{"id":248,"date":"2015-06-12T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/h2lac\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2025-03-19T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:46:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/h2lac\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cH2LAC brings together the most influential stakeholders in the sector, tackles the most pressing topics through dynamic panel discussions, and provides the perfect setting to connect directly with the key players shaping the renewable hydrogen industry in Latin America,\u201d Erik Plaisier, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Supported by the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and ESMAP, H2LAC is the largest gathering of the nascent clean hydrogen market in Latin America and the Caribbean on the annual calendar.<\/p>\n<p>H2LAC attracts a unique cross-section of regional policy-makers and regulators, regional industry leaders and off-takers, providers of development and private capital, national and multinational energy companies, big industry, and global hydrogen industry leaders.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The content, organization, and panelists were outstanding. Everything was truly excellent!\u201d Mariela Beljansky, Secretary of Energy, Argentine Republic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>Networking &amp; Business Development<\/h5>\n<p>H2LAC is your one-stop shop. Meet the regional hydrogen market \u2013 they\u2019ll all be there \u2013 through numerous structured and unstructured networking\/meeting opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Networking app with pre-event access to attendees to set up 1-to-1 meetings<\/li>\n<li>Multiple networking events, including lunches, a cocktail reception, and a hydrogen Industry Awards ceremony<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated areas for 1-to-1 meetings<\/li>\n<li>Market Intelligence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Access to proprietary market data and research:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Hinicio\/New Energy Hydrogen Index for Latin America &amp; the Caribbean. Providing critical and unique insights into development at the national level across the region<\/li>\n<li>80+ speakers across numerous focused and carefully developed sessions, presentations, workshops and case studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>About New Energy Events<\/h5>\n<p>New Energy has deep connections and over a decade of experience working in the Latin American and the Caribbean energy markets. New Energy was an early adopter of Hydrogen and launched \u2013 with the IDB \u2013 the Hydrogen Congress for Latin America &amp; the Caribbean (H2LAC) in <a href=\"http:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/h2lac2021\">early 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, New Energy, in collaboration with the Hydrogen Association of Brasil (ABH2), launched <a href=\"http:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/h2-brazil\/\">H2-Brazil<\/a> \u2014 one of the most significant gatherings for the domestic and international hydrogen markets in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, New Energy expanded its reach, hosting the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/cref\/h2-caribbean\/\">Hydrogen Summit for the Caribbean<\/a> (H2-Caribbean) as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/newenergyevents.com\/cref\/\">Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum<\/a> (CREF), the largest annual gathering of the regional energy market.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in partnership with the Organization of American States (OAS), New Energy organized bespoke online training programs in 2021 and 2022 for government officials across Latin America and the Caribbean. These sessions focused on building hydrogen economies and national decarbonization pathways, with McKinsey &amp; Co. serving as a key training partner.<\/p>\n<p>New Energy is also the publisher, with Hinicio, of the annual Hydrogen Index for Latin America &amp; the Caribbean, a groundbreaking study measuring progress towards the hydrogen economy on a country-by-country basis across the region. 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