ACADEMIC AGENDA
Monday, April 8
Registration
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Opening ceremony
Carlos Garibaldi | Executive Secretary, ARPEL
Alejandro Stipanicic | President of the Board of Directors, ARPEL
Luz Stella Murgas | President, Naturgas
Frank Pearl | Executive President, ACP
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Global perspective and regional challenges of just energy transitions
Rebecca Gaghen | Head of Division for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
Latin America, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Presenter: Carlos Garibaldi, Executive Secretary, ARPEL
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
PANEL
Convergence of perspectives regarding just energy transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Raquel Campos | Decarbonization Manager, Petrobras
Rebecca Gaghen | Head of Division for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America – IEA
Mike Howard | Chair of the board of Directors, Global – WEC
Medardo Cadena | Executive Secretary Advisor, OLADE
Roberto Schaeffer | Professor of Energy Economics, CENERGIA
Santiago Ferro | Energy Transition Manager, Ancap
David Riaño | Vice President of Low Emission Solutions, Ecopetrol
Moderadora: Irene Alfaro | General Managing Director, ARPEL
2:20 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
4:00 p.m - 4:30 p.m.
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PANEL
Decarbonization of the transportation sector
Guilherme Goulart | Aviators Relationship Manager, IATA
John Ladino | Fleets & Trucks Director, Scania Colombia
Andre Defaveri | Director, Sales and New Business Development
in Latin America, Honeywell
Alexis Rodriguez | Regional Head Energy Transition Latam, Maersk
Alejandro Vago | Director of Refining, Raizen
Moderator: Daniel Monzón | Partner, Arthur D. Little
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
WELCOME COCKTAIL
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 9
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
PANEL
Relationships with communities and license to operate
Geovanny Vaca | Coordinator of Corporate Affairs, OCP – Ecuador
Aníbal Fernández de Soto | Manager of Nature and Neighbors, GeoPark
Catalina Echeverri | CORE Manager, Tecpetrol
Jason Switzer | CEO, Equitable Origin
Deborah David | Vice President of ALC Operations, Equitable Origin
Moderator: Frank Pearl | Executive President, ACP
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
PANEL
Sustainable management and transparency
Carlos Aya | Corporate Relations Advisor, Shell
José Pablo Gómez | Administration and Finances Manager, ENAP
John Zambrano Celly | ESG Manager for Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, SLB
Rafael Scott | Partner and Energy Leader, McKinsey (Mexico)
Isabel Miranda | Sustainability and Social Performance Director, IPIECA
Moderator: Begoña Mundó | Vice President and Executive Director, TEMA
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Financing challenges
Sandra Srulevich | Projects and Infrastructure Senior Executive, CAF
Eduardo Holgado | Managing Director in the Project, Infrastructure and
Principal Finance Team, Goldman Sachs
Ana Milena López Rocha | CFO, Ecopetrol
Federico Barroetaveña | CFO, YPF
Carlos Rechelo | Executive Finance Manager, Petrobras
Moderator: Álvaro Martínez de Bourio | Managing Director and Partner, BCG
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Just transition and the future of work
Blanca Patiño | Green Jobs and Just Transition Specialist for
Latin America and the Caribean, OIT
Camila Meireles | Technical Officer, Extractives and Energy, OIT
Presenter: Pablo Amoedo | Upstream Project Manager, Arpel
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
PANEL
Rethinking work
Edson Bouer | Managing Director of Energy Industry, Accenture Brasil
Marcela Vaca | Member of the Board of Directors, GeoPark
Tony González | Human Resources Manager Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, SLB
Florencia Tiscornia | Vice President of People and Culture, YPF
Moderator: Pedro Miras, President, WPC Energy
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Artificial Intelligence and its impacts
Jason Urso | CTO, Honeywell
Presentadora: Tiphaine Le Moenner | Senior Project Manager, ARPEL
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
4:00 p.m - 4:30 p.m.
