Popularization Programs
Created to serve the thousands of persons interested in learning about the stock and derivatives markets, the BM&FBOVESPA popularization programs are initiatives that encompass monitored visits to the company facilities, lectures, free courses, student championship, partnership with educational institutions, simulators, television programs, communication on the Internet and press, institutional publications, promotional material and a visitors’ center, among others.
Aiming at communicating the culture of its markets, BM&FBOVESPA also promotes the International Financial and Capital Markets Conference. This event, held in the city of Campos do Jordão (SP) every two years, is recognized as the most important event of its kind in Latin America. In its 2009 edition, it gathered over 800 professionals with some of the most respected specialists and prominent academics in the area of finance.