Meet our 2026 speakers
Luis Fernandes
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and InnovationBrazil
Eduardo Cavaliere
MayorCity of Rio de Janeiro
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and DemocracyEuropean Commission
Cathy Li
Head of the Centre for AI ExcellenceWorld Economic Forum
Sidney Levy
PresidentInvest Rio
Franziska Giffey
Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economic, Energy & PEBerlin
Renate Nikolay
Deputy Director-GeneralEuropean Commission
Vijay Prashad
DirectorTricontinental Institute for Social Research
Maria Luisa Aldim
Executive CouncilwomanMunicipality of Lisbon
Osmar Lima
SecretaryCity of Rio de Janeiro
Cláudio Furtado
Secretary of State for Science, Technology and InnovationSecretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação da Paraíba
Miguel Aguiar
Executive DirectorStartup Portugal
Carlos Magariños
Former DG of UNIDOGlobal Foresight
Roberto Gevaerd
Director of Management and InnovationEmbratur
Igor Patrick
JournalistSouth China Morning Post
Diego Campos
Innovation and Business Environment DirectorOsasco
Rafael Cunha
Secretário de C,T&IPrefeitura de Recife
Lisiane Lemos
State Secretary for Innovation Science and Tech@sict.rs