophy and mentioning some success cases, strategy and future plans.

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Metal Ar was founded in 1967, initially as a company leasing pneumatic mining equipment, and is now a leader in the Brazilian market of pneumatic and hydraulic mining equipment and services, mining and excavating millions of tonnes of rock every year.

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Ruy Thales Baillot, Director and Founder of Alphageos Tecnologia Aplicada

Ruy Thales Baillot gives an overview of the Brazilian geotechnical sector and talks about the history of Alphageos, mentioning technology, success cases, current projects, growth, challenges to be faced and his vision for the future of the company.

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Alphageos: Geotechnical Engineering Industry in Brazil

Ruy Thales Baillot, Director and Founder of Alphageos Tecnologia Aplicada, gives an overview of the geotechnical engineering industry in Brazil and presents the company, which was founded in 1985 and was the first in Brazil to be certified by INMETRO.

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Rogério Martinelli gives an overview of DClick, a company founded in 2006, with the idea of producing software in a different way, with the front-end of the apps built in the most creative way possible. The company also provides some IT services.

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Rogério Martinelli, Director-Partner at DClick

Rogério Martinelli talks about the mobile and web solutions sector in Brazil and presents his IT company DClick, mentioning the company's history, philosophy, competitive advantages and success cases. Mr Martinelli also discusses partnerships and investment opportunities.

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Maurício Cascão gives an overview of Mandic, an IT company specialized in cloud computing which was founded in the mid 90's by Aleksandar Mandic. Mr. Cascão also talks about the company's philosophy and main competitive advantages.

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Maurício Cascão, CEO of Mandic

Maurício Cascão gives an overview of the cloud computing sector in Brazil and presents Mandic, an IT service company with more than 20 years of experience in the market. Mandic offers IT solutions designed exclusively for corporate users.

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Antônio Carlos Gonçalves Júnior gives an overview of Ceagro, a company specialized in the origination and sale of soybean and corn destined for domestic and international markets. The company is one of the largest originators in Brazil.

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Antônio Carlos Gonçalves Júnior, President of Ceagro

Antônio Carlos Gonçalves Júnior gives an overview of the agribusiness sector in Brazil and presents Ceagro. The company operates in agribusiness since 1987 focused on the origination and sale of soybean and corn destined for domestic and international markets.

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Construction and Engineering in Brazil: Unicom Engenharia

Denilson J. A. Bezerra de Menezes, Director-Partner at Unicom Engenharia, presents his company, which is specialized in concrete projection by wet processing with dense flow and geotechnical engineering.

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Denilson J. A. Bezerra de Menezes, Director-Partner at Unicom Engenharia

Denilson J. A. Bezerra de Menezes gives his assessment of the construction and engineering sector in Brazil and presents Unicom Engenharia. The company has been on the market for 18 years and is specialized in concrete projection by wet processing with dense flow, as well as geotechnical engineering.

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Mauricio Giusti, CEO of BR Towers, gives an overview of the telecommunications infrastructure sector in Brazil and presents BR Towers, a company specialized in telecom tower sharing solutions, founded in mid 2012.

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Mauricio Giusti gives an overview of the telecommunications sector in Brazil, focusing on the infrastructure segment. Mr Giusti also presents BR Towers, a company founded in 2012 by GP Investments and Bradesco Private Equity Fund, specialized in providing telecom tower sharing solutions in the country.

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Construction Sector in Brazil: Overview of MGM Construtora

Walter Bastos Cortes Filho presents MGM Construtora, a Brazilian company founded in April 1978, specialized in commercial and industrial construction. According to Mr Bastos, there are some great challenges in the sector this year.

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Walter Bastos Cortes Filho, Director of MGM Construtora

Walter Bastos Cortes Filho gives an overview of the construction sector in Brazil and presents MGM Construtora, a company which was founded in 1978. Mr Bastos mentions some of MGM's differentials and success cases, such as the Ethanol Terminal in Paulinia for Copersucar and the Mogi Shopping Mall.

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Antonio Carmona Filho, President of Exata Engenharia e Assessoria

Antonio Carmona Filho gives an overview of the civil engineering sector in Brazil and presents his company, Exata Engenharia e Assessoria, mentioning some of the currents projects but also success cases such as their famous elevated reservoir in Bahia and their study to repair the two biggest coal silos in the world in Colombia.

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Antonio Carmona Filho, President of Exata Engenharia e Assessoria, talks about civil engineering in Brazil, saying that the sector is going through a very interesting phase, with several projects, construction works, national and foreign investments.

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Aluizio A. M. d'Avila, Director-Partner at Aluizio D'Avila

Aluizio A. M. d'Avila gives an overview of the structural projects sector in Brazil, focusing on reinforced and pre-tensioned concrete. He also presents his company, Aluizio D'Avila, mentioning its history, philosophy, main competitive advantages and some projects they are working on at the moment.

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Ivan de Oliveira Joppert Júnior, Director-Partner at Infraestrutura Engenharia

Ivan de Oliveira Joppert Júnior talks about projects, consulting and construction execution in Brazil, and presents Infraestrutura, mentioning some of its competitive advantages, philosophy and growth strategy. Mr Joppert also shares his vision for the future of the sector and the company.

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Silvio Ferraz de Campos, Director of Accept, presents the company. With more than 20 years of experience in the Brazilian IT market, Accept's focus is hardware for the corporate market. The products range from mini PCs to different types of servers.

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Silvio Ferraz de Campos, Director of Accept

Silvio Ferraz de Campos gives an overview of the Brazilian IT sector and presents Accept, a company with more than 20 years of experience in the IT market, mentioning its philosophy, differentials, main technological partners and some success cases. Mr. Ferraz de Campos also shares his vision for the future of Accept and the sector in the coming years.

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Aluizio A. M. d'Avila, Director-Partner at Aluizio D'Avila, an engineering projects company based in Sao Paulo, talks about structural projects in Brazil and mentions some of the company's important projects and works.

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Outec Engenharia: Bridges and Viaducts' Construction Specialist in Brazil

Rui Oyamada, Director of Outec Engenharia, talks about project development, consultancy, project management and supervision in Brazil, and presents Outec, a Brazilian company founded in 1983, specialized in infrastructural projects.

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Rui Oyamada, Director of Outec Engenharia

Rui Oyamada gives his assessment of the engineering sector in Brazil, focusing on the areas of project development, consultancy, project management and supervision. He also presents his own company, Outec Engenharia, mentioning some success cases and current projects under development.

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Fares e Associados Engenharia: Structural Projects in Brazil

Fares Eduardo Assali, Director-President of Fares & Associados Engenharia, gives an overview of the engineering sector in Brazil in terms of structural projects and presents his company.

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Fares Eduardo Assali, Director-President of Fares & Associados Engenharia

Fares Eduardo Assali gives his assessment of the engineering sector in Brazil in terms of structural projects and presents Fares & Associados, a company founded in 1982 and acting in the infrastructure projects segment, including bridges, airports, harbors, structural recovery, etc.

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Infraestrutura Engenharia: Infrastructure and Engineering in Brazil

Ivan de Oliveira Joppert Júnior, Director-Partner at Infraestrutura, talks about engineering in Brazil and presents Infraestrutura, a company acting in the segments of roads, dams, drainage, pavement works, building foundations, etc.

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André Mouaccad, Director of Five5, gives an evaluation of the real estate market in Brazil and presents Five5, an engineering company which has been operating in the segments of construction, real estate and housing developments for 10 years.

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Tiago Medeiros, Regional Director of Czarnikow, gives an overview of the sugar and ethanol market in Brazil and presents Czarnikow, a British company operating in the segments of sugar and ethanol trading, supply chain management and advisory.

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Virgílio Augusto Ramos, Director of CEC Cia. de Engenharia Civil, presents his company. So far, CEC has implemented projects for clients such as Petrobras, Hochtief, Método, Construcap, etc., and has already projected around 180 million square feet.

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Virgílio Augusto Ramos, Director of CEC Cia. de Engenharia Civil

Virgílio Augusto Ramos gives an overview of the civil engineering sector in Brazil and presents his company: CEC Cia. de Engenharia Civil. CEC was founded in 1987 and, up to this day, the company has projected around 180 million square feet, implementing projects for clients such as Petrobras, Hochtief, Método, Construcap, Fibra, etc.

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Edson Kenji Tsuzuki, Director of Technes Agrícola, gives an overview of the brazilian niche market of organic mineral fertilisers and soil and sub-soil conditioners. He also presents the company, mentioning its philosophy and success cases.

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Edson Kenji Tsuzuki, Director of Technes Agrícola

Edson Tsuzuki talks about the mineral fertilisers and soil and sub-soil conditioners segment in Brazil and gives an overview of his company, Technes Agrícola, mentioning its history, philosophy, success cases, growth strategy and challenges to be faced. Mr Tsuzuki also shares his vision for the future of the sector and Technes.

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André Mouaccad, Director of Five5

André Mouaccad gives his evaluation of the real estate sector in Brazil and presents Five5, a company acting in the business segments of real estate, construction and housing developments, mentioning some success cases, such as Sky Corporate and Trix Tamboré, as well as current projects under development.

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Tiago Medeiros, Regional Director of Czarnikow

Tiago Medeiros gives an overview of the sugar and ethanol sector in Brazil and presents Czarnikow, a British sugar and ethanol trading company that was founded over 150 years ago. Czarnikow operates on three main platforms: trading, supply chain management and advisory. The company is present in 89 countries and has more than 400 clients worldwide.

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Emilio Rietmann, President of ERB (Energias Renováveis do Brasil), talks about the company's history. ERB was founded five years ago and its focus is to generate steam and power from biomass for industrial customers.

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Emilio Rietmann, President of ERB (Energias Renováveis do Brasil), gives his assessment of the biomass sector for 2014 and onward and shares his vision for the future of ERB.

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Paulo de Tarso Vasconcellos Neto, Executive Director of ERB (Energias Renováveis do Brasil), talks about investments in the company. ERB already went through the first phase of finding investors and managed to reach 420 millions in funds so far.

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Paulo de Tarso Vasconcellos Neto, Executive Director of ERB (Energias Renováveis do Brasil), talks about the company's future possible IPO, mentioning some of the challenges to be faced along the way.

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Alcides Braga, Director-Partner at Truckvan and President of ANFIR, the National Association of Manufacturers of Road Equipment, gives an overview of his company, which is specialized in the manufacturing of mobile-wheeled solutions.

