EU-Brazil Industrial Partnership Forum: building competitive, resilient and sustainable value chains

Trade and international relations Bilateral relations Americas

BusinessEurope and ApexBrasil invite you to a high-level business event in Brussels, with the participation of the President of ApexBrasil and leading Brazilian industries, focusing on the opportunities arising from the EU–Mercosur Trade Agreement.

The event will highlight the strong complementarity between Brazil and the EU and the potential to build more integrated and competitive value chains. Brazilian and European companies will discuss concrete opportunities for cooperation in advanced manufacturing, critical raw materials, technology, sustainable energy and low-carbon industrial solutions.

Through company perspectives and practical examples, the event aims to demonstrate how the EU–Mercosur Trade Agreement can serve as a platform for a deeper industrial partnership between Brazil and Europe, creating new opportunities for European and Brazilian companies.

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15 October 2026, 09.00-13.00 CET

09.00-09.30	Registration and welcome coffee
09.30-09.45	Opening remarks Laudemir Müller, President, ApexBrasil Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General, BusinessEurope
09.45-09.55	Brazil Keynote: From the Trade Agreement to a New Industrial Partnership Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, Ambassador of Brazil to the European Union
09.55-10.05	EU Keynote: Europe’s Economic Security and the Strategic Partnership with Brazil Bernd Biervert, Head of Cabinet of Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission
10.05–10.45	Panel I: From Trade to Production: Building Integrated Brazil–EU Value Chains Wilmar Henning, Managing Director, WEG Germany Raphael Lopes, General Director, Beraca Christian Hoffmann, Global Head of Geopolitics and International Relations, Siemens Philipp Sauer, Director Trade & Customs Policy, Cefic Moderated by Mariele Lais Christ, Head of Industry and Service Department, ApexBrasil
10.45–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–11.40	Panel II: Sustainable Energy and Critical Raw Materials to support road to decarbonation Luciana Brum, Head of External Affairs, Vale Raquel Lages, Head of EU Policy and Advocacy, UNICA Ulrich Lange, Head of Business Field Natural Resources, Tüv Nord Bart Biebuyck, CEO, Green Energy Park Moderated by Maria Paula Velloso, Business Director, ApexBrasil
11.40–12.20	Panel III: Competitive Industry: Complementarities and Opportunities in Innovation and Technology João Pedro Taborda, Vice President for Government Affairs, Embraer Gustavo Gardini, Morro Pintado Project Julien Feugier, Senior Director for Trade & Public Funding, Airbus Stephan Schraff, Head Public Affairs, Bayer Moderated by Eleonora Catella, Deputy Director of International Relations, BusinessEurope
12.20	Closing Remarks Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Senior Fellow, CEBRI