I BRICS Amazon Webinar: Brazil, China and South Africa in comparative perspective

From September 9 to 13, 2024, the BRICS Policy Center (BPC-PUC/Rio) and the Laboratory for Future Amazon Studies (LEAF-UFAM) will hold a series of activities in the Amazon, more precisely in the city of Manaus, with the presence of researchers from national and international institutions. The focus is on the new world economy in the face of the rise of the BRICS and the possibility of more symmetrical international relations.
Among these activities, on September 10, from 8am to 11:30am, in partnership with the Department of Social Sciences of the Federal University of Amazonas (DCIS-UFAM), the 1st BRICS Amazon Seminar: Brazil, China and South Africa in Comparative Perspective will be held in the Rio Solimões Auditorium – IFCHS/UFAM.
The aim of the event is to discuss the relationship between the BRICS countries in terms of economic, social and environmental development. To this end, a set of empirical studies on the economic models of these countries will be presented, with a focus on Free Trade Zones, pointing out the impact that the Chinese economy is having on the direction of the so-called “Global South”.
The event’s opening panel will be made up of the Rector of UFAM, Professor Iraíldes Caldas Torres (Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences – IFCHS – UFAM), Professor Davyd Spencer (Head of DCIS – UFAM) and Mr. Arthur Lisboa (Superintendent of the Manaus Free Trade Zone – SUFRAMA).

The panel will include Ana Saggioro Garcia (UFRRJ/BPC), Maria Elena Rodriguez (PUC-Rio), Lisa Thompson (University of the Western Cape), Cleiton Maciel Brito (UFAM/LEAF) and Marcelo Seráfico (UFAM). Registration for the event is free and can be done from August 5th to September 4th using the button below.
On the same day, the researchers will take part in a round of talks with students from the Federal University of Amazonas to discuss the place of the Amazon in the world today, possibilities for academic exchanges, future research on the BRICS theme and the challenges facing universities today.
Also on the agenda for the week are visits to the manufacturing plants of Chinese companies in the Manaus Industrial Estate (PIM), talks with representatives of the PIM workers’ unions and, finally, a visit to the Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone, with an interview with the Superintendent of this authority.

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