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Official congress of theBehavioral Science Lab at FEA-USP

19–20 May 2027 · FEA-USP, São Paulo

Behavioral Lab Seminars (BELS)VII BELSBehavioral Lab Seminars

FEA USPUniversidade de São PauloGreatPeople Mental Health

The Human Factor
in the Exponential World

Two days at FEA-USP to discuss human behavior, artificial intelligence and the future of work.

A discount on the first registration batch for everyone who pre-registers.

Science and practice, in the same meeting.

The meeting

What makes us human.

Research and practice meet to understand how we decide, relate and work in a world that is changing faster and faster.

Behavior
Decisions, relationships and culture in organizations.
Artificial intelligence
Technology and its effects on life and work.
Mental health
Care, leadership and human development.

18 — 20 May 2027

Agenda for
VII BELS.

See the themes and plan your days at the congress.

Preliminary program

Times in Brasília. The agenda may change; pending appearances are marked.

I want to attend

Wednesday ·

Culture, artificial intelligence and leadership.

08:30–17:45
  1. Registration

  2. Official opening

    FEA-USP Board

    Participation to be confirmed

  3. Agenda overview

    Fernando de Almeida · BELS coordinator

  4. Cross Cultural Management

    Véronique Moncada

    Time to be confirmed

  5. Coffee break

  6. In practice: how artificial intelligence is reshaping people management

    Speaker to be confirmed

  7. Lunch

  8. Lecture · topic to be announced

    Sheila Najberg

    Participation to be confirmed

  9. Emotional leadership

    Speaker to be confirmed

  10. Coffee break

  11. Lecture · topic to be announced

    Renato Santos

    Participation to be confirmed

  12. Paper presentations

    FEA rooms

  13. Close of the day

VII BELS · FEA-USP

Registration does not cover lunch or workshop expenses.

Confirmed
speakers.

09names in this edition
Pierre Lévy

Philosopher of collective intelligence and cyberculture. Full professor at the University of Ottawa from 2002 to 2019, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Collective Intelligence.

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Pierre Lévy

Collective intelligence and cyberculture

University of Ottawa
João Maurício Boaventura

Professor at FEA-USP. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from FEA-USP, a master’s and a doctorate in Business Administration from USP, and a livre-docência from the same faculty. His research covers strategy, business networks and stakeholders.

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João Maurício Boaventura

Strategy and organizations · FEA-USP

FEA-USP
Álvaro Machado Dias

Associate professor (livre-docente) at UNIFESP. He leads research on decision-making and neuromodulation at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Neurosciences at EPM-UNIFESP.

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Álvaro Machado Dias

Neuroscience and behavior

Unifesp
Nabil Arida

Engineer from the Escola Politécnica da USP and advertising graduate from ECA-USP. Graduate professor at USP and consultant in marketing and innovation strategy.

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Nabil Arida

Marketing and consumer behavior

Escola Politécnica da USP
Véronique Moncada

Executive director of the Mediterranean Network of Engineering & Management Schools. She was director of international development at IAE Aix-Marseille and teaches intercultural management in master’s and MBA programs.

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Véronique Moncada

Mediation and international dialogue

IAE Aix-Marseille
Quirino Cordeiro

Adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry at EPM/UNIFESP. Physician trained at FMUSP, with a psychiatry residency at Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP and a doctorate in psychiatry from FMUSP.

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Quirino Cordeiro

Psychiatry and mental health

Santa Casa de São PauloUnifespUniversidade de São Paulo
Hilda Morana

Physician, with a master’s in health psychology and a doctorate in psychiatry from USP. Psychiatrist at CAISM of the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, working in forensic psychiatry.

Hilda Morana

Psychiatry and human behavior

Santa Casa de São Paulo
Pedro Shiozawa

Psychiatrist at CAISM of Santa Casa de São Paulo and professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa. Chief scientist and cofounder of Great People Mental Health.

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Pedro Shiozawa

Psychiatry and mental health · Scientific Director at GPMH

Santa Casa de São PauloGPMH
Victor Carrión

Psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where he is vice-chair of the department and directs the Stanford Early Life Stress and Resilience Program. His research examines how early-life stress affects brain development, with a focus on child and adolescent psychiatry.

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Victor Carrión

Professor of Psychiatry · Stanford

Stanford University
Photograph credits

Pierre Lévy: Fronteiras do Pensamento / Erick Salves, source, CC BY-SA 2.0. Full photograph, shown with a monochrome filter.

