Futurecom celebrates its 30th edition and brings together global leaders, experts and executives from brands to discuss the future of technology
Futurecom 2025
The Futurecom , one of the largest connectivity, technology and innovation platform for Latin America, a key hub for cybersecurity solutions, and a facilitator of digital transformation, will host discussions on the most promising trends, challenges and advances in communication and connectivity. The event will bring together approximately 300 exhibiting brands spread across an area of over 25,000 m².
The 30th edition of the event will be held from September 30th to October 2nd at São Paulo Expo in São Paulo, and will bring together a robust innovation ecosystem, with more than 200 hours of content and around 500 speakers. The program will feature prominent names from the national and international scene, including experts Ronaldo Lemos and Paulo Rufino Henrique , Conrad Riedesel , chairman of the board of Deutsche Telekom and Manish Singh, global CTO of Dell , as well as CEOs and executives from companies such as Bayer, Bradesco, Grupo Boticário, Natura, Siemens, VTal, among others. Representatives from the public sector, such as members of the Ministry of Communications, are also confirmed. Special guests at the event will also include racing driver Rubens Barrichello and journalist Ernesto Paglia.
Rubens Barrichello, Non-Executive Director in Latin America at SOFTSWISS and former Formula 1 driver, will deliver the lecture “Data-Driven Decision Making: From Telemetry to Business Intelligence.” On October 1st, at 3 p.m., in Plenary Room 1. The panel “From Screens to Action: Innovation in Climate Monitoring and Audiovisual – Storm Chasers” will be presented by journalist Ernesto Paglia, alongside Iara Cardoso, CEO of Grupo Storm, and Osmar Pinto Junior, founder and coordinator of the Atmospheric Electricity Group (ELAT) at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). On September 30th, at 6 p.m., in Plenary Room 1.
Future Congress
The Future Congress highlights the keynote speaker Ronaldo Lemos, lawyer, professor, co-author of the 2014 Internet Civil Rights Framework and contributor to the 2018 National IoT Development Plan, as well as founder and director of the Rio de Janeiro Institute of Technology and Society (ITS Rio), will speak on “The New Global Race for Technological Relevance.” October 1st, at 4 p.m., in Plenary 1.
Already Paul Sergio Rufino Henrique, a scientist-member of the CTIF Global Capsule Foundation in France and chairman of the international 6G Briefing conference, and Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, former secretary general of the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA) at the European Commission, former president of IREST (Institute for Economic and Social Research in Telecommunications), former vice president of Orange, and former president of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Forum, will join Paulo Fernando Silvestre, a consultant in Intelligence Technologies and Digital Design, to speak about “ Connectivity in 2055: communication and connection in 30 years,” moderated by Wilson Cardoso, a technology consultant and member of Senai. On October 2, at 11:15 a.m., in Plenary 1. Rufino will also participate in the panel “Futurecom Quantum Technologies: Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics.” October 2nd, at 10am, in Plenary 2.
Futurecom has invited high-performance experts from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market to discuss connectivity ecosystems and society’s digital reality, exploring the impact of new technologies on the future of business. Confirmed speakers include Carlos Baigorri, president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel); Luiz Alexandre Garcia, CEO of Algar Telecom; Felipe Campos, CEO of VTal; and Pablo Guaitá, managing director of Deutsche Telekom. The panel “30 Years in 01? Telecom and AI” will be held on September 30th, at 9:30 am, in Plenary 1. The moderator will be Ari Lopes, senior manager of service providers for the Americas at the consulting firm Omdia.
Claudia Anania, CIO of Fundação Butantan, will participate alongside Edson Amaro Junior , neuroradiologist and head of Global Advanced Technologies for Equity at Hospital Albert Einstein, and Sônia Castral, distinguished analyst at TGT, in the panel “Health 5.0 and well-being”. The discussion will be moderated by Claudio Coelho, VP of the Brazilian Association of Health Startups and HeahtTechs (ABSS). September 30th, at 9:30 am, in Plenary 2 .
André Fogaça, head of Logistics Innovation at AMBEV, and Paulo Humberto Gouvêa, director of Corporate Solutions at TIM Brasil, will be part of the panel “Smart, connected and autonomous logistics. Future or dream?” which will also feature Jean Prisco, the general manager of Information Technology at MRS, and Guillermo Lastra, the director of Commercial Vehicles at Ford South America. The discussion will be moderated by Pedro Moreira, President of Abralog. September 30th, at 2:30 pm, in Plenary 2.
The lecture by keynote speaker Conrad Riedesel, chairman of the board of Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions and Security Switzerland and member of the board of Deutsche Telekom Global Business France, will be “Smart connectivity and digital ecosystems: reshaping business and society”, on October 1st, at 9 am, in Plenary 1.
Manish Singh, CTO of Dell Technologies’ Telecom Systems Business Unit, will discuss “AI Applied to Telecommunications.” On September 30th, at 3:45 pm, in Plenary 1. The panel “IoT Ecosystem and AI: An Expanding Universe” will feature Niyantri Ramakrishnan, Chief Digital Transformation & IT Officer (CIO/CDO) of Bayer Crop Science LATAM and Bayer Brazil. On October 1st, at 11 am, in Plenary 2.