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Alcides Braga, Director-Partner at Truckvan and President of ANFIR (National Association of Manufacturers of Road Equipment)

Alcides Braga gives his assessment of the units and road equipment sector in Brazil and presents ANFIR, the National Association of Manufacturers of Road Equipment. He also gives an overview of Truckvan's success story.

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Laudálio Veiga Filho, President of Futurecom, gives his evaluation of the ICT sector in Brazil and presents Futurecom, an annual B2B Telecommunications, Information Technology and Internet event.

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Laudálio Veiga Filho gives an overview of the ICT sector in Brazil and presents Futurecom, a B2B ICT event which, since its first edition in 1999, has become the largest and most qualified event of the segment in Latin America.

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Wagner Colombini Martins, President of Logit, talks about the story behind his company which was founded 25 years ago. He also mentions some important cases, such as their participation in the TransMilenio project in Bogota.

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Diogo Barreto Martins, Director of Logit, talks about the company's niche segment within the engineering consultancy sector, explaining that Logit acts in the planning stages of the projects, focusing on the functional and conceptual terms.

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Wagner Colombini Martins, President of Logit

Wagner Colombini Martins gives his assessment of the engineering consultancy sector within the areas of logistics, mobility and infrastructure in Brazil, and discusses investment opportunities in this segment. He also presents his company, Logit, mentioning some success cases, but also the challenges to be faced and his vision for the future.

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Diogo Barreto Martins, Director of Logit

Diogo Barreto Martins gives an overview of the brazilian engineering consultancy sector and mentions some of Logit's differentials. He also talks about the company's international projects, such as the mobility and accessibility studies they did for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

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Mitikazu Koga Lisboa gives his assessment of the games and social media sector in Brazil and presents the company, Hive Digital, mentioning some of its differentials but also the challenges to be faced and his vision for the future.

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Glaucia Gregio gives an overview of the game payment solutions sector in Brazil. Despite being a very new market, the country corresponds to half of the Latin American market for game credits. Furthermore, the market is expected to grow more than 40% this year and to double by 2016.

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Fabio Nascimento gives an overview of E-Prepag, a brazilian company specialized in providing payment solutions for the gaming industry. He also talks about partnerships and investment opportunities within the company in order to expand in South America.

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Luciana Caletti gives her assessment of the online recruitment sector in Brazil and presents Love Mondays, an online platform dedicated to company reviews where employees write about their opinions regarding their day to day work.

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Maria Beatriz Hopf Fernandes, Director and President of EBEI (Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia de Infraestrutura), gives her evaluation of the engineering and infrastructure sector in Brazil at the moment and presents the company.

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Maria Beatriz Hopf Fernandes, Director and President of EBEI (Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia de Infraestrutura), talks about partnerships in the engineering and infrastructure sector in Brazil and shares her vision for the future.

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Maria Beatriz Hopf Fernandes, Director and President of EBEI (Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia de Infraestrutura), talks about the benefits and challenges of creating international partnerships in the engineering and infrastructure sector in Brazil.

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Rogério Andrade gives an overview of the aircraft management and fractional ownership sectors in Brazil and presents Avantto, mentioning the company's philosophy, some of its challenges and his vision for the future. Avantto was founded in 2011 and today it manages over 53 aircraft, both helicopters and jets, in fractional and single management.

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Mariana Medeiros, Director-Partner at OQVestir, gives her assessment of the online fashion apparel sector in Brazil, saying that in 2008 when she established the company, there was not yet an online fashion apparel market in the country.

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Mariana Medeiros talks about the online fashion apparel sector in Brazil and presents her company, OQVestir, mentioning its differentials but also some of the challenges to be faced and her vision for the future. She also discusses entrepreneurship for women in Brazil.

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Glaucia Gregio, Director of E-Prepag, talks about payment solutions for online games in Brazil, mentioning some of the country's characteristics in this segment. She also gives her assessment of the challenges the sector has to face.

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Fabio Nascimento, Director of E-Prepag, presents the company which was founded in 2006 and is now the leading provider of payment solutions for online games in Brazil.

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Luciana Caletti, Founder and CEO of Love Mondays, gives an overview of the online recruitment market in Brazil and presents her company. Love Mondays is a website where people can access anonymous employee reviews about companies.

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Mitikazu Koga Lisboa, President of Hive Digital, gives an overview of the social media and games segment in Brazil and presents Hive. He also mentions some successful cases in both segments.

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José Ricardo Roriz Coelho, President of ABIPLAST, the Brazilian Plastic Industry Association, gives an overview of the industrial plastics sector in Brazil and presents the association.

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José Ricardo Roriz Coelho, President of ABIPLAST (Brazilian Plastic Industry Association)

José Ricardo Roriz Coelho gives an overview of the industrial plastics sector in Brazil and presents ABIPLAST, the Brazilian Plastic Industry Association. He also discusses some of the challenges this industry has to face and shares his vision for the future.

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Daniel Wagner, Executive Director of Itelios

Daniel Wagner talks abour technology development for internet projects in Brazil and presents Itelios, a company specialized in web and content portals. The company was founded in 2005 in Brazil and today it has about 50 employees and works for clients such as Saint-Gobain, Pão de Açucar, Casino and Claro.

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Fernando Augusto Trevisan, Director of Trevisan Business School, gives an overview of the institution. The school offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all areas of business studies and courses in the area of Sport Management.

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Fernando Augusto Trevisan gives an overview of higher education in Brazil and presents Trevisan Business School, an institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all areas of business studies, such as accounting, administration, taxes, risk management, company compliance, etc.

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Rogério Andrade, President of Avantto, gives an overview of the company, which has been acting in the brazilian executive aviation segment since 2011, providing fractional ownership and aircraft management solutions to its clients.

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Sônia Regina Hess de Souza, President of Dudalina

Sônia Hess gives her evaluation of the textile industry sector in Brazil and presents Dudalina, mentioning the company's history, brands, growth strategy and vision for the future. She also talks about Dudalina's social and environmental initiatives.

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Daniel Wagner, Executive Director of Itelios, talks about technology development for internet projects in Brazil and gives an overview of Itelios, a French company which was officially founded in Brazil in 2005.

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Ideval Aparecido Crespo Munhoz, President of T-Systems Brazil, talks about the innovation and technology sector in Brazil and gives an overview of T-Systems Brazil, a Deutsche Telekom Company.

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Ideval Aparecido Crespo Munhoz, President of T-Systems Brazil

Ideval A. Crespo Munhoz talks about the Brazilian innovation and technology sector and gives an overview of T-Systems Brazil, mentioning the company's solutions, main projects, expansion plans and differentials. T-Systems in Brazil has more than 25 years of experience and is part of the top 4 in the manufacturing industry for overall IT market.

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Antonio Luiz Rios da Silva, Superintendent Director at FTD Editora, gives his evaluation of the educational textbooks publishing sector in Brazil and talks about digitalization, saying that technology supplies an additional tool to teachers.

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Antonio Luiz Rios da Silva gives an overview of FTD Editora, which is specialized in publishing educational textbooks. He also mentions some of FTD's challenges, such as the importance of digitalization, and shares his growth strategy and vision for the future.

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Maria Beatriz Hopf Fernandes, Director and President of EBEI (Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia de Infraestrutura)

Maria Beatriz Hopf Fernandes gives an overview of EBEI, the Brazilian Company of Engineering and Infrastructure, and talks about the engineering and infrastructure sector in Brazil, mentioning concessions and partnership opportunities.

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Eduardo Dias, Purchasing Director at GGD Metals

Eduardo Dias gives an overview of the steel and metal sector in Brazil and presents GGD Metals, a company that came about as a fusion of three large companies: RCC, Açometal and Domave. Mr. Dias also talks about challenges and shares his vision for the future of GGD.

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Carlos Eduardo Gouvêa gives an overview of ABIAD and mentions some of the challenges that the association is facing in Brazil, such as legislation for example. Mr. Gouvêa also presents his company, CMW Saúde, discussing growth strategy and vision for the future.

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Fabio Arruda Mortara, President of ABIGRAF Nacional (Brazilian Printing Industry Association) and SINDIGRAF SP (Sao Paulo State Printing Industry Union), talks about the role of ABIGRAF, mentioning some of the association's main achievements and challenges.

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Fabio Arruda Mortara, President of ABIGRAF Nacional (Brazilian Printing Industry Association) and SINDIGRAF SP (Sao Paulo State Printing Industry Union)

Fabio Arruda Mortara gives his evaluation of the printing industry in Brazil and talks about the role of ABIGRAF and SINDIGRAF, mentioning achievements, challenges and his vision for the futre of the industry.

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Ueze Elias Zahran, President of Copagaz, talks about the gas sector in Brazil, mentioning the importance of implementing laws to prevent accidents caused by gas leakage on the domestic bottled gas.

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What is your assessment of the financial sector in Brazil?

First of all, I don’t think you can speak about the financial sector without speaking about the situation in Brazil in general terms. To be totally frank, I think that today, at the beginning of 2014, there is I think too much pessimism about Brazil. Forgetting that Brazil has resources and 200 million people, but also in absolute numbers, the number of the budget deficit was 3%. Perhaps it was better before, but 3% is a very acceptable number. Public debt to GDP is 60% so being European, I would say that Brazil is totally fitting with the Maastricht treaty criteria (Copenhagen criteria). I think that maybe there is a bit of disappointment because everybody had very strong expectations of growth, etc., but the general tone today seems a bit too pessimistic for me.

If we come to the banks, what we assisted in Brazil over the past five or six years was a concentration – a big merger between Unibanco and Itaú. We also see that the big banks are taking more and more market share so medium-sized domestic banks must be very focused on their niche. There is not much room left for generalist medium-sized banks. There is a strong concentration now. This is for private-owned banks and there is also a big push from the public banks, especially Banco do Brasil, which plays a role in the development of the economy and the like. This is the first factor.

The second factor is that we are a quite tightly-regulated country with tight rules on capital. So the Brazilian Basel II or III – this is the ratio between your loans and your capital – is more stringent than the European or American ratio. So there is a strong regulation and supervision of banks. This means that Brazilian banks went through the 2009 crisis without any issue. There was a kind of overheating on consumer finance two or three years ago but the banks then started to tighten a bit. There was too much competition. Generally speaking, the banks did their homework to bring things back to a normal level of risk. This is behind us now so basically the financial sector in Brazil is safe.

How do you see things going in the next two or three years?

