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Marconi Pereira

TEDxRio OrganizerTEDx

Biography

I'm TEDxRio and TEDxRio+20 licensee and curator - Our team have been organising events since 2009; we actively participated in the process to bring TEDGlobal to Rio (Oct, 2014) and our team members worked in many phases of the production and the event itself. I was ambassador for TEDx in Brazil in 2014.I'm also analyst @Finep - Brazilian Innovation Agency of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil. I have attended Singularity University to learn how to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges. In my spare time, I advise projects in Knowledge Management @COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Production Engineering MBA) and work in projects to bring job and education opportunities to kids and youth in Rocinha, one of the biggest Brazilian slums. I'm curious, a bit creative and deep context pursuer; power connector, father of 3 boys and husband of a beautiful and intelligent woman.