
Tourism • August 15, 2025
Global Connections and Innovations: highlights of the third day of the No Clima do Rio Arena at RIW
By Mariana Novaes
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The third day of the No Clima do Rio Arena in Rio Innovation Week was marked by a series of panels that addressed the global connections and impacts of an increasingly interconnected world. Themes such as technology, international trade, innovation in the financial and geopolitical market dominated the..
The third day of the No Clima do Rio Arena in Rio Innovation Week was marked by a series of panels that addressed the global connections and impacts of an increasingly interconnected world. Themes such as technology, international trade, innovation in the financial and geopolitical market dominated the discussions, moved the present public and generated relevant reflections on the present and future of society.
The opening of the day was on account of the panel "Broadcast The Future of Capital Market with Exchange Base", which was attended by Karla Spotorno, Broadcast editor, news agency specializing in real-time financial information, and Claudio Pracownik, CEO of Flowa Technologies and Base Exchange. During the debate, the transformations that Base Exchange brings to the capital market were explored, highlighting technological innovations and strategies to make financial operations more efficient and transparent.

Following, the lecture “Broadcast The debate was attended by Karla Spotorno, editor of Broadcast; Antonio Gesteira, Senior Executive Director of FTI Consulting; and Victor Fonseca, Director of AI and Technology Transformation.

The panel "Broadcast José Alexandre Costa de Freitas – partner and CEO of Oliveira Trust; Denis Piovezan – CEO of Broadcast; and Carlos Eduardo Rocha – CEO of Occam Resource Management.

In the fourth panel of the day, with the theme "Transparency in Context 5.0: Innovation and social control for the future", mediated by Kelly Esch, Transparency Coordinator of the Municipal Secretariat of Integrity, Transparency and Data Protection (SMIT), Fernando Ivo Cavalcante, vice president of Iplan Rio; David Carlos Araujo Silva, partner and co-founder of PencilLabs; and Andressa Fioravanti, coordinator of UNDP participated.

The third day of the Arena No Clima do Rio, in Rio Innovation Week, also highlighted, in partnership with the consulting and political risk research company Eurasia Group, the panel "Eurasia Group - Focus in Brazil: Brazil in the next decade: opportunities and barriers to development". They were discussed as Brazil will be in the next decade, the opportunities and obstacles to the development of the country. The panel included the executive director of the Eurasia Group for the Americas, Chris Garman, and the research director of the same company, Silvio Cascione.

In the panel "Eurasia Group - Focus USA x China: Technology, Trade and Security: Who defines the rules of the global game?", Chris Garman participated (Eurasia Group Executive Director for the Americas) and Clayton Allen (Eurasia Group Director).

The penultimate panel of the day, "Eurasia Group - Focus USA: Perspectives for the Trump government: Where the government goes, partnership with Silicon Valley and democracy", featured the participation of Chris Garman (Eurasia Group Executive Director for the Americas), Clayton Allen (Eurasia Group Director) and Fernanda Magnotta (FAP International Relations Course Professor and Coordinator – Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation).
Closing the day, Chris Garman (Eurasia Group Executive Director for the Americas) and Clayton Allen (Eurasia Group Director) led the panel “Eurasia Group - Focus IA and global power: who wins, who loses, who defines?”.

Next day, big issues will be highlighted. Click Here. to check the full schedule of the last day of the No Clima do Rio Arena.
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