Events


SCHEDULE
Bi-regional Forum North America &
Latin America and the Caribbean

ORGANIZED BY: Worl Energy Council and AMEDES.
Hotel Nikko, México,DF. June 4 - 7, 2006

Sunday, June 4th
14:00 – 19:00 hrs. Registration
19:00 – 20:00 hrs. Reception Cocktail

Monday, June 5th
8:00 – 9:00 hrs. Registration
9:00 – 10.00 hrs. Inauguration Ceremony
Constelaciones A Room
  Carlos Morales
President, AMEDES- World Energy Council Mexico

Francisco Barnés
Vice-chairman for North America, World Energy Council

Norberto de Franco Medeiros
Vice-chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Energy Council

André Caillé
Chairman, World Energy Council

Fernando Canales Clarión
Energy Minister, Mexico
 

10:00 – 12:00 hrs. Session I. Energy Trade and Integration
Constelaciones A Room
Chairman: Ron Wood, Programme Committee Chairman, World Energy Council

     
  20 min Energy supply and demand-The North American scene
Alejandro Dieck

Undersecretary for Energy Planning and Technology Development, Mexico
     
  20 min North American energy trade status
Andrew Stephens,
Vice President Human Resources, Petro-Canada
     
  20 min Security and Energy Partnership in North America – advances of the Energy Working Group
Salvador Beltrán
Assistant Undersecretary for International Relations, Mexico
     
  40 min Q&A period
     
12:00 – 12:30 hrs. Coffee break.
12:30 – 14:30 hrs. Session II. Energy Trade and Integration
Constelaciones A Room
Chairman: Norberto de Franco Medeiros, Vice-chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Energy Council
     
  20 min South American natural gas pipe ring
Juan Miguel Cayo
Undersecretary for Energy and Mines, Peru
     
  20 min Mexico-Central America energy integration
Héctor Moreira
Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons, Mexico
     
  20 min Brazil - Vision 2030 and its future role in the integration of a regional energy market
Norberto de Franco Medeiros
Vice-chairman for LAC, World Energy Council
     
  20 min New role of OLADE
Álvaro Ríos
Executive Secretary, OLADE
     
  40 min Q&A period
     
14:30 – 16:00 hrs. Lunch
Granada Room
     
16:00 – 19:30 hrs. 16:00 – 19:30 hrs Session III. Major Energy Investment Projects
Constelaciones A Room
Chairman: Carlos Morales, President, AMEDES - World Energy Council Mexico
     
  20 min

Argentina
Ricardo Falabella
President, World Energy Council Argentina

     
  20 min Brasil
Petrobras
     
  20 min Canada
John Richie
Vice President for Hydrocarbon and Water Resources,
Hatch Acres, Canada
     
  15 min Mexico (Oil and Gas)
Federico Martínez Salas
Vice-president for Engineering and Project Development, PEMEX
     
  15 min Mexico (Electricity)
Alfredo Elías Ayub
President, CFE
     
  20 min Perú
Guillermo Castillo Justo
Vice-president, World Energy Council Peru
     
  20 min Trinidad & Tobago
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago
     
  20 min U.S.A.
     
  20 min Venezuela
     
  40 min Q&A period
     
     
Tuesday, June 6th
9:00 – 11:30 hrs. Session IV. Energy Diversification
Constelaciones A Room
Murray Stewart, President, Energy Council of Canada
     
  20 min Clean fossil fuels developments
     
  20 min Future of large hydroelectric projects - Canadian experience
Myriam Truchon
Director Environment & Sustainability, Hydroquebec and Vice-President of the International Hydropower Association
     
  20 min Future of large hydroelectric projects - Brazilian experience
Electrobras
     
  20 min New renewable energy outlook.
Pablo Mulás
Director Ejecutivo, AMEDES- World Energy Council Mexico
     
  20 min The nuclear option
Romney Duffey
Principal Scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.
     
  20 min Biofuels, sustainable option for transport- Brazilian experience
Programa do Álcool, Brasil
     
  30 min Q&A period
     
11:30 – 12:00 hrs. Coffee break
     
12:00 – 14:00 hrs. Session V. Energy Efficiency
Constelaciones A Room
Chairman: Carlos Dominguez. President, National Commission for Energy Efficiency, Mexico
     
  20 min Energy efficiency in Mexico
Diego Arjona
Technical Vice-president, National Commission for Energy Efficiency, Mexico
     
  20 min Energy efficiency in the USA
     
  20 min Energy efficiency in Canada
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
Assistant Deputy Minister; Energy Technology and Programs Sector; Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada
     
  20 min Energy efficiency in Ecuador
Carlos Dávila
Energy Efficiency Coordinator, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Ecuador
     
  20 min Energy efficiency in Argentina
Alicia Baragatti

Assistant Undersecretary for Promotion, Ministry of Energy, Argentina
     
  20 min Q&A period
     

14:00 – 15:30 hrs. Lunch
Granada Room
     
15:30 – 16:00 hrs. The 2008 Rome World Energy Congress
Constelaciones A Room
     
16:00 – 17:25 hrs. Session VI. Energy and Climate Change
Constelaciones A Room
Chairman: Francisco Barnes, Vice-chairman for North America, World Energy Council
     
  20 min Last results from IPCCC report
Adrián Fernández
President, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico
     
  20 min Main results of COP/MOP Montreal
Transalta
     
  20 min What next after Kyoto
Elliot Diringer
Pew Center for Climate Change
     
  25 min Q&A period
     
17:25 - 17:30 hrs. Closure
     
17:30 – 18:00 hrs. Coffee Break.
     
18:00 – 20:00 hrs. Special Session: World Energy Council Scenarios Study
North America Group
Pegaso Room
Chairman: Oskar Sigvaldson


Latin America and Caribbean Group
Icaro Room
Chairman: Rogerio Manso
     

Wednesday, June 7th

9:00 – 13:00 hrs. Special Session: World Energy Council Scenarios Study

North America Group
Pegaso Room
Chairman: Oskar Sigvaldson


Latin America and Caribbean Group
Icaro Room
Chairman: Rogerio Manso

13:00 – 19:00 hrs. Special Session(closed):
World Energy Council Scenarios Study

Icaro Room
Chairman: Brian Statham