Biofuels Markets Americas is the ‘must attend’ event in the Latin American biofuels calendar. This year’s conference will build on the success of the 2006 conference and focus on the challenges and opportunities for the biofuels industry throughout the region. Last year’s event brought together over 120 experts from 17 countries and this year we anticipate even more.

Biofuels Markets Americas is part of the Biofuels Markets Global Series of events which attracted over 1000 industry executives from 64 countries in 2006.

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08.30

Registration & Refreshments

09.10

Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Marcelo Acuna Coelho, Sugar & Ethanol Consultant

09.20

Brazil as a Market Leader

• Evolution of sugar and alcohol production in Brazil
• Americas market overview, current activity and development
• World ethanol market comparative analysis
• Challenges and opportunities for growth

Luiz Carlos Corrêa Carvalho, Former Chairman, Brazilian Sectorial Chamber
of Sugar and Ethanol, Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil

09.40

Future Challenges for Brazil’s Biofuels Program

• Current energy context
• Brazil’s biodiesel challenge
• Reduction of dependency on oil
• Government and regulatory landscape

Dr.FrederiqueAbreu, General Agrienergy Coordinador, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil

10.00

Global Market Developments: Focus on China

• Key market players and drivers in the international context
• China’s biofuels market in context
• China’s current production targets and opportunities for Latin American biofuels producers

John Cole, Partner, Southreach Limited, UK

10.20

• Establishing a successful national program
• Expansion of exports – challenges and opportunities
• Towards greater sustainability

A representative, Petrobras, Brazil

10.40

Question & Discussion Session

10.50

Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

11.30

Brazilian Biofuels Regulatory Trends

• Challenges for energy policy
• Role of regulatory policy in growing the biofuels market
• Drivers and restraints impacting the development of Brazil’s biodiesel and bioethanol markets
• Environmental and tax legislations

Tamara Dvoskin, Frost and Sullivan, Argentina
(60 second interview with Tamara Dvoskin)

11.50

Developments in Argentina’s Biofuels Market

• Long-term outlook for bio-fuel production and utilization
• Stage of development in biofuels market
• Impact of new tax law to date

Miguel Almada, Secretaria de Agricultura, Argentina

12.10

Panel Discussion: Assessing the Impact of Policy Strategy on the Biofuels Market

• Latin America in the context of worldwide developments
• Stimulating growth and expanding the market
• Overcoming barriers to trade and regulatory frameworks
• Policy and legislative trends at regional level
• Role and responsibility of government in industry

Nivaldo Trama, President, ABiodiesel, Brazil
Miguel Almada, Secretaria de Agricultura, Argentina
Tamara Dvoskin, Frost and Sullivan, Argentina
Carlos St James, Executive Director, Argentine Biofuels Chamber, Argentina

12.55

Financing the Development of Biofuels Projects

• Challenges in raising finance
• Assessing different financing options

Claudia Prates, Head, Department for Oil, Gas and Alternative Sources of Energy, BNDES, Brazil

13.15

Networking Lunch Break & Exhibition Visit

14.30

Outlook for N.E Brazilian States

• Challengers for sugar cane producers in the region
• Overview of market
• Case study analysis of leading producers

Marcelo Guerra, President, Sindacucar, Brazil

14.50

Case Study: Biodiesel in Brazil

• Soy, canola and sunflower seeds as feedstock
• Stage of development, production capacity, key challenges
• Sustainability issues

Erasmo Carlos Battistella, Commercial Director, BS Sul, Brazil

15.10

Biodiesel in Argentina

• Opportunities and challenges in biodiesel production
• Developing value added by-products within the production process
• Trading technological expertise across the region

José Luis Martínez Justo, Director, SoyEnergy, Argentina

15.30

Question & Discussion Session

15.40

Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

16.2

Case Study: Showcasing Innovations in Production

• The first integrated case of biodiesel and ethanol industry in the world
• Streamlining the production of cane-based ethanol and biodiesel from oilseeds
• Managing infrastructure and energy savings

Silvio Rangel, Manager, Barralcool, Brazil

16.40

Biofuels Development in Paraguay

• Opportunities and constraints for biofuels in Paraguay
• Current project development of first biodiesel plant

Alejandro Takahasi, President, Petropar, Paraguay

17.00

Case Study: Biodiesel from Palm Oil

• Developments for palm oil biodiesel market production
• Update on Cold Flo biodiesel production
• Opportunities and challenges for region

Percival Andrade, Technical Director, La Fabril, Ecuador

17.20

Question & Discussion Session

17.30

Close of Day One & Networking Drinks Reception

Day Two, 4th April 2007

08.40

Morning Refreshments

09.05

Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09.10

Global Exporting Options

• Managing expectations and opportunities for biofuels production
• Brazil in the global exporting market context
• Forecasting future energy market growth
• Supply and demand forecasts for Brazilian ethanol

Speaker to be announced

09.30

Raw Material Availability in Biodiesel Production

• Sourcing the options and managing the supply chain
• The challenge of sustainability
• Current biodiesel projects in the region
• Case studies from Brazil

João Luiz Ribas Pessa, Presidente, Cooperbio & Membro do Conselho Consultivo, AMPA -Associação Mato-grossense dos Produtores de Algodão, Brazil

09.50

Managing the Supply Chain in Biofuels Distribution

• Corn and other cereals as raw materials for biofuels production
• Managing price elasticity
• Impact of global supply & demand

