National and international experts will discuss the challenges and perspectives for Brazil in the next decade, at FGV in São Paulo (Av. 9 de Julho 2029. FGV 9 de Julho Auditorium, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo). According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the country needs more than US $ 86 billion in infrastructure investments, as well as a profound educational reform to account for the transformations generated by the impact of technology in several sectors, mainly industry and agribusiness. Both are vital to maintaining competitiveness and increasing productivity, which has remained stagnant for more than 20 years. The event is being promoted by OneMBA, the best executive MBA in Latin America according to the Financial Times.

According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE), Brazil invests only 2% of GDP in infrastructure. "This is little more than half of what is recommended by international agencies just to keep up with the country's growth. It's a billions of dollars' hole", said Li Yinsheng, a former OneMBA student and CEO of China's Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the world's largest hydropower generation group. Participant in the first debate table (Structural Bottlenecks: Education, Financing and Infrastructure), the executive stresses that these investments need to be accompanied by a transformation in the educational system if the country wants to follow a path of continuous and sustainable development.

But the challenge goes beyond structural issues and will also require national companies to change many long-established cultural practices, a theme that will be discussed in the second panel. Faced with an increasingly connected society, conscious of both its rights and the need for new production formats that respect the environment, governance will be an even more important issue in the global competition scenario.

"Respect for rules and ethics generates enormous value and significantly reduces the risk of companies. The ability to influence, more than boss, is also a critical success factor for today's and tomorrow's leaders, "said Fernando Carneiro, Board Member of Spencer Stuart, one of the global leaders in executive recruitment for top-level corporate .

"Social and political transformations also require greater diversity in organizations." Although more aware of the problem, companies need to move more rapidly on issues such as gender diversity, for example, the percentage of female counselors has remained virtually stable over the past three less than 6% of the total number of directors, according to a recent survey", the executive added.

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