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“Energy for Development in the Americas:
The Role of Public - Private Partnerships”
May 31st - June 2nd 2007
Panama City, Panama
Hotel Marriott
FIRST DAY- MAY 31ST
8:00AM ACCREDITATION – HOTEL MARRIOTT
9:00AM OPENING
Enrique Arturo de Obarrio, Chair, Organizing Committee, IV OAS Private Sector Forum and Vice President , Private Sector of the Americas
Stanley Motta, President, Copa Airlines, Panama
H.E. Alejandro Ferrer, Minister of Trade and Industry, Panama
10:00AM Toward a New Energy Order in the Americas
Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
10:15-10:30AM COFFEE
10:30-11:30AM Panel 1:
Diversification and Conservation of Energy Sources- Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Bioenergy Promotion
Moderator:
Mark Lambrides, Department of Sustainable Development, OAS
- Diversificación y Conservación de Fuentes Energéticas
Juan Pablo Bonilla, Coordinator of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Iniciativa de Energía Sostenible y Cambio Climático(SECCI)
Fernando Sánchez Albavera, Director, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Department, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Eficiencia Energética, Energías Renovables y Bioenergía en America Latina
Bruce McCallum, President, Canadian Bioenergy Association, Canada
- Energy for Development in the Americas
Jaime Arimany, CEO, Hidroeléctrica Papeles Elaborados, Guatemala
- Papeles Elaborados, S.A.
Central Hidroeléctrica “POZA VERDE”
Questions and Answers
11:30AM -12:30PM Panel 2:
Energy Integration and Cooperation
Moderator:
Carlos Jorquiera, President, Santiago Chamber of Commerce, Chile
José Enrique Martínez Arbelo, General Manager, Central American Regional Electricity Transmission System (SIEPAC)
- SIEPAC el vehículo diseñado para avanzar hacia la … Cooperación e Integración Energética
- Vídeo (parte de la presentación)
Luis Fernando Alarcón Mantilla, General Manager, Interconexión Eléctrica S.A, (ISA), Colombia
- Integración y Cooperación Energética
Isaac A. Castillo, General Manager, Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (ETESA), Panama
- Interconexión Panamá - Colombia - El enlace entre los Mercados de la Región Andina y América Central
Roberto Duque, International Coordinator, Federal Electricity Commission, Mexico
- Integración y Cooperación Energética: Interconexión Eléctrica México – Guatemala - Centroamérica
Questions and Answers
12:45-2:00PM LUNCH
Introduction: Antonio Fletcher, President, Panamanian Association of Executives (APEDE), Panama
Speaker: Ricardo de Gusmão Dornelles, Director, Department of Renewable Fuels, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil
- The Brazilian Experience with Biofuels
Introduction: Alberto Vallarino,
Speaker: Enrique Iglesias, General Secretary, Ibero-American Secretariat
2:00-5:00PM SIMULTANEOUS WORKING SESSIONS
Working Group 1:
Energy Cooperation and Integration
Chair: Nigel Hosein, Executive Director, CARILEC
Working Group 2:
The Future of Sustainable Electricity
Chair: Eduardo Vallarino, Vice President, FERCCA
Discussants:
Gilles Favreau, International Hydropower Association, Canada
- The Future of Sustainable Electricity
Gonzalo Rico Calderón, E+Co, South America
- Empresas Energéticas Sostenibles para la Base de la Pirámide Social
Rony Carrillo, Director of Engineering, ALCATEX, Honduras
Working Group 3: Biofuels as an Alternative for the Transportation Sector
Chair: Bruce McCallum, President, Canadian Bioenergy Association, Canada
- Energy for Development in the Americas
Discussants:
F. Armando Arias, President, Association of Sugar Growers, El Salvador
- Caña de azúcar: Energía para el desarrollo de El Salvador
6:30-9:00PM COCKTAIL
SPONSORED BY -YABT -HOTEL EL PANAMA -SALON BELLAVISTA
SECOND DAY- JUNE 1ST
8:45 – 9:30AM OPENING:
Ernesto Gutiérrez, President, Private Sector of the Americas
José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States, OAS
H.E. Martín Torrijos, President of the Republic of Panama
