Conference Agenda

Conference Presentations

Outlook for Alternative Energy
Dr. Juan Pablo Bonilla, Coordinator, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank

Renewable Energy Trends in Latin America
Brent de Jong, Vice Chairman, AEI

Venezuela: Oil Sector Performance 1997-2008
Dr. Ramon Espinasa, Consultant, Integration and Regional Programs Department, Inter-American Development Bank

Argentina's Federalization of Energy Policy Experiment
Dr. Mark P. Jones, Professor of Political Science, Rice University

Energy, Policy and Politics: NOCs and Latin America
Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

The Cardoso-Lula Paradigm for Growth and Energy Security: Partial Privatization and Flexible Regulation
Dr. David R. Mares, Baker Institute Scholar for Energy Studies, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy

About the Conference

In recent years, Latin America has experienced dramatic changes in the economic, political and social forces that influence national and regional energy policy. This conference brings together policymakers, energy industry officials and analysts, and scholars to discuss the emerging trends and influences that are shaping Latin American energy policy. Through a wide range of topical panels and
presentations from the region’s experts, the conference will address competing paradigms for sustaining energy sector investment, the increased role of alternative energy, the changing role of national oil companies, and energy reform and privatization.