Moderator:
Renan Lima Alves, Presidente - ABDC Associação Brasileira de Data Centers

Digital infrastructure as a geopolitical asset: competitiveness, investments, regulation, and what needs to change

• Redata, attracting investments, and the impact of current decisions over the next 5–10 years
• Confaz and ICMS: the impact of state taxation on competitiveness
• Projects that never got off the ground: decisions, roadblocks, and those responsible
• Infrastructure expansion: what depends on regulatory and economic decisions
• Brazil's competitiveness in the global scenario

Energy as a structural bottleneck: availability, intermittency, and real viability

• Available energy vs usable energy: where projects stall in practice
• Energy intermittency: excess vs scarcity throughout the day
• Energy storage (batteries) as an enabler of expansion
• Off-grid models: dedicated generation, PPA, and autonomy
• Energy reliability and stability for critical operations
• Energy generation sources without environmental impact
• Use of technologies such as "mini nuclear plants"
• Energy efficiency applied to business: cost reduction, space, and cooling

Moderator: 
Mauricio Godoi, Editor-in-Chief - CanalEnergia

How large companies choose data centers in practice: real decisions on cost, risk, and performance

• Recent decision: why they chose or switched data centers
• Real latency problems and business impact
• Cloud and vendor dependency: risks, connectivity, and operational flexibility
• Value-added services beyond colocation: what really matters in the decision
• Location challenges

Moderator: 
Cristiano Valério Ribeiro, Director of Strategy, Innovation and New Business - Grupo ELV

Global Architecture and Infrastructure Strategies: Cloud, Edge, and Hybrid Models

• How Large Companies Combine Cloud, Edge, and Proprietary Infrastructure
• Decisions Between Centralization vs. Distribution
• Multi-cloud, Redundancy, and Global-Scale Resilience
• How Different Markets Structure Their Digital Architecture

Operational continuity in data centers: how to prepare for failures, crises, and extreme events

• Evolution of availability and where operations fail in practice
• Critical energy dependency and impacts of operational failures
• Contingency plans: what really works vs what stays on paper
• Response and recovery time: how to reduce downtime in real scenarios

Financing, viability, and expansion: why projects stall — and how to make them viable in practice

• Why certain projects don't close — CAPEX, risk, and credit in practice
• How to create a more attractive environment for long-term investments in digital infrastructure
• Investment decision: when to build, expand, or postpone projects
• BNDES perspective
• The role of long-term financing in digital infrastructure expansion

Moderator: 
André Rizzo, Faculty Member - McGill Executive Institute

Connectivity, global routes, and edge: where infrastructure decides the game

• Latency as a critical factor for AI and real-time applications
• Submarine cables and international routes: who controls the traffic
• Cloud on-ramps and direct access to hyperscalers
• Edge computing and distributed inference
• Where data should be: latency, sovereignty, and cost

Moderator: 
Paulo José Spaccaquerche, Superintendent - ABINC

Training and workforce in data centers: building the foundation of digital infrastructure

• Shortage of engineers, technicians, and operators
• Training vs accelerated growth
• Impact on construction and operation
• Partnerships

Business models in Data Centers: cloud, connectivity, and infrastructure strategy at scale

• How hyperscalers, operators, and enterprises divide control and value in the digital chain
• Cloud on-ramp, connectivity, and hybrid integration as competitive differentiators
• What is becoming a commodity — and where differentiation still exists
• How AI workloads and new capacity demands change infrastructure strategies
• Centralization vs distribution: real digital architecture decisions
• The role of connectivity, latency, and resilience in operational experience
• What companies expect from the next generation of operators and infrastructure providers

Moderator: 
Sylvia Bellio, CEO - ITL Tech

Hyperscaler challenges: how to plan capacity in an unpredictable market

• Capacity planning vs unpredictable demand
• AI training vs inference
• Cloud workloads vs AI workloads
• Data center design and expansion
• Real limitations: energy, time, and supply chain – how to deal with material shortages (such as racks and critical equipment)
• How hyperscalers decide where to expand

Moderator: 
Ana Paula Mussel, Sr Director Global Risk Management for Customer Services | Global Initiatives - Oracle

Cybersecurity in distributed environments: critical infrastructure protection and systemic risks

• Attacks on critical infrastructure and data centers: Monitoring, detection, and response
• Risks in multi-tenant and cloud environments
• AI-powered threats
• Attacks as a national risk: impact on economy and sovereignty
• Integration between cybersecurity, physical security, and corporate risk management

Data centers in Latin America: investment, expansion, and architecture decisions

• Brazil vs Mexico vs Chile vs Colombia: where is the real growth
• Energy, regulation, and cost: what stalls or accelerates each country
• Regional expansion strategies
• International connectivity
• Latin America's role in AI

Moderator: 
Daniel Correia, Principal Analyst - DatacenterHawk

Expansion in the AI era: decisions that define billions in investment

• What caused projects to fail in the last 24 months and mistakes in capacity expansion
• What is the vision of large companies and end users on expansion?
• Invisible trade-offs: speed vs efficiency vs control
• Structural dependency (energy, GPU, cloud) and how to mitigate it
• What changes in decision-making with the AI economy

Moderator: 
Regina Magalhães, Member of the Sustainability Committee - IBGC Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance

From IT backstage to critical infrastructure: the evolution of Data Centers — and why the next chapter depends as much on communities as on technology

• The evolution of data centers: from invisible IT structures to critical infrastructure that sustains the AI-driven economy
• The milestones that transformed the industry: from cloud computing to the hyperscaler era and, now, to AI-focused infrastructure
• Why the sector's main challenges are no longer just technological but now involve energy, land availability, regulation, and social acceptance
• Growing community resistance to data centers: what are the main concerns, why projects are facing more barriers, and what lessons can be learned from international experiences
• How to build the next generation of digital infrastructure by reconciling innovation, sustainability, economic development, and the interests of governments and local communities

AI-ready data centers: density, energy, and new infrastructure requirements

• High density, energy, and physical limits of infrastructure
• Cooling (air vs liquid) and impact on data center design
• Existing infrastructure vs new builds: real limits
• Preparation for AI training vs inference
• Transition from Air Cooling to Liquid Cooling
• Physical limit of current infrastructure to support 100 KVA racks

Moderator: 
Ebiliane Lima, Sr Innovation Manager - Grupo Silvio Santos

Next-generation cooling: enabling the next wave of data centers

• Liquid and water cooling
• Energy efficiency
• Sustainability in high density

Supply chain for data centers: critical equipment, timelines, and competition for capacity

• GPUs, cooling, energy, and critical equipment
• The procurement perspective: how to buy and avoid material shortages
• Lead time and planning: how to anticipate demand in a restricted market
• Supplier dependency and risks
• Equipment and project delays
• Big buyers vs small buyers
• Competition for capacity - the supply chain "war"

Moderator: 
Patricia Tosman, Mentor & Board Member