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			<title>BioFuels Houston Summit III Transcript</title>
			<description> Welcome Remarks  A. Ricardo Debize Peduzzi - BRATECC, Executive Director   Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)     Jos&amp;#233; Orlando Melo de Azevedo &#8211; BRATECC, President  Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)    Antonio Jos&amp;#233; Rezende de Castro&#8211; BRATECC, Honorary-President, Brazil Consul-General in Houston  Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)    Luiz Orlandi - Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute, Director  Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)        Global Biofuels Leadership Perspectives    Renato Tadeu Bertani - CEO Thompson &amp; Knight Global Energy Services    Gene Hugoson - Secretary of Agriculture, State of Minnesota   Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)    Roberto Gianetti - Foreign Trade Commission., FIESP &#8211; S.Paulo Federation of Industries  Listen Now(Right click, Save target as to download)    Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho - Director, Institutional Relations, ETH Bioenergia (Braskem) ...

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>2008 Events</title>
			<description>                     Click here for Agenda with Presentations    Click here to listen to the Biofuels Transcript               Co-Organized by                         Luncheon Keynote Speaker:  Jose Sergio Gabrielli Petrobras, CEO      Houston, Oct 20-21, 2008  The Houstonian Hotel             Platinum Sponsors                           Gold Sponsors                 Silver Sponsors                                                                  Click here for Agenda            Click here to Sponsor              Click here to register on-line or     Click here to download form    Click here for Press Registration              Click here for Continental Airlines                     Supporting Organizations:                                                                          __________________________________________________________            Rio Oil &amp; Gas 2008    Rio de Janeiro September 15-18, 2008      Click here for details    ...

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			<description>&lt;div&gt;Download the Member application &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.braziltexas.org/attachments/wysiwyg/1/MembershipApplication.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and fax to &lt;strong&gt;281.580.1978&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Join BRATECC</title>
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&lt;h1&gt;Benefits and Privileges of Membership &lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Seminars and Workshops&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Relationship with other Chambers&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Information on current issues and special events&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Networking opportunities, business referrals &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Two ways to become a member:&lt;br&gt;
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			<title>Cellulosic Biofuels in the USA: Current Status and Future Prospects</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Board of Directors 2008-2009</title>
			<description>&lt;strong&gt;BRATECC's Board of Directors, 2008-2009&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Honorary President&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Antonio Jos&amp;#233; Rezende de Castro&lt;br&gt;
H.E. Consul General of Brazil&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Honorary Vice President&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;James T. Edmonds&lt;br&gt;
Port of Houston Authority&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Honorary Vice President&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;George J. Donnelly&lt;br&gt;
Lilo Ventures&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;President&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Jose Orlando Melo de Azevedo&lt;br&gt;
Petrobras America Inc&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Executive Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Antonio Ricardo Debize Peduzzi&lt;br&gt;
Peduzzi &amp;amp; Company&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Treasurer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Bonifacio Bezerra&lt;br&gt;
Halliburton&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Amauri Costa&lt;br&gt;
Bracewell &amp;amp; Giuliani&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Antonio de Pinho&lt;br&gt;
El Paso Corporation&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Cid Silveira&lt;br&gt;
Apolo Tubular&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Fernando Frimm&lt;br&gt;
SBM Atlantia&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Jerry Kimmitt,&lt;br&gt;
Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath &amp;amp; Brown&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;John M. Mings&lt;br&gt;
Fulbright &amp;amp; Jaworski&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Miguel Montenegro&lt;br&gt;
JPMorgan Chase&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Mitchell Torton&lt;br&gt;
Continental Airlines&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Renato Tadeu Bertani&lt;br&gt;
Thompson &amp;amp; Knight Energy Services&lt;br&gt;
&quot;President Emeritus&quot;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Rui Luis Abrantes&lt;br&gt;
Securance Corporation&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Alberto da Fonseca Guimaraes&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;(2007-2008)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &quot;President Emeritus&quot;&lt;br&gt;
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			<title>2007 Events</title>
			<description>       Godspeed, Pimentel!...   A Salute to Retiring   Brazil Consul General   H.E. Amb. Carlos Alberto de Azevedo Pimentel   Petroleum Club   800 Bell, Houston 77002     Friday, November 2, 2007     7:00PM - 10:00PM    Click here to register         __________________________________________________________      Tuesday, October 30, 2007           Come meet Key Brazil and U.S. Environmental Officials and Industry Leaders at Luncheon:              Licensing and the Environment -  Luncheon KeyNote Speaker:  Dr. Bazileu Alves Margarido Neto, President  IBAMA - Brazilian Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources Institute    IBAMA Policies for Development of    Energy Sector in Brazil   Click here for Presentation    Sponsored by  Platinum Sponsors             Silver Sponsors                           SOLD OUT        CLICK HERE TO REGISTER    SOLD OUT               CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR       _________________________________________________________              Click here for...