First of all, the Brazilian banks will take advantage of Brazilian growth, whatever it is. We also see for example that there was a very interesting story, which was about BTG. This is an investment bank that started almost from scratch five years ago and that is now really in the leading positions in the LATAM lead tables. They are very clever people and very good professionals and very strong competitors of ours. What we see is that there is an expansion of the banks in Latin America, by acquisitions and by implementing subsidiaries in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. We see that the Brazilian banks want to be leaders in Latin America.

What is the situation with BNP Paribas? How does BNP Paribas compete in this market and what does it bring? Let’s start with corporate investment banking.

Clearly we are a niche player. In terms of absolute numbers, we are far behind the big banks. This is because we are not in retail banking. With this focus, our vision on retail is that it’s too late or it’s too expensive. We don’t have any ambition in that field. We practice many “métiers” as we say in French. First of all, we have the CIB, which is corporate investment banking. This includes not only financing solutions like trade financing and project financing; in 2012 we were the leading bank in project financing in Brazil because we advised the biggest project that happened at that time which was the Guarulhos Airport concession.

We also finance commodities, export financing, and the entire range of acquisition financing. We have the complete range of specialized financing. We have a strong fixed income position including international bonds. Last week, we led along with two other banks the Petrobras mega bond issuance in Europe in Euros but there were others. Maybe one sector we are not present in yet is equity brokerage. I say yet because there are no plans.

We are the tenth domestic asset manager in Brazil. We have a focused wealth management high-network practice. We started three years ago on a very specialized activity in which BNP Paribas was the European leader or the first non-American bank in the industry which is institutional custody. It’s custody of securities for big institutions. We started this two years ago and I would say it’s going okay. We also have a corporate finance team that we started four years ago and is quite successful.

In these segments, what are your growth progression goals?

At the end of the day, we are client-focused so we want to determine what we can bring to our clients. Basically, as you know, BNP Paribas is a global bank and we are in almost 90 countries. We are focused in terms of corporates on, I would say, the first 100 Brazilian companies. Of course, all the subsidiaries are international and multi-national clients. Being a strong bank in Europe and knowing that Europe is the main foreign investor in Brazil, we have a very nice flow of business between the German-headquartered company and its subsidiary here. There are clients who are Swedish, Italian and from all of continental Europe. It’s not exclusive to those clients though; we also serve the U.S. for example.

So we can bring to our multinational clients our Brazilian expertise and we can bring to our Brazilian clients our access to international markets like the Petrobras bond for example. Also, if we see that big Brazilian corporations are expanding outside of Brazil, we can be there. We know them in Brazil so if they are doing things in Asia and Europe, etc., we can bank them in the specific country. This is one part.

The second part is that we also have to bring the best state-of-the-art solutions. We had international institutional investors globally saying that we were assisting them in Europe, the U.S. and Asia and that we should help them in Brazil too. So we implemented this activity at the request of our big institutional clients outside of Brazil. Being a niche actor, you can only bet on your global offer. As a niche actor of a global bank, we can bet on our global franchise and also our expertise to better service our clients here.

Are you not afraid that this trend of fewer companies and industries coming to Brazil will affect your business?

I’m not so sure. We are going to see the figures but I think that when we speak about direct investment, we have industrial and service companies implementing in Brazil and doing acquisitions. Car companies are already establishing and building factories. For example, Mr. Ghosn, Chairman of Renault-Nissan, inaugurated a factory near Rio in December to build engines. When we speak about direct investment going down, we are going to see the figures. I haven’t seen the figures yet for this year. There is also the content of more financial money coming in and out – more volatile. This clearly has been affected by the image and by the quantitative easing story in the U.S. which means people are being encouraged to invest in U.S. stocks instead of Brazilian, etc. But on the real, stable flow, I have seen many companies still asking us to find targets, to identify partners, etc., so I’m not so sure that the flow of people trying to implement themselves in Brazil and take advantage of a market of 200 million people is going down.

What I say to my clients is that first of all, we saw some people identifying targets but finding them very expensive. Why? Because first of all the expectations were very high so the sellers would embed in the prices high expectations. Also, the real was overvalued. Today, I think that people are more reasonable in terms of the value of their companies and they are in absolute terms and dollars, usually cheaper. To be a bit provocative, I say I think it’s time to buy Brazil. The fundamentals are there. I think that the clever people should be a bit contra-cyclical, being reasonable. In my opinion, it’s a good time to move on things. If you want to stay and invest in Brazil and develop in Brazil, I think the timing is not so bad.

What about the other services you provide? Can you tell us more about them?

Our basic franchise under the name of BNP Paribas is what I described to you. We also developed a consumer finance arm which is called Cetelem, which is based on a B to B to C, business to business to customer, for example for big retailers. For example, Cetelem is a leader in e-commerce in Brazil and also a more traditional Brazilian type of business which is payroll advances, or what we call “crédito consignado”.

We also have a presence in the insurance market through our brand Cardif. Cardif is not well-known to the wider public because Cardif is also a B to B story. Many banks or financial companies use Cardif to insure their loans to their customers, including life insurance and unemployment insurance. It’s a kind of white labeling.

There is also another sector of activity which is warranty extension. For example, if I buy a television in Magazine Luiza – we have a partnership with Magazine Luiza – the manufacturer provides a one-year warranty and the customer can extend the warranty for a premium. We are also working with very big retailers. The brand doesn’t appear to the customer though; it is white labeling.

Lastly, four years ago we also started a fleet rental company named Arval which is going well. When we started in this market, it was typically a kind of a financial lease, operational lease. Many actors were between those two areas. The operational leasing focus is very specific and you need specific know-how. Thanks to this know-how, I think we brought to the market state-of-the-art practices and it is going well.

If we see the story of this bank from the BNP Paribas group in Brazil, we basically started in 1996. Why? Because up to that time, the financial sector was almost locked to foreign investment. Today the group employs more than 2,000 people. The story is kind of a green field. We started to grow and grow. We didn’t panic in 2002. Other people did but I think that in Brazil, the people who stick to it need to steady their nerves in difficult times and do their job properly. This is not just in the financial sector. There are still a lot of opportunities.

If we look at your different lines of products and services, what are the major challenges that you are facing in the development of your business?

It’s having the right people. We have the know-how, we have the network and we are in a niche business. I think that the main asset we must have is good people.

Do you think that what we will see on the TV in June during the World Cup is going to bring these kind of people from abroad or are you talking about Brazilian people?

Basically, we have very few expats. We import people from London, Paris or New York for example if we want to start a new activity, but we are a Brazilian bank. I hope that there will be less excitement on television in July this year or “good” excitement, because what we saw on television past July made some people perhaps a bit afraid. I think people were frightened in excess but now the World Cup will help. Will the World Cup bring any sort of difference?

The stadiums are constructed and the airports are in progress, so maybe it will bring more visibility and more people visiting Brazil and being attracted by the country. With infrastructure, it’s the same story as with the Olympic Games. You don’t build a hotel in Rio for the Olympic Games. You build a hotel if you think that there is a need to construct hotels. It can accelerate some needed investments but normally you don’t build things just for one event in a country like Brazil. Maybe it has accelerated the airport story.

How do you see the development of BNP Paribas over the next few years? Which segment are you going to push? What do you want BNP Paribas to achieve?

Something I didn’t mention is that Sao Paulo is also our headquarters for Latin. I am the Head of the company for Brazil but I am also the Head of Latin, Latin meaning from Patagonia to Rio to the frontier of Texas – all of Latin America. In fact we have a development plan, 2013 to 2016, to push our businesses in the region and of course in Brazil which is our core and where about 60% of our numbers are, which is to some extent a reflection of the GDPs.

All the activities have kind of an internal growth story – hiring people, getting more clients, etc. There is no revolution but steady growth, step by step, which we have been doing for 15 or 17 years. Where we will push more I would say is trade finance or what is related to trade, and also structured fixed income which is more structure products in the fixed income area. Everybody grows and our plan is to grow a bit faster in those areas.

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Adélio Barofaldi, Director of the Rovema Group, talks about the economic potential of Rondônia in several areas and reinforces the need for investments.

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Denis Roberto Baú, President of FIERO (Rondônia Federation of Industries)

The President of the Federation of Industries of Rondônia, Denis Roberto Baú, presents the institution and the industry sector in the state. He discusses challenges, investments and shares his vision for the future of the sector.

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Mauro Nazif, Mayor of Porto Velho

Porto Velho is the capital of the state of Rondônia, in North Brazil. Its Mayor, Mauro Nazif, presents the city, its tourist attractions and main economic sectors. He also mentions some of the challenges of his municipality, discusses investments and shares his vision for the future.

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Dydyo is a soft drinks company which has been acting in the market for more than 11 years. Its Director, Cley Muniz, discusses distribution, expansion plans and challenges. He also shares his vision for the future and talks about the inauguration of his plastic recycling company.

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Cezar Zoghbi, Director of Zoghbi Negócios Imobiliários

Cezar Zoghbi gives an overview on the real estate market in the state of Rondônia and its capital city Porto Velho. He also presents his company, Zoghbi Negócios Imobiliários, mentioning its strenghts, challenges and vision for the future.

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Adélio Barofaldi, Director of Rovema Group

Adélio Barofaldi, from Rovema Group, presents the company and its differents areas of actuation. He talks about some of the challenges faced by the group and shares his vision for the future. He also discusses investment opportunities and partnerships.

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Ivo Gheller gives an overview on the sector of lamination, processing and industrialisation of plywood and laminated wood in Rondônia. He presents his lamination company, Lano da Amazônia, and discusses sustainability and investments in the state.

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Roberto Stefaneli, IMMA (Metallurgy and Mechanics' Industry of the Amazon)

IMMA is a company created by Bardella and Alstom initially to supply the Santo Antonio hydroelectric plant. Roberto Stefaneli presents the company and shares his vision for the future. He also mentions some challenges and discusses investments in Rondônia.

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Mauro Nazif, Mayor of Porto Velho, talks about the potential of Rondônia's capital for investors.

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Emerson Castro, State Secretary for Economic and Social Development, provides an overview of the main economic sectors of the state of Rondônia.

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Júlio Olivar Benedito, Director of the Department of Social Communication (DECOM)

Júlio Olivar Benedito from Rondônia's Department of Social Communication talks about the role of DECOM and discusses the national and international image of the Northern state. He also shares his vision for the future of Rondônia in the coming years.

