23/09/2022

 

08.30 – 09.00          Registration of participants

 

09.00 – 10.00          Opening and Welcome Remarks

·       Santiago Moisés Bertoni, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Paraguay

·       Luis Alberto Castiglioni, Minister of Industry and Trade, Paraguay

·       Mario Lubetkin, FAO  Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean*[i]

·       Amb. Jose Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho, Embassy of Brazil in Paraguay, Co-Chair of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)

·       Emily Marthaler, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Co-Chair of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)

 

10.00 – 11.00         Global, regional and national policies

Moderator: Guillermo Parra, DICAPAR, Paraguay

·       Role of bioenergy in clean energy transitions

Ilkka Hannula, International Energy Agency (IEA)*

·       Bioenergy’s role in the World Energy Transition Outlook (WETO)

Ricardo Gorini, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)*

·       Overview of the bioenergy regulatory framework in Paraguay

Carlolina Centurión, Vice Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay

Gustavo Cazal, Director, Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy, Paraguay

11.00 – 11.30          Coffee break

 

11.30 – 12.45            Promotion of Bioenergy in Paraguay 

Moderator: Cecilia Llamosas, UNA, Paraguay

·       Bioenergy development in Paraguay

José Kim, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay

Gustavo Cazal, Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy, Paraguay

Antonella Piacentini, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Paraguay

·       Rapid implementation of the GBEP sustainability indicators on soy based biodiesel in Paraguay - Results

Amado Insfran and Héctor Corvalán, CEAMSO

·       Q&A

 

12.45 – 14.00          Lunch

14.00 – 15.50          Wood energy and land restoration

Moderator: Enrique Benitez León, Director de la Carrera de Ing. Forestal UNA

This session will look at the potential for positive linkages between wood energy and land restoration. There will be a focus on understanding how wood energy value chains can be developed and managed in order to restore not only forests but also other landscapes, especially through the use of sustainable forest management, integrated biomass production systems, the exploitation of bioenergy by-products, and improvements in bioenergy efficiency.

·       Potential contribution of bioenergy, as part of the broader bioeconomy, to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Annette Cowie, University of New England, Australia*

·       Short rotation woody crops and their contribution to land restoration

Ronald Zalesny, USDA Forest Service*

·       Green Cooking: use of upgraded biomass in gasification cookstoves as an alternative to open fires

Christian Rakos, Chairman, World Bioenergy Association*

·       Integration of forest biomass procurement as a silvicultural tool for forest restoration in Quebec, Canada

Prof. Evelyne Thiffault, Natural Resource Canada, Canada**[ii]

·       The GCF PROEZA project in Paraguay

Adilio Celle Infrán, Vice Minister of General Economic and Social Coordination, Paraguay

·       Q&A session

15.50 – 16.20          Coffee break

16:20 – 17:00         GBEP Youth Award 

Moderator: Maria Michela Morese, Executive Secretary, Global Bioenergy Partnership

·         UNICEF engagement on youth and environment

Rafael Obregón, Representative of UNICEF in Paraguay*

Viviana