The Forum

The BRICS Academic Forum is an annual event that precedes the BRICS Summit. This two-day forum, in which experts and professors from academic communities in member countries meet and exchange ideas, has three main objectives:

1. To deepen collaboration in research of mutual interest.
2. Establish networks between academic communities of the five countries.
3. Provide BRICS leaders with empirical research results.

Encouraging academic exchanges, strengthening dialogue with civil society, and advising on policies are therefore aims of the meeting.

The 2019 BRICS Academic Forum will be held on Ipea headquarters in Brasília, Brazil, from the 11^th to 12^th of September.

Papers and presentations:

Day I - september 11^th

Panel I: Challenges for development financing in BRICS

• Ms. Luciana Acioly, Senior Research Fellow, Ipea
• Ms. Irina Yarygina, Head of the Chair, "Economics and banking" of the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy of MGIMO under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Head of Programs, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
• Mr. Zhu Wenbin, Vice President of the Institute of the China Development Bank, Vice Director of the China Development Bank Financial Research and Development Center
• Professor Modimowabarwa Kanyane, Human Sciences Research Council

Panel II: BRICS trade and investment agenda

• Mr. Fernando Ribeiro, Coordinator of International Economic Studies, Ipea
• Ms. Tatyana Flegontova, Deputy Head, Institute for International Economics and Finance at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy
• Ms. Ila Patnaik, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
• Mr. Cyril Prinsloo, South African Institute of International Affairs

Panel III: BRICS cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation

• Mr. Luis Kubota, Senior Research Fellow, Ipea
• Mr. Vladimir Davydov, Scientific Director, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Latin America
• Ms. Shambhavi Naik, Research Fellow, Technology and Policy Programme, Takshashila Institution
• Mr. Shen Yi, Director of the Center for BRICS Studies FDDI, Fudan University
• Professor Peliwe Lolwana, University of the Witwatersrand

Day II - september 12^th

Panel IV: Energy and development in BRICS

• Mr. Luciano Losekann, Professor of Economics, Fluminense Federal University
• Mr. Leonid Grigoryev, Chef Adviser to the Head of the Analytical Government of the Russian Federation; Professor, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
• Ms. Liliana Proskuryakova, Director, National Contact Centre for International Academic Mobility at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
• Ms. Tanoubi Ngangom, Chief of Staff and Programmes, Observer Research Foundation
• Mr. Gao Shixian, Deputy Director General and Research Professor of the Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission
• Dr. Thokozani Simelane, Human Sciences Research Council

Panel V: BRICS cooperation on fighting transnational crimes

• Mr. Rodrigo Moraes, Senior Research Fellow, Ipea
• Timofei Bordachev, Higher School of Economics, Valdai Club
• Mr. Deng Ruiping, Professor of International Law and Director of Academe of BRICS Laws at Southwest University in China
• Professor Nirmala Gopal, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Panel VI: BRICS cooperation on agriculture

• Ms. Krisley Mendes, Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia (UnB)
• Ms. Alina Shcherbakova, Head, Ibero-American Sector of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
• Dr. Shambhavi Naik, Research Fellow, Takshashila Institution
• Ms. Ren Yufeng, Research Assistant at the Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Dr. Thulisile Mphambukeli, Professor, University of the Free-State