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.
