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Webinar | Digital Public Infrastructure for Payments: Digital Sovereignty, Interoperability and Consumer Protection
This webinar explores Digital Public Infrastructure for Payments as a cornerstone of modern digital economies, focusing on its implications for digital sovereignty, interoperability, and consumer protection. The discussion will examine case studies such as the Brazilian Pix and the Indian UPI, exploring how countries design payment systems that balance state coordination with openness, enabling innovation…
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4th BRICS+ Digital Competition Forum
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Webinar | AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries
The webinar “AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries” was held on February 2, 2025 and, taking advantage of Brazil’s BRICS presidency, promoted a debate on strategies, policies and regulations adopted by the BRICS countries to assert Artificial Intelligence Sovereignty. The event was jointly organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society (CTS) and…
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Webinar | Data Governance in the BRICS
The Data Governance in the BRICS webinar was organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and aimed to provide an overview of the data governance architecture of the BRICS countries, with a special focus on the intersection between data and AI regulations. The…
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Call for Submissions for the Workshop on Digital Competition in the BRICS
The BRICS Competition Law & Policy Centre and the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Direito Rio (CTS-FGV), is pleased to announce a Call for Submissions for a Workshop on Digital Competition in the BRICS, which will take place on November 27 and 28, 2025, at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro.
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Digital Transformation and Meaningful Connectivity in the BRICS
04/16/2025 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT-3 This webinar will offer the opportunity to debate how members of the BRICS grouping are addressing their digital transformation and what type of strategies and policies are they enacting in order to promote meaningful connectivity. The webinar is organized by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV…
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BRICS promotes webinar on data economy in the digital economy community on March 18
On 18 March, the Brazilian ministries of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços/MDIC) and Foreign Affairs (Relações Exteriores/MRE) hosted the webinar “Leveraging Data Economy in the BRICS Digital Economy Community”. The event was broadcasted live in English on the MDIC YouTube channel. As part of Brasil’s 2025 BRICS Presidency, the online seminar…
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3rd BRICS + Digital Competition Forum
22 November 2024 The 3rd BRICS+ Digital Competition Forum is a collaborative event focused on key competition issues related to the digital economy. The Forum aims to address challenges, share insights and promote cooperation between BRICS jurisdictions. The opportunity provides a platform for competition authorities, academics and civil society to exchange ideas and explore harmonized…
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Webinar | Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI
The event ‘Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI’ brings together experts from different fields to discuss the role of digital public infrastructures in strengthening the technological sovereignty of the BRICS countries in the development of Artificial Intelligence. With the participation of fellows from CTS-FGV’s CyberBRICS project and guest experts, the event will address how these…
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Webinar | Cybersecurity in the G20
This event is part of a series of webinars on Digital Policies in the G20 jointly organised by CTS-FGV, the UN University’s Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Consumers International, and the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection The webinars will explore key cybersecurity issues form the perspectives of G20 stakeholders. Particularly, representatives of different types…