"Brazil BioFuels Houston Summit"
Houston, Texas
Date: Monday, September 10, 2007
7:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Meeting
Meeting Agenda:
7:30AM Registration
8:00AM Opening Session
Welcome
Ricardo Peduzzi
BRATECC Executive Director, President of Peduzzi & Company
www.peduzzi.us
Opening Remarks
Renato Bertani
BRATECC President, President of Thompson & Knight Global Energy Services
www.tkges.com
H.E. Ambassador Carlos Alberto de Azevedo Pimentel
Consul General, Brazil Consulate General
www.brazilhouston.org
8:15 - 8:35AM Opening session speaker
Gene Hugoson
Commissioner - State of Minnesota Department of Agriculture
""Minnesota's Role in the US Renewable Energy Program."
www.mda.state.mn.us
8:40 - 9:00AM Ethanol: challenges and opportunities
Moderator: Andrew Garcia
Thompson & Knight LLP
9:05 - 9:25AM Alexandre Chequer
Partner - Thompson & Knight LLP
"How to develop ethanol projects from the greenfield to the market"
www.tklaw.com
9:30 - 9:50AM Alfred Swarc
Advisor to the President - UNICA - Sugar Cane Industry Union
"Perspectives for Brazil's Ethanol Industry"
www.unica.com.br
9:55 - 10:15AM Mario Garnero
President - BRASILINVEST
"Ethanol: The Start in
Brazil and the Global Scenario"
www.brasilinvest.com.br
10:15 - 10:30AM Break
10:30 - 11:45 BioFuels: Trading and Logistics
Moderator: Sergio Baron, Petrobras America, Inc.
10:30 - 10:55 Jess Hewitt
President - Gulf Hydrocarbon
"Building the BioDiesel Infrastructure"
www.gulfhydrocarbon.com
11:00 - 11:20AM Roberto Giannetti da Fonseca
Executive Director
FIESP Sao Paulo State Federation of Industries
International Relations and Foreign Trade
"U.S. Ethanol Supply/Demand Scenario in the Next 10 Years,
the Ethanol Tariff Phase-Out"
www.fiesp.org.br
11:25 - 11:45AM Dan van Zijll
Commercial Director - VERTICAL
“Challenges of a Global Ethanol Market”
www.verticaluk.com
12:00 Lunch 12:30PM Keynote speaker
12:30PM Introduction of KeyNote Speaker
12:40 - 1:30PM KeyNote Speaker
Alberto Guimaraes
President - PETROBRAS AMERICA, INC.
"BioFuels: Source of Renewable Energy"
www.petrobras.com.br
1:45 - 3:30 Biofuels Role in Energy Sustainability,
Economic Development and Environment
Moderator: Giampaolo Din Donato, Petrobras America, Inc.
1:45 - 2:05PM José Geraldo Eugênio de França
Executive-Director - Embrapa
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
"Brazilian Initiatives towards Bioenergy: Economical,
Environmental and Social Implications"
www.embrapa.br
2:05 - 2:25PM Scott Deatherage
Partner - Thompson & Knight, LLP
"Monetizing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions"
www.tklaw.com
2:25 - 2:45PM Jack Broodo
U.S. Commercial Director, Olefins Feedstocks
DOW Chemical
"Plastics from Ethanol"
2:45 - 3:05PM INMETRO (Brazil's Bureau of Standards) - to be confirmed
3:05PM Adjourn
When:
. 7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration
. 8:00-11:45 PM Morning Session
. 12:00PM-1:30PM
Luncheon
. 1:45PM-3:05 PM Afternoon Session
Where:
The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa
111 North Post Oak Lane
Houston Texas 77024 USA
Phone: (713) 680-2626
http://www.houstonian.com
Out of Town Delegates:
Book your overnight room reservation at "The Houstonian" specifying
"Brazil BioFuels Houston Summit" for the group's rate
