Home > News & Events > SIPA Videos Online
Of the emerging markets, Brazil, Russia, India and China -- collectively representing more than 40 percent of the world's population -- enjoy special status due to their economic and political clout.
SIPA's inaugural BRICLab conference explored the strategic, political, environmental, economic, and financial consequences of the rise of the BRICs.
Welcome and Introduction: Christian Deseglise and Marcos Troyjo, BRICLab co-directors
Opening remarks: Professor Merit E. Janow, School of International and Public Affairs
Session One: Why BRIC
Moderator: James Crombie, Editor, Bloomberg Brief
Panelists: Michel Temer, Vice-President, Federative Republic of Brazil
Stephen King, Chief Economist, HSBC
Sergei Guriev, Rector, New Economic School of Moscow
Ann Lee, Professor, NYU; Visiting Professor, Peking University
Session 2: Global Implications of the Rise of BRIC
Moderator: Luis Velez, CNN International
Panelists: Arvind Panagariya, Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Stefan Wagstyl, Emerging Markets Editor, Financial Times
Marcello Hallake, Partner, Jones Day
Mark Zeffiro, CFO, TriMas Corporation
Session 3:
The 'B' in BRIC: Brazil as a Rising Power
Moderator: Thomas Trebat, Executive Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
Panelists: Marcelo Odebrecht, Chairman and CEO, Odebrecht
Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest
Sergio Cabral Filho, Governor, Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro
Closing Remarks: John H. Coatsworth, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs; Interim Provost, Columbia University