Welcome

Opening remarks

Alan Charlton CMG CVO, Deputy Chair, Canning House; Founder, Conversa; former British Ambassador to Brazil

Keynote speech

Celso Amorim, former Brazilian Foreign Minister

Keynote speech

Marco Longhi MP, the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Brazil

9:00-9:45 BRT

Session 1

Panel 1: Foreign Policy Aims and Objectives: Areas of common interest and mutual collaboration

What are the long-term foreign policy aims of Brazil and the UK?

Where are the key areas of convergence?

What are the major differences and how can they be overcome?

Panel 2: Top-down, bottom-up, or both? Different approaches to honouring climate commitments in Brazil and the UK

What were the main targets set by each country at COP26?

How can both countries work together to help achieve their goals?

Which goals will be most difficult to achieve and why?

9:45-11:15 BRT

Break

11:15-11:30 BRT

Session 2

Panel 3: Increasing bilateral trade and investment: Collaborative paths for the clean growth agenda

What are the main challenges facing both countries in increasing bilateral trade and investment and howcan these obstacles be overcome?

Where are the main commercial opportunities?

How has the clean growth agenda changed mutual objectives?

Panel 4: The role of natural resource extraction in the clean energy transition

What are the major resources extracted in the UK and Brazil, and how much energy does the process consume?

In what ways are these industries transitioning towards reducing their carbon footprint, water consumption and dependence on fossil fuels?

What are the shared experiences and how can both countries learn from each other?

Panel 5: From “Operação Nordeste” to “Levelling Up”: Reducing regional development inequalities in Brazil and the UK

What are the similarities and differences between attempts to reduce regional inequalities within the UK and Brazil?

What lessons can be learned from each other’s experiences?

How can the UK and Brazil work together to find collaborative solutions to the mutual challenge of reducing inequality and poverty?

11:30-13:00 BRT

Lunch

13:00-14:15 BRT

Session 3

Panel 6: Guaranteeing citizen security in the city: ways to improve the public security framework

What lessons can each country learn from the other’s approach to policing?

What changes can be made to cities to improve the security environment?

How important is it to have an integrated approach to public security policy?

Panel 7: Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance and the fight against climate change

How can ESG be effectively applied to UK and Brazilian outward investment?

Is ESG an effective tool for combatting climate change?

What other ways can finance be utilized to meet clean growth goals?

Panel 8: Bridging the gap: race, gender and inequality in Brazil and the UK

What are the similarities and differences between the UK and Brazil regarding issues of discrimination?

How have civil society groups mobilized in response to persistent inequalities?

What lessons can be learnt from each country and what potential is there for mutual collaboration tackling discrimination?

14:15-15:45 BRT

Break

15:45-16:00 BRT

Plenary and close

Plenary session

Closing remarks

16:00-17:00 BRT

Drinks reception

17:00-18:00 BRT