<p> 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</p><p>INTERAMERICAN MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND EXPERTS ON ENERGY FOR SUSTIANABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAS</p><p>Suggestions for Moderators and Presenters (As of December 17, 2008)</p><p>INAUGURAL SESSION</p><p>Welcoming remarks:</p><p> José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)</p><p> 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</p><p>FIRST PLANARY SESSION</p><p>General Overview on the Status of the Energy Sector in the Americas</p><p> 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. </p><p> Hemispheric and Regional Overview: </p><p>. Department of Sustainable Development of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS </p><p>SECOND PLENARY SESSION</p><p>A. Expansion and diversification of the energy matrix to ensure access to energy and its availability </p><p>Suggestions for moderador (1):</p><p> Juan Pablo Bonilla, Director, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, IDB </p><p>Suggestions for Panelists (3): - 2 -</p><p> 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)</p><p>B. Efficiency of energy production and consumption </p><p>Suggestions for Moderator (1):</p><p> Nigel Hosein, President, Caribbean Association of Electric Utilities (CARILEC)</p><p>Suggestions for Panelists (3):</p><p> Juan Mata, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Energy Savings (CONAE), México  Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), USA</p><p>C. Good energy management </p><p>Suggestions for Moderator (1):</p><p> Name to be determined, Natural Resources Canada </p><p>Suggestions for Panelists (3):</p><p> Laura Porto, Director, Renewable Energy Director, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Brazil  Nicola Borregaard, National Director, National Energy Efficiency Program, Chile</p><p>D. Energy Cooperation and Integration in the Hemisphere </p><p>Suggestions for Moderator (1): - 3 -</p><p> Name to be determined, Executive Secretary, Latin American Energy Organization, (OLADE)</p><p>Suggestions for Panelists (3):</p><p> 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) </p><p>CLOSING SESSION </p><p>Closing remarks by Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS</p><p>032e13c9eed878c8a75746b96cc7124b.doc</p>