9:30 – 10:45AM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Intoduction: Nicolás Ardito Barletta, Director General, National Center for Competitiveness, Panama
José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President and CEO, Petrobras, Brazil
- Clean Energy: Meeting the Energy Challenges of the 21st Century
Andrew Vesey, Vice President and Group Manager, AES Corporation, United Strates
- Energy and Competitiveness in the Americas
10:45 – 11:00AM COFFEE
11:00 – 12:45AM “ENERGY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE AMERICAS”
ADDRESSES BY HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVES FROM LEADING FUEL AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
Moderator: Susan Segal, President and CEO, Council of the Americas, Estados Unidos
Robert Riley, Chairman and CEO, BP-Trinidad and Tobago
- Speech
- Energy and Competitiveness in the Americas
Rafael Jaen Williamson, Regional Manager, Policy, Public and Governmental Affairs, Chevron Latin America
- Global realities: diagnosis of current global energy situation
Luis Manuel Kolster, Director of Public Policy, General Motors Latin America, Africa and Middle East
- Energy and Environment
Questions and Answers
12:45 – 2:45PM LUNCH
SPECIAL SPEAKERS:
Introduction: Eugenio Marulanda, President, Confecamaras, Colombia
Roberto Rodrigues, Co-Chair, Inter-American Ethanol Commission, Brazil
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank, IADB
3:00 – 4:00PM ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT OUTLOOK IN LATIN AMERICA
Moderator:
Alfonso Quiñónez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, OAS
José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
- El Desarrollo Energético y el Panorama de la Inversión en América Latina y el Caribe
Enrique García, President, Andean Development Corporation
Jorge Barrigh, Manager, Latin American and the Caribbean, Natsource LLC
- Desarrollo Energético y Panorama de la Inversión en América Latina
Questions and Answers
4:00 – 4:45PM PATHWAY TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE AMERICAS
Moderator:
Joyce de Ginatta, President, Inter American Federation of Business Entrepreneurs (FIE), Ecuador
Edgardo Volosin, Director, Corporate Affairs, EDENOR, Argentina
- Energía y Competitividad en las Américas
Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy, United States
- Pathway to Energy Efficiency in the Americas
Paulina Fabara, Department of Foreign Affairs, National Commission to Save Energy (CONAE), Mexico
- ¿Por qué invertir en eficiencia energética es rentable?
Questions and Answers
Recognition of 2007 TIC America Winners by Young Americas Business Trust
4:45-5:30PM CLOSING
H.E. Samuel Lewis Navarro, First Vice President of the Republic of Panama and Minister of Foreign Affairs
6:30 – 8:30PM COCKTAIL (Marriott Hotel)
THIRD DAY- JUNE 2ND
8:00PM BREAKFAST (ON YOUR OWN)
10:00AM - 1:00PM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN PANAMA
H.E. Carmen Gisela Vergara, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade
Tourism Sector, Jaime Campuzano, President, Chamber of Tourism of Panama
Telecommunications Sector, José Quintero, Executive Director of Technology, Cable & Wireless
11:00 - 11:15AM COFFEE
Nacional Maritime Strategy and Port Development, Carlos Ernesto González de la Lastra, Secretary General of the Maritime Authority of Panama
Banking and Financial Sector, Gustavo A. Villa, Regulator (Superintendente) of Banking, a.i.
Fiscal Incentives in Panama, Luís Laguerre, Partner, Taxes, KPMG
Infrastructure, H.E. Benjamín Colamarco, Minister of Public Works
Panama Canal (Expansion Project), Ing. Jorge de la Guardia, Manager, Locks Management Program Division, Department of Engineering and Management of Programs, Panama Canal Authority
7:00 - 10:30PM DINNER HOSTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, AND BY MR. ERNESTO GUTIÉRREZ CONTE, PRESIDENT OF PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE AMERICAS, IN HONOR OF HIS EXCELLENCY ÁLVARO URIBE VÉLEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA.
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