Brazil at Silicon Valley

2026 Conference Schedule

Beyond Human Scale · Google MP7, Sunnyvale, CA · April 7–8, 2026
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Time       Session Speakers / Company
April 7 — Tuesday
8:00 AM Welcome Coffee
8:30 AM
Opening Speech
Luciano Snel + Ellen Kiss
8:40 AM
Rebuilding from the Inside
Victor Lazarte + Pedro Franceschi
VL Fund + Brex
Opening Session
9:20 AM
Building what Doesn't Exist
Luana Lara + Luciano Huck (online)
Kalshi + Globo
Session 1
9:50 AM
AI-Native, Capital-Efficient: Building Brazil's AI Infrastructure for the World
Wei Xiao + Bianca Martinelli
NVIDIA + Alexia Ventures
Session 2
10:20 AM
Building the Next Generation of Leaders in the Age of AI
Kevin Efrusy + Roberto Dagnoni
Accel + Mercado Bitcoin
Session 3
10:50 AM Break
11:20 AM
AI for People, Not Just Productivity: What Building from Elsewhere Reveals
Fernando Gadotti + Leonardo Bursztyn + Linda Rottenberg
Tako, Nomo and Endeavor
Session 4
11:50 AM
Which doors did AI open that were previously closed?
Isadora Kimura + Ludmila Pontremolez + Kurt Beyer
Nilo + Zippi + UC Berkeley
Session 5
Simultaneous Breakouts — 11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Rewiring Innovation: How AI becomes CPGs new operating system
Karim Pichara
NotCo
Breakout
11:50 AM
Discover What Stanford and Berkeley Students are Building
Stanford and Berkeley Students
Breakout
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM
Building the future of (quantum) computing
Pete Shadbolt + Manoel Lemos
PsiQuantum + HeyHo Ventures
Session 6
2:30 PM
How can AI unlock human scale?
Lidiane Jones + Emilio Umeoka
Former CEO Bumble and Slack + Board Member
Session 7
3:00 PM
Betting on Founders in the AI Era: Where does the money actually accrue?
Veronica Serra + Gabriel Vasquez
Innova Capital and a16z
Session 8
3:30 PM
AI in the Room: What It Actually Takes to Deploy at Scale in Healthcare
David Feinberg + Nigam Shah
Oracle Health + Stanford
Session 9
4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM
Seats at the Table: Women Leading in Tech and AI
Ellen Kiss + Flávia Simon
Nubank + AI Advisor
Breakout
4:35 PM
Beyond the Genome: AI as the New Diagnostic Engine
Michael Snyder + Ronjon Nag
Stanford
Session 10
5:05 PM
Bill McDermott's Personal Journey, Leadership Lessons and ServiceNow's Vision for AI
Bill McDermott + Avanish Sahai
ServiceNow + Board Member
Session 11
5:50 PM
Closing Speech
Robson Capasso + Mariana Zonari
6:00 PM Networking Reception
April 8 — Wednesday
8:00 AM Welcome Coffee
8:30 AM
Opening Speech
Larissa Galimberti + Bruno Rigonatti
8:40 AM
Sponsors
Elis Cotovsky + Larissa Calixto + Karolline Mariano
8:55 AM
What is next in AI?
Scott Brady
Stanford
Opening Session
9:30 AM
AI Beyond Infrastructure: Where the Real Opportunity Lies for Brazil
João Moura + Maria Teresa Fornea
CrewAI + Endeavor
Session 1
10:00 AM
Moonshots Need Governments. Governments Need Certainty. Now What?
Sidney Levy + Rodrigo Xavier + Astro Teller
AI Rio City Center + Board Member + Moonshot
Session 2
10:30 AM
Lessons from Instagram to Anthropic
Mike Krieger
Anthropic
Session 3
11:00 AM Break
11:30 AM
The AI race: who's really competing, who gets left behind, and what Brazil should do about it
Alvin Graylin + Bruno Lewicki + Rodrigo Schmidt
HAI + OpenAI + VettoAI
Session 4
12:00 PM
Never Done: Iteration in the Age of AI
Christina Lopes + Alice Deng + Talita Lacerda
FidoCure + Slope + Petlove
Session 5
Simultaneous Breakouts — 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Opportunity Builders: Expanding Brazil's Talent Pipeline
Fernanda Caloi + Lucas Mendes + Edu Lyra + Carol Rodrigues + Danielle Marques
LALA, Fundação Estudar, Gerando Falcões, Carreiras em Movimento, Do Silêncio ao Silício
Breakout
12:00 PM
AI Beyond Borders: Brazilian Founders Building in the US
William Pompeu + Roberta Antunes
Endeavor Brazil + VettoAI
Breakout
12:40 PM Lunch
2:00 PM
Venture Opportunity Assessment in a Complex or Regulated Market
Darren Cooke
UC Berkeley
Session 6
2:40 PM
What Labs Can't Build — And Who Will
Mat Velloso + Jessica Leao
Former Meta + Decibel
Session 7
3:10 PM
Building AI for Everyone: What Global Research Learns from Local Markets
Pilar Manchon + Fábio Coelho
Google
Session 8
3:40 PM Break
4:20 PM
Closing Session
David Thacker + Roberta Antunes
Deepmind + VettoAI
Closing Session
4:55 PM
Closing Speech
Isabella Canazza + Felipe Lourenço
5:05 PM
Team Tribute
Mariana Zonari + Beatrice Rolim
5:20 PM Networking Reception