GCL Reunion 2019

GCL Reunion 2019

celebrating 10 years of our Alumni Association with a look into the future!

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From 6th to 10th November Every day from 09h00 to 23h00

About the Event

Welcome to Brazil, GCL!!! This is the 10th anniversary of our Alumni Association!To celebrate it well, Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil is waiting for you with outstanding speakers and activities!

Wednesday, Nov 6th: an optional program in Brasília for the ones who want to know Brazil’s capital, where many GCLs live and work! We’ll visit the House of Representatives and the Senate, and also (to be confirmed) have meetings with:
- Vice-President Hamilton Mourão (tbc);
- Minister of Justice Sergio Moro (confirmed);
- House of Representatives’ President Rodrigo Maia;
- Senate’s President Davi Alcolumbre;

We’ll end our day at the beautiful Pontão do Lago Sul, by Paranoá Lake. Our hosts in Brasília will be Renan Pretto (GCL’16) and Antonia Martins (GCL’16).

Thursday, Nov 7th: the official program in Porto Alegre! We’ll have a welcome inside the panoramic restaurant built over the Guaíba Lake (called Guaíba River or Rio Guaíba by gaúchos), with the best view of the city. Our guests and panelists will be the city councillor Felipe Camozzato (GCL’16), the state deputy Fabio Ostermann (GCL’09) and the federal deputy Marcel van Hattem (GCL’09).

Friday, November 8th: the whole day at Ling Institute - a private culture center designed by the awarded Brazilian architect I say Weinfeld. The Ling Institute, which focus its activities on transforming the country through education, is presided over and directed by the Ling family, one of the most important donors to the GCL programs since its first years. We’ll start the day with an individual presentation of each participant led by Felipe Dib (GCL’11), and we’ll have our GCL-Alumni Board led by our president Laura Paonessa (GCL’16). We’ll also have one of the most reputable political consultants of Brazil, Murilo Aragão, who’s a professor at the University of Columbia. He’ll talk about the Brazilian political scenario in this time of change here and everywhere!

Then we’ll have a panel with our GCL journalists Felipe Seligman (GCL’11, tbc), Cauê Fonseca (GCL’11), Elisa Alves (GCL’12, tbc), and Paulo Celso (GCL’13). They are all working in mainstream media, respectively in Jota, RBS, Época, BBC and O Globo, and will tell us what is the role of media in this era of digital ????revolution!

Ready for lunch? A traditional *Churrasco Gaúcho* will be served, followed by a guided tour to discover Porto Alegre and its main points of interest!

At night we’ll go to the movies! The documentary Poverty, Inc. will be screened at the comfy and state-of-the-art cinema of Ling Institute. The director of the movie, Mr Michael Miller from Acton Institute, will be with us! After the movie he’ll be in our panel about how to foster entrepreneurship, together with William Ling and Ricardo Ernst.

Saturday, November 9th: big guys are coming!!! At 9:00 we’ll have the most successful coach in the world history! Bernardinho, volleyball coach of both and Brazilian teams who have won the in the Olympic games. He’ll talk about motivation, discipline and leadership to win in this unique opportunity to meet such an achiever! Fabio Padilla (GCL’09) will lead the Q&A session.

Time has come to debate innovation and education in the public sector! Germano Guimarães (GCL’09), Antonia Martins (GCL’16), José Miguel (GCL’09) and Felipe Dib (GCL’11) will discuss with us where we are and the challenges we have to overcome in Brazil and Latin America!

In the afternoon we’ll head to Gramado, the second most visited destination in Brazil! The city will be already prepared with the lights and decoration for Christmas!

Sunset with entrepreneurship! Felipe Peccin will tell us how Gramado became this touristic power, together with Júlio de Souza (GCL'16) and mediated by Renan Artur Pretto (GCL'16).

Then... Let’s talk about the Amazon! How can we preserve it without stopping its economic development? The Brazilian Minister of Environment Ricardo Salles will be with us!

At night we’ll go for a sightseeing around the streets of Gramado. We’ll watch the Christmas Show and celebrate our meeting with a look into the future! Cheers, GCL!!!
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There is $100 fee per participant that will be added to our sponsors support to cover:

- Welcome cocktail;
- Lunch and guided tour in Porto Alegre on Friday;
- Lunch in Porto Alegre on Saturday;
- Coffee breaks;
- Transfer to Gramado;
- Overall costs

However, until the 1st of October we are offering a special price of just US$ 60! If you are an early bird don't leave it for tomorrow and register right away!

We’ve also gotten a special discount for the accommodation at a hotel (which is not included in the registration fee) so we can enjoy our breakfasts and free time together! We will send more information via email in reply to your online registration.

