The opening speech (on August, 25) of the XXXIX International Congress on Intellectual Property of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association – ABPI will be held by economist Ricardo Amorim, one of the 100 most influential people in Brazil according to Forbes Magazine, the only Brazilian among the world’s best speakers at Speaker’s Corner and host of the Manhattan Connection program at GloboNews. The theme of his presentation will be “Intellectual Property in Brazil’s foreign policy and economy”.