Home On April 8, 2025, Ricardo Amorim will speak at the IV World Plastic Connection Summit ®, an event comprised of an ecosystem of eight projects that connect to foster internationalization and networking in the plastics sector. This year’s edition features the theme “Converted plastic from Brazil: coloring the world with design, innovation and sustainability”, at the Novotel Center Norte, in São Paulo. Amorim’s lecture, which will connect with the audience at the meeting, will be “Artificial Intelligence and other paradigm shifts that will transform your converted plastics business”.
Recognized as the most influential economist in Brazil and one of the 100 most influential people in the country by Forbes Magazine, Ricardo Amorim is one of the leading names in the economic and business scene. The only Brazilian listed among the best speakers in the world by Speaker’s Corner, he is the co-founder of Smartrips, AAA Inovação e Mentoria Ricardo Amorim, and a columnist for IstoÉ magazine. With over 20 years of experience in the global financial market, he is the author of the bestseller “Depois da Tempestade” and host of the podcast Economia Falada. Amorim has also stood out as one of the presenters of Manhattan Connection for 18 years. At the invitation of Think Plastic Brazil, a portfolio of solutions for the plastic-converted products sector in the process of internationalization for target markets, carried out through a partnership between ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and INP (Brazilian Plastics Institute), he is part of the heavyweight team that will take to the stage on the first day of the event, which is open to the public, free of charge and with places available in the online and in-person modalities upon registration in the link.
“Innovation and pioneering are always in the DNA of Think Plastic Brazil and the World Plastic Connection Summit ®. It couldn’t be any different in this fourth edition of the event. Our team of speakers manages to bring what our market needs to hear, offering unique, excellent learning. We are very excited and counting down the days until April 8, which will certainly be an incredible meeting for the converted plastics sector”, celebrates Carlos Moreira, Brazilian Plastic Institute Executive Director & Think Plastic Brazil CPO.
Ricardo Amorim is the most followed influencer on LinkedIn in Latin America, Top Voice Influencer in Brazil since 2016, and has won several awards, including iBest and The Most Admired of the Economics Press. Graduated from USP, with a postgraduate degree from ESSEC in Paris, he is a fluent communicator in four languages and an Agribusiness Commander. To learn more about the event’s activities and speakers, visit the IV World Plastic Connection Summit® website.
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IV World Plastic Connection Summit ®
April 8-10*
Hybrid and free of charge
*9 and 10 exclusive for members
Novotel Center Norte
About Think Plastic Brazil
Think Plastic Brazil started its activities with 38 companies and, over the last 20 years, has expanded its participation to more than 250 companies. During this period, the Portfolio promoted 4,773 participations of companies in the industry in 240 projects specifically for Trade Promotion, resulting in 64,366 meetings. The economic impact was significant, with more than US$1.247 billion in business generated and a total investment of US$12.338 million, achieving an impressive ROI of US$101.04 for every dollar invested.
For those interested in buying from Brazil and contacting Brazilian companies associated with Think Plastic Brazil directly, please contact cristina.sacramento@thinkplasticbrazil.com and daniela.ornelas@thinkplasticbrazil.com via email or visit the website (https://thinkplasticbrazil.com/en/home-en/). Think Plastic Brazil is a non-profit, non-commissioned organization that can facilitate your direct contact with Brazilian producers.
About INP
Founded in 1989, the Brazilian Plastic Institute – INP arises amid the process of globalization and the need to make the plastic market more competitive internationally. Its strength and representativeness are the results of the union of the Brazilian Processed Plastic and Recycling Industry (ABIPLAST), the Brazilian Association of the Chemical Industry (ABIQUIM), and the Union of Synthetic Resin Industries in the State of São Paulo (SIRESP).
As a sectoral technological body, the INP’s is to be the focal point for the entire plastics production chain in Brazil. To this end, the body maintains an extensive workforce qualification program, promotes access to the most modern technologies, especially for small and medium-sized companies, and develops Technical Standards so that products with better quality be manufactured.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) promotes Brazilian products and services abroad and attracts foreign investments to strategic industries of the Brazilian economy. To reach its goals, ApexBrasil carries out diversified trade promotion actions aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, and visits by foreign buyers and influencers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that are also focused on strengthening “Brazil” as a brand.
The agency also acts in a coordinated manner with public and private actors to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.
