Biofuels in the Americas:
Technology, Investment, and the Path Forward
January 24, 2008 - Miami, Florida
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The Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management of the College of Business Administration at FIU

The Center for Energy Technology of the Americas of the Applied Research Center (ARC) at FIU

Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at FIU

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Chevron

FCC

ETH BioEnergy

GM

Govtech

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Keynote Introductory Speaker

Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, Inter-American Development Bank, Energy Division, Infrastructure and Environment Department

 

Morning Plenary -Technology and Investment- Where we are in the hemisphere.

Moderator: Margaret Cullen, Trade Commissioner Consulate General of Canada  Panelists: 

  • Dr. Brenda Haendler, Science and Technology Officer and International Energy Coordinator Liaison, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, US Department of State  
    U.S. Energy Policy and the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Initiative (Available Soon)
  • Luis M. Kolster,Assistant General Counsel & Director of Public Policy, General Motors Latin America, Africa & Middle East
  • Moises Starkman, Government of Honduras  
  • Brian Dean, Interamerican Ethanol Commission

TECHNOLOGY-Roundtable

Moderator: Dr. George Philippidis, Co-director Energy Business Forum, FIU Panelists: 

Keynote Address:  Robin Speer, VP Public Affairs, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association

Canada’s Emerging Biofuels Industry

 

INVESTMENT-Roundtable

Moderator: Ian McCluskey, WorldCity Panelists: 

THE PATH FORWARD- Roundtable

Moderator: Dr. David Bray, Director, Institute for Sustainability Science in Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIU Panelists: 

 
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