Schedule – Day 3 – Unicorn Summit

Schedule

schedule

AUG, 30th, 31st, 2026 – SEP, 1st, 2nd, 2026

Juiz de fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Explore the official event schedule and plan your Unicorn Summit experience

Green Area

Visit to the botanical garden

Site Visit

8:00 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Green Area

Unicorn Arena

Onde os unicórnios são revelados

Fix hide talk

1:00 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Arena

Planetarium Show and Visit

6:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Arena

Future Tech Area

Onde o futuro pode ser experimentado

Sorry, nothing to see here...

Unicorn Grand Stage

Onde se debatem as grandes ideias

Opening Remarks: Building South America’s Innovation Future

9:45 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Nuno Martins, Ph.D.

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor, international keynote speaker, and scientist.

The Intersection of AI & Longevity: Get Ready to Live Forever

10:00 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Fernando Aires

Investor | R42 Venture Capital

Pluripotency and Gene Therapy: The New Foundation of Longevity Medicine

10:30 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Brigitte Hanly

CEO of Blast Longevity

Women Leading the AI Age: Innovation, Empowerment and a Better World

11:00 am (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Panel
Unicorn Grand Stage

Shannon McElyea

VP strategic Alliances at Elev8 Data | Board Member and Trustee Rising Worldwide

Margarida Salomão

Mayor of Juiz de Fora

Dr. Girlene Alves da Silva

Rector of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)

Deborah Henderson

Founder & CEO, Centre for Inspired Leadership

Denisa Rensen

Longevity & Regenerative Medicine | Founder & CEO, Plasma Inc. and ORA Future

Brigitte Hanly

CEO of Blast Longevity

Joan Ziegler

Founder of PrivaSys

Natasha Vita-More

Award-Winning ...

Startup Pitch Awards: Celebrating the Next Breakthrough Founders

12:30 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Official Unicorn Summit Photo Session

12:45 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Networking Lunch: Connecting Leaders, Founders and Investors

1:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Fireside Chat With Steve Patino

2:30 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Panel
Unicorn Grand Stage

Trisa Thompson

Board member, C-Suite Executive, ESG and Climate Risk Specialist, Sustainability, Risk Management, Communications, Speaker, Supply Chain

Steve Patino

Founder and CEO of AGS LABS INC. / ALES GREY™,

From Tumor Ablation to Gene Therapy: The Next Frontier in Cancer and Longevity

2:45 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Patrick Sewell

Interventional Radiologist & Gene Therapy Pioneer

Privacy, Trust and Security in the Age of AI and Digital Transformation

3:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Shannon McElyea

VP strategic Alliances at Elev8 Data | Board Member and Trustee Rising Worldwide

Law, Ethics and Governance for Frontier Technologies

3:30 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Paul Spiegel

Attorney in private practice in San Francisco, California.

The World Is on Fire: Technology, Disaster Medicine and Global Resilience

4:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Panel
Unicorn Grand Stage

Ricardo Gil da Costa

C.E.O. Neuroverse, Inc. Creating the future of Brain Interfaces.

Anna Yusim

Psychiatrist & Executive Coach

Tharaka Gunarathne

Consultant Clinical Psychiatrist and ...

John Quinn

Emergency and Disaster Medicine | Global Health

Nikki Santo

Co-Founder and CEO of Swaza, a Silicon Valley

Carolina Cauduro

Oncologist & Entrepreneur

Ana Carolina Simas

Educator and facilitator in collaborative and regenerative processes

Felipe Simas

University professor, scientist ...

From Startup to Global Platform: Lessons from Building Billion-Dollar Companies

5:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Jeff Hoffman

Global Entrepreneur from Priceline.com & Booking.com

The AI-Native Ecosystem for Healthcare – Building the Network that Connects Every Hospital, Manufacturer, and Service Provider in Latin America

5:30 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Marcos Cunha

Executive in Healthcare Management and Innovation

Closing Remarks – Nuno Martins

6:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Talk
Unicorn Grand Stage

Nuno Martins, Ph.D.

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor, international keynote speaker, and scientist.

Closing Ceremony: From Vision to Action

6:30 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Dinner

7:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Party

9:00 pm (GMT-3)
2026-09-01
Unicorn Grand Stage

Startup Arena

Onde celebramos a inovação

Celebration Arena

Onde celebramos a inovação

Tech City AI & Engineering Stage

Onde a inteligência é reinventada

Health & Longevity Stage

Onde se discute o futuro da vida

City Stage - Masterclass Stage

Onde se aprende como resolver problemas globais

Food District

Onde o dinheiro apoia a inovação