ImmersionAracaju

March 20 and 21, 2027

Saturday and Sunday

International certificateBoston EDU

Michael McCarthy, smiling, in a blue shirt — Michael McCarthy
Harvard
MIT Sloan
Harvard Business Review

Learn from someone who teaches at Harvard.

Two intense days of learning and practice in Aracaju with Michael McCarthy and mentors with international experience. For young people 14 and up.

For: Young people 14 and up
Format: Online session and two days in person
Where: Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil

The six pillars

What you will learn

IMPACT brings together six pillars to help you widen your vision, build skills and turn what you learn into choices and actions. All of it through hands-on challenges, shared experiences and guidance from professionals and mentors.

Innovation
Innovation and a view of the future
Discover how new ideas and technologies are changing the way we study, work and live. Follow your curiosity, question ready-made answers and learn to look at problems from different angles. Innovation starts when you see a possibility and ask yourself: how can I do this better?
Mindset
An entrepreneurial mindset
Build an entrepreneurial eye to spot opportunities, understand needs and imagine solutions that create value. Learn to ask questions, take initiative and treat challenges as part of learning. In a world reshaped by artificial intelligence, this mindset helps you see new paths to create projects, products and businesses.
Power Skills
Essential human skills
Build the skills to learn, handle challenges and act with confidence in the age of artificial intelligence: analytical thinking; resilience, flexibility and agility; leadership and social influence; creative thinking; motivation and self-awareness; negotiation; empathy and active listening; curiosity and lifelong learning. Through hands-on activities and group challenges, you turn these skills into actions that matter at school, in your relationships and in building your future.
Action
Turning ideas into action
Walk the path from having an idea to building a project or business. Learn to define the problem you want to solve, identify who your solution is for and build a value proposition. As a team, plan the first steps, test possibilities and explore how an idea can become a product, a service or a company.
Communication
Communication, persuasion and negotiation
Your ideas deserve to be heard. Learn to organize arguments, speak in public with confidence and listen to understand. Practice presenting proposals, handling different opinions and negotiating solutions, building communication that brings people together and opens doors.
Transformation
Leadership that creates change
Leadership starts with how you act and what you do with what you learn. Reflect on your values, recognize the effect of your choices and discover how to contribute to the groups you belong to. Build leadership grounded in responsibility, collaboration and initiative to make a difference around you.

The program

The future needs people who create, lead and make things happen. You can be one of them.

An idea can become a project. A project can grow into a company. And discovering the strength of your own voice can change how you show up in the world.

Over 15 years of work with young people in the United States and other countries, the founders of IMPACT have helped develop more than 2,200 young leaders. A track record devoted to sparking talent, widening horizons and building the confidence to turn possibilities into reality.

MOVA and Boston EDU present IMPACT: two intense days of learning and practice with Michael McCarthy, who teaches at Harvard, and mentors with international experience.

Now this experience comes to Aracaju and invites you to take the next step.

Power Skills: competencies also developed in Harvard's professional development programs, and more important than ever in the age of artificial intelligence.

Analytical and creative thinking
Resilience, flexibility and agility
Leadership and social influence
Motivation and self-awareness
Communication
Negotiation
Empathy and active listening
Curiosity and lifelong learning

The program also covers entrepreneurship, an essential skill in this new era: spotting opportunities, structuring projects and business ideas, and exploring how to turn them into companies.

The world is being reinvented. Your ideas can be part of what comes next.

Who leads it

International experience to inspire a new generation

Educator, entrepreneur and mentor

Michael McCarthy

Harvard
MIT Sloan
Harvard Business Review

An educator, entrepreneur and mentor, Michael McCarthy has taught at Harvard for more than 12 years, through the Division of Continuing Education, to professionals and executives from many countries. His work brings together leadership, collaboration, entrepreneurship and human development.

He holds a degree in Finance and Management from New York University and a master's in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He developed the Leadership Sailing Program at MIT Sloan Executive Education, using sailing to train leadership, communication, teamwork and decision making.

