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Brasília, Brazil

28-30 May

2025

Bringing together leading Brazilian thinkers and officials with distinguished representatives from across the world, the symposium aims to:

Bolster the Brazilian presidency with promising proposals across its six thematic areas, from trade and investment to multilateralism and artificial intelligence.

Build a global network of government officials, civil society representatives, and international scholars to play an active role within the BRICS framework.

Identify novel opportunities for the BRICS to renovate and rejuvenate the multilateral system based on the principles of dialogue, diplomacy, and sovereign equality.

Delegates

Naledi Pandor
Former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
South Africa

Wang Wen
Dean and Professor, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Marta Fernández
General Coordinator, BRICS Policy Center
Brazil

Andrés Arauz

Former Governor of the Central Bank

Ecuador

Oscar Ugarteche
Senior Researcher, Institute of Economic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Peru

Souad Aden-Osman
Executive Director, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa
Djibouti

Richard Kozul-Wright
Former Director, UNCTAD Globalization and Development Strategies Division
United Kingdom

Gilad Isaacs
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Institute for Economic Justice
South Africa

Dialo Diop
Vice-President of PASTEF
Senegal

Giuliano Garavini
Professor of history, Roma Tre University
Italy

Monica Bruckmann
Professor and coordinator of the Center for Geopolitics, Regional Integration and World System at UFRJ
Brazil

Katalin Gennburg
Member of the Bundestag for Die Linke
Germany

Lea Reisner
Member of the Bundestag for Die Linke
Germany

Charlotte Neuhäuser
Member of the Bundestag for Die Linke
Germany

Adebayo Olukoshi
Senior Adviser, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa
Nigeria

Patrick Bond
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Getachew Teklemariam
Senior Programme Officer, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa
Ethiopia

Ana Elisa Saggioro Garcia
Fellow, Plataforma CIPÓ; Associate Researcher, BRICS Policy Center; Professor, UFRRJ, Brazil

Adhemar Mineiro
Senior Economist and Technical Advisor at REBRIP

Janine Walter
Head of the Africa and West Asia Division at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin

David Adler
Co-General Coordinator, Progressive International
United States

Aline Piva

Political Coordinator, Progressive International Brazil

Michael Galant

Senior Research and Outreach Associate, Center for Economic and Policy Research United States

Antonio Freitas
Ministry of Finance
Brazil

Marta Castilho
Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Brazil

Penelope Hawkins
UNCTAD
South Africa

Adriana Abdenur
Global Fund for New Economy
Brazil

Pedro Rossi
Global Fund for New Economy
Brazil

Eduardo Zannata

Councilman
Brazil

Mariana Rondon

Programme Director, Plataforma CIPÓ
Brazil

Beatriz Mattos
Research Coordinator, Plataforma CIPÓ
Brazil

Igor Loiola
Programme Assistant, Plataforma CIPÓ
Brazil

Dr Rahul Tongia
Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

India

Daniel Murdiyarso
PhD, Principal Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF; Professor, IPB University; President, Indonesian Academy of Sciences
Indonesia

Peng Ren
Head of Programmes, South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD)
China

Douglas Ferreira
Research Director, IBRICS+
Brazil

André Lobato
Researcher, Fiocruz
Brazil

Oksana Drapkina
Director, National Medical Research Center for Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russia

Muslim Muslimov
Surgeon, Chairman of the National Association of Healthcare Managers
Russia

Susana van der Ploeg
Rebrip
Brazil

Danielle Ayres
Professor at UFSC
Brazil

Haroldo Ramanzini
Professor, University of Brasília
Brazil

Valter Desiderá
Researcher, Ipea
Brazil

Andreas Behn
Director of the Brazil/Paraguay Office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Brazil

Jorge Pereira
Project Coordinator at the Brazil/Paraguay Office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Brazil

Alex Benkenstein
Programme Head, Climate and Natural Resources Programme, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
South Africa

Laura Trajber Waisbich
Deputy Director of Programs at the Igarapé Institute
Brazil

Yaroslav Lissovolik
Founder, BRICS+ Analytics
Russia

Jorge Luna
Economist, Latinddad, UNAM
México

Gilberto M. A. Rodrigues
PhD in International Relations at UFABC and a member of the Foreign Policy Observatory (OPEB)

Brasil

Mateus Mendes
Coordinator of the Digital Working Group at the Brazilian Network for the Integration of Peoples (Rebrip). He is pursuing a PhD in International Political Economy at UFRJ, Brasil

Graciela Rodriguez
Master’s degree in Sociology from CLACSO, coordinates the Eqüit Institute, and is the current coordinator of Rebrip – the Brazilian Network for the Integration of Peoples, Brasil

Priscilla Papagiannis
Master’s degree and is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at UFRRJ. She coordinates the Climate and Environment Working Group of Rebrip, Brasil

Isabela Callegari

Master’s degree in Economics from Unicamp and is a member of the Eqüit Institute and Rebrip, as well as a founder of the Institute for Functional Finance for Development, Brasil

Karim Elgendy

Executive Director, Carboun Institute

Dr. Mulugeta Getu Sisay
Senior Researcher, Policy Studies Institute, Ethiopia

Antônio Jorge Ramalho

Professor of International Relations, University of Brasília

Anton Gorban Minister’s Adviser at the Moscow Agency for Social Development

Program

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