Agenda Monday

Monday, October 28, 2024

Inaugural Session

Time:09:00 to10:30

Building: Cultural Center

Hall: Conventions Hall

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Keynote Session: Financing Just Energy Transitions

Time:11:00 to 12:30

Building: Cultural Center

Hall: Conventions Hall

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What is the way to collaborate to close the financing gap that stands in the way of Latin America’s energy transition?
It is planned to bring together key stakeholders to discuss and develop innovative solutions to attract private capital and mobilize the resources needed to modernize electricity grids, integrate renewables, build clean energy infrastructure, and address financing needs for both climate change mitigation and adaptation in the region.

The Evolution of the Power Grid: Incorporating flexibility in a cost-effective manner

Time: 14:00 to 15:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Hall 1

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This panel will show how technologies that provide flexibility to power systems can be integrated efficiently and cost-effectively to meet the challenges of the energy transition and move towards a greener and more resilient electricity matrix. It will also analyze the strategies and technologies that allow achieving greater flexibility and how they can contribute to the sustainability and reliability of the power grid.

Low Emission Hydrogen: A new opportunity for the region

Time: 14:00 to 15:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Main Hall

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The objective of this panel is to address the key challenges and opportunities to boost the development of the low-emission hydrogen industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This involves examining in depth both green hydrogen produced from renewable energies and hydrogen of other colors, analyzing their respective advantages, limitations and social and environmental implications.

Geothermal:Challenges for a new
2030 horizon

Time: 14:00 to 15:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Hall 2

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Decarbonization of river, sea and air transport, maritime and air transport.

Time:16:00 a 17:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Hall 1

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It aims to examine the key challenges and opportunities to drive the transition towards sustainable transport in Latin America and the Caribbean, considering the different modes of transport: air, maritime, river and how they can be addressed in an integrated manner.
Through this dialogue, the panel will seek to develop an integrated vision and concrete actions to transform the Latin American and Caribbean transport system towards a cleaner, more efficient and resilient model.

Resilience: Climate Change, Heat Waves, Flooding

Time:16:00 a 17:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Main Hall

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The objective of the discussion is to analyze the challenges that climate change imposes on the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to explore adaptation strategies to strengthen the resilience of these systems to extreme phenomena such as heat waves and floods.
As these events become more frequent and intense, electrical infrastructure faces significant pressures, from increased energy demand to risks of supply disruptions and physical damage.
The discussion will focus on concrete cases, such as the impact of heat waves in Mexico and floods in Brazil, to identify innovative solutions and opportunities for collaboration to mitigate these risks and ensure a secure, sustainable and resilient energy supply in the region.

Without investment there is no transition: the new role of distribution 2.0 and distributed generation

Time:16:00 a 17:30

Building: Institute

Hall: Hall 2

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Modernization of the distribution infrastructure is one of the main challenges, where the current power grid, historically designed in a centralized manner, needs to be optimized to efficiently manage the integration of distributed energy sources and storage systems. Optimization goes hand in hand with smarter systems, capable of managing bi-directional energy flows and ensuring grid stability.
This panel will seek to answer questions about the challenge of ensuring a steady flow of investment in an uncertain regulatory and economic environment.