Economists and intellectuals from across the globe to discuss a future beyond capitalism
From April 7 to 10, a meeting that promises to be a milestone in the global debate on the main economic and social issues facing humanity will take place in Brazil. More than 70 intellectuals, political figures, and social movement leaders from around the world will gather in São Paulo for the Conference “Dilemmas of Humanity: Perspectives for Social Transformation”.
The opening ceremony of the event, which will feature Brazil's Minister of Economy, Fernando Haddad, will be open to the public and will take place at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), starting at 6pm. In addition to Haddad, several other leaders and intellectuals, such as Vijay Prashad (India), director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, will also be present. From April 8 to 10, the debates will take place at Sesc Pompeia. The conference is being organized by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, and the International Peoples' Assembly (IPA).
The meeting will bring together around 70 intellectuals from more than 20 countries to share ideas, propose solutions, and reflect on experiences in the development of public policies and governance.
Among the participants are some of the leading names in the economic and political debate, such as Josefina Morales (Mexican economist and professor at UNAM), Yaroslav Lissovolik (Russia's advisor at the IMF and founder of BRICS+ Analytics), Esther Dweck (Brazil's Minister of Management and Innovation), Marcio Pochmann (Director of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), João Pedro Stedile (founding member of the MST), Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. (former vice-president of the New Development Bank), economics professors Laura Carvalho (University of São Paulo) and Juliane Furno (State University of Rio de Janeiro), Pedro Rossi (vice-president of the Global Fund for a New Economy), Argentine sociologist Cláudio Katz, among others.
The goal of Dilemmas of Humanity, which is now in its fourth edition, is for participants to be able to debate and propose concrete economic and social solutions to the various crises caused by capitalism and neoliberalism around the world, as well as taking action to combat hunger, social inequalities, and the environmental crisis.
Press contact
Luiz Felipe Albuquerque
+55 (11) 9 9934-9885
luizfelipe@thetricontinental.org
General information
Opening of the IV Dilemmas of Humanity
Date: April 7th, at 7 p.m. (BRT)
Venue: Auditorium 239 of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), R. Ministro Godói, 969. São Paulo/Brazil
Dilemmas of Humanity Conference
Date: April 8th-10th, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (BRT)
Venue: Sesc Pompeia Theater - Rua Clélia, 93 - Água Branca - São Paulo/Brazil