Mauricio Pestana
Journalist, publicist, public and private manager, and Diversity and Inclusion specialist at CNN Brasil.
CEO and founder of Fórum Brasil Diverso, an event that, for over a decade, has brought together business, public and third sector leaders to discuss diversity and inclusion policies in companies.
He is CEO of Revista Raça Brasil.
In the public sector, he served as Secretary at the Secretariat of Racial Equality in the city of São Paulo.
In the third sector, he is vice-president of ActionAid in Brazil.
Besides his experience as a speaker in Brazil, he has lectured on diversity and inclusion in countries such as the United States, Argentina, Portugal, France,
From Creation to Market: Art, Identity and Entrepreneurship
How to transform artistic talent into a sustainable professional trajectory without giving up identity, creative freedom, and purpose? The panel proposes a reflection on art as expression, work, and enterprise. Drawing from his experience as an artist, communicator, and entrepreneur, Maurício Pestana will address paths for building an authorial brand, audience formation, opportunity generation, network creation, and economic valorization of artistic production. A meeting about creativity, positioning, and the power of art to open markets, question structures, and transform realities.