Permanent Council and Cepcidi on the Gtc/Edes-8/07

JOINT WORKING GROUP OF THE OEA/Ser.G PERMANENT COUNCIL AND CEPCIDI ON THE GTC/EDES-8/07 FOLLOW-UP OF THE DECLARATION OF PANAMA: 18 December 2007 ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Original: English

INTERAMERICAN MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND EXPERTS ON ENERGY FOR SUSTIANABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAS

Suggestions for Moderators and Presenters (As of December 17, 2008)

INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcoming remarks:

 José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)

 Ambassador Aristides Royo, Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Follow-up of the Declaration of Panama: Energy for Sustainable Development

FIRST PLANARY SESSION

General Overview on the Status of the Energy Sector in the Americas

a. Status of the energy sector in the Hemisphere  Consideration of background documents presenting an overview of the energy situation in the several sub-regions of the Americas.

 Hemispheric and Regional Overview:

. Department of Sustainable Development of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS

SECOND PLENARY SESSION

A. Expansion and diversification of the energy matrix to ensure access to energy and its availability

Suggestions for moderador (1):

 Juan Pablo Bonilla, Director, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, IDB

Suggestions for Panelists (3): - 2 -

 Iván Azurdia, Fundacion Solar, Guatemala  Juan Legisa, Academia Director, Center for Studies for Energy Regulatory Authorities (CEARE), Argentina  Alba Gamarra, Center for Information on Renewable Energies (CINER), Bolivia  Name to be determined, National Energy Commission (CNE), Nicaragua  Albert Binger, Consultant/University of the West Indies, Jamaica  Name to be determined, Petrobras, Brazil  Name to be determined, Iberdrola (Wave energy, as per suggestion of the delegation of Colombia)

B. Efficiency of energy production and consumption

Suggestions for Moderator (1):

 Nigel Hosein, President, Caribbean Association of Electric Utilities (CARILEC)

Suggestions for Panelists (3):

 Juan Mata, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Energy Savings (CONAE), México  Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), USA

C. Good energy management

Suggestions for Moderator (1):

 Name to be determined, Natural Resources Canada

 Laura Porto, Director, Renewable Energy Director, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Brazil  Nicola Borregaard, National Director, National Energy Efficiency Program, Chile

D. Energy Cooperation and Integration in the Hemisphere

Suggestions for Moderator (1): - 3 -

 Name to be determined, Executive Secretary, Latin American Energy Organization, (OLADE)

 Name to be determined, Central American Electricity Interconnection System (SIEPAC)  Name to be determined, CARICOM  Name to be determined, PDVSA, Venezuela  Aníbal Enrique Quiñónez Abarca, Secretary General, General Secretariat for the Central American Integration System (SICA)

CLOSING SESSION

Closing remarks by Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS

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