Fully customized. Never off the shelf.
Built for your Rio de Janeiro stage.
Sylvie di Giusto calls the United States home, and airport lounges around the world her second office. She is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker who helps organizations, and the people inside them, become impossible to replace. She has worked with leaders from Germany to the UK and Hong Kong, and brings two keynotes to Rio de Janeiro stages: Forever Human and The Power of Choice, live or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Rio sets the bar for spectacle impossibly high. When your backdrop includes Sugarloaf Mountain and a city that turns Carnival into a global event, a speaker cannot simply click through slides. That is exactly why I created the world’s first 3D immersive keynote: so that the stage itself becomes part of the message, and an audience used to grand shows still leans forward.
Before I ever stepped on a stage, I spent nearly two decades in corporate leadership development, running the leadership academy of Europe’s largest retail and tourism group. I chose the speakers for our biggest events, and I sat through enough forgettable ones to know the difference. A Rio audience will give you its warmth instantly, but its full attention has to be earned with substance.
An Austrian mother, a French father, a Spanish grandmother and an Italian grandfather taught me early that every culture has its own rhythm. Rio’s is unmistakable: relaxed on the surface, ambitious underneath. Today I live in Florida, have served audiences in more than 25 countries, and deliver my keynotes in English, with plenty of room for the energy that only a Carioca crowd brings.
The better the machines get, the more your people will set you apart.
AI just made everyone equally capable. Sylvie names the ten moves a machine still can’t make and shows your audience how to lead, sell and connect with the human signals technology can’t fake.
Why it lands in Rio de Janeiro: in the city that hosts Web Summit Rio, your audience is living the AI conversation. This gives them the human edge no machine can copy.
Explore Forever Human
What your people know rarely gets them chosen. What others see in them does.
Clients, talent and the room decide in seconds. Sylvie reveals the five dimensions that quietly decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and how to shape them on purpose.
Why it lands in Rio de Janeiro: Cariocas know that people choose people first. It turns that instinct into a clear leadership framework for being kept, followed and chosen.
Explore The Power of ChoiceNo slides, no pre-recorded hologram beamed in from somewhere else. Sylvie stays live in the room while holograms appear around her, and your leaders, sponsors and theme can step into the story. In Rio de Janeiro, our team works hand in hand with your venue and AV partner, so the wow never costs you a sleepless night.
Explore the 3D experienceRio de Janeiro hosted 61 international association meetings in 2025, ranking 7th in the Americas in the ICCA 2025 rankings. Here is what helps when you plan yours.
| Venue | Area | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| Farmasi Arena | Barra da Tijuca | 18,000 |
| Windsor Expo Center | Barra da Tijuca | 7,000 |
| Centro de Convenções SulAmérica | Cidade Nova | 5,000 |
| Riocentro | Barra da Tijuca | 4,500 (largest auditorium) |
| Cidade das Artes (Grand Room) | Barra da Tijuca | 1,235 |
Capacities as published by each venue.
Sylvie di Giusto is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker and has worked with leaders across Europe and Asia. She delivers two keynotes, Forever Human on the human edge in the age of AI and The Power of Choice on how people get chosen, either on a traditional stage or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Yes. Every keynote is researched and customized for your people, your industry and your theme, and Sylvie’s multicultural background helps her connect with audiences of many nationalities in Rio de Janeiro.
Yes, wherever there is a stage and a room that can go dark. Sylvie’s team works directly with your Rio de Janeiro venue and AV partner, checks the floor plan early and sends the full tech requirements. See how the experience works.
Forever Human. It shows audiences the ten moves a machine still can’t make, and turns AI anxiety into a clear plan for the human skills that grow in value as technology gets better.
The Power of Choice. It reveals the five dimensions that decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and shows people how to shape those judgments on purpose. It is built on Sylvie’s book The Image of Leadership.
Yes. Sylvie speaks in more than 25 countries. Her team handles travel and logistics, so you work with one contact from the first call to the show.
Yes. Sylvie partners with speaker bureaus around the world. If a bureau already supports your event, Sylvie’s team will work directly with them from the first call to the show, so you keep the partner you trust.
Sylvie’s team handles it with you. Sylvie speaks internationally all year, so her team knows the paperwork a cross-border keynote can involve: business visas or work permits, invitation letters, and any tax forms Brazil requires for foreign speakers. They check the requirements for Brazil early, tell you exactly what they need from you, and take care of the rest, so nothing stands between your date and the stage.
As early as your dates are set. Peak conference seasons in Rio de Janeiro fill venues and hotels fast, and the 3D immersive keynote needs a few weeks of custom work for your audience. Check availability to hold your date.
Yes. Both keynotes are available in person, hybrid or virtual, and each version is customized to your audience and theme.
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