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 This conference was held from November 28 - 29, 2023

Speakers

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  • Nahuel Rodríguez

    Agencia de Inversiones de Neuquén
    Social Specialist Consultant

  • Gabriela Sosa

    Ministry of Energy, Honduras
    Director of External Cooperation

  • Doris Adriana Alvarez Ventura

    Office of Energy from The Honduras Republic
    General Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency  of the Secretary of State

  • Dr. Héctor Aviña

    UNAM Institute of Engineering (II-UNAM)
    Researcher

  • Gabriela Elizondo Azuela

    World Bank
    Practice Manager Energy Infrastructure, Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Alan J. Beard

    Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America (GDF)
    Managing Director

  • Laura Berman

    The World Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Daniela Blessent

    Colombian Geothermal Association (AGEOCOL)
    President

  • Hon. Mark Brantley

    St Kitts and Nevis
    Premier of Nevis

  • Mario Enrique Brito Flores

    Government of Ecuador
    Specialist, Undersecretary of Electric Power Generation and Transmission

  • Sylvain Broglé

    IGA
    President

  • Jose Medardo Cadena Mosquera

    OLADE
    Director of Studies, Projects and Information

  • Gian Franco Carassale

    IDB invest
    Director, Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean - Infrastructure and Energy Division

  • Laura Camila Contreras Acosta

    Dewhurst Group, SAS, Colombia
    Director - Permitting, Environmental and Social Compliance

  • Federico De la Cal

    Agencia de Inversiones del Neuquén
    Program Coordinator, Renewable Energy

  • Warren T. Dewhurst

    Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America (GDF)
    Lead Geothermal Project Fund Manager

  • Marlene Jamilet Elías de Quan

    LaGEO
    Gerente General

  • Judith Ephraim-Schmidt

    Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission
    Programme Director for the Sustainable Energy Unit

  • Carlos Esteban

    Agencia de Inversiones del Neuquén
    Geologist

  • Julio Fierro Morales

    Servicio Geológico Colombiano
    Director

  • Miguel Ángel García Williams

    ENEE Honduras
    Chief of Division

  • Christiaan Gischler

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Lead Energy Specialist

  • Luciano Andrés González Llanos

    Ministry of Energy, Chile
    Geothermal and District Energy Unit

  • Jackson Grimes

    Project InnerSpace
    Project Manager

  • Elín Hallgrímsdóttir

    World Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Alfred Hans Grunwaldt

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Sector Lead, Specialist, Climate Change

  • Gerardo Hiriart

    GeoKeri
    General Director

  • Dr. Georgina Izquierdo Montalvo

    Instituto Nacional de Electricidad y Energías Limpia (INEEL), México
    Directora General

  • Nils Janson

    K&M Advisors LLC
    Managing Director (Policy and Regulation)

  • Jaime Alberto Jimenez Gomez

    EcoPetrol
    Líder de CCUS, Gerencia de Nuevas Energías

  • Bernhardt Johst

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GiZ)
    Principal Regional Advisor

  • Dr. Hon. Samuel Joseph

    Ministry of Communication, Works, Energy & Labour, Montserrat
    Deputy Premier and the Minister of Communication, Works, Labour and Energy

  • Mariel Juarez Olvera

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Sector Specialist, Climate Change and Sustainability

  • Frederik Kam

    Transmark Renewables
    CEO

  • Sulamith Kastl

    Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources BGR
    Regional Project Director

  • Amanda Kolker

    NREL
    Laboratory Program Manager I-Geoscience

  • Oscar Llamosa

    PiensaGeotermia
    Regional Manager and Editor

  • Julian Lopez Palacio

    Caldas Hydroelectric Power Plant (CHEC)
    Area Generación Energía – ET Ingenieria y Proyectos

  • Jeff Messner

    Novus Earth Energy Operations Inc.
    President & Co-founder

  • Shabtay Mizrahi

    Ormat
    Executive Director, Business Development, Latin America

  • Saul Molina

    GreenFire Energy
    Director of Drilling & Mechanical Engineering

  • Cristián Moreno

    Enativa
    Project Engineer

  • Rubén Muñoz

    Ministry of Energy, Chile
    Head of the Geothermal and District Energy Unit, Sustainable Energy Division

  • Annette Otero

    Baker Hughes
    Enterprise Customer Solutions Lead – South America

  • Eliud Palavicini

    Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
    Engineer - Energy Directorate

  • Rafael Edgardo Parada Pérez

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GiZ)
    Technical Advisor in the Energy Sector

  • Daniela Pinilla

    Geothermex | AGEOCOL
    Consultant Geologist | Representative

  • Alexandra Planas

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Senior Energy Specialist

  • Ing. Melvin Ernesto Quijivix Vega

    Instituto Nacional de Electrificación-INDE, Guatemala
    Presidente, Consejo Directivo

  • Roberto Quirós Balma

    Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
    Gerente de Electricidad

  • Michelle Ramírez Bueno

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Geothermal Energy Senior Consultant

  • Luis Felipe Andrés Ramos Barrera

    Ministry of Energy, Chile
    Undersecretary of Energy

  • Juan Pablo Restrepo Velasquez

    EPM Group
    Specialized Planning Professional, VP Power Generation

  • Mauricio Riveros

    Ministry of Energy, Chile
    Head of Sustainable Energy Division

  • Ann Robertson-Tait

    GeothermEx (SLB)
    President, GeothermEx (SLB)

  • Edgar Chajid Kairuz

    Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofísicos de la Energía (ACGGP)
    Presidente de Junta Directiva

  • Luis Alejandro Rodríguez Parra

    Ministerio de Minas y Energía, Colombia
    Profesional Técnico

  • Tomás Antonio Rodríguez Sánchez

    Government of Honduras
    Undersecretary of Renewable Energy and Electricity

  • Vanessa Salcedo

    Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America (GDF)
    Project Conformance and Environmental and Social Impact (ESIA) Manager

  • Alexandre Staff Varela

    European Investment Bank
    Head of Group Regional Representation Office for Latin America

  • Jozsef Szamosfalvi

    Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America (GDF)
    Managing Director

  • Elizabeth Torio Henriquez

    LaGeo | IGA
    Geologist| VP Latin America | WING Ambassador - El Salvador

  • Matilde Urqiuizo

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Energy Consultant

  • Marck Vargas Kolesnikov

    Dewhurst Group
    Sustainable & New Business Development—Project Manager

  • Floris Veeger

    Sproule Geothermal
    Managing Director

  • Nancy Vidal

    Petroseismic Services SA
    Business Development Executive

  • María Amelia Viteri Burbano

    Inter-American Development Bank
    Senior Social and Gender Specialist

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