DRAFT PROCEEDINGS

 

REIA2000 Conference

Renewable Energy in the Americas

 

Organization of American States

Hall of the Americas

17^th and Constitution, NW

Washington, DC, USA

December 4, 2000

 

 

 REIA2000 Objectives

 

1)      Offer leading energy decision-makers the opportunity to share best practices and learn from the experience of others regarding the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

 

2)      Participants will form a growing network of energy sector representatives linked by the REIA Initiative. The REIA Initiative seeks to facilitate the expanded use of sustainable energy technologies throughout the hemisphere.

 

Agenda

 

9:00 A.M.

·         Official Greetings

·         Organization of American States – Ambassador Luigi Einaudi, Assistant Secretary General

·         U.S. Agency for International Development – Gordon Weynand, Deputy Director, Office of Energy, Environment, and Technology 

·         World Bank – Sue Goldmark, Sector Manager, Private Provision of Infrastructure/Energy, Finance, Private Sector and Infrastructure Department, Latin America and Caribbean Region 

·         Shell International – Kurt Hoffman, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation

 

9:45 A.M.

·         Keynote Address:  Establishing Policies for a Clean Energy Future  

Honorable Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Mining and Energy, Jamaica

 

10:10 A.M.

·         Conference Overview/Objectives:  OAS/REIA Technical Secretariat

 

10:20 A.M.

·         Panel Discussion: Sustainable Energy:  Cost-Effective Climate Change Opportunities

·         Moderator:  Jan C. Vermeiren, Principal Specialist and Chief, Geographic Area I, Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment, Organization of American States

·         Christopher Corbin (Senior Sustainable Development and Environment Officer, Ministry of Planning, St. Lucia)

·         Arturo Rivera (President, Batir, S.A., Guatemala)

·         Raymond Wright (Managing Director, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica) (Paper)

·         Michael Marvin (President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, USA)

·         Eduardo Dopazo (Executive Director, Oficina Guatemalteca de Implementación Conjunta, Guatemala)

·       Lucien Y. Bronicki, (Chairman, The Ormat Group)

 

 

11:45 A.M.

·         Panel Discussion:  Rural Electrification; Reaching The Dispersed, Low-Density Population

·         Moderator:  Oscar Coto (Senior Advisor, Fundación Solar, Guatemala)

·         Alejandro Bottini (Coordinador General del Programa PERMER, Secretaría de Energía, Argentina)

·         Richard Hansen (President, GTC, USA)

·         Laura Cristina da Fonseca Porto (Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines,  Brazil)

·        Solange Duhart (Rural Electrification Coordinator, Comisión Nacional de Energía, Chile)

 

 

1:15 P.M.  

Lunch – Aztec Patio

 

2:15 P.M.

Presentation:  Role of Renewable Energy in World Bank Operations in Latin America: Recent Examples, Ernesto Terrado, The World Bank, Energy Sector, Latin America and the Caribbean

 

2:45 P.M.

·         Roundtable Discussion:  An Appropriate Role For REIA In Supporting A Clean Energy Future Throughout The Region

·         Moderator and a discussion panel consisting of Ministers and key delegates

·         Moderator:  Judy Siegel, Director Renewable Energy Group, Winrock International

·         Senior government participants, listed below: