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Biofuels Houston Summit III
Sponsored by Petrobras America, Inc., Thompson & Knight, Continental Airlines, MAYER BROWN, PKF Texas, Exponent
Monday 20-Oct-08 8:30 AM to Tuesday 21-Oct-08 4:00 PM CDT
Speaker: José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, Chief Executive Officer
Petrobras
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The Houstonian Hotel
111 N. Post Oak Lane
Houston Texas
77024
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
7:00pm– 9:30pm Private Reception: Speakers, Sponsors, & Special Guests Manor House
Monday, October 20, 2008
Morning
8:00– 8:30 Registration Grand Ballroom
8:30– 10:15 Opening Session
Welcome A. Ricardo Debize Peduzzi - BRATECC, Executive Director
Jose Orlando Melo de Azevedo – BRATECC, President
Antonio José Rezende de Castro– BRATECC, Honorary-President
Brazil Consul-General in Houston
João Carlos de Luca – IBP, President
Panel: Global Biofuels Leadership Perspectives
Moderator: Renato Tadeu Bertani
CEO Thompson & Knight Global Energy Services
H.E. Gene Hugoson
Secretary of Agriculture, State of Minnesota
“State of Minnesota’s Leadership in Biofuels”
Roberto Gianetti
Foreign Trade Commission., FIESP – S.Paulo Federation of Industries
“Trends in Brazil’s Ethanol Industry”
Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho
Director, Institutional Relations, ETH Bioenergia (Braskem)
“Lessons Learned from BioFuels and Agricultural Policy”
10:15– 10:30 Break
10:30– 11:45 Roundtable: Biodiesel Business Perspectives
José Lima de Andrade Neto
Ministry of Mines & Energy, Secretary Oil, Gas, & Renewable Fuels
Jess Hewitt - Gulf Hydrocarbon, Chief Executive Officer
Gary Evans – GreenHunterEnergy, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
12:05 - 1:50 Lunchon KeyNote
Sergio Gabrielli, “Petrobras’ Biofuels Perspective and Directions”
Petrobras Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Chief Executive Officer
Afternoon
2:00 – 4:00 Roundtable: The Financial Agenda for Biofuels
Sergio Thompson Flores - Infinity, Chief Executive Officer
Organic Fuels (to be confirmed)
Michael Ryder - Morgan Stanley, Executive Director, Private Equity
4:00 – 5:00 Networking Hour: All Participants Foyer
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Morning Grand Ballroom
8:30– 9:00am H.H. Rubens Gama, Minister-Counselor for Energy Affairs
Brazilian Embassy, Washington D.C.
“Brazil’s Biofuels Energy Policy”
9:00– 10:15am Panel: Challenges to Opening Global Markets for Ethanol
Moderator: Peter Hakim -Inter-American Dialogue, President
Marcos Jank-UNICA, Chief Executive Officer
Paulo Pinho – BP, Business Development Director
Coleman Jones – General Motors, Biofuel Implementation Manager
10:15- 10:30am Coffee Break
10:30– 11:45pm Roundtable: Technological Advances in Biofuels
Moderator: Mike McAdams – Hart Publishing
“Technological Developments in Ethanol Production”
Ney Pereira Junior
Chemical Engineering Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
"Cellulosic Biofuels in the USA: Current Status and Future Prospects"
David Bransby
Energy Crops and Bioenergy Professor, Auburn University
“Generating Energy from Biomass in Brazil”
12:05- 1:50 Luncheon KeyNote Speaker
H.H. Clifford M. Sobel (to be confirmed)
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