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Emerson Castro, State Secretary for Economic and Social Development (SEDES)

Emerson Castro from SEDES talks about strategic projects in Rondônia and mentions some of the state's potentials, such as the inauguration of a new port and tourism development. He also discusses challenges to be faced and shares his vision for the future.

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Ricardo de Sá Vieira, from Rondônia's Society of Ports and Waterways, explains the role of SOPH and mentions some of the characteristics of the port of Porto Velho. He also discusses investment projects and opportunities.

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Pedro José Bertelli, President of Sindileite (Union of Milk and Dairy Products) gives an overview on the dairy sector in Rondônia and presents his company, Laticínios Rolim de Moura, mentioning its history, vision for the future and challenges to be faced.

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Confúcio Moura, Governor of Rondônia

The Governor of Rondônia, Confúcio Moura, introduces the state and mentions its main activities and economic attractions. He also discusses investment opportunities and explains some of the challenges to be faced and his vision for the future of Rondônia.

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Basilio Leandro from SETUR talks about tourism in Rondônia and the Amazon, explaining his vision and discussing some of the challenges for the future of the sector. He also talks about the impacts of the World Cup 2014 and indicates some investment opportunities.

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Basilio Leandro from SETUR talks about the tourism sector in Rondônia and mentions some of the potentials of the state.

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Ailton Arthur, Director of Social Imóveis, talks about the history of real estate in Porto Velho and presents his company.

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Júlio Olivar Benedito, Director of DECOM, discusses the image of Rondônia in Brazil and abroad, mentioning some of the state's characteristics.

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Ricardo de Sá Vieira, President of SOPH, talks about the port of Porto Velho and its specificities, and comments on the importance of exports.

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Ricardo de Sá Vieira, President of SOPH, explains what type of cargo is transported through the port of Porto Velho and mentions the perspectives for investment related to the export of cotton.

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Ricardo de Sá Vieira, President of SOPH, talks about future plans for the transportation of meat and points out the reasons why Rondônia is attractive to foreign investors.

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Governor Confúcio Moura introduces the state of Rondônia and talks about its importance compared to the other states, mentioning the fact that Rondônia is one of the fastest growing states in Brazil and offers great investment opportunities.

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Governor Confúcio Moura mentions some interesting investment opportunities for foreign investors and explains what are the incentives offered by the state of Rondônia.

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Governor Confúcio Moura talks about investments in Rondônia and Latin America. He mentions some of the challenges faced by the state and highlights the importance of improving infrastructure and logistics.

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Ivo Gheller, Managing Partner of the lamination firm Lano da Amazônia, presents the company which has been acting in the wood market since 1996.

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Cley Muniz, Director of Refrigerantes Dydyo, explains how the soft drinks company began, highlighting the fact that Dydyo is the only company in North Brazil to produce its own bottles. He also talks about the recycling company he recently opened.

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Milan Moveis is a company based in Mato Grosso specialized in the production of corporate and school furnitures. Gilmar Milan presents the company and highlights its differentials, such as fast production and flexibity.

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Tania Kramm da Costa presents Ostrich Cosméticos, a company specialized in the production of skin products based on ostrich oil and room fragrances. The company was created in 2006 and is located in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso.

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CIPEM is the Center for Wood Producing and Exporting Industries of Mato Grosso. Its President, João Carlos Baldasso, talks about sustainable forest management in the state and discusses the importance of reforestation for the future of the sector.

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According to Jandir Milan, President of FIEMT (Mato Grosso Federation of Industries), the new highway linking the state to the north of Brazil will be inaugurated soon, reducing the cost of freight and opening the state to the chinese market.

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Jurg Hassenstein, President of Norvinco, a company specialized in boxboard cases and consulting for special packaging solutions, presents his company.

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Manuel Marques, President of Joplas, Glastec and Tecfibra, companies specialized in reinforced plastic equipments, talks about industrial contracting.

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Alberto Cabús, Director of Fika Frio, shares his vision for the future of the company and mentions the importance of corporate and social responsibility.

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Wilton Malta de Almeida, President of Fecomercio Alagoas, talks about the role of the Federation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism and discusses investment opportunities in Alagoas.

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Emerson de Melo Tenório, President of Sococo, a company specialized in the production and distribution of coconut-based products, presents the company and mentions some of his goals for the coming years.

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José Carlos Lyra de Andrade, President of FIEA (Alagoas Federation of Industries), talks about industry in Alagoas, mentioning the main industrial sectors that sustain the state's economy.

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Antonio Carlos Sampaio Quintiliano, Manager of Agência Desenvolve (Alagoas Development Agency), talks about the creation and the role of the financial institution.

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Carlos Luíz Milhomem, State Secretary of Rural Development and Family Farming (SEDRAF)

Carlos Luíz Milhomem from SEDRAF talks about the role of the Secretary for Rural Development and Family Farming in Mato Grosso. He also mentions some challenges and shares his vision for the coming years.

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Jandir Milan, President of FIEMT (Mato Grosso Federation of Industries)

The President of FIEMT (Federation of Industries), Jandir Milan, talks about the industry sector in Mato Grosso. He also discusses the image of the state within Brazil and abroad, and mentions some investment opportunities.

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Pedro Nadaf, President of Fecomercio Mato Grosso

The President of Fecomercio MT, Pedro Nadaf, talks about the agro-industry, which is the economical strength of Mato Grosso and discusses the importance of exports for the economy. He also mentions a few challenges and lists some interesting investment opportunities.

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João Teixeira, Director of Contrato Engenharia, presents the company and talks about civil construction and real estate in Alagoas.

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Pietro Coelho, Manager at Ritz Lagoa da Anta Urban Resort, talks about the Ritz Group and presents the hotel which is the most recognized resort in Maceió. He also talks about the capital itself and discusses investments in Alagoas.

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Danielle Novis, State Secretary for Tourism, gives an overview of the tourism sector in Alagoas. She also shares her vision and plans for the development of the sector and mentions some of the challenges to be faced.

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Alagoas State Secretary of Communication, Rui França, talks about his vision for the future of the state. He also mentions his will to maintain Alagoas' continuous growth, focusing on the state's development.

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Luiz Otávio Gomes, Alagoas State Secretary of Economic Development and Planning, talks about his plans for the future of the state in terms of infrastructure and logistics, which are essential to sustain Alagoas' growth and development.

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Teotonio Brandão Vilela Filho, Governor of Alagoas, talks about his dreams for the future of the state and shares his vision for the coming years, mentioning his will to improve safety, health and education, for example.

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Discover the Ritz Lagoa da Anta, a 5 star hotel located nearby the beaches of Ponta Verde and Jatiuca, in the city of Maceió, Alagoas.

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Teté Bezerra, Mato Grosso State Secretary for Tourism Development

Teté Bezerra from SEDTUR presents the tourism sector in Mato Grosso, mentioning the state's attractives, such as the Pantanal and its unique gastronomy. She also talks about the importance of the upcoming World Cup for the development of Mato Grosso and shares some of her plans for the next years.

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Teté Bezerra talks about the state's focus on the upcoming event of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which brings some challenges, but also some interesting investment opportunities in the hotel industry, gastronomy, or theme parks for example.

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Teté Bezerra, Mato Grosso State Secretary for Tourism Development, talks about the impacts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as Cuiabá is one of the cities selected to host the event, which will be a huge opportunity for the state to showcase not only its economical, but also its touristic potential.

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Teté Bezerra, Mato Grosso State Secretary for Tourism Development, talks about the importance of ecotourism, like contemplation and observation tourism. The state offers beautiful landscapes and famous touristic spots such as Chapada dos Guimarães and the Pantanal.

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Pedro Nadaf, President of Fecomercio MT, talks about international investments in the state of Mato Grosso. These investments have been booming recently and they are coming from all over the world like China, India and Europe.

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Pedro Nadaf, President of Fecomercio MT, mentions some of the challenges for the future of Mato Grosso and talks about the importance of good logistics to sustain the state's tremendous production growth.

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Pedro Nadaf, President of Fecomercio MT, talks about the economical strength of the state: agribusiness; as Mato Grosso represents 25% of the whole agricultural production of Brazil.

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Rosiana Beltrão, Administrator of the Port of Maceio, talks about her plans for the future of the port. Her goal is to diversify the activities, focusing more on the offshore market and not only on the seasonal exports of sugar.

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Antonio Carlos Sampaio Quintiliano, Manager of Agência Desenvolve (Alagoas Development Agency)

Agência Desenvolve is a financial institution authorized and supervised by the Central Bank of Brazil owned by the State of Alagoas. Antonio Carlos Sampaio Quintiliano, its Manager, presents the Development Agency.

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Jurg Hassenstein, President of Norvinco

Norvinco is a company specialized in boxboard cases and consulting for special packaging solutions that has been present in the Northeast of Brazil for over 20 years. Its President, Jurg Hassenstein, presents the company. He also mentions some business opportunities and discusses investments.

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Wilton Malta de Almeida, President of Fecomercio Alagoas

The President of Fecomercio, Wilton Malta de Almeida, presents the institution which aims at representing trade in goods, services and tourism in Alagoas. He also mentions some challenges and investment opportunities in the state.

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Daniel Moreno, Director of Caixa Construções, talks about the tremendous growth of the company in Mato Grosso.

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Daniel Moreno, Director of Caixa Construções, talks about the company's vision: to be a reference in the real estate and construction sectors in Mato Grosso.

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Daniel Moreno, Director of Caixa Construções, talks about the history of the construction company in Mato Grosso and mentions some of its great differentials.

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Sococo is a company specialized in the production and distribution of coconut-based products for direct consumption and agricultural substrate. Its President, Emerson de Melo Tenório, presents the company and mentions some of his goals for the coming years.

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Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia, discusses the fact that a large number of investors are currently coming to Marroquim to manage their businesses.

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Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia, presents his real estate and construction company, which is expanding in Northeast Brazil, in the states of Alagoas and Pará.

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Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia, talks about his future plans and projects for the coming years.

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Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia, mentions the importance of corporate responsibility and sustainability.

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Pietro Coelho, Manager at Ritz Lagoa da Anta Urban Resort

Located on the seafront beach Lagoa da Anta, nearby the beaches of Ponta Verde and Jatiuca, the Ritz Lagoa da Anta is the most recognized hotel in Maceio. Pietro Coelho, Manager, presents the hotel and talks about the history of the Ritz Group.

