Opening - Energy Efficiency Training Week

Open to the public, the event will bring together leaders from the region to discuss how to advance energy efficiency.

Speakers will include global and regional leaders on energy, energy efficiency, and energy transitions.

The opening event will form part of the week's training activities and will frame the importance of energy efficiency to achieve the goals of affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Day: May 02
Time:

  • 06 AM Pacific Daylight Time
  • 08 AM Central Daylight Time
  • 09 AM Eastern Daylight Time
  • 03 PM France

presentations

Panel 3 - OLADE IEA 2022

Format pdf | Weight 1 MB

Panel 3 - CEPAL IEA 2022

Format pdf | Weight 1 MB

Panel 2 Panamá - ODS 7 IEA 2022

Format pdf | Weight 2 MB

Panel 3 - BID IEA 2022

Format pdf | Weight 431 KB

Panel 3 - BNDES IEA 2022

Format pdf | Weight 393 KB

Program

Central Daylight Time

 

08:00 AM |  Latin America Training Week Opening

  • Mary Warlick, Deputy Executive Director
  • Dr. Jorge Rivera Staff, Secretary of Energy, Panama

 

08:15 AM SDG 7 – Moving towards affordable and sustainable energy for all in Latin America

  • Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, SEforAll
  • Jorge Rivera Staff, Secretary of Energy, Panama
  • Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres, Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Secretariat of Energy, Mexico
  • Antonio H. Pinheiro Silveira, Vice President of Infrastructure and Digital Transformation, CAF - development bank of Latin America
  • Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director, Energy and Extractives Practice, World Bank
  • Victoria Burrows, Global Head of Net Zero, World Green Building Council

Moderator: Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency, IEA

 

09:00 AM Youth inclusion on securing affordable access to clean energy and a just energy transition

  • Rosilena Lindo, Undersecretary of Energy, Panama
  • Juan Carlos Monterrey, COP26 Delegate on Youth and Energy Transitions
  • Joyce Mendez, Latin America and Caribbean Focal Point of the SDG7 Youth Constituency, Brazil/Paraguay
  • Elizabeth Corzo Jara, Youth Representative, Peru
  • Augusto Díaz, Co-Founder of HD Fotovoltaica, Argentina

Moderator: Guadalupe González, Electricity Director, National Secretary of Energy, Panama

Q&A

 

10:20 AM Role of energy efficiency in ensuring affordability and access to energy

  • Marcela Reinoso, Senior Consultant, OLADE
  • Ruben Contreras, Lead Energy Officer, ECLAC
  • Rodrigo Bacellar, Director, Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency, BNDES, Brazil
  • José Antonio Urteaga, Senior Energy Specialist, IDB

Moderator: Virginia Zalaquett, Professor of the Diploma in Energy Efficiency at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Q&A

 

11:40 AM | Closing remarks

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