BRICS Co-operation: Assessment and Next Steps - Seminar Itamaraty, August 1, 2017, 9am-4pm

BRICS Co-operation: Assessment and Next Steps

Auditório Paulo Nogueira Batista, Anexo II, Palácio Itamaraty

Brasília, 1 August 2017

Draft Programme*

09:00–09:20	Opening
	§  Ambassador Sérgio Eduardo Moreira Lima, President of FUNAG §  Ambassador Georges Lamazière, Under Secretary General for Asia and the Pacific §  Ambassador Li Jinzhang, Ambassador of China to Brazil §  Assistant Minister Hu Zhengyue, Vice President of China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)
09:20–10:40	One Decade of the BRICS: Assessment and Next Steps
	§  Professor Wu Xiaoqiu, Vice-President of Renmin University §  Ambassador Sergio Florencio, Director for International Economic and Political Relations, IPEA §  Minister Mariana Madeira, Head of the Division for BRICS and IBSA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs §  Minister Benoni Belli, Secretary for Diplomatic Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs §  Professor Thomas Dwyer, Co-ordinator, BRICS Studies Project, University of Campinas
10:40–11:00	Coffee Break
11:00–12:40	Breadth and Depth: Priorities for BRICS Co-operation Moderator : Professor WangWen, Executive Dean Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China
	§  Mr. Zhao Xiyuan, Secretary-General of China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA) §  Counsellor Rina-Louise Pretorius, Embassy of South Africa to Brazil §  XX, Embassy of India to Brazil §  XX, Embassy of Russia to Brazil §  Professor Zhao Xijun, Deputy Dean of School of Finance, Renmin University of China
12:40–14:00	Lunch Break

14:00– 15:40	Financial Co-operation, Investment and the New Development Bank Moderator: Minister Paulo Roberto de Almeida, Director of IPRI
	§  Professor Murilo Portugal, President of FEBRABAN §  Minister Norberto Moretti, Director of the Department for Financial Affairs and Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs §  Professor Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) §  Professor Marcos Troyjo, Director, BRICLab, Columbia University §  XX, Embassy of China in Brazil
15:40–16:00	Wrap-up and Closure
	§  Minister Paulo Roberto de Almeida, Director of IPRI §  Minister Mariana Madeira, Head of the Division for BRICS and IBSA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs §  Professor Wu Xiaoqiu, Vice-President of Renmin University

Supporting Partners:

Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG)

China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)

Co-Host:

Institute for Research on International Relations (IPRI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies,Renmin University of China (RDCY)

* Participants' names to be confirmed.

Chinese Participants' list:

- Hu Zhengyue, Vice President of China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)

- Wu Xiaoqiu, Vice President of Renmin University of China

- Zhao Xiyuan, Secretary-General of China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA)

- Zhao Xijun, Deputy Dean of School of Finance, Renmin University of China

- WangWen, Executive Dean Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies ,Renmin University of China

- Hu Bin, Deputy Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

- Cui Yue, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Information Centre, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies ,Renmin University of China

- Cheng Cheng, Vice Research fellow of Industry Research Department of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies , Renmin University of China