An entrepreneur since age 16, he has led seven companies. He has published several articles in Harvard Business Review, including Chameleon Leadership and Why Empathy Matters for Leaders, and created the Happy at Work podcast, with about 150 conversations with CEOs and leaders from around the world.

He is the author of How to Sell: Even When You Don't Want To and Power Public Speaking: Harness Your Fear, books on sales technique and building the confidence to speak in public. He is also co-author of THE STUDENT OF THE FUTURE, with Gianlucca Lima and a special contribution from Bernardo Barbosa.

Mentors who will be by your side

MOVA co-founder

Gianlucca Lima

BS in Marketing and MBA in International Business from Lynn University, in Florida. Admitted to eight American universities, he built his education between Brazil and the United States, with recognition in debate and public speaking.

He works at Lynn University's Office of Admission and, in competitive debate, was the 5th best speaker at the Gold Coast Debate Tournament. In 2025, his team won the SDG Challenge Miami, a competition tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

He is co-author of THE STUDENT OF THE FUTURE, with Michael McCarthy and a special contribution from Bernardo Barbosa, and brings to IMPACT his experience in communication, leadership and collaboration.

MOVA co-founder

Bernardo Barbosa

A Business Administration graduate of FGV, with academic experience at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and time spent in the United States and Nigeria. He mentors young people and teaches artificial intelligence, a field he has focused on since 2022.

In September and October 2026 he represented MOVA at Moonshots LIVE in Los Angeles and at The AI Conference 2026 in San Francisco, two leading international events in artificial intelligence, innovation and technology.

He contributed to THE STUDENT OF THE FUTURE, by Gianlucca Lima and Michael McCarthy, with experiences and reflections on entrepreneurship, mentoring, artificial intelligence and career paths.

Gianlucca and Bernardo work alongside participants through the program's activities and challenges, helping each young person develop their ideas and put them into practice.

Your journey starts before you get to Aracaju.

Before
Preparation and connection
About 45 days before the immersion, an online session will cover the program guidelines, the prep materials and the cases you will work on. A first contact to spark questions and arrive ready to take part.
During
Two days to learn and put it into practice
On March 20 and 21, 2027, participants meet in Aracaju for a learning experience with Michael McCarthy, alongside mentors Gianlucca Lima and Bernardo Barbosa. Group activities, discussions and challenges will connect the IMPACT pillars to young people's real lives.
After
The learning continues in your choices
The experience will be a starting point for applying new skills at school, in personal projects and in the next steps of your path.

International certificate Boston EDU

Participants who complete the program receive an international certificate issued by Boston EDU: a record of this learning experience for their résumé and academic path.

The book

A conversation between generations. A look at the future.

THE STUDENT OF THE FUTURE (O Aluno do Futuro), by Gianlucca Lima and Michael McCarthy, with a special contribution from Bernardo Barbosa, brings together reflections on education, careers and the skills of a new generation. Launching worldwide in Portuguese, English and Spanish, the book widens a conversation that IMPACT puts into practice: how to build your path in a changing world.

Registration

Save your spot at MOVA IMPACT Aracaju

Registration takes a few minutes. Once you submit, the program team contacts you on WhatsApp with the next steps.

Immersion · Aracaju: March 20 and 21, 2027
For: Young people 14 and up
Format: Online session and two days in person
Where: Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Who can take part?

Young people 14 and up. Participants under 18 take part with a parent or guardian's authorization, confirmed at registration.

What does the program look like?

About 45 days before, an online session covers the guidelines, the prep materials and the cases. On March 20 and 21, 2027, Saturday and Sunday, participants meet in Aracaju for two days of learning and practice with Michael McCarthy, Gianlucca Lima and Bernardo Barbosa.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the program receive an international certificate issued by Boston EDU.

What happens after I sign up?

You get a registration number right away. Then the MOVA IMPACT team contacts you on the WhatsApp or email you provided with the next steps.

Who organizes it?

MOVA IMPACT is presented by MOVA NETWORK and Boston EDU. In Aracaju, LR Educação Empresarial is the program's official representative.