DRAFT PROCEEDINGS
REIA2000 Conference Renewable Energy in the Americas
Organization of American StatesHall of the Americas 17th 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 · 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 · 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:
4:30 P.M.
5:00 P.M. · REIA2000/Village Power Reception – Aztec Patio
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