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Competitiveness of the region’s hydrocarbon resources
Orlando Velandia | President, ANH (Colombia)
Rodolfo Henrique de Saboia | General Manager, ANP
Vandana Gangaram | Director, SHI
Asaid Bandach Gallegos | Information Resources Technical Manager
(acting), Perupetro
Moderador: Bob Fryklund | Chief Upstream Strategist, S&P Global Commodity Insights
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Critical minerals for the energy transition
Joaquín Proenza | Professor of Mineral Deposits, University of Barcelona
Presenter: Pablo Ferragut | Managing Director, ARPEL
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 10
(morning session)
Joint activities of the Arpel-Naturgas Week
PANEL
Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Hydrocarbons and geopolitics
Carlos Pascual | Senior Vice President, Global Energy,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Presenter: Miguel Moyano | Senior Managing Director, ARPEL
08:30 a.m. - 09:00 a.m.
C-SUITE DIALOGUE
Oil and gas national companies
Alejandro Stipanicic | President, Ancap
Julio Friedmann | General Manager, ENAP
Annand Jagesar | Managing Director, Staatsolie
Moderator: Carlos Garibaldi | Executive Secretary, ARPEL
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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C-SUITE DIALOGUE
Large integrated companies
Horacio Marín | President of the Board of Directors & CEO, YPF
Ana María Duque | President, Shell Colombia, Central America
and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean
Javier Rielo | Senior Vice President Americas, TotalEnergies Americas
Moderator: Ieda Gomes | Senior Visiting Research Fellow,
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
C-SUITE DIALOGUE
Regional independent companies
Martín Terrado | Chief Operating Officer, GeoPark
Andrés Sarmiento | Director of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, Frontera Energy
Daniel Ferreiro | President & Country Manager, Parex Resources (Colombia)
Rafael Guzmán | President, Hocol
Moderador: Camilo Morales | Secretary General, Naturgas
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
12:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 10
(afternoon session))
Joint activities of the Arpel-Naturgas Week
Reflections on the energy transition
Carlos Garibaldi | Executive Secretary, ARPEL
Luz Stella Murgas | President, Naturgas
Juan Manuel Rojas | President of the Board of Directors, Naturgas
Andrea Stegher | Vice President of the International Gas Union, IGU
Andrés Camacho | Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE
Advances of a just energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
Andrés Camacho | Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia
Andrés Rebolledo | Executive Secretary of the Latin American Association of Energy – OLADE
Joseph McMonigle | Secretary General of the International Energy Forum – IEF
Moderadora: Diana Calderón | Director, Hora 20
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
4:00 p.m - 4:30 p.m.
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C-SUITE DIALOGUE
How to speed up the energy transition without compromising energy security?
Ricardo Roa | President, Ecopetrol
Verlier Quan-Vie | Vice President, Commercial, NGC
Carlos Ormachea | Chairman, Tecpetrol
Juan Manuel Rojas | President, Promigas
Sylvie D’Apote |Executive Director of Natural Gas,
Brazilian Institute of Oil & Gas – IBP
Rodrigo Costa | Country Manager, Petrobras Colombia
Moderador: Andrea Stegher | Vice President of the International Gas Union, IGU
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE
Resilience, survival, and teamwork
Eduardo Strauch | Survivor of the Andes tragedy in 1972 – “Society of the Snow”
Presentador: Pablo Ferragut | Managing Director, Arpel
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
COCTEL
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Thursday, April 11
PANEL
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
Natural Gas, from a global perspective to a local approach
Ricardo Roa, President, Ecopetrol
Moderadora: Luz Stella Murgas, President, Naturgas
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
PANEL
Molecules for the future: strategies to increase the Natural Gas supply
Orlando Velandia | President, Hydrocarbon National Agency – ANH
Juan Pablo Henao | Gas Vice President, Canacol Energy
Ana María Duque | President, Shell Colombia, Central America
and the Spanish-speaking Caribbea
Orlando Cabrales | President, Frontera Energy
Moderador: Eric Eyberg | Director of Global Consulting of Gas, LNG
and Low Carbon Gas, S&P Global Commodity Insights
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Energy for a more integrated and productive Caribbean Region
10:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Infrastructure and global trends of the LNG market
Presentación introductoria: The relevant role of LNG in the global energy demand
Mehdi Chennoufi | General Manager of LNG and Origination, Shell
María Julia Aybar | Country Manager, Hunt Oil Company
Mehdi Chennoufi | General Manager of LNG and Origination, Shell
Brendan Duval | President, Glenfarne
José Maria Castro | General Manager, SPEC
Germán Castro | Vicepresidente Senior de América y el Caribe de Höegh LNG
Moderator: Camilo Morales | Secretary General, Naturgas
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 m.