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Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia

Mário Marroquim, Director of Marroquim Engenharia, comments on the company's fields of expertise and differentials it can offer to investors. He also talks about his plans for the future and the importance of social responsibility.

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Danielle Govas Pimenta Novis, Alagoas State Secretary for Tourism

Danielle Novis, State Secretary for Tourism, gives an overview of the tourism sector in Alagoas, mentioning some investments in the tourism area, the importance of events and business tourism for the future of the State and her vision for the next few years.

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João Teixeira, Director of Contrato Engenharia

Contrato Engenharia is a company acting in the segments of residential properties, commercial buildings, public and social works. João Teixeira, Director, presents Contrato Engenharia and talks about real estate and construction in Alagoas.

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The Administrator of the Port of Maceio, Rosiana Beltrão, mentions some investment opportunities around the port, its great differentials but also the challenges that have to be faced. She also talks about the future projects to be implemented.

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Tania Kramm da Costa, Ostrich Cosmeticos (Mato Grosso)

The main benefits of ostrich oil include the presence of the omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids which are proven to be really good for the skin. Ostrich Cosmeticos products combine ostrich and Amazonian oils, thereby making their products even more valuable for their customers. The company is currently present in Brazil and also in Germany, Austria, the US and Saudi Arabia. The goal is to export about 50 to 60% of the cosmetics production.

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José Carlos Lyra de Andrade, President of FIEA (Alagoas State Federation of Industries)

The President of FIEA, José Carlos Lyra de Andrade, talks about the industry sector in Alagoas, mentioning the importance of the sector for the state's economy, the potentials and challenges of the industry, and also some investment opportunities.

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Rui França, State Secretary of Communication

Alagoas State Secretary of Communication, Rui França, talks about the national and international image of the Northeastern Brazilian State. He also mentions some of the actions being taken to improve this image and attract more tourists and investors.

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Teotonio Brandão Vilela Filho, Governor of Alagoas

The Governor of Alagoas, Teotonio Brandão Vilela Filho, introduces the Northeastern Brazilian State, mentioning its history, economy, potentials, challenges, areas of development and investment opportunities.

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Alberto Cabús, Director of Fika Frio, presents his company specialized in fruit processing for ice cream and pulp production. He also mentions the importance of sustainability in his industrial process and vision for the future.

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Luiz Otávio Gomes Silva, State Secretary of Economic Development and Planning

Alagoas' State Secretary of Economic Development and Planning, Luiz Otávio Gomes Silva, presents the State of Alagoas, mentioning its main economic sectors, potentials, challenges and investment opportunities.

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Manuel Marques, President of Joplas, Glastec and Tecfibra

Joplas, Glastec and Tecfibra are companies that have been acting in the plastic industry sector for years. The companies provide pipes, tubes, reinforced plastic equipments for industrial applications and industrial assembly. Manuel Marques presents the companies and talks about the market, his plans for the future and the competition.

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Brazil suffers from a slow development and is subject to strong regional differences in terms of transport infrastructure. The country's fast growing economy and upcoming events, such as the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, are placing increasing demands on the transportation system.

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Renata Sehn, Manager of Ilha do Papagaio, tells about how guests are treated and why it is one of the best tourist destinations in Santa Catarina.

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Rodrigo Prisco Paraíso lists the important characteristics of the State of Santa Catarina.

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Renato Sehn, Owner of Ilha do Papagaio, traces the history of the island and mentions some of the unique qualities of the site.

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Guilherme Stark Bernard, President of ACATE (Santa Catarina's Association of Technology Companies), talks about technology in Florianopolis and in the State.

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Eugênio David Cordeiro Neto, President of the Florianópolis and Region Convention & Visitors Bureau, talks about business tourism and international events.

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Joceli Cintra, Partner and Director of Açoriana Tourism and President of Santa Catarina's Tourism Board, talks about the diversification of the tourism sector.

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Glauco José Côrte, President of Sistema FIESC, discusses the Brazilian competitiveness against the international market.

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Marcelo Hack, Superintendent of Perini Business Park, explains the benefits that customers encounter in the park.

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Marcelo Hack, Superintendent of Perini Business Park, explains the story behind Perini.

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Cesar Gomes Junior, President of Portobello

Cesar Gomes Junior gives an overview of the industry in Santa Catarina and Brazil. He also presents Portobello, the leading ceramic tile manufacturer in Brazil, discussing performance, internationalization and future plans for the company.

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Jose Eduardo Fiates, Executive Director of the innovation park Sapiens Parque, talks about the urban and environmental complex composed of scientific, technological, tourist, business and educational enterprises.

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João Raimundo Colombo, Governor of Santa Catarina

The Governor of Santa Catarina, João Raimundo Colombo, presents the State. He talks about its economy and the investments that are being made. He also mentions some of the great potentials and challenges Santa Catarina is facing.

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The President of the Florianópolis and Region Convention & Visitors Bureau presents the institution whose main role is to attract and generate events, fairs and conferences of regional, national and international reach for the Greater Florianópolis region.

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Jose Eduardo Fiates, CEO of Sapiens Parque, talks about the history of the park, explains its innovative concept and outlines targets for the future.

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Valdir Rubens Walendowsky talks about tourism in Santa Catarina, a State that has more to offer than the traditional "sun and sea" touristic segment. From mountain ranges to a unique gastronomy, he mentions some of the great potentials of the State.

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Fernando Marcondes de Mattos talks about his resort, Costão do Santinho, which is considered as the best beach resort in Brazil. He also presents his other company, Inplac, specialized in plastic packaging.

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Carlos Rodolfo Schneider talks about the systemic problems faced by Brazil and the actions that should be adopted to ensure a steady growth of the Brazilian economy.

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Santa Catarina is is one of the smallest States in Brazil but it's a destination that offers a great diversity of touristic activities, from the famous Sun & Sea segment with its beautiful beaches, to cultural tourism for example.

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Glauco José Côrte, President of FIESC (Industry Federation of Santa Catarina)

The President of FIESC talks about the industry sector in Santa Catarina. He mentions some of the State's advantages and challenges. He also talks about the importance of technology and innovation for the future of the sector and explains the role and next plans of the Federation.

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Valdir Rubens Walendowsky from Santur lists the necessary infrastructure improvements for the development of tourism in the region.

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Valdir Rubens Walendowsky explains the variety of tourism in Santa Catarina and talks about how the State aims to be the best tourist destination in Brazil.

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Carlos Alberto Schneider, General Superintendent of CERTI (Reference Centers for Innovative Technologies Foundation)

Carlos Alberto Schneider talks about CERTI, a private research institute which has been acting in the fields of technology and innovation for more than 20 years, becoming a reference center for many technology and market innovations in Brazil.

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Guilherme Stark Bernard talks about ACATE. Established 26 years ago, the non-profit entity's mission is to strengthen the technology and innovation companies in Santa Catarina and to consolidate the sector as a unit in order to sustain development.

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Rodrigo Prisco Paraíso, Manager of the Department for International Economics (Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office)

Rodrigo Prisco Paraíso from Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office talks about the main assets of the State in terms of investment and mentions some opportunities for foreign investors and challenges to overcome. He also talks about the role of the International Department.

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Renato Sehn talks about Ilha do Papagaio, its history and concept. He also talks about the importance of ecological and sustainable tourism, giving the example of some social programs he implemented in the region.

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Guilherme Bez Marques, Manager of the Department for International Economics (Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office), talks about the main achievements of the International Cooperation Department.

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Guilherme Bez Marques, Manager of the Department for International Economics (Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office)

Guilherme Bez Marques from the Foreign Affairs Office talks about international cooperation and investments in Santa Catarina. He also mentions some examples of partnerships between the State and foreign companies and institutions.

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Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Miranda, Chief Executive Officer of ENERCAN, BAESA and Consórcio Machadinho

Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Miranda talks about hydroelectic power, which is rising in Santa Catarina. He mentions some of the benefits brought by this type of construction and also the challenges he has to face.

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Carlos Rodolfo Schneider, President of Ciser

Carlos Rodolfo Schneider, President of Ciser and National Coordinator of the movement “Brasil Eficiente”, talks about Brazil’s competitiveness. He also talks about Ciser, the largest fastener manufacturer in Latin America, leader in its market segment for more than 50 years.

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Luis Antônio Ramos, Director of Operations of BADESC (Santa Catarina State Development Agency)

Luis Antônio Ramos talks about Badesc, an agency which role is to foster economic and social development in Santa Catarina in a sustainable way, providing medium and long term financial and strategic solutions.

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Marcelo Hack, Superintendent of Perini Business Park

Marcelo Hack from Perini Business Park talks about the largest multisectoral business condominium in Brazil which houses dozens of small, medium and large sized national and international companies from diverse sectors.

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Fabiana Staudinger, Director of the Department for International Travel & Logistics (Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office)

Fabiana Staudinger, from Santa Catarina's Foreign Affairs Office, explains the role of the international department and talks about business opportunities, cooperation and partnerships.

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Joceli Cintra talks about tourism in Santa Catarina. She mentions the great differentials of the State and some of the challenges to be faced in this area. She also presents her travel agency, Açoriana Tourism.

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Cesar Gomes Junior, President of Portobello, talks about the company's performance in the national and international markets.

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Fabiana Staudinger, Director of the Department for International Travel and Logistics from the Foreign Affairs Office, talks about the role of the international department.

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Luis Antônio Ramos, Director of Operations at Santa Catarina State Development Agency talks about the role of Badesc.

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Fernando Marcondes de Mattos, owner of Costão do Santinho Resort & Spa, lists several unique features of the State of Santa Catarina.

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Carlos Alberto Schneider, General Manager of the CERTI Foundation, provides an overview of the institution.

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Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Miranda, Director of Enercan, Baesa and Consórcio Machadinho, talks about energy in Santa Catarina.

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Governor Raimundo Colombo lists the actions that have to be taken to confer improvements to logistics, enterprises and economy in Santa Catarina.

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Raimundo Colombo, Governor of Santa Catarina, explains the success of the companies in the State.

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Governor Raimundo Colombo outlines the different benefits that the State of Santa Catarina offers: a consolidated industry sector, a strong economy and natural wonders, among others.

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Joceli Cintra fala sobre turismo em Santa Catarina. Menciona os grandes diferenciais do Estado e alguns desafíos a serem enfrentados na área turística. Também apresenta a Açoriana Turismo, uma agência de viagens especializada em turismo diferenciado.

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Mario Baptista, General Director of Protege, talks about CIT (cash in transit) and cash logistics services.