The panel “New Industrialisation Policy” will be moderated by Israel Guratti, of the Brazilian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association (ABINEE). The invited panelists are Pablo Roberto Fava, president of Siemens Brazil; Laércio Cosentino, chairman of the board of the Brazilian Association of Information and Communication Technology Companies (BRASSCOM); Rosilda Prates, president of the Association of National Technological Development and Innovation Companies (P&D Brasil); and David de Oliveira Penha, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund for the Technological Development of Telecommunications (Funttel). September 30, at 2:30 p.m., in Plenary Room 1 .
Rafael Cavalcanti, CDO of Bradesco, will speak on the topic “Collaborative AI Multi-Agents and Connectivity: A Distant Future?” . October 1st, at 9:00 am, in Plenary Session 2. Renata Marques, CIO of Natura; Roberto Murakami, VP of Networks and Telecom for Latin America at NEC; and André Ituassu, COO of IHS Latam, will discuss “Innovation from the Inside Out: Emerging Technologies, Networks, Orchestrations, and Customer Interfaces.” October 1st, at 5:00 pm, in Plenary Session 2.
Vanessa Guitta, CEO of Elas Projetam and manager of the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest for Sebrae Nacional, will be on the panel “Diversity that generates Impact: AI, inclusion and innovative solutions”, on October 2nd, at 4 pm, in Plenary 2. The lecture on “Connection between Technology and Agribusiness” will be presented by John Deere‘s Precision Agriculture Business Manager for Latin America, Estela Dias. On September 30th, at 4:30 pm, in Plenary 1 .
Paola Campiello, president of Conectar Agro; Elias Sfeir, president of the National Association of Credit Bureaus (ANBC); Fernando Gomes de Oliveira Dias Neias, CIO of the Santa Catarina Technology Association (ACATE); Daniel Fuchs, head of Innovation at Arqia; and Sidney Nobre, distinguished analyst at TGT, will discuss the topic “Improving innovations for a greener and more competitive agriculture. On the 30th, at 5 pm, in Plenary 2.
Future Cyber
The topic “Emerging Threats and Security Trends” will be discussed by Diogo Vasconcellos, leader of the Startup Committee of the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (ABES); Paulo Baldin, CISO of CLA; Vanderlei Rigatieri, founder of WDC Networks; Carina Hernandes, executive in Information Security, Risk Management and Compliance at Womcy; and Marcelo Alves, advisor to Anatel, with mediation by Carlos Sampaio, CISO of Bidweb. September 30th, at 9:00 am.
Lourenço Pereira, professor at ITA; Burt Trewikowski, head of cybersecurity at RecargaPay; André Carneiro, director at Sophos; Eliane Lima, executive at Womcy; and Luiz Ricardo Freitas de Abreu , from Anatel’s Superintendence of Inspection, will participate in the panel “Ransomware: prevention and response strategies.” September 30th, at 10:30 am.
The debate on “Cloud Security” will feature Angela Maria Rosso, Director of Cybersecurity at Accenture Brazil; Glauco Sampaio, CISO at BEEPHISH; and Rafael Venancio, VP of Cloud for LATAM and Canada at Fortinet. September 30th, at 2:30 p.m.
“Gigabit LATAM: Speed vs. Quality – What are the regulatory and innovation trends for connectivity?” will be the topic of discussion among Wen Ku, Chairman of the CCSA Board; Peter Hu, VP, General Manager of Fixed Network Marketing at ZTE; Atila Branco, Chief Information Officer at FiBrasil; Vittorio Perona, Managing Partner, Responsible for Energy and Telecom Coverage at BTG Pactual; and Lourenço Lanfranchi, Senior Sales Director at Ookla Latin America. Moderated by Ari Lopes , Lead Analyst for the Americas at Omdia.
Jonatas Rossetti, Quantum Specialist at Bradesco; Vera Medina, Executive at Womcy; Gustavo Carvalho, CEO of Visa Acceptance Solutions; Simone Letieri, from Meta; and Carlos Rischioto, Principal Manager of Customer Engineering at IBM, will discuss “AI, Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity.” Moderator Eduardo Felipe Matias, Attorney at Elias Matias, will be present on October 1st, at 3:15 p.m.
“Cybersecurity as Public Policy” will be another panel discussion, featuring Andrea Thomé, an executive at Womcy, and Demi Getschko, CEO of NIC.br, moderated by Humberto Pontes of Anatel. October 2nd, at 10:00 a.m. “Critical Systems Security” will be discussed by Ana Cerqueira, an executive at Womcy, and Guilherme Aquino, of Inatel, moderated by Carlos Henrique Borella. October 2nd, at 11:15 a.m.
The panel “Governance and Ethical Challenges: How to Act?” will feature Érica Delgado, executive at Womcy; Marcelo Mendes dos Santos, CISO at Neo Hypeone; Carlos Alberto da Costa, CEO of JC2Sec; and Felipe de Araujo Monteiro, partner and leader of the Contracts and Innovation Desk at Kasznar Leonardos. Daniella Caverni, partner at EFCAN Advogados, will be the moderator. The panel will take place on October 2nd, at 2 p.m.
