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Inter-American Meeting of National Authorities and Experts on Energy for Sustainable Development in the Americas
Date: March 3, 2008 - 8:00 AM
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building Washington, DC

Welcome remarks by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza. (2'01'' )
Welcome remarks by the Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Follow-up of the Declaration of Panama: Energy for Development, Ambassador Aristides Royo, Permanent Representative of Panama (10'07'' )
Presentation "Hemispheric and Regional Overview" by Mark Lambrides, Energy Division Chief, Department of Sustainable Development of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS (22'10'' )
Expansion and diversification of the energy matrix to ensure access to energy and its availability. Panelist: Iván Azurdia, Solar Foundation, Guatemala. Moderator: Juan Pablo Bonilla, Director, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, (SECCI) IDB.  (18'12'' )
Expansion and diversification of the energy matrix to ensure access to energy and its availability. Panelist: Albert Binger, Consultant/University of the West Indies, Jamaica (14'48'' )
Expansion and diversification of the energy matrix to ensure access to energy and its availability. Panelist: José Roberto Moreira, Professor, Universidade de São Paolo, Brazil (16'31'' )
Remarks by Delegations (1:04'07'' )
Efficiency of energy production and consumption. Panelist: Juan Mata, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Energy Savings (CONAE), México. Moderator: Nigel Hosein, President, Caribbean Association of Electric Utilities (CARILEC), Saint Lucia (18'04'' )
Presentation by Brian Castelli, Executive Vice President, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), USA (17'32'' )
Presentation by Marianne Osterkorn, International Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), Austria (8'41'' )