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Terracap's President, Antônio Carlos Lins, talks about Terracap's structure and its activities in the real estate market.

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Mr. Antoninho Marmo Trevisan from Trevisan Management & Consulting traces a general perspective about business and international investments in Brazil.

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Marcos S. Jank, Ex-President and CEO of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), talks about ethanol energy production in Brazil.

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Bobby Betenson, Operations Director of Matuete Brazil Travel Design, talks about Matuete’s unique business model and its specific niche customer base.

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Nadir Moreno, President of UPS Brazil, talks about UPS history in the country and its structural expansion over the last years.

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Mr. Mirocles Campos Veras Neto, President of ZPE Parnaíba, talks about the logistic and bureaucratic advantages for enterprises located in ZPEs.

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Alain Baldacci, President of SINDEPAT, gives a general perspective on the tourism market in Brazil nowadays.

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Kleber Braga, Business Consultant at Sá Cavalcante, talks about its new enterprise in Teresina, the shopping center Rio Poty.

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Jorge Lopes, Strategic Projects Coordinator, talks about the most important projects and investment opportunities in Piauí.

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Jorge Batista da Silva Filho, Director of Jorge Batista, talks about the market growth in Brazil’s Northeast, investment advantages and challenges in Piauí.

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Marcos Guerra, President of Espirito Santo’s Federation of Industry (Sistema Findes)

The President of Espirito Santo’s Federation of Industry, Marcos Guerra, talks about industry in Espírito Santo, a sector that plays a major role as it represents 34.5% of the State's GDP. He also talks about the role of Sistema Findes.

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Célio Antunes de Souza, General Director of Impacta, talks about the importance of IT education for business development.

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The President of Investe Sao Paulo, Luciano Santos Tavares de Almeida, points some investment opportunities in the State of Sao Paulo.

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Fernando S. Meirelles, Academic Dean of IT at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), talks about the Brazilian economic market and business in Brazil.

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The Digital Capital Technology Park is on its way and major advances have been made ​​on behalf of the project that intends to leverage not only the sector of Information Technology and Communication, but the entire production chain of the Federal District, with impacts on the Brazilian economy.

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Antônio Rocha, President of Sistema Fibra, talks about the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia, a city that became a real hub of opportunities.

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Sonia Hess, President of Dudalina, talks about the production and investment problems in the textile and confection field in Brazil.

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Antônio Rocha da Silva, President of Sistema FIBRA, talks about business and investment opportunities in Brasilia and Brazil's Federal District.

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Vice-Governor of Piauí and FIEPI’s President, Mr. Antonio Jose de Moraes Souza Filho talks about the industry in Piauí.

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Pedro Arraes, Director-President of Embrapa, talks about the Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research.

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Marco Antonio Campanella, Director of DFTrans, talks about the current situation of public transport in the Federal District.

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Mr. Ueze Elias Zahran, President of Zahran Group / Copagaz talks about the origins of his gas company, expansion and changes in the gas market.

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Wilson Nunes Martins, Governor of Piauí

Governor Wilson Nunes Martins talks about Piauí and gives an overview of the state. He also talks about some of Piauí's challenges, great potentials and interesting investment opportunities.

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Louis Bazire, President of CCFB,  talks about investment attractives in Brazil and what the Brazilian market is looking for in terms of partnerships.

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João Claudino Junior, President of Claudino Group, talks about the investments made by the group in Piaui, Brasil and its activities results and expectations.

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Antônio Rocha, Presidente do Sistema Fibra, fala sobre a Capital do Brasil que se tornou um verdadeiro polo de oportunidades.

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O Parque Tecnológico Capital Digital está caminhando e grandes avanços foram realizados em nome do projeto que pretende alavancar não somente o setor de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação, mas toda a cadeia produtiva do Distrito Federal, com reflexos na economia brasileira.

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Manuel Arrey, President of Arrey Group, talks about the market changes in Brazil in the past 30 years and draws an overview of the company.

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José Roberto Bortolozzo, one of the founders of Canel (Central Agrícola Nova Era), draws an overview of Piaui's agriculture.

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Celio Biavati, President of CAESB (Environmental Sanitation Company of the Federal District), talks about the company and its projects.

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Enio Issa, President of Ação Informática, talks about Information Technology in Brazil and Latin America.

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The State Secretary of Special Projects and Metropolitan Articulation talks about public management in Espirito Santo. He explains the goal of the long-term development plan "Espirito Santo 2025" and mentions some opportunities for investment and public-private partnerships.

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João Guerino Balestrassi, President of Espirito Santo’s Development Bank (BANDES)

The President of Espirito Santo’s Development Bank, João Guerino Balestrassi, talks about the role of BANDES and its importance for the development of the state. He also talks about investments in Espirito Santo.

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Renato Casagrande, Governor of Espirito Santo

The Governor of Espirito Santo, Renato Casagrande, presents the state. He talks about its economy, which is growing well above the Brazilian average. He also presents the most important sectors for the state's developement, and mentions some of the potentials and challenges Espirito Santo is facing.

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Visit Salvador and let the rhythm move you in Miguel Santana Theatre and Pelourinho.

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Enjoy a nice stay in Minas Gerais, combining European-standard service with Brazilian-style warmth.

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Visit Porto da Barra in Buzios. Enjoy a nice seaside stroll and have a great dining experience by the beach.

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Visit Fernando de Noronha and discover a true island paradise.

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Visit Christ the Redeemer, the most famous landmark of Rio de Janeiro.

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Discover the Pororoca, the longest wave on earth.

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Swim on the moon at Lençois Maranhenses National Park in Maranhão.

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Brazilian Food is more than just beans and rice. Discover the country's most famous titbits and dishes.

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Visit Iguazu Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

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The President of Adetur Metropolitana (Agency for Sustainable Development of the Metropolitan Region) talks about tourism in Espirito Santo and mentions some of the State's main differentiators compared to other Brazilian regions.

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Salvador Turco, President of Uniao Engenharia

Founded in 1978, Uniao Engenharia is a company specialized in executing production services and industrial assembly. Its President, Salvador Turco, gives us an overview of the company and the Brazilian market.

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The President of Espírito Santo Convention & Visitors Bureau talks about the tourism industry in Espírito Santo. He also mentions some interesting investment opportunities, not only in the field of tourism, but in many different sectors of the economy.

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Tourism is one of the most important sectors in Espirito Santo's economy. Alexandre Passos, State Secretary of Tourism, gives us an overview of the tourism industry and future trends, mentioning different types of tourism such as adventure, contemplation, ecotourism, agrotourism...

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Bruno Zanet, President of Marmi Bruno Zanet

Marmi Bruno Zanet has been in the ornamental stone business since 1958. One of its strong points is its wide selection of materials, today over 100, featuring different physical and color characteristics. Its President, Bruno Zanet, talks about the company and gives us an overview of the Brazilian market.

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Márcio Félix, Espirito Santo's Secretary for Development

Márcio Felix, State Secretary for Development, gives us an overview of Espirito Santo, a State that has one of the highest economic growth rates in Brazil and offers great investment opportunities for local and international investors. He also talks about the role of the Secretariat and mentions some of the most important sectors for the State's economy.

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Renato Casagrande, Governor of Espirito Santo, describes the main industrial sectors of the State’s diversified economy.

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Renato Casagrande, Governor of Espirito Santo, talks about foreign investment, as the State is expecting more than 100 billion Reais of investments by 2016.

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Renato Casagrande, Governor of Espirito Santo, introduces the State’s main characteristics and highlights its high growth rate, well above the Brazilian average.

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Clovis Lascosque, President of Codesa (Docks Company of Vitoria), talks about Vitoria’s port complex, the biggest in Latin America.

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Salvador Turco, President of Uniao Engenharia, discusses possible joint-ventures and partnerships between companies like his own and foreign investors.

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João Guerino Balestrassi, President of Espirito Santo’s Development Bank (BANDES), presents the institution.

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Bruno Zanet, President of Marmi Bruno Zanet, speAaks about the unique natural conditions of Espirito Santo and its mineral diversity.

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Alexandre Passos, Secretary of Tourism, talks about investment opportunities and describes the potentialities of Espirito Santo’s touristic attractions.

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Marcos Guerra, President of Espirito Santo’s Industry Federation, talks about the current configuration of the industry sector and future trends.

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Espirito Santo is a land of business opportunities according to Lucas Izoton, the President of Izoton Group.

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Espirito Santo: Best Fiscal Incentives for Investment in Brazil

José Eduardo Azevedo, Secretary of Special Projects and Metropolitan Articulation, talks about the advantages of investing in Espirito Santo.

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Paulo Fonseca, President of Adetur Metropolitana, talks about the role of the tourism institution in Espirito Santo. He also mentions some of the State’s attractives and investment opportunities.

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Maely Coelho, Executive President of Espirito Santo Convention and Visitors Bureau, talks about the possibilities of foreign investment in Espirito Santo’s tourism sector, especially in leisure, business and events tourism.

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Márcio Felix, State Secretary for Development, gives us an overview of Espírito Santo, a State that has one of the highest economic growth rates in Brazil and offers great investment opportunities for local and international investors.

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Brazil is experiencing an important growth in the tourism sector and the upcoming World Cup and Olympics will attract a huge amount of tourists. However, some challenges still need to be adressed such as high costs and education for example, so that Brazil can take full advantage of its huge touristic potential.

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Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of the country. With the upcoming World Cup and Olympic Games, respectively in 2014 and 2016, economic impacts may reach $183.2 billion by 2019.

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Lucas Izoton, President of Izoton Group

Lucas Izoton talks about investment opportunities in Espirito Santo, a state that has experienced growth at a rate of 12 to 13% last year, when Brazil grew 7.5%. Strategically located at the entrance of the entire Central Western region and also within a radius of 1,000 kms, Espirito Santo reaches 70% of its GDP and Brazilian consumers.

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Manuel Arrey Oliver, President of Arrey Group

The President of Arrey Group, Manuel Arrey, explains what are some of the advantages of being based in Teresina (Piaui region). He talks about the history of the Group that started as a tanning company and that is now acting in the building sector, with a chain of hotels. He also mentions some investment opportunities for Brazilian and foreign investors.

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Brasilia has been chosen as one of the cities to welcome the next Football World Cup games and both tourism and trade are booming. But still, the capital of Brazil has to face some important challenges, such as transportation and infrastructure problems.

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Even though it is still facing some strong infrastructure challenges, the State of Piauí, located in the Northeast region of Brazil, is one of the new top touristic destinations, with its privileged seaside, golden dunes, lagoons, mangroves bushes and rich ecosystem.

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Rio de Janeiro will be the host city of one of the most important international multi-sport events, the next Olympics and Paralympics Games. But will the city actually be ready when 2016 comes around?

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Brasília is one of the main economic centers of the Central-western Region, presenting the best quality of life and the most accelerated economic growth in the country. That is due partly to the consolidation process of the productive sector that is, little by little, surpassing the civil service which has long dominated the federative capital of Brazil.

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Brasília é um dos principais polos econômicos da Região Centro-Oeste, apresentando a melhor qualidade de vida e o mais acelerado crescimento econômico do País.

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Jorge Lopes, Strategic Projects Coordinator of Piauí Government & Financial Director at Telhas Mafrense/Blocomar

The Strategic Projects Coordinator of Piauí Government, Jorge Lopes, talks about foreign investments and investment opportunities in the State. He also mentions some of his projects with the company Telhas Mafrense/Blocomar.

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George Frug Hochheimer, GreenMind

George Frug Hochheimer from GreenMind, a company specialized in sustainable development, talks about business in the Piauí State. He also mentions some of his projects and argues that development should be controlled in order to prevent negative impacts on the environment.

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Jorge Batista da Silva Filho, Director of Jorge Batista Group

Jorge Batista da Silva Filho, Director of the Jorge Batista Group talks about the Teresina-based conglomerate of companies founded in the 50s, which became one of the leading pharmaceutical group in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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Cisa Trading is a company specialized in offering solutions to companies in need of know-how in specific international trade. The company operates throughout Brazil, offering logistical, operational, financial and tax solutions for their clients.

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Kleber Braga, Business Consultant at Sá Cavalcante

Kleber Braga from Sá Cavalcante talks about the largest mall in Piauí, the Rio Poty Shopping Center, a 350 million BR project including 287 stores, 13 anchors and mega stores, 239 satellite stores, 34 food shops, 12 cinema rooms, a huge business center, etc.

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Antonio Jose de Moraes Souza Filho, President of FIEPI (Federation of Industries of Piauí) and Vice-Governor of Piauí

The President of the Federation of Industries and Vice-Governor of Piauí, Antonio Jose de Moraes Souza Filho, talks about the industry and the measures that need to be taken to improve the sector in Piauí.

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Antoninho Marmo Trevisan, President of Trevisan

The President of the financial and accounting outsourcing company Trevisan, Antoninho Marmo Trevisan, talks about the economic future of Brazil, education, opportunities and challenges to be faced for foreign companies to settle in the country.

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Ailton Nascimento, Vice-President of Stefanini

Ailton Nascimento, Vice-President of Stefanini, talks about the leading Brazilian IT group that became a major international player, providing a wide range of services, such as consulting, solution development and integration, Business Process Outsourcing, application and infrastructure outsourcing...

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Marco Antonio Stefanini, CEO Global of Stefanini

Stefanini is a major IT player, offering consulting services, solution development and integration, Business Process Outsourcing, application and infrastructure outsourcing... Its CEO, Marco Antonio Stefanini, talks about the company's vision.

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João Claudino Fernandes Junior, President of Claudino Group

The President of Claudino Group, João Claudino Fernandes Junior, talks about business opportunities in the Piauí state. He also explains how Claudino Group became a huge conglomerate, operating in many different economic sectors, and is now one of the most influent company in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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Nadir Moreno, Country Manager at UPS, talks about the logistics sector in Brazil. She also talks about UPS Brazil, the operations that are being taken care of by the company, her strategy and vision for the years to come, and mentions some of the challenges the giant corporation has to face.

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The President of ZPE Parnaíba (Export Processing Zone), Mirocles Campos Veras Neto, talks about the EPZ to be inaugurated in 2013, the opportunities of this implementation for the Piauí State and the investments expected in the region.

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O Presidente da Zona de Processamento de Exportação Parnaíba, Mirocles Campos Veras Neto, fala da ZPE a ser inaugurada em 2013, dos beneficios deste empreendimento para o Estado do Piauí e dos investimentos esperados na região.

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Ana Esteves, Fundadora e Consultora na AMCE, fala da sustentabilidade no Brasil. Também explica o quanto é necessário as empresas darem importância à sustentabilidade para preservar o futuro. Além disso, fala do papel da AMCE, suas realizações mais importantes e os seus planos para o futuro.

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Ana Esteves, Founding Partner and Consultant at AMCE Negócios Sustentáveis (AMCE Sustainable Business)

Ana Esteves, Founding Partner and Consultant at AMCE, talks about sustainability in Brazil and argues that companies need to focus on sustainability to preserve the future. She also explains the role of AMCE, its most important achievments and future plans.

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The President of the Federation of Industries of the Federal District, Antonio Rocha da Silva, talks about the role of Sistema Fibra in Brasilia's industry. He also talks about the competitivness of the sector in the Federal District and mentions some of the challenges and investment opportunities in the State.

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O Presidente da Federação das Indústrias do Distrito Federal, Antonio Rocha da Silva, explica o papel do Sistema Fibra na indústria brasiliense. Também fala da competitividade do setor no Distrito Federal e menciona alguns desafios e oportunidades de investimento no Estado.

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Carlos Eduardo Abijaodi, Director of Operations at CNI (National Confederation of Industry)

Carlos Eduardo Abijaodi, Director of Operations at the National Confederation of Industry, talks about industry in Brazil. He mentions some of the strategic sectors for the future growth of the country, challenges and partnership opportunities.

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Antonio Carlos Lins, President of Terracap

The President of the State company Terracap, Antonio Carlos Lins, talks about the role of Terracap, the biggest real estate company in Brazil. He also talks about investment opportunities in the sector, challenges the idea of a "real estate bubble" and mentions some of Terracap's projects.

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Eduardo Junqueira, Director of Prospera and Agroiza Florestal

The Director of Prospera and Agroiza Florestal, Eduardo Junqueira, talks about the Piaui region, the benefits linked to the huge needs of wood in the area, his projects in terms of exportation of biomass and the various opportunities for foreign investors in order to develop the region.

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Ivelise Longhi Pereira da Silva talks about Codeplan, a public institution created to support the Government of the Federal District in terms of strategic planning. The President also explains the importance of Codeplan as an economic, social and urban development institution.

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The President of SINDEPAT, Alain Baldacci, talks about the role of the "Integrated System of Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions", tourism industry in Brazil and the investment opportunities in the sector of amusement parks.

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O Ministro do Esporte, Aldo Rebelo, fala da importância da Copa do Mundo de 2014 e dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016 para o Brasil. Também menciona os benefícios, oportunidades de investimento e desafios gerados por esses dois eventos.

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Ueze Elias Zahran, President of Copagaz and Zahran Group

The CEO of Copagaz and Zahran Group, Ueze Elias Zahran, talks about the gas distribution sector in Brazil and mentions the important issue of applying better safety regulations in this area. He also explains how the family-owned company Copagaz was created and became a major actor in the sector, selling more than 550,000 tonnes of gas per year.

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Jacques de Oliveira Pena, Presidente do Banco de Brasília (BRB)

O Presidente do Banco de Brasília, Jacques de Oliveira Pena, fala do BRB, cujo objetivo é captar recursos para o desenvolvimento da região do Distrito Federal, através de várias carteiras: comercial, câmbio, desenvolvimento e imobiliária.

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José Guilherme Tollstadius Leal, President of EMATER

The President of EMATER, José Guilherme Tollstadius Leal, talks about the role of the public company belonging to the Federal District in the agriculture sector. He also mentions the importance of agriculture in the Federal District, a region of strong rural production.

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José Roberto Bortolozzo, Founder of Central Agrícola Nova Era (CANEL)

José Roberto Bortolozzo, one of the founders of Central Agrícola Nova Era (CANEL), talks about Piauí, agricultural development and investment opportunities in the region. He also mentions some of the challenges of investing in Piauí.

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O Governador Agnelo Queiroz apresenta o Distrito Federal. Fala das oportunidades de investimento e de desenvolvimento econômico no Estado. Também comenta sobre o futuro do DF e sobre as consequencias da Copa do Mundo 2014 para Brasília.

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Ozires Silva, Rector of Unimonte and Founder of Embraer

Ozires Silva, current Rector of Unimonte and Founder of Embraer argues that the education system in Brazil should be reformed in order to face a competition that is growing internationally. He also talks about entrepreneurship, the founding of Embraer and the importance of innovation and research for the future of Brazil.

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The Governor of Piaui, leading agricultural state in Brazil presents the region. Piaui is roughly half the size of Spain spanning across the Brazilian "Northeast" one of the most dynamic and fastest developing region in Brazil.

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The Governor of Piaui, leading agricultural state in Brazil presents the region. Piaui is roughly half the size of Spain spanning across the Brazilian "Northeast" one of the most dynamic and fastest developing region in Brazil.

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Marcos S. Jank, President and CEO of Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)

Currently, Brazil has the most complete ethanol program in the world: ethanol is available in all service stations throughout Brazil and more than half of all cars on the road in Brazil are flex, as well as 90% of all new cars sold. Marcos Jank talks about the ethanol industry and how it has replaced 50% of gasoline consumption in Brazil.

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Marcelo Dourado, Director of SUDECO

SUDECO's Director Marcelo Dourado talks about the investment opportunities in the Midwest of Brazil, a region that grows twice the pace of the country itself. He also mentions some of the challenges of investing in the region.

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Pedro Arraes, President of Embrapa

Pedro Arraes talks about Embrapa and how the public institution linked to the Ministry of Agriculture was created as a strategy from the government to hamper the food crisis scenario and give support to growth in the agricultural sector.

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Marco Camargo talks about the internet revolution and how it changed the music industry. According to the Music Producer, there must be a higher accuracy on the internet on how to download music, communicating it to the music author, to the artist, to the musicians, to the conductors, like it used to be done when records were sold.

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José Celso Gontijo, Director of JC Gontijo

According to José Celso Gontijo, Director of JC Gontijo, there are many opportunities in the real-estate sector. Mr Gontijo also discusses the "bubble" issue and talks about his different projects in Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

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Paulo Nishimura, President of Niplan Engenharia

According to Paulo Nishimura, there are positive developments in the oil and gas, mining and infrastructures sectors. But nowadays, the construction and industry sector has become highly competitive, so the national players, are going through an alert period in terms of competitiveness, even though the future growth scenery is very optimistic.

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Louis Bazire, President of the French-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce

The French-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce has 800 members in Brazil. The Chamber was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1901 and has more than 100 years of age. This proves that Brazil has been open to the foreign investment.

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Joe Valle, Founder of Fazenda Malunga and Congressman

Brasília has many credit lines for agricultural production; it has a very good soil, logistics and warehouse facilities. There have been very attractive opportunities for the agricultural companies that have been settling down in the Federal District.

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Luiz Fernando Figueiredo, Founding Member of Mauá Sekular Investimentos

Brazil has a great amount of funds for the capital market, considering the size of the country. Most of the citizen’s savings are in the country, not abroad. Also, the capital market has improved quite a lot, because the whole legal framework has improved in the last ten years.

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Segundo a Organização Mundial do Turismo, os desembarques internacionais de turistas no mundo cresceram 4.4% em 2011 (980 milhões de desembarques) em relação a 2010 (939 milhões). Isso significa que há um crescimento de cerca de 40%, desde 2003.

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Renato Opice Blum, Attorney and Partner at Opice Blum

The Brazilian laws cover about 95% of the conducts in using technology. We have to make new legislation for the remaining 5% and to develop our own legislation in about 25%.

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Paulo Alexandre Barbosa, Secretário de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo

O Produto Interno Bruto do Brasil cresceu 2,7% em 2011, alcançando a histórica marca de R$ 4,143 trilhões.

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Stefanini's, the leading IT solution provider in Brazil, is trying to bring operational efficiency to the clients.

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Stefanini's, the leading IT solution provider in Brazil, vision is to grow in Brazil and expand abroad.

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Mario Baptista, CEO of Protege

Protege is a family-owned business present on Brazilian market for more than 40 years. Protege offers cash in transit (CIT) services and thus keeps the security in place.

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Bobby Betenson, Operations Director, and Martin Frankenberg, Business Development Director of Matuete Brazil Travel Design

Time is sometimes more precious than money. Matuete is primarily focusing on those whose free time is limited and who would like to experience something unusual; a unique trip either in Brazil or elsewhere. Brazil is a unique destination thanks to its great diversity and size.

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Airton Carlini, CEO, and Valter Pieracciani, Partner Director of Pritchett Rummler-Brache

It is well-known that innovation drives development. Brazil is on the right path to become a leader in innovation. According to Mr. Carlini and Mr. Pieracciani, Brazil is the place where a new management style is being born at the moment. Innovation in Brazil is directly dependant on the management style in Brazil.

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Transportation in Brasilia raises a variety of problems. Besides the public transportation system of buses, Brasilia also has a metro subway system.

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Sometimes called the Picasso of Brazilian architecture, Oscar Niemeyer, the visionary architect of Brasilia, is still living and still working; he turned 104 in December 2011

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Although many entirely new capital cities have been created throughout history, Brasilia from its very inception was created to be different from all the rest.

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David José de Matos, President Director of METRO DF (Metropolitan Company of the Federal District of Brazil)

The plan of Metro DF is to make Brasilia transport more accessible, including subway, since the current figures show that only 150,000 people make use of the subway transport. This is a very small number when taking into account the size of metropolitan Brasilia - 2,5 million citizens.

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China plays a direct role in the Brazil's success story.

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The growth of the Brazilian economy over the past two decades is astonishing. From one of the third-worlds, inflation-ridden, underdeveloped economies, Brazil has now risen to the ranks of the world's top six economies.

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Dudalina is a Brazilian textile company which is aiming to show its success and high quality textile products further behing the borders of Brazil. Dudalina is a family-owned company which has grown immensely during the last years and is expected to continue this trend.

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LiveWright is a failry new organization which aims to improve the sports in Brazil and make Brazil once again an Olympic winner in various sports such as gymnastics or track cycling.

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Luciano Santos Tavares de Almeida, President of Investe Sao Paulo (Agencia Paulista de Promoção de Investimentos e Competitividade)

Investe Sao Paulo is a relatively young agency established in the state of Sao Paulo - the most productive region of Brazil - to attract new investments and help the foreign companies who wish to make investments in Sao Paulo.

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Brazilian foreign aid and cooperation is very much needed and thus it constitutes a significant area of Brazilian foreign policy. Brazilian Cooperation Agency is deployed in many parts of the world, notably in Africa where it helps to improve the African agriculture sector.

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Enio Issa, President of AÇÃO Informática

IT sector in Latin America and more-over in Brazil could be as competitive as India or China in the near future. ACAO Informatica is a leading provider and distributor of IT solutions for Latin America and Brazil itself.

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Helio Ribeiro Duarte, Executive Director of HSBC Brazil

Read more about the HSBC presence in Brazil, its strong position and HSBC Brazil role. Mr. Duarte also discusses the future strategies of HSBC Brazil and HSBC Group itself.

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Marco Antonio Campanella, CEO of DFTRANS

DFTRANS has many plans how to develop and improve the public transport in the Federal District of Brazil until 2014 - the World Cup year. Primarily, the public transport car-park has to be refurbished and DFTRANS wants also to implement a single ticket which would allow passengers to freely use any type of public transport in the Federal District of Brazil without any major problems.

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Celio Biavati, President of CAESB (Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Distrito Federal)

CAESB, the water company of Federal District of Brazil, is a clear example of another success story of Brazil. CAESB has managed to decrease the average water consumption in Brazil and is cooperating with few African countries since the CAESB system can be applied and fit with undeveloped and developing countries around the world.

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Mr. Meirelles discusses the quality of Brazil education and Brazil universities and the quality of the students themselves. Brazil students are a bonus for the country but, as any other resource, they need to be managed well. The most important is probably to get the students to apply for subjects other than finance and marketing.

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Impacta has successfully established itself as the IT training and IT education centre in Brazil and Latin America itself. Impacta Technology Group is praised for its technology and methodology which is offered to individuals and/or companies. Impacta is well-known for its excellent methodology of world-class quality and has become a leader in the IT training and IT education in Brazil.

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Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007 and Member of the Board of Directors at Brasil Foods

There are various sectors but ours, the publishing area, has some limitations imposed through legislation. It’s deeply regrettable because there shouldn’t be any legislation preventing foreign capital to access content production.

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João Doria, President of Grupo DORIA

There are various sectors but ours, the publishing area, has some limitations imposed through legislation. It’s deeply regrettable because there shouldn’t be any legislation preventing foreign capital to access content production.

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Luiza Helena Trajano, CEO of Magazine Luiza

Mrs. Luiza Helena Trajano talks about consumer confidence and economic issues in Brazil. We rely on important factors: our domestic consumption is going strong. To exemplify, 45% of the population has not an automatic washing machine yet. Also, we are a democracy. In addition, only in 2020 our residents will start growing older.

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Gastão Vieira, Minister of Tourism of Brazil

The Minister of Tourism of Brazil claims that Brazil tourism is very diversified and that is what makes Brazil so successful in attracting all types of tourism visitors. Moreover, Brazil is about to host some of the most important sport and cultural events including the Olympic Games.

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Mr. Lobao highlights the importance of energy for Brazil. Brazil is now building four new rafineries. For the future, Brazil's role is to become an important partner with the world's biggest economies.

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Paulo Skaf, President of FIESP (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo)

FIESP is a federation of industries of the state of São Paulo. Mr. Skaf is explaining the importance of the sector of industry for the state of São Paulo and for Brazil, in general. Industry is a great heritage of Brazil and São Paulo.

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According to João Paulo Diniz, Executive Chairman of LiveWright, the major hurdles along the way are political. The nature of sport in Brazil based on federations and confederations is difficult to change.

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The most important thing with LiveWright is to develop the principles of the private sector. LiveWright has been set up to professionalize sports in Brazil.

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João Doria, President of Grupo DORIA, talks about the publishing & media industry in a multi facet interview for Marcopolis.net report on Brazil.

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In January 2003, the index of the stock market was 11,000 points, and today it's 56,000 points. An investor who invested money in 2003 - almost nine years ago - would have his assets five times bigger now - not too many countries provided this kind of opportunity.

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Many Brazilians want to be entrepreneurs. However, Brazil is still a very complicated country for entrepreneurs, the cost of bureaucracy here is very high, as is the time needed to start or improve a business – there is still a lot of room for improvement.

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Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007, talks about major problems in Brazil.

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Brazil Videos

Innovation in Brazil

Brazil needs to invest much more in innovation. Nonetheless, Brazil can be one of the leaders in the green economy. It uses renewable energy at the level that no other country does in the world; around 10 to 12 million cars use biofuels in Brazil.

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Brazil has an equilibrium of energy production – we are self-sufficient in energy and food, which is a major advantage.

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Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007, talks about free trade and the rise of protectionism. He argues that "we see today firm protectionism all over the world".

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The vision is to continue to grow. The sector will grow a great deal when it comes to furniture manufacturing as Brazil becomes a huge world power.

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The strategy of Magazine Luiza is to continue to expand in Brazil.

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Mazazine Luiza started off 54 years ago in Franca, an inner Sao Paulo city, with strong values such as business transparency and commitment to truth.

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According to Luiza Helena Trajano, CEO of Magazine Luiza, discusses the Brazilian Economic Policy: lowering interest rates, cutting taxes, stimulating the economy and boosting consumer spending.

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Magazine Luiza has been growing around 20% and 30% in the last 10 years and entering the stock market contributed to the expansion and liquidity.

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According to  Luiza Helena Trajano, CEO of Magazine Luiza, the consumer confidence in Brazil continues to be stable.

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In the next five years, Brazil has to produce 50% more energy than today.

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The main priority is to adopt new laws and a new mining code to replace the one adopted in the 60's.

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The main challenge for Brazil oil and gas sector is the ability to invest the resources to build platforms, drilling rigs and ships as well as the infrastructure upstream and downstream. 

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Brazil is going to invest R$214 billion (U.S.$ 122 billion) to build hydroelectric, solar and wind power projects in the next decade.

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Fernando Pimentel, H.E. Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (H.E. Ministro do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior)

H.E. Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade discusses the trade in Brazil, its prospects and the overall economy and the future of Brazil.

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Entrevista com Wellington Moreira Franco

Nós temos um compromisso de construir uma sociedade justa, uma sociedade inclusiva, com uma desigualdade social pequena.

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We have a commitment to build a fair society, an inclusive society, with small social inequality.

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