Future GOV
The panel “Digital Literacy and Connected Education” will feature Rafael Parente, PhD in Education from NYU; Vicente Bandeira, Advisor to the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel); Irani Cardoso da Silva, Manager of Consumer Relations Channels at the Superintendence of Consumer Relations – SRC Anatel; and Flavio Santos , General Director of the School Connectivity Management Entity (Eace), mediated by Camila Murta, leader of the Public Procurement Working Group of the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (Abes). September 30th, at 9:30 am.
On September 30th , at 2:30 pm , the panel “Data Centres: The Industrial Revolution in Brazil” will bring together leading experts from the public and private sectors. The discussion will feature Rodolfo Fucher, board member of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES); Sergio Sgobbi, Director of Institutional and Government Relations at Brasscom; Bruno Gonçalves Santos, Data Centre Infrastructure Coordinator at IBGE; Gustavo Santana Borges, Executive Superintendent at Anatel; Thiago Camargo Lopes, VP of InvestSP; Juliano Stanzani, Director of Sector Policy at the Ministry of Communications; and Marcos Siqueira, CRO and Head of Strategy at Ascenty.
Paula Maia, Head of EV at 99; Maria Teresa Lima, Executive Director for Government at Claro Empresas; Evair Gallardo, Director at Abranet; and Daniil Sergunin, CEO of Rhyno, will address “Urban Mobility: Infrastructure, Legislation and Security”, moderated by Mauro Periquito, Telecommunications Engineer and Connectivity Specialist. September 30th, at 4:00 p.m. The panel on “Climate Monitoring” will feature Flávio Horita, CTO of Climatempo; and Hassan Barakat, manager of the Climate Emergency Management Centre. September 30th, at 5:00 p.m. “Acquisition of Emerging Technologies and Public Procurement” will feature Pedro Seno, Secretary of Health, and Rafael Fassio, State Attorney. October 2nd, at 11:15 a.m.
Luciana Hentzy Morais, from the Department of Science and Technology (Decit) of the Ministry of Health, will moderate the panel on the “Use of AI in Public Health.” Among the panelists will be: Tathiana Velasco, from Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz; Pedro Vieira Santana Netto, from Hospital Albert Einstein; Rodrigo Olyntho De Almeida, from BP; and Camila Rocon, from HCor. Day October 2, at 1:45 p.m. Municipal Secretary of Urban Security, Alcides Fagotti Junior, will speak on “Security and Technology in Practice – SmartSampa.” October 2, at 2:45 p.m. The panel ” Digital Citizenship: Blockchain and AI in Fraud Control” will feature guests Marlon de Souza Reis , from the Comptroller General of Minas Gerais; and Cleiton Jorge, Founder of Metasix. October 2, at 4 p.m.
ISPs, satellites and submarine cables
To discuss topics related to ISPs, satellites and submarine cables, Futurecom 2025 invited a team of experts, including Alex Jucius, co-founder of GIGA+FIBRA COL; Denio Alves Lindo, CEO of Desktop; Denis Ferreira , CEO of Alares; Fabiano Ferreira, CEO of Vero; Gustavo Stock, CEO of Grupo Brasil TecPar; Leandro Gaunszer, CEO of Viasat; Rafael Lozano, country manager of Ellalink; Rodrigo Campos, CEO of Eutelsat Brasil; Rudinei Gerhart, CEO of Tá Telecom; Rui Gomes, CEO of Um Telecom; Steve Orlando, CEO of Seaborn; Tamaris Parreira, CEO of Twilio; Tomas Fuchs, CEO of Datora Arqia; and Leonardo Furtado, solutions architect, network engineer and instructor.
Data Centres World (DCW)
For the first time, Brazilian technology professionals will have privileged access to content from the renowned Data Centre World without having to leave the country. Futurecom will host two special panels curated by the world’s most important global data centre and digital infrastructure event, organised by Informa of the United States.
Leading experts from the Brazilian technology sector will lead in-depth discussions on two topics. On October 1st, at 2:00 pm , in the ISP Next Level arena, Rodrigo Radaieski, COO of Ascenty; Joe Bergamaschine, COO of Atlantic Data Centre; Renan Lima, president of ABDC; and Victor Arnaud, president of Equinix, will discuss “Hybrid Infrastructure Orchestration in Cloud, Edge and Traditional Data Centres.” Immediately following, at 3:00 pm , also in the ISP Next Level arena, Felipe Quintanilha, director of Global Technical Sales at Equinix for Latin America, will participate in a panel on “Building New Data Centres: Construction, Design, and Architecture.”
And to celebrate 30 editions of Futurecom, three attractions will be open to the public on September 30: Laudálio Veiga’s lecture, “Futurecom: celebrating the (R)evolution of telecommunications in more than 3 decades”, at 5:20 pm; the panel “From Screens to Action: Innovation in Climate Monitoring and Audiovisual – Storm Chasers”, at 6 pm, in Plenary 1; and “Magically: Comedy Hypnosis Show”, at 7pm.
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