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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:17:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Brazil Energy &#0038; Power Presentations</title>
			<description>08:00 am    REGISTRATION    08:30 am    OPENING REMARKS  Renato Bertani &#8211; President, BRATECC, President &amp; CEO Thompson &amp; Kight Energy Services LLC: Brazil Energy &amp; Power  Carlos Alberto Pimentel &#8211; Brazil Consul General    08:45 am    KEY NOTE SPEAKER : The 9th exploration bid round  Nelson Narciso &#8211; Director, National Petroleum Agency               09:15 am    PANEL 1: BRAZILIAN ENERGY SCENARIO  Moderator   Michael Hoffman - President E&amp;P, El Paso Brazil    Key Speaker  J&amp;#250;lio Bueno &#8211; Secretary, Economic Development, Energy, Industry and Commerce, State of Rio de Janeiro  Speakers   D&amp;#233;cio Oddone &#8211; Executive Manager for Cone Sul, Petrobras  Ernani Torres &#8211; Economic Department Superintendent, BNDES    10:30 am    COFFEE-BREAK    10:50 am    PANEL 2: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN OIL AND GAS    Moderator  Jos&amp;#233; Maria Meirelles &#8211; Partner, Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados  Key Speaker  Jos&amp;#233; Carlos Miranda Farias - Director, Empresa de Pesquisa Energ&amp;#233;tica  Speakers ...

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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:13:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description> December 4, 2006   BioFuels in the Energy Matrix,  The Opportunity, The Challenges  Sponsored by:                        Continental Airlines                     El Paso Corporation                     Interoil Representa&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o                     JPMorganChase                     Thompson &amp; Knight                     Halliburton                  Presentations:  &#8226; Renato T. Bertani  A significant part of the energy equation solution  &#8226; Jess Hewitt  U.S. Biodiesel Market        &#8226; Marcello Hallake  Ethanol Projects: Development and Implementation    &#8226; Marcelino Guedes  Ethanol Logistics           September 20. 2006  Petrobras Business Plan 2007-2011  Gulf of Mexico,  and Renewable Fuels  Jos&amp;#233; Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo,  President and CEO of Petrobras  Houston  BRATECC Luncheon  (7 MB) 

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			<title>Download Presentations Expanding Brazil Ports</title>
			<description>Opportunities Expanding Brazil Ports &#8211; 2008  Monday April 28, 2008, The Houstonian Hotel  Sponsored by    8:30 AM Registration, Networking, Coffee  9:00 AM Opening Remarks  . Alberto Guimaraes, President, Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce  . Ricardo Peduzzi, Executive Director, Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce  . H.E. Ambassador Antonio Jos&#233; Rezende de Castro, Brazil Consul General, Houston  9:10 AM Presentations: Brazil&#8217;s Port Expansion  H.E. Minister of Ports Pedro Brito  Introduction of Mission Objectives and Goal  Fernando Fialho , Director-General of ANTAQ  Brazil's Port Sector  Jorge Melo, President, Docas do Rio  The Expansion of Rio de JaneiroPort  10:15 AM Cofee Break  10:30 AM Presentations: Brazil&#8217;s Port Expansion  Pedro de Campos Azevedo, Director, Log-In Intermodal  Intermodal Navigation  Adavilter Borges, Manager of Log&#237;stics, Votorantim  Votorantim&#8217;s LogisticBridge  Joel Peito, Superintendente of OAS  Terminal of Guaruj&#225;  11:30 AMIncentives and Partnerships for Economic...

