New Strategies for a Transforming Energy Sector

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Time
09:00 am - 10:30 am
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room
Cantareira 3

The Brazilian energy sector is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the opening of the free energy market and the growing adoption of renewable energy technologies. Furthermore, new trends such as artificial intelligence, the decarbonization of various sectors of the economy and the electrification of various industrial and transport processes will further transform the global energy sector in the coming years. In this panel we will discuss the strategies that different stakeholders are developing to navigate these changes and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves.

09:00 am - 09:10 amWelcome & Introduction

Camila Ramos

CEO

CELA - Clean Energy Latin America

09:10 am - 10:30 amRoundtable Discussion & Q&A

Further speakers to be announced

Fabiana Polido

CRO Chief Revenue Officer

Serena

Raphael Gomes

Partner

Lefosse Advogados

Luiz Ballester

VP Commercial

Atlas Renewable Energy

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Speakers
Speaker
Luiz Ballester, Atlas Renewable Energy

VP Commercial

Brazil

Luiz Ballester is Commercial Vice-President of Atlas Renewable Energy. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UFPE, a master's degree in international economics from PUC-SP and Panthéon Sorbonne University in Paris and more than 10 years' experience in strategic planning and business development in the energy sector.

Speaker
Raphael Gomes, Lefosse Advogados

Partner

Brazil

Raphael specializes in regulatory, transactional and litigation matters in the Electric Energy Sector working with Generation, Commercialization, Transmission and Distribution. Raphael has extensive experience in the structuring of projects and complex structures in ACR and ACL including Distributed Generation, Energy Self-Production, M&As and Privatizations. Raphael started his career at the Endesa Group and was the Legal and Regulatory Manager at CCEE (Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica - Electric Energy Commercialization Chamber) for almost a decade. He is a Member of the Energy Commission of OAB/SP and President of IBDE (Instituto Brasileiro do Direito de Energia - Brazilian Institute of Energy Law).

Speaker
Camila Ramos, CELA - Clean Energy Latin America

CEO

Brazil

CEO and Founder of CELA, with 21 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, including bioenergy, wind energy, solar PV and green hydrogen. Camila currently also serves as Investment and Green Hydrogen Vice-President of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR (the Brazilian Solar PV Association), Non-Executive Director of the Board of Administration of Brazilian Rare Earths, member of the Advisory Board of the Federation of Industry of São Paulo (COINFRA - FIESP) and is a Finance Expert at the Clean Energy Finance Solutions Center (NREL - USA). Prior to founding CELA, she was Country Manager and Head of Latin America at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), where she advised clients with research and analysis of renewable energy sectors and markets, and trends in the region. She has also worked in the past at PricewaterhouseCoopers, ERB - Energias Renováveis do Brasil and Infinity Bio-Energy. Camila holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Speaker
Fabiana Polido, Serena

CRO Chief Revenue Officer

Brazil

Fabiana Pasquot Polido has developed her career on large multinationals, starting in 2005 at IBM Customer Support in Finance Operations, followed by Neoenergia (former Elektro) one of the largest energy distributors in Brazil - where she had the opportunity to join the electricity sector as a trainee. In 2010 she joined EDP as a Power Trader in charge of the energy operations customization. In 2013, she worked for Cargill to manage all Power Business Units in addition to the Trading Desk. In 2016, she made part of Statkraft´s Trading team as the Head of Trading. In 2018, she accepted the challenge to join Serena Energia focusing on restructuring its power trading businesses and processes. Shortly, Serena became the top 10 companies in the energy trading business in the country. In 2022, she became the Chief Revenue Officer supporting numerous fronts strengthening the company´s client´s portfolio. She is the America´s commercial leader responsible for revenues and performance of teams & client-centered solutions regarding all structured deals. Consequently, the organization was able to obtain numerous carbon credits and certifications of origin. Fabiana became the advocate of a free energy market, breaking all types of barriers of the power industry. She has a Bachelor of Science in Social Communication/Public Relations at UNESP (Brazil), holds an master's in business administration with a major in Finance and minor in Risk Management at FIA/University of São Paulo, an Master of Science in Corporate Environmental Management from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) and a specialization in New Theories and Methods on Nature-Society Interface at ISEC (India), plus ECPO (Emerging Chief Product Officer) - Standford

Further Content
Speaker
Eduardo Tobias Ruiz, Watt Capital

Managing Partner

Brazil

Eduardo Tobias is a Managing Partner at Watt Capital. He is a specialist in project investment analysis, project financing, and on mergers & acquisitions of renewable energy projects and assets in Brazil. He is a cofounder and currently the vice-coordinator of ABSOLAR's Green Hydrogen Working Group. Tobias is also a visiting Professor at FGV, teaching for its Power Sector Executive Program, and author of the books 'Investment Analysis in Utility Scale PV Projects' (2021) and 'Investment Analysis in Bioenergy Greenfield Projects' (2015). He has a BSc. in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and a Professional Master in Bioenergy from FGV-EESP.

Speaker
Vinicius Ayrão Franco, Sinergia Consultoria e Serviçios Tecnicos LTDA

Technical Director

Brazil

Electrical Engineer, specialist in Photovoltaic Solar Energy Projects in MMGD and self-production. He has developed more than 500MW of projects for Parecer de Acesso in 24 concessionaires across the country. He actively participated in the ABNT commission that developed NBR 16690. He has been a speaker at the main events in the solar energy sector and a course instructor in the area of solar energy electrical installations, having trained more than 600 technical and engineering professionals. He is currently President of Abracopel, a board member of ABGD and Technical Director of Sindistal-RJ.

Speaker
Sergio Roberto Santos, Lambda Consultoria LTDA

Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Electrical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a specialization in economics and business (MBA) from the Federal University of São Carlos and a master's degree in energy from the Institute of Energy and Environment at the University of São Paulo. He is a specialist in surge protection at Embrastec and an electrical engineer at Lambda Consultoria Ltda. He has been working in the field of surge protection for over 20 years, specifying Surge Protection Devices (SPDs), drawing up technical standards and writing articles and books on the subject.

Speaker
André Luiz Gonçalves Scabbia, Technological Research Institute

Professor

Brazil

Formed by the interaction of lessons from family, friends and the academic world, be it a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo - USP, a Master's in Civil Engineering in Housing: Planning and Technology from IPT, a postgraduate degree in Occupational Safety from FAAP, a degree in Electrical Engineering from FEI (Fundação Educacional Inaciana Padre Saboia de Medeiros), as well as a period as a researcher at the Technological Research Institute of the State of São Paulo - IPT. He works in the field of Fire Safety - SCI, with an emphasis on forensics involving fire and explosion issues in all their diversity. Never forgetting that my professional career began at Metrô-SP, where I was taught the Code of Conduct: Safety, Speed and Comfort.

Speaker
Priscila Alves dos Santos, FIT Instituto de Tecnologia

Researcher & Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Priscila Santos is a researcher in the energy field at Instituto Fit. She is responsible for energy startups and applied AI and IoT training. She has in-depth knowledge of the hybrid generation industry for rural and industrial areas. Mentor of startups in the energy, automotive, agricultural and fintech segments.

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