Country and Regional Deep Dives
Venezuela’s New Reality: Financing Recovery From Upstream Oil & Gas to Pipelines to Electric Grids
Francisco Monaldi, Director of the Latin America Energy Program, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Barbara Blakely, Regional Head, Corporate Relations, Latin America and the Caribbean, Shell Angel Cardenas, Infrastructure Manager, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean David Voght, Managing Director, IPD Latin America Juancho Eekhout, Vice President of Development, […]
Caribbean Basin Energy Powerhouse
Kevin Ramnarine, Former Minister of Energy of Trinidad & Tobago James Gardiner, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs, Excelerate Energy Craig A. Kelly, Senior Director, International Government Relations, Exxon Mobil Corporation Dax Driver, Founder Caribbeanenergy.net (moderator)
Coffee Break
Colombia: Navigating Political Change and Energy Opportunity
Ernesto Forero, President, National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) Colombia (invited) Jose Vicente Zapata, Partner,Holland & Knight (moderator)
Future Energy Leaders
La Jolla’s Got Talent: How do graduate students view the energy sector over the next 5-10 years?
Di (Deborah) Zhao, Master of Public Policy candidate at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy Amanda Nogueira Moreira de Souza, Master of International Affairs candidate at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy Priyanka Pandey, Master of Public Policy candidate at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy […]
Lunch
Country and Regional Deep Dives
Brazil 2026 Elections and Energy
Pietro Mendes, Director, National Petroleum Agency (ANP) – Brazil Roberto Ferreira Da Cunha, CEO, EnClim Thiago de Aragão, Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of the Americas Nelson Narciso, Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of the Americas (moderator) Amanda Nogueira Moreira de Souza, Master of International Affairs candidate at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (moderator)