Global Energy Challenges:

Implications for the Americas

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8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Program Overview

Dr. Edward Glab, Co-Director, FIU Energy Business Forum and Executive Director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Global Energy Outlook 2008 - 2030

Olivier Lazare, VP New Business Development Americas,

Shell (c)

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9:45 a.m.– 11:15 a.m. Meeting Energy Challenges in the Americas

Chair: Eric Farnsworth, Vice President,

Council of the Americas (c)

Karen Harbert, Executive Vice President and Managing Director

Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (c)

Murray Smith, Member of Energy Advisory Board,

TD Securities Canada (c)

Dr. Michael Warren, National Manager of the Latin American Research Group,

Toyota Motor North America (c)

Luis Alvarez Poli, Chief Executive Officer,

Andes Energy (c)

Dr. Edward Glab, Co-Director, FIU Energy Business Forum (c)

11:15 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Potential for Biofuels in the Americas

Chair: Dr. George Philippidis

Brian Dean, Acting Executive Director,

Inter-American Ethanol Commission (c)

Richard Vogel, Manager, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs,

Vecenergy (c)

Matthew McManus, Division Chief, Energy Producer Affairs,

U.S. Department of State (c)

Doug Durante, Executive Director,

Clean Fuels Development Coalition (c)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. L U N C H and Presentation on Biofuels

Dr. George Philippidis, Co-Director FIU Energy Business Forum and Associate Director of FIU Applied Research Center (ARC) (c)

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2:00 p.m. Closing