Your next steps now are applying and buying your tickets to (Brasília and) Porto Alegre!

Speakers

  • Vice President Mourão
  • Sen. Davi Alcolumbre
  • Dep. Rodrigo Maia
  • Min. Tereza Cristina
  • Min. Sérgio Moro
  • Min. Ricardo Salles
  • Paulo Uebel
  • Dep. Marcel van Hattem
  • Bernardinho
  • William Ling
  • Ricardo Ernst
  • Michael Matheson Miller
  • Murilo Aragão
  • Felipe Camozzato
  • Fabio Ostermann
  • Caue Fonseca
  • Antonia Tallarida Martins
  • Felipe Dib
  • Laura Paonessa
  • Júlio Frota Lisbôa Pereira de Souza
  • Felipe Peccin
  • Luciano Peccin

Schedule

09h30 Guided Tour: National Congress Technical visit
Place: National Congress
11h30 - Min. Tereza Cristina Meeting: Min. Tereza Cristina - Minister of Agriculture Meeting with Expert
Place: Ministério da Agricultura
12h00 Lunch Lunch
Place: National Congress
13h30 Guided Tour: Palácio do Planalto Technical visit
Place: Palácio do Planalto
15h00 - Vice President Mourão Meeting: Vice-President Hamilton Mourão Meeting with Expert
Place: Palácio do Planalto
16h20 - Sen. Davi Alcolumbre Meeting: Sen. Davi Alcolumbre - President of the Senate of Brazil Meeting with Expert
Place: Congresso Nacional
17h00 - Min. Sérgio Moro Meeting: Min. Sérgio Moro - Minister of Justice Meeting with Expert
Place: Ministério da Justiça
18h30 - Dep. Rodrigo Maia Meeting: Dep. Rodrigo Maia - President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil Meeting with Expert
Place: Congresso Nacional
17h00 Welcome GCL Cocktail
Place: 360 Gastro Bar
18h00 - Dep. Marcel van Hattem, Fabio Ostermann, Felipe Camozzato Panel 1: Political Renewal Panel
Place: 360 Gastro Bar
21h30 Hospitality Party
Place: Margot Pubar
10h00 - Laura Paonessa Board Presentation Oral presentation
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)
10h30 Coffe Break Coffee break
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)
11h00 - Murilo Aragão Panel 2: Democracy in Brazil and South America: risks and challenges Panel
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)
12h30 - Caue Fonseca, Felipe Seligman Panel 3: The Role of Media and Communication Panel
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)
13h30 Lunch at Porto Bello Grill Restaurant Lunch
Place: Churrascaria Porto Bello (R. São Manoel, 1400 - Santana, Porto Alegre)
15h00 Guided Tour: Porto Alegre Tour
Place: Largo Zumbi dos Palmares (Av. Loureiro da Silva, 1660 - Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre)
20h00 Movie: Poverty Inc. (Acton Institute) Immersion
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)

"I see multiple colonial governors," says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. “We are held captive by the donor community.”

The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better.

Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change.

Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.

From TOMs Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, the film challenges each of us to ask the tough question: Could I be part of the problem?

21h30 - Michael Matheson Miller, Ricardo Ernst, William Ling Table of Debates Round table
Place: Ling Institute (R. João Caetano, 440 - Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre)
22h30 Dinner Jantar
Place: ?

Official Opening

Às09h00 - Ling Institute
09h00 - Bernardinho Panel 4: Leadership and Teamwork Towards the Top Panel
Place: Praça Japão, 13 - Boa Vista, Porto Alegre - RS, 91340-380
10h30 Coffe Break Coffee break
Place: Ritter Hotel (Largo Vespasiano Júlio Veppo, 55 - Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre)
11h00 - Antonia Tallarida Martins, Paulo Uebel Panel 5: Innovation and Public Policy Panel
Place: Ritter Hotel (Largo Vespasiano Júlio Veppo, 55 - Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre)
13h00 Transfer to Gramado Transport
Place: Ritter Hotel (Largo Vespasiano Júlio Veppo, 55 - Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre)
15h00 Lunch at Nonno Mio Lunch
Place: Nonno Mio (Av. Borges de Medeiros, 2070 - Planalto, Gramado)
17h00 - Felipe Peccin, Júlio Frota Lisbôa Pereira de Souza, Luciano Peccin Panel 6: Entrepreneurship Panel
Place: Gramado
19h00 - Min. Ricardo Salles Keynote: Develop to preserve Lecture
Place: Gramdo
10h00 Tour Gramado Award
Place: Gramado

Place

Instituto Ling - 91470-260, Joao Caetano, 440, Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,
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Organizer

GCL Alumni