Juan Gear, Preident, Maizar, Argentina

10.10

Question & Discussion Session

10.25

Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

11.00

Development and Outlook for Jatropha in Guatemala

• Cultivating jatropha for biodiesel production
• Market status quo and future potential
• Increasing energy crop yield

Ricardo Asturias, Director General, Octagon, Guatemala

11.20

Ethanol from Cassava in Colombia

• Developments in Colombia’s biofuels market
• Cassava as second source of ethanol in Colombia
• Environmental considerations

Frank Kanayet, Chief Executive Officer & Jaime Jaramillo, Ethanol Project Director, Petrotesting Colombia

11.40

Question & Discussion Session

12.00

Networking Lunch Break  & Exhibition Visit

13.30

Volkswagen’s Fuel Strategy

• Update and developments on Brazilian ethanol fuel program
• Market overview on alternative fuels supply
• Future plans, challenges and opportunities for car manufacturer’s
• New innovations in flex fuel technology

Henry Joseph, Jr., Manager of Engine Tests & Emission Labs, Volkswagen, Brazil & former Director, Brazilian Automobile Manufacturers Association

13.50

Biofuels Movement in the Americas

• The car industry’s role in reducing emissions
• Global market overview in development of hybrid vehicles
• Emerging technologies: fuel cells, hybrids & biofuels

Michael A. Warren, National Manager, Latin American Research & Area Marketing Group, Toyota Motor North America

14.10

Carbon Trading and Biofuels

• Opportunities in carbon markets for biofuels
• Anticipating new legislation and implications for market
• Managing risk and opportunities in Brazilian emissions market

Philip Hauser, Origination Manager, EcoSecurities, Brazil

14.30

The CDM as a Financing Tool

• Qualifying bio-fuels projects and claiming carbon credits
• Creating a revenue stream through the CDM
• Managing and minimizing project risks
• Successful projects under CDM

A representative, World Bank

14.50

Question & Discussion Session

15.00

Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit

15.30

Technological Advances in Biofuels Projects

• Update in progress and future advances
• Maximizing efficiency through technology

Francisco Alberto De Souza, Business Development Manager, Votorantim Cimentos, Brazil

15.50

Innovations in Technology

• Increasing efficiency in biomass to liquid technology
• Evolving biofuels production
• Challenges for technology in the future

Eduardo Falabella Sousa-Aguiar, Coordenador - Célula GTL / GTL Coordinator CENPES/PDEDS, Petrobras, Brazil

16.10

Cellulosic Biofuels

• Addressing Latin America's bioenergy challenge
• Opportunities in ethanol enzyme technology
• Progress and development on an international level

Speaker to be announced

16.30

Closing Question Session

16.40

Close of Conference

09.00

Registration & Refreshments

09.30

Chair’s Opening Remarks

09.40

Utilisation of Biogas from the Gramacho Landfill

• Solutions taking place in Rio de Janeiro
• CERs to COMLURB and the Duque de Caxias Municipality
• 12m tonnes CO2 equivalent until 2015
• Details of the project and future opportunities

José Henrique Penido Monteiro, Senior Advisor, Technical Industrial Directorate, Rio de Janeiro City Solid Waste Company – COMLURB, Brazil

10.05

Animal Waste Management System Projects

• Case studies in Brazil & Mexico
• Biogas capture & usage
• Biogas potential
• Future developments

David Lawrence, Project Coordinator, Agcert do Brasil

10.30

Sao Paulo Biogas Project

• Biogas resource availability

10.55

Interactive Discussion Session

11.10

Networking Refreshment Break

11.50

Finance, Regulation, Tax Issues, Incentives & Subsidies

• Encouraging biogas market growth
• Raising finance for biogas projects - challenges & opportunities
• The effect of incentives

Gianluca Merlo, Programa Latinoamericano de Carbono (PLAC), Dirección de Medio Ambiente, CAF - Corporación Andina de Fomento (awaiting final confirmation)

Wastewater Treatment with Biogas Utilization -How to Finance Premium Technology through CDM

This presentation features case studies of successfully implemented biogas basedwastewater treatment plantsusing CDM asa vehicle to attract investors and to finance premium technology. Insights into carbon finance alternatives,relevant CDM methodologies, lessons learnt from the application of such methodologies, as well as some technical aspects of the projectswill be provided.

Patrick Bürgi, Managing Partner and Regional Manager, South Pole Carbon Asset Management, Brazil

12.40

Methane Recovery Projects

• Early stage investments in certified projects
• Controlling project risk and maximizing returns

Francisco Roque de Pinho, Investment Manager, Carbon Capital Markets, UK

13.05

Interactive Discussion Session

13.20

Networking Lunch Break

14.40

Case Studies - Progress in the Field of CDM Landfill Projects

• The need for greater integration between municipalities, waste management organisations and transport companies

15.05

Biomethane as a Renewable Vehicle Fuel

• Developing customer understanding
• Infrastructure
• Environments advantages
• Potential market
• Upgrading Biogas – technical advances

15.30

Case Study - Blast Furnace Gas Recovery to Electricity Generation in Siderurgical Industry

15.55

Technological Advances

• Upgrading of biogas and injection into a natural gas grid
• Innovative digester technologies
• Efficient biogas utilisation technologies
• Optimising plant and energy utilisation
• 2nd generation biogas – thermal gasification of biofuels

16.20

Closing Discussion

16.30

Close of Seminar