8:30 a.m – Conferences of the 1st IOV America Assembly, in the auditorium of IFMA
– Welcome from the Executive Director of IOV America, prof. Clerton Vieira (Executive Director)
– Remarks by the President of the World IOV, mr. Ali Abdullah Khalifa: “Mission and goals: challenges for the new times”
– Videoconference with the United Arab Emirates
– Message from Mr Geert Nijhof, President of the IOV Festivals Commission and representative of the President of the World IOV
– Lecture by the Secretary General of the World IOV, Fabrizio Cattaneo: “Contemporary strategies and the democratic strengthening of IOV AMERICA”
– Songs and Charms of St. Joseph of Ribamar: “Feast every holy day and every holy day!”
10:30 a.m – Presentation of IOV America, with prof. Clerton Vieira: “Creating the future to preserve the past”
– Presentation of institutional video: “The technology of innovation in the mediation of the IOV, Brazil section”
– Presentation of the new IOV application, Brazil section, with Hildebrando Pinheiro
2.30 pm – Opening of the conferences
– Topic: “This is how IOV was born in Brazil”, Prof. Helena Lourenço and prof. Gustavo Colares
– Topic: “Presentation of the proposal of the Commission of Pedagogical Research”, prof. anthropologist Eduardo Benzatti and Prof.ª Mestre Marlei Sigrist
3:50 pm – Opening for debates and questions
5:00 pm – Presentation of agreements and partnerships
– CID (International Dance Council), with President Andrea Martin
– WAPA (World Association of Performing Arts), with Vice President Marko Nieto