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OCTOBER 6

9:30 a.m.
Registration and Welcome

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | OPENING ARENA 
Digital infrastructure as a geopolitical asset: competitiveness, investments, regulation, and what needs to change

• Redata, investment attraction, 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


11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | ROUND TABLE 
Energy as a structural bottleneck: availability, intermittency, and real viability

• Available energy vs usable energy: where projects get stuck in practice 
• Energy intermittency: excess vs scarcity throughout the day 
• Energy storage (batteries) as an expansion enabler 
• Off-grid models: dedicated generation, PPA, and autonomy 
• Reliability and energy stability for critical operations 
• Transmission and distribution bottlenecks in Brazil


12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | LUNCH


2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | END USERS PANEL 
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 
• Dependency risks (cloud and vendors) in practice 
• Location challenges

Moderator:
Carlos Mesquita, Former Technology & Media Operations Lead - Netflix

Speakers:
Bruno Tiburcio, Head of Technology - RAPPI Elio Nazareth, IT Infrastructure Head – Riachuelo


3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | KEYNOTE – CASE STUDY 
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 resilience at global scale 
• How different markets structure their digital architecture


3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | COFFEE BREAK


4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | CASE STUDY: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN DATA CENTERS 
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 actually works vs what stays on paper 
• Response and recovery time: how to reduce downtime in real scenarios


4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | STRATEGIC ROUNDTABLE 
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 
• Investor appetite: what makes Brazil attractive or unviable 
• Investment decision: when to build, expand, or postpone projects 
• BNDES perspective

OCTOBER 7

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | INTERACTIVE PANEL 
Latency, 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 
• Geography as a competitive advantage


11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | INTERVIEW 
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


12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | LUNCH


2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | STRATEGIC PANEL 
Business model in data centers: who captures value — and who gets left behind

• Where the real margin is in the chain (hyperscaler vs colo) 
• Cloud on-ramp as a monetization factor 
• GPUaaS and new revenue models 
• Strategic partnerships (cloud, telco, data centers) 
• How to capture value beyond energy and space

Moderator:
Sylvia Bellio, CEO - ITL Tech

Speakers:
Jorge Stakowiak, IT Director - Grupo SC Distribuidora de Medicamentos


2:45 PM – 3:30 PM | HYPERSCALERS PANEL 
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 hyperscalers decide where to expand


3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | SIMULATION 
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


4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | COFFEE BREAK


4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | LATAM LEADERS PANEL 
Data centers in Latin America: investment, expansion, and architecture decisions

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

OCTOBER 8

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | C-LEVEL PANEL 
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 
• What changes in decision-making with the AI economy


11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | POLICY & MARKET DIALOGUE 
Data centers and society: what governments and communities expect

• Impact of data centers on local communities 
• Energy, water, and public perception 
• International examples and risks of project blockage 
• How to align public and private interests


12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | LUNCH


2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | AI INFRA PANEL 
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


3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE 
Next-generation cooling: enabling the next wave of data centers

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


3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | DIALOGUE WITH PRACTICAL CASE 
Supply chain for data centers: critical equipment, timelines, and competition for capacity

• GPUs, cooling, energy, and critical equipment 
• 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


4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | COFFEE BREAK


4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | CLOSING PANEL 
Infrastructure, investments, energy, and AI: urgent decisions for Brazil to move forward

• Summary of main bottlenecks 
• What needs to change immediately 
• Priority decisions for expansion 
• Energy, AI, and execution


5:30 PM | CLOSING

*Preliminary schedule, subject to change.