CONFERENCE
Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom
Roy Barreras, Embajador de Colombia en Reino Unido
12:00 m. - 12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PANEL
Legislative landscape on a just energy transition
Juan Fernando Espinal | Vice President of the House of Representatives,
Political Party “Centro Democratico”
José David Name | Senator of the Republic, Political Party “U”
Carolina Arbeláez | Representative of the House, Political Party “Cambio Radical”
María del Mar Pizarro García | Representative of the House, Political Party “Pacto Histórico”
Mauricio Gómez Amín | Senator of the Republic, Liberal Political Party
Ariel Ávila | Senator of the Republic, Political Party “Alianza Verde”
Moderator: Andrés Mompotes | Director, El Tiempo
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
PANEL
The other face of the moon: energy poverty challenges
Carlos Cortés | Regional Coordinator, Latin America of the
International Gas Union IGU
Ricardo Ávila | Senior Analyst, El Tiempo
Gustavo Bolívar | Director, Department of Social Prosperity – DPS*
Alexander López | Director, National Planning Department – DNP*
María Lorena Gutiérrez | President, Grupo Aval
Mónica Contreras | President, TGI
Moderador: Nicolás Pareja | Director, El Universal
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
4:15 - 4:45 p.m.
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Balance of power: Guarantees for the construction of a better country
Marjorie Zúñiga Romero | Judge, Supreme Court of Justice
Jorge Enrique Ibáñez | Judge, Constitutional Court*
Martín Gonzalo Bermúdez Muñoz | Judge, Council of State*
Fredy Hernando Ibarra Martínez | Judge, Council of State
Roberto Carlos Vidal López | President of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace – JEP
Moderador: Hernando Herrera | Director, Corporacion Excelencia en la Justicia*
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Friday, April 12
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
PANEL
Energy revolution: alternatives to face climate change
Felipe Camargo | President, GreenYellow
Naiara Ortiz | General Secretary, Spanish Gas Association – SEDIGAS
John Alberto Maya | General Manager, EPM
Joseph McMonigle | Secretary General, International Energy Forum – IEF
Moderator: Erika Fontalvo | Directora de El Heraldo
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
PANEL
Emerging technologies for a new global order
Introductory presentation: Breakthroughs in Colombia’s Sustainable Mobility
Carlos Eduardo Enríquez | Vice Minister of Transport
Saúl Kattan | Senior Advisor to the President, Digital Transformation
Pietro Ferreira | Director of Market Intelligence, Energy Industries Council – EIC
Christoph Hank | Researcher, Fraunhofer – Gesellschaft
Rodolfo Anaya | President, Grupo Vanti
Presentación introductoria: Luz María Sierra | Director, El Colombiano
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
Economy mission: a private-public construction
Ricardo Bonilla | Minister of Finance and Public Credit
Jhenifer Mojica | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development*
Moderador: Francisco Miranda | Director, Portafolio
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
PANEL
The voices of the communities of the American continent
Billy Morin | Partner Director of Axxcelus, Former Chief,
Nation’s Enoch Cree, Canada
María Tuyúc | President, the Indigenous Business Network, Guatemala
Mónica Barros | Leader, Wayuu Community, Colombia
Denni Labán Sosa | Leader, Farmers’ Community San
Francisco de la Buena Esperanza of Paita, Peru
Moderator: Fernando Quijano | Director, La Republica
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Closing Conference
President of the Republic of Colombia*
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
*To be confirmed
