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Uruguay's Foreign Minister since March 2025, he spent decades leading the Inter Press Service news agency before holding senior roles at the FAO. His career bridges journalism and multilateral diplomacy.

Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale, he is a leading historian of the Cold War and modern Asia. He brings historical depth to today's geopolitical realignments.

President of Einstein Hospital Israelita and a gastrointestinal surgeon by training, he is one of Brazil's most prominent voices on health system management. He addresses the toll of climate change on health.

A career Brazilian diplomat and President of COP30, he has served as ambassador to India and Japan and led Brazil's climate negotiations for years. He discusses the tension between energy demands and climate goals.

Vale's Director of Institutional Relations, a journalist turned executive with decades in Brazilian media. He speaks to critical minerals from inside the mining company at the center of Brazil's new resource geopolitics.

President of ApexBrasil, an economist who rose through the agency's agribusiness division. He positions Brazil's trade agency as key to turning the critical minerals moment into a real economic opportunity.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, with nearly 30 years in the foreign service across Latin America. He recently helped secure billions in critical minerals investment in Angola, linking the resource debate to broader Western supply-chain strategy.

Executive Director of SAFE's Center for Critical Minerals Strategy in Washington, a frequent witness before the U.S. Congress. She brings the U.S. policy view and on how critical minerals have become a front line of great-power competition.

Paraguay's Vice Minister of Industry, he took on the role after leading Rediex, the country's trade and investment promotion agency. He is driving Paraguay's push to add value to raw materials and the country's energy surplus at Itaipú, now a magnet for AI data centers.

Deputy Secretary at Brazil's Secretariat for Digital Policy, she previously led the department's work on freedom of expression and combating disinformation. A journalist by training, she has been a leading voice on Brazil's AI and platform regulation debates.

Co-founder of Equis Research, a leading voice on Latino voter data in the U.S. He connects American electoral shifts to Brazil's own presidential race, both reshaping 2026 politics.

Founding Partner of Dinàmica Americas, he previously served as White House National Security Council Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs and as Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United States.

CEO of COP30, she also served as Brazil's National Secretary for Climate Change. She examines how governments and companies are recalibrating the energy transition in the aftermath of the Hormuz Strait crisis.

Columbia University energy economist and former chair of Citgo Petroleum. She grounds the energy panel in hard geopolitical stakes, linking Venezuela's oil crisis to the forces reshaping energy transition.

DLA Piper partner and Brazilian-American antitrust lawyer based in New York, dual-licensed in both countries. He brings a cross-border legal lens to global governance debates.

DLA Piper partner and chair of the firm's Latin America Corporate & Finance practice, he advises companies, private equity funds, and governments doing business across the Americas.

Founding Partner of Dinâmica Americas, he spent 30 years in the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, including as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and U.S. Consul General in São Paulo

JOTA's co-founder and co-CEO, a journalist who covered the Judiciary before building JOTA.

Journalist and geopolitical risk analyst. He spent a decade as an international correspondent for O Estado de S. Paulo in New York, then moved to political risk analysis.

JOTA's international analyst, a journalist who spent years as correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Beijing, and London.

CEO of Molecule Group and Head of Secretariat for the Clean Energy Ministerial's Biofuture Council. He previously served as Science Advisor at the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service and spent years working across governments to align production standards on sustainable fuels and carbon accounting.