Program

1 - Program of the Meeting
2 -
Parallel events

1 - Program of the meeting

May 7th
(Saturday)

Arrival of High Officials
Venue: Brasilia International Airport

May 8th
(Sunday)

Arrival of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Venue: Brasilia International Airport or Brasilia Air Base

1.00 pm - Work luncheon hosted by the Political Undersecretary-General, Ambassador Vera Pedrosa, in honor of the High Officials
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Panoramic Hall

3.00 pm - South American and Arab High Officials Meeting
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Eupana Room

May 9th
(Monday)

Morning and afternoon - Arrivals of the Heads of State or Government
Venue: Brasilia Air Base or Brasilia International Airport

9.30 am - Opening of the Entrepreneurial Event
Venue: Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center (UGCC)
Auditorium

1.15 pm - Buffet Lunch hosted by the Minister of External Relations of Brasil in honor of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Venue: Porto Vittoria

3.30 pm - Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Venue: Blue Tree Park Hotel
Eupana Room

6.30 pm - Cocktail hosted by the Secretary-General of External Relations in honor of the business people participating in the Entrepreneurial Seminar and in the Investment Fair

May 10th
(Tuesday
)

8.10 am - The Heads of State or Government begin to leave their hotels, in their individual motorcades, towards Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center.

8.20 am - South American and Arab Heads of State or Government begin to arrive at Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center

9.00 am - Opening Ceremony of the South American - Arab Countries Summit
Venue: UGCC
Auditorium

10.00 am - South American and Arab Heads of State or Government proceed from Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center to the Blue Tree Hotel

11.30 am - First Plenary Meeting of the South American and Arab Heads of State or Government
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Paranoá Hall (Plenary Hall)

1.30 pm - Work luncheon hosted by the President of Brasil in honor of the South American and Arab Heads of State or Government
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Panoramic Hall

1.30 pm - Luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General of External Relations to the visiting delegations
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Pool area

3.30 pm - Second Plenary Meeting of the Heads of State or Government
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Paranoá Hall (Plenary Hall)

6.10 pm - Transfer, in individual motorcades, of Heads of State or Government from the Blue Tree Hotel to their respective hotels

7.45 pm - Arrival of the guests of the reception in honor of the South American and Arab Heads of State or Government at Itamaraty Palace

7.50 pm - The South American and Arab Heads of State or Government begin to leave their hotels, in their individual motorcades, towards Itamaraty Palace

8.00 pm - The South American and Arab Heads of State or Government arrive at Itamaraty Palace
Venue: Main entrance of the Itamaraty Palace

8.30 pm - Reception hosted by the President of the Republic in honor of the South American and Arab Heads of State or Government
Venue: Itamaraty Palace
Third Floor

10.00 pm - The South American and Arab Heads of State or Government begin to leave Itamaraty Palace for their hotels

May 11th
(Wednesday)

Morning - Bilateral and Intra-regional Meetings
Venue: Blue Tree Park Hotel
Bilateral meetings rooms A, B and C
Xaraes Room (intra-regional)

11.00 am - Third Plenary Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the South American and Arab Countries. End of the Summit activities.
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Paranoá Hall (Plenary Hall)

12.30 pm - Press Conference
Venue: Hotel Blue Tree
Auditorium

1.10 pm - The Heads of State or Government who are not staying at Blue Tree Hotel are transferred to their hotels.

Afternoon/Evening - Departure of the South American and Arab Heads of State or Government
Venue: Brasilia Air Base

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2 - Cultural events

Brasília will hold several cultural initiatives, among them:

CINEMA

-Arab Film Week
Venue: Cine Brasília
Dates: May 6th to 12th
Format: one daily session at 9 pm, with classical and contemporary films, with subtitles in Portuguese
Curator: Ms. Nadia Attia, Director of Carthage Film Festival

-South American Film Week
Venue: Cine Academia and Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
Dates: May 6th to 12th
Format: two daily sessions, with subtitles in portuguese
Curator: Mr. Marco Farani, Director of the Brasília International Film Festival

PHOTOGRAPHY

-Photograph Exhibition "AMRIK - Arab Presence in South America"
Venue: Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
Dates: May 3rd to 22nd
Description: exhibition of the works of South American photographers about Arab cultural influence in the region
Curators: André Vilaron (Brasil) and Juan Travnik (Argentina)

MUSIC

-Shows by Duo Assad (guitar players)
Venue: Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
Dates: May 10th and 11th

GASTRONOMY

-Morrocan Food Festival
Venue: Blue Tree Hotel
Dates: April 28th to May 1st
Organizer: Embassy of Morroco
-Peruvian Food Festival
Venue: Naoum Hotel
Dates: April 28th to May 1st
Organizer: Embassy of Peru

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