João Maurício Boaventura: Cecília Bastos / USP Imagem, 2022 · FEA-USP. Quirino Cordeiro: Marco A. Cardelino / Alesp · source, CC BY 4.0. Full photographs, shown with a monochrome filter.

Other portraits: Álvaro Machado Dias, MBWay, RMEIM, Hilda Morana, Stanford Medicine and GPMH.

Earlier editions. Miguel Nicolelis: Duke University. Cass Sunstein: Matthew W. Hutchins / Harvard Law Record, source, CC BY 3.0. David Laibson: Larry D. Moore, source, CC BY 4.0. Matthew Jackson: Stanford University. Alex Edmans: London Business School. Juliana Rodrigues, Manuel Krauss and Fabrício Moraes: personal archive / courtesy. Portraits shown with a monochrome filter.

Earlier editions

Who has already been at BELS.

Researchers and practitioners who took part in earlier editions of the meeting.

  • Miguel Nicolelis

    Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at Duke University and founder of the Instituto Santos Dumont, whose board he returned to chair in 2026.

    Duke University

    V BELS · 2025

    Miguel Nicolelis

    Neuroscience

    Duke University
  • Cass Sunstein

    Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University and founder of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School.

    Harvard Law School

    V BELS · 2025

    Cass Sunstein

    Behavioral economics

    Harvard University
  • David Laibson

    Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His research focuses on behavioral economics, especially intertemporal choice and household finance.

    Harvard

    VI BELS · 2026

    David Laibson

    Harvard University

    Harvard University
  • Matthew Jackson

    William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University. His research covers game theory, microeconomic theory, and social and economic networks.

    Stanford

    VI BELS · 2026

    Matthew Jackson

    Stanford University

    Stanford University
  • Alex Edmans

    Professor of Finance at London Business School, working on corporate finance, sustainable investing, and behavioural finance. He is the author of May Contain Lies.

    London Business School

    VI BELS · 2026

    Alex Edmans

    London Business School

    London Business School
  • Juliana Rodrigues

    Human Resources leader for Accenture in Brazil, with more than twenty years of experience in people management and organizational transformation in Latin America.

    VI BELS · 2026

    Juliana Rodrigues

    HR leader, Brazil · Accenture

    Accenture
  • Manuel Krauss

    Executive director of Research, Development and Innovation at Natura, leading the innovation agenda built on Amazonian bioingredients.

    LinkedIn

    VI BELS · 2026

    Manuel Krauss

    R&D and Innovation director · Natura

    Natura
  • Fabrício Moraes

    Medical manager at General Electric. At VI BELS, he joined Laura Castellano on the panel about mental health at work.

    VI BELS · 2026

    Fabrício Moraes

    Medical manager · General Electric

    General Electric

Since 2021 · FEA-USP

A history of
meetings.

BELS — Behavioral Lab Seminars — brings researchers and practitioners together to discuss how people think, decide and relate. Browse the record of previous editions.

BELS participants gathered in an auditorium
The people who make BELS happen
Five BELS participants in front of a presentation in the auditorium
Science and conversation, side by side
Participants posing together during a BELS meeting
Conversations that continue after the talks

Photographs from the archive published by the Behavioral Science Lab. Click to enlarge.

  1. 2021

    1st edition

    25–26 May

    The first edition, held online.

    View proceedings
  2. 2022

    2nd edition

    24–25 May

    An online meeting of research and practice.

    View proceedings
  3. 2023

    3rd edition

    30–31 May

    Research on behavior and decision-making.

    View proceedings
  4. 2024

    4th edition

    21–22 May

    A hybrid congress at FEA-USP.

    View proceedings
  5. 2025

    5th edition

    20–21 May

    An in-person meeting at FEA-USP, also online.

    View proceedings
  6. 2026

    6th edition

    26–28 May

    FEA-USP, with an online broadcast.

    View edition

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Previous interviews

Ahead of the congress, the Behavioral Lab at FEA USP hosts live conversations that bring behavioral economics closer to everyday decisions. The sessions have already covered the circular economy, artificial intelligence, information and decision-making, investment, overconfidence, organized crime, inequality and computational thinking.

Pedro Shiozawa

COMPORTAMENTO E INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL

Pedro Shiozawa, a psychiatrist and specialist in applied clinical research at Harvard Medical School, on how neuroscience and artificial intelligence can place mental health at the center of corporate culture and strategy.

Larisse Micuci e Wenner Lucena

Excesso de Confiança

Larisse Micuci and Wenner Lucena discuss how overconfidence affects personal and professional decisions.

See all interviews on YouTube

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