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			<description>   Brazil &amp; U.S. International Commerce            Brazil Export and Investment Promotion Agency - APEX:                 United States Department of Commerce:                               U.S. Department of Commerce Summary on Brazil's E&amp;P                Brazil's APEX Delegation attending OTC '08                                 US Pavilion at Rio Oil and Gas, Sep 15-18                              

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			<description>Licensing &amp; Environment      October 30, 2007  11:30 AM - 1:30PM  The Petroleum Club  800 Bell  Houston, TX 77002    Sponsorship Opportunities  October 30, 2007     Silver Sponsor, $2,000 1.  Recognition at event  2.  Company logo on all official literature  3.  Three registrations to luncheon  4.  Web banner at www.braziltexas.org for 30 days after event  5.  Area for one banner display, for literature, brochures    Gold Sponsor, $3,500 1.  Recognition at event  2.  Company logo on all official literature  3.  Five registrations to luncheon  4.  Web banner at www.braziltexas.org for 30 days after event  5.  Area for one banner display, for literature, brochures  6.  One seat at privileged location near lead table    Platinum Sponsor, $5,000 1.  Recognition at event  2.  One night standard double at The Houstonian, no extras  3.  Company logo on all official literature  4.  Ten registrations to luncheon  5.  Web banner at www.braziltexas.org for 30 days after event  6.  Area for one...

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			<title>Brazil BioFuels Houston Summit Presentations</title>
			<description>Simply click on Presentation Title  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 &amp; Company         www.peduzzi.us           Opening Remarks         Renato Bertani         BRATECC President, President of Thompson &amp; 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 Derman             ...

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			<description>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 &amp; Company         www.peduzzi.us           Opening Remarks         Renato Bertani         BRATECC President, President of Thompson &amp; 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 &amp; Knight LLP   ...

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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Presentations Breafast June 1st, 2007</title>
			<description>Presentations  &amp;#8220;Rio Pipeline 2007&amp;#8221;  Petrobras Transporte Breakfast  Westchase Marriott, June 1, 2007  Houston, Texas    &amp;#183;     Brazil Pipeline Opportunity  Opening    &amp;#183;     PETROBRAS Pipeline Expansion Program  by Eng. Lino Moreira    &amp;#183;   PETROBRAS Perspective in Brazil Subsea Develoments  by Eng. Lino Moreira    &amp;#183;     Pipeline Procurement Needs  by Eng. Roberto Alfradique    &amp;#183;     Pipeline Technology Development   by Eng. Cesar del Vecchio    &amp;#183;     Rio Pipeline 2007, Conference &amp; Exhibition   by Eng. Ernani Filgueiras 

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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;Board of Directors&lt;br&gt;2006-2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Honorary Vice President&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;James T. Edmonds&lt;br&gt;Port of Houston Authority&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Honorary Vice President&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;George J. Donnelly&lt;br&gt;Lilo Ventures&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;President&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Renato Tadeu Bertani&lt;br&gt;Thompson &amp;amp; Knight Energy Services LLC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;Fernando Frimm&lt;br&gt;GustoMSC Inc.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Jerry Kimmitt&lt;br&gt;Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath &amp;amp; Brown&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#130480&quot;&gt;Miguel Montenegro&lt;br&gt;JPMorgan Chase&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce                    - BRATECC and                                       the American Chamber of Commerce - Rio                   de Janeiro, AmCham invite you to attend                                                                                                                                                                    Brazil, Energy and                   Power VI international conference                                                                                                                                                  April 23, 2007 - Monday,                   Houston-Texas                                                                             ...

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