ALFREDO MOREIRA QUIROS
General Secretary of IAKS LAC – International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities, Section Latin American and Caribbean.
Architect with diploma by the University República do Uruguai (1978). Gradueted and Master in Architectonic Restauration in México (1984).

ANTONIO ZAMBELLI
Marketing Director of Seara/Marfrig Group.
Zambelli has 25 years of experience in products and food, especially in the meat industry. During this time he developed many renowned brands, on national and international market. Actually his challenge with Marfrig is to turn the brand Seara on a global protein brand, in other words, make the Brazilian brand known on food`s industry. The communication platform elected by the Group to spread the brand was Soccer (Football).

BERNARDO CARVALHO
Executive Director of Instituto Rio 2014/2016.
Graduated in Social Communication, specialist on Advertising. He worked at Globosat, on ADDING Productions and Events as Executive Director of Events. Held the Skol Rio for a month on the Rio de Janeiro Jockey Club, besides three editions of the World Championship Surfing on Arpoador. In 2008 he was invited by Eduardo Paes, Rio de Janeiro City Mayor, to manage the region of Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, coordinating the Street Carnival in the South Zone of Rio. In 2009 was invited to be Head of Office on the newly Municipal Urban Conservation Office.

FLORIAN WEINGAERTNER
General Manager of Front End Consulting.
He was Business Development Director of Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux and Head of Marketing & Communication of Munich International Trade Fairs.

EDUARDO ANASTASI
Coordinator of Sports and Leisure of Secretariat of Sports, Leisure and Youth of State of São Paulo.
President of the Review and Approval of Project Commission for the Sports Incentive Law of State of Sao Paulo.

GABRIELE MURAGLIA
General Manager of Events – Aggreko Internacional.
Electrical Engineering, has a great experience in electrical infrastructure on global sports events, being responsible for temperature control and temporary power for broadcast and overlay in FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 and Vancouver 2010, Beijing 2008 and Turin 2006 Olympics Games.

GARY PLUCHINO
Senior Vice Presidente of IMG – International Management Group.
Has over 20 years experience in the sponsorship, sports marketing and events industry, working both on the consulting and event property representation. Is known for his a particular expertise in Olympic Marketing, working on the past 10 Olympics Games (winter and summer). Prior to joining IMG, Gary has been on O5 and Momentum, both companies from McCann-Erickson WorldGroup.

GILMAR TADEU ALVEZ RIBEIRO
Special Joint Secretary to the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 from City of Sao Paulo.
Agronomist is formed by the USP Piracicaba, was an adviser to Sinaenco (Union of Architecture and Engineering) and has operations in the Legislative Assembly and Municipality of São Paulo.

HANS-WILLY BROCKES
Partner at ESB (Europäische Sponsoring-Börse).
He is graduated in Economics by the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Marketing consultant, he was a management consultant and marketing instructor of the “Team Information Center AG, St. Gallen”. In 1993, he founded the ESB.

JON PETTIFER
Programme Director of Sports Global Events at Mace Group (UK).
On Mace Group for the past eight years. His skills in building relationships and clear communication make Jon had a major role on London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG). He brokered dialogue between the Olympic Delivery Authority, their delivery partner CLM and the LOCOG. Jon has been also on Sochi 2014 Project, when Russia won the Winter Olympic Games.

JOSE BENEDITO PEREIRA FERNANDES
Secretary of Sports, Leisure and Youth of State of São Paulo.
Graduated in Advocacy, was City Mayor of Santana de Parnaíba between 2005 and 2008. Has over than 35 years of experience on the public management, acting as Municipal Finance Secretary and Secretary of Legal Affairs in Carapicuiba, and Chief of Staff and Head of Finance and Planning of Pirapora do Bom Jesus. He practiced law in the Counties of Barueri, Sao Paulo, Cotia, Mogi das Cruzes, Santos, Sao Roque and Vitória-ES.

JÚLIO FILGUEIRA
Partner-director of Casa de Taipa Comunicação Integrada and of Primma Esporte e Marketing.
Advertiser, he was National Secretary of Educational Sports for the Ministry of Sports, Secretary of Sports for the city of Guarulhos, and Secretary of Sports, Leisure and Recreation for the city of Sao Paulo. He was president of the National Association of City Secretaries of Sports and Leisure (ASMEL) and effective member of the National Sports Council (CNE).

MARCELO REZENDE
Director-partner of MRZD Sports Consulting.
Specialized in Project Management and Bachelor in Sports by the University of Sao Paulo, he is Sector Vice-President of Services of ABRIESP. Has worked in the Secretariat of Sports of the cities of Sao Paulo and Guarulhos, and also worked in the Sao Paulo State Sports Secretariat. Has great experience in organizing sports events. As a highlight, he worked as Events Supervisor of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and as Venue Manager of the 2007 Rio Pan-American Games.

MIKE DE VRIES
International Consultant for Marketing and Communication.
Graduated by the German Academy of Fencing and by the German University of Sports, he is Master in Business Administration. Coordinated the project “Germany – Land of Ideas” of the Federal German Government, launched during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Developed programs in the 2010 Expo Shanghai, in China. Since 2006, has been developing several activities for governmental institutions in South Africa related to the 2010 World Cup, with special emphasis on the International Football Village (IFV) in Johannesburg.

NEY CAMPELLO
Secretary for the Affairs of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 of the State of Bahia.
He is University Professor, Educational Consultant, lecturer and speaker on corporate social responsibility, acting for over 25 years in Public Administration.

RICARDO CAPELLI
Program Director of the Ministry of Sports.
President of Technical Commission of the Incentive Law of Sports of Federal Government.

RICARDO GOMES SILVA
CEO of SSTUDIO Marketing & Entertainment.
Over 25 years of experience in the Management of Mega Projects – creation, strategic planning, marketing, operations and activation, in five continents. Worked at Koch Tavares, Octagon, Grupo ABC – Tudo, among others. Clients served: Banco do Brasil, Coca-Cola, Petrobras, TAM, VISA, Banco Itaú, Rede Globo, ESPN and others. A couple of hundred events held, such as: Beach Volley and Beach Soccer World Cups, Brazil Tennis Open, NBA and WNBA, Pan-American and World Games for IBSA, 2007 Rio Para-Pan-American Games.

RICARDO LEYSER GONÇALVES
National Secretary of High Performance Sports of the Ministry of Sports.
Graduated in Public Administration and in Social Science. He was Executive Secretary for Advising the Managerial Committee of the Governmental Actions for the XV Pan-American Games and the III Para-Pan-American Games in 2007 (SEPAN/ME). On the Ministry of Sports since 2003, he has held positions of Special Advisor to the Minister and National Secretary of Educational Sports. He worked as Head of Technical Assistance and Head of Cabinet for the Sao Paulo City Hall. Currently, he also coordinates the actions of the Federal Government regarding the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games.

SERGIO SCHILDT
President of Recoma
Vice President of Abriesp - Infrastructure. Business Administrator, postgraduate in Marketing – ESPM. For 30 years, manager of the construction industry of sports infrastructure sector.

VIRGÍLIO NELSON DA SILVA CARVALHO
Director of Tourism at CNTur – National Tourism Confederation.
Professional with extensive experience in National Tourism Market, is Member of the College Council at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, of the Marketing Studies course in Tourism and Hotel Management at USP, FGV and SEANC,   was Executive Secretary of the National Tourism Council, Director of Economy and Promotion at EMBRATUR, Director of development at Sol-Meliá Hotel Group and General Manager of Operations at Transamérica Hotéis e Flats.

WALDIR PERES
Superintendent of the Metropolitan Urban Transportation Agency of the Secretariat of Transportation of the Estate of Rio de Janeiro.
Member of “Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics” and was responsible for introducing the Single Ticket Transportation in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro. Geographer, has over 25 years of experience in different positions in state government, especially as the Technical Director of the Foundation Center for Information and Data of Rio de Janeiro and the Superintendence of Studies and Research in the Department of Planning.

YURI ALEXEI VIEIRA BASTOS JORGE
Director of Strategic Affairs for AGECOPA – Cuiabá
Current Strategic Affairs Director of AGECOPA (State Agency Implementation of Projects World Cup Pantanal), was President of the Pro-World Cup 2014 Committee in Cuiabá and State Secretary for Tourism Development of Mato Grosso. Graduated in Marketing and Business Administration - Middle Tennessee State University - USA and Advertising and Publicity – Universidade de Cuiabá.