Detailed Agenda

III LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN  BIOFUELS SEMINAR
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
May 27-28, 2008

Tuesday, May 27

Session 1: Public policies for the promotion of the production, use and distribution of Biofuels.

Moderator: OLADE

• Contribution of public policies for the development of biofuels: Brazil’s experience. (Download)

   Ricardo de Gusmão Dornelles
   Ministry of Energy and Mines of Brazil

• The Role of Latin America and the Caribbean in the biofuels market (Download)

Arturo Infante
Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia

Session 2:  Food security and energy production

Moderator:  Dominican Republic Secretariat of State for Agriculture

Panel: “Conditions under which agro-fuels do not represent a threat to food supply in Latin American and Caribbean countries”
 

• Panelist: Janio Luiz da Rosa (Download)

Agrarian Development Ministry of Brazil – MDA

• Panelist: Roberto Rondón (Download)

    IICA

• Panelist: Guilherme Schuetz (Download)

FAO

Session 3: Zoning – use of unexploited or degraded lands

Moderator: FAO

• Instruments that define adequate lands for energy production (Download)

Horacio Merlet
Ministry of Agriculture - Chile

• Experiences on zoning for the production of biofuels (Download)

Cid Caldas
    Ministry for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil - MAPA

Session 4: Sustainability of agricultural crops for energy production

Moderator: IICA

• African palm and its sustainability in the production of energy (Download)

Manuel Rodríguez Becerra
   Universidad de los Andes - Colombia

• Production models of Jatropha Curcas in Central America (Download)

Otto García
Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America – EEP

Wednesday,  May 28:

Session 5: Specific experiences in the production of ethanol
 
 Moderator:  Energy National Commission of Dominican Republic

• Impact of the North American market on the production of ethanol in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. (Download)

Osvaldo Bakovich
    Energy Secretariat - Argentina
   

Commentators:

• Ricardo de Gusmão Dornelles

      Ministry of Energy and Mines of Brazil

• Arturo Infante

      Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia

• Paulo de Tarso

PETROBRAS

• Diego Arjona

Energy Secretariat of Mexico

Session 6: Specific experiences in the production of biodiesel

Moderator: OLADE

• The economic competition of biodiesel in front of vegetal oil prices in the international market. (Download)

Osvaldo Bakovich
    Energy Secretariat - Argentina

• The mechanisms to ensure economic sustainability of biodiesel incentive programs. (Download)

Ricardo de Gusmão Dornelles
    Ministry of Energy and Mines of Brazil

Session 7: Regulations and standards for the production and usage of biofuels

Moderator:  Ministry of Energy and Mines of Brazil

• The standards and criteria for trading biofuels in the world market. (Download)

    Ellyn Beary
     National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – USA
 

• The characteristics of biofuels as upgraders of fossil fuels. (Download)

Willian Ulate
    RECOPE – Costa Rica

Session 8: Perspectives of the World Market for Biofuels

Moderator: CNE

• The projection of the biofuels market over the next 10 years, taking into account new technologies and raw materials. (Download)

Nancy  Checklick
    Hart Energy Consulting - USA

Session 9: The Near Future: New Technologies and Raw Materials for the Production of Ethanol and Biodiesel

Moderator: IICA

• Progress of new ongoing technologies (Download)

Mike McAdams
    Advanced Biofuels Coalition / Hart Energy Consulting - USA

• Seaweed for biofuels production (Download)

Maritza Guerrero
    Costa Rica Institute of Technology & IICA

Session 10: Investment Options for Projects

Moderator: FAO

• Available cooperation models in multilateral cooperation and financing bodies (Download)

Alberto Levi
    Inter-American Development Bank

• Cooperation mechanisms among the countries of the Region. (Download)

Byron Chiliquinga
OLADE