Wednesday, 9th july 2008
Andean & Central America Energy Congress
 08:00 Registration
08:50 ACA Opening Address
Keynote Opening
09:00 Geopolitical perspectives and the present situation in the energy sector of Central America and the Andean
* Investments and policies to develop the energy sector
* Gas supply and proposals aimed at guaranteeing energy supply in coming years
* Available sources of generation and projects for improving Colombia's energy matrix
* Relationships between Andean and Central American countries and long-term integration plans
Colombia:
Luis Eduardo Villamizar
Electricity Director
MINES & ENERGY MINISTRY - COLOMBIA
Ecuador:
Carlos Arturo Flórez Piedrahita
Executive Secretary
OLADE - ORGANIZACIÓN LATINOAMERICANA DE ENERGÍA
Bolivia:
Alejandro Franz Mercado Salazar
Director of IISEC
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA BOLIVIANA
10:30 Coffee break and networking
Integration
11:00 Integration for Progress in the Central American and Andean Energy Sector
Session 1 Political relationships and benefits from public and private points of view
• Proposals for structural and market integration
• Government strategies and how governments evaluate integration possibilities
• The Colombian sector and its regional importance
Honduras:
Juan Carlos Posadas
Excecutive Secretary
CEAC - CONSEJO DE ELECTRIFICACIÓN DE AMERICA CENTRAL
Peru:
César Ortiz Sotelo
Senior Vice President Business Development
SUEZ ENERGY INTERNATIONAL
Bolivia:
Santos Ramirez
President
YPFB
Session 2 - Regulation and Economic Advantages
• Analysis of investments and projects in Central American and Andean countries for power generation and interconnection
• Efficient economic and operating profits by means of international energy projects
Dennis Jiménez
Operations & Planning Manager
EOR – ENTE OPERADOR REGIONAL DE CENTROAMERICA
13:30 Lunch
Parallel discussion sessions
1. Electric Power
14:30 Interconnection
Market impact of the Colombia-Panama interconnection
Panama:
Isaac Castillo
CEO
ETESA – EMPRESA DE TRANSMISIÓN ELÉCTRICA
Colombia:
Sonia Margarita Abuchar
General Secretary
XM – LOS EXPERTOS EN MERCADO
Colombia:
Juan Carlos Morales Ruíz
Commercial Transactions specialist
XM – LOS EXPERTOS EN MERCADO
15:30 Quality and quantity of energy
Responding to the growing demand for energy
Gonzalo Granda
Business Development Manager
WÄRTSILA
Mónica Paola Flórez
Expert in Energy Markets
EPM
16:30 Coffee break and networking
17:00 Power losses and energy efficiency measures
Reducing energy losses in transmission and distribution, replacing equipment and improving maintenance practices for cost reduction
Spain:
D. Luis Maté
Regional Director for Guatemala - Bolivia
IBERDOLA
President
ELECTROPAL Y ELFEO
2. Oil & Gas
14:30 Management and Operations
Production Bottlenecks: Equipment and Human Resources
Colombia:
Alejandro Martinez Villegas (speaker to be confirmed)
President
ACP - ASOCIACIÓN COLOMBIANA DE PETRÓLEO
15:30 Oil Exploration
Outlook for offshore production, equipment and development solutions in oil exploration technology
Colombia:
Marco Antonio Santiago Toledo
CEO
PETROBRAS COLOMBIA
16:30 Coffee break and networking
17:00 - LNG
Outlook for LNG in the region, regulation and fuel supply contracts
México:
Vahid Sadeghpour
Commercial Vice President
CUTUCO ENERGY CENTRAL AMERICA
18:00 End of Day One |
