The Organization of the American States in collaboration
with the General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
organized a Forum on Sustainable Energy Development for Central and North
America.
The main objective of the Forum was increasing the sustainability of
the energy sector by strengthening the collaboration and cooperation
between the countries in the above mentioned regions. The dialogue focused
around the policies and mechanisms needed to catalyze the use and
development of sustainable energy in Central and North America including
such themes as renewable energy, market policies and sharing of experience
in the use and deployment of advanced technologies. The Forum Agenda
The Forum was followed by a private sector seminar on Energy in Central
America: Renewable Energy, Integration and Investments, organized by the
Institute of the Americas.
Forum on Sustainable Energy for
Central and North America
PANEL: INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Moderator: Mark
Lambrides, Chief, Energy and Climate Change Division, OAS
Panelista:
Waldo Moncada, Energy Specialist, Central American Bank for Economic
Integration (CABEI) l
Carlos Roberto Pérez, Economic Affairs Director, SICA l
Germán
Cruz, Senior Energy Specialist, Sustainable Energy and Climate
Change Initiative,
Inter-American Development Bank (SECCI-IADB) l
Jorge
Asturias, Regional Coordinator for Central America, Latin American
Energy Organization (OLADE)
l
ROUNDTABLE:
ESTABLISHING POLICIES TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MARKETS DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Otto
García, General Coordinator, Energy and Environment Partnership
with Central America
(EEP)
Participants:
Arturo Palacios, Energy Planning Director, Energy Secretariat (SENER),
Mexico
l
Soll
Sussman, Renewable Energy Specialist, Texas General Land Office,
USA
l
José
María Blanco, Regional Director, Biomass Users Network – Central
America
(BUN-CA), Costa Rica l
Debate on topics
presented
Invitees: Government officials representing the participant countries
ROUNDTABLE:
BIOENERGY PERSPECTIVE IN CENTRAL AND NORTH AMERICA
Moderator:
Rogelio Sotela, Representative, OAS in El Salvador
Participants:
Salvador Rivas, Advisor, Directorate of Electricity, Ministry of Economy,
El
Salvador l
George
P. Philippidis, Co-Director, Energy Business Forum, Florida
International University USA l
Kenrick
Leslie, Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
(CCCCC),
Belize l
Onil
Abreu Tabar, Executive Officer of Alternative Sources and Rational
Energy
Use, National Energy Commission, Dominican Republic l
Debate on topics
presented
Invitees:
Government officials representing the participant countries
ROUNDTABLE:
EXPERIENCES IN THE
DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGIES
Moderator:
Jeremy Martin, Director, Energy Program, Institute of the Americas, USA
Participants:
Philip Schubert, Energy Specialist, Canadian International Development
Agency
(CIDA), Canada l
Fernando Díaz, General Manager, Pedregal Power Company, Panama l
Magdalena Pérez, Controller, Department of Geothermal Energy, Ministry of
Energy and Mines, Nicaragua l
María
Elena Sierra, Executive Secretary, National Energy Savings
Commission (CONAE), Mexico l
Debate on topics
presented
Invitees: Government officials representing the participant countries
If you have any
concerns in relation to the Forum, please contact Mr. Francisco Burgos at
Tel. +1.202.458.6818 or
fburgos@oas.org.
December 12th, 2008
Central America energy: Renewables, integration and Investement
To access this
event’s presentations visit:
http://www.iamericas.org/presentations/energy/Salvador08/
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