Conference – “Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in the Regional Economies and Petroleum Industry”

Moderator: Rodrigo Azócar, General Manager - Empresa Nacional de Petróleo de Chile (ENAP)

• Bill Kimble, Partner in Charge of Energy and Renewable Energy for the Americas – KPMG, USA

Conference - “Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in Local Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Moderator: Oscar Villadiego, Vice-president of Services and Technology (ECOPETROL) 

• Alejandro M. Fros, Regional Energy Specialist - Inter American Development Bank (IADB)

Panel: “Human Assets in Industry”

Moderator: Luis Jaramillo Arias, Executive President - Petróleos del Ecuador (PETROECUADOR)

• Joao Félix, Marketing Vice-president for Latin America (Schlumberger)

• Aldo Siri, Executive Director (Innovation and Knowledge Centre - ENAP)

• Izeusse Días Braga, International Communications Manager (PETROBRAS)

Conference - “Advances and Challenges of Industry Environmental Management”

Moderator: José León Desanti, President of Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE)

• Ricardo Santos Azevedo, Executive Manager - Safety, Environment and Health (PETROBRAS)

Lunch - Luncheon video speech: Enrique Iglesias, Secretary General of the Ibero American General Secretariat

Panel: “Climate Change and Energy Efficiency”

Moderator: Guillermo Camacho Uriarte, Corporate Deputy Director of Operational Discipline, Safety, Health and Environmental Protection (PEMEX)

• Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)

• Braulio Pikman, Associate Partner - Air, Energy and Climate Change (ERM)

• Gema García González, Environment Agent, Safety and Environment Operative (Repsol YPF Group)

Round Table 5: “Renewable Energies”

Transition from oil companies to energy companies. Experiences.

Moderator: Rosita Ramautar, Renewable Energy Sources Manager (Staatsolie)

• Manlio Coviello, UN Officer of Economic Affairs, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division (ECLAC)

• Daniel Tasende, Planning and Investments Deputy Manager (National Administration of Power Plants and Electric Transmissions-UTE)

• Gary Jackson, General Manager (Wigton Wind Farm Ltd.)

Round Table 6: “Technology and Sustainability”

Patterns and future trends of R&D. Investment return in R&D. Transference and implementation of new technologies. Technology and company growth.

Moderator: Alvaro Teixeira, Executive Secretary (IBP)

• Néstor Saavedra, Director, Colombian Petroleum Institute (ICP)

• Tomás Melli, Technical Manager (ExxonMobil)

• Jose Roberto Fagundes Netto, Technology General Manager (CENPES – PETROBRAS)

• Donald Robinson, Vice President (ICF International)

Round Table 7: “Financing Oil and Gas Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Present opportunities and trends in projects’ financing.

Moderator: Benito Piñeiro, Advisor to the Board of Directors (ANCAP)

• Paul Ragusa, Specialist, Oil and Gas Americas, South America Program – (Canadian International Development Agency -CIDA)

• Kurt Vogt, Managing Director (Citi Latin America)

• Mauricio Garron, Energy Specialist (Andean Development Corporation - CAF)

Round Table 8: “Oil industry and indigenous peoples’ rights”

Best practices and key issues on the enforcement of indigenous peoples’ rights.

Moderator: Clara Indacochea, Social Responsibility Coordinator (PETROPERU)

• Remigio Rivera Molina, Head of NGOs and Communities Ecuador (RepsolYPF)

• Luis Tegría, President of the U’wa Association of Traditional Authorities and Town Councils

• Sandra Martínez, Manager Environmental Issues and Communities (Pluspetrol)

• Janio Sangama Apagüeño, Regional Coordinator of CONAP

Key Messages and Closing Ceremony

• Milton Costa Filho, Chairman of the ARPEL Board of Directors

• Luis Rebolledo Soberón, Vice-Chairman of the ARPEL Board of Directors

• Raúl Sendic, President of ANCAP

• José Félix García García, ARPEL Executive Secretary