DATE: June 10, 2025 (Tuesday)
TIME: 09:00 – 17:40 (BRT/UTC-3) | 14:00 – 22:40 (CEST/UTC+2)
VENUE: Hilton Copacabana Hotel (Rio de Janeiro)
In-person participation upon registration confirmation.
REGISTRATION
08:00 (BRT/UTC-3)
Hilton Copacabana Hotel
OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30 (BRT/UTC-3) | 14:00 – 14:30 (CEST/UTC+2)
Maximilian Hedrich, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brazil
José Pio Borges, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
Marian Schuegraf, Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil
KEYNOTE PANEL | Climate meets security: threat multiplier and global issue?
09:35 – 10:50 (BRT/UTC-3) | 14:35 – 15:50 (CEST/UTC+2)
Antonio Patriota, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom
Brian Glynn, Managing Director for the Americas of the European External Action Service
Roland Theis, Member of the German Bundestag
Moderation: Danielle Ayres, Director of Information Security at the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil
FLASH TALK | Global power shifts: new dynamics in international security
10:55 – 11:15 (BRT/UTC-3) | 15:55 – 16:15 (CEST/UTC+2)
Matias Spektor, Founder and Deputy Director of FGV’s School of International Relations and Senior Fellow at CEBRI
PANEL 1 | Multilateral aspects of climate change: challenges to COP30
11:20 – 12:25 (BRT/UTC-3) | 16:20 – 17:25 (CEST/UTC+2)
María Isabel Ortiz Mantilla, State Representative and Chair of the Environmental Commission of the Congress of the State of Guanajuato
Emmanuella Doussis, Professor of International Institutions at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and UNESCO Chairholder on Climate Diplomacy
Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister of the Environment and Trustee at CEBRI
Moderation: Marianna Albuquerque, Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Defense at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Senior Fellow at CEBRI
BREAK
12:30 – 14:15 (BRT/UTC-3) | 17:30 – 19:15 (CEST/UTC+2)
FLASH TALK | Transatlantic shifts: a new beginning for the Latin America-Europe cooperation
14:20 – 14:40 (BRT/UTC-3) | 19:20 – 19:40 (CEST/UTC+2)
TBC
PANEL 2 | Transnational crime, security and climate impacts: a complex interplay
14:45 – 15:50 (BRT/UTC-3) | 19:45 – 20:50 (CEST/UTC+2)
Robert Muggah, Specialist in security, cities, climate action, and digital transformation, and co-founder of the Igarapé Institute
Maria Rosa Sabbatelli, Head of Unit on Global and Transregional Threats and Challenges of the European Commission
Nancy Patrícia Gutíerrez, Former Minister of Interior of Colombia
Moderation: Marcelo Della Nina, Head of the General Coordination for Combating Transnational Illicit Activities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
BREAK
15:50 – 16:20 (BRT/UTC-3) | 20:50 – 21:20 (CEST/UTC+2)
PANEL 3 | The new geopolitics of energy: resources, security and power
16:25 – 17:30 (BRT/UTC-3) | 21:25 – 22:30 (CEST/UTC+2)
Horacio Werner, Executive Director at Agenda Antartica
Elena Lazarou, Fellow at Chatham House and Senior Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Rafaela Guedes, Member of a panel of experts on Energy Transition at the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS) and Senior Fellow at CEBRI
Moderation: Hussein Kalout, International Advisory Board Member at CEBRI, Brazil
CLOSING
17:40 (BRT/UTC-3) | 22:40 (CEST/UTC+2)