[DC3] EU-Brazil Conference: Connectivity and New Digital Infrastructures

Dear colleagues, In case you are interested, please find below an invite to the “Second EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation: Connectivity and New Digital Infrastructures<https://direitorio.fgv.br/eventos/second-eu-brazil-conference-on-digital-economy-and-innovation>”, organized by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV, in partnership with EU institutions. The event is organised under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, is an outcome of the First EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation<https://cyberbrics.info/first-eu-brazil-conference-on-digital-economy-and-innovation/>, held in March 2021, and celebrates the inauguration of the new submarine optic cable EllaLink, connecting directly Brazil to Portugal. It will take place this Friday 18 June 2021, from 10 to 12 BRT (GMT-3) / 15 to 17 CET. You can register here https://evento.fgv.br/eu_brazil_conference/ Further information below and here https://direitorio.fgv.br/eventos/second-eu-brazil-conference-on-digital-ec… Feel free to share this message through your networks. Kind regards Luca Second EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation: Connectivity and New Digital Infrastructures Event organised under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU. At the time of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, this online event aims at identifying areas for stakeholder cooperation between the EU and Brazil regarding connectivity, digital trade, and research and development of emerging technologies. Participants will explore key issues such as newly inaugurated EllaLink optical submarine cable, the challenges and opportunities of Internet access, 5G technologies, the Internet of Things and its applications, and new connectivity models. The agenda of this webinar has been crafted based on the outcomes of the First EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…amp;reserved=0>, held in March 2021, aimed at tackling digital cooperation between EU and Brazil, and promoting further synergy regarding digital trade, research and digital policy frameworks. EU- Brazil cooperation on Connectivity and New Digital Infrastructures: * Goret Pereira Paulo - Directress, FGV Office of Research and Innovation * Carlos Oliveira - Minister Counselor for Digital Market, Delegation of the European Union to Brazil * Filipe Batista - Permanent Representation of Portugal to the EU * Luigi Gambardella - President EUBrasil * Luca Belli - Professor FGV Law School, Coordinator of the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Connecting Latin America and Europe - Ellalink and Beyond: * Philppe Dumont - CEO, Ellalink * Nathalia Foditsch - Senior Specialist, Alliance for Affordable Internet * Eduardo Grizendi - Director, Rede Nacional de Pesquisa * Moacyr Martucci - Professor, São Paulo University, Polytechnic School EU-Brazil - Connecting People and Things: * Stefano Lorenzi - Executive Chairman, Ufinet * Bernard Barani - Deputy Head of Unit at DG CONNECT * Jacqueline Lopes - Directress of Institutional Relations LATAM South, Ericsson * Beatriz Sannuti - Head of the Digital Access Programme, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office * Adriana Labardini - Coordinator of the Brazil Community Network Project, APC + Anatel + UK Consulate [cid:a92959d7-caac-4e4b-801f-1a523a472766] [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor | FGV Law Schoool Coordinator | Center for Technology & Society [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t@1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_email.jpg]luc… [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CTS-F… direitorio.fgv.br/cts<https://direitorio.fgv.br/cts> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]cyber… www.cyberbrics.info<http://www.cyberbrics.info/> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CPDP LatAm www.cpdp.lat<http://www.CPDP.lat> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message, as well as any attached document, may contain personal data and information that is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of this email or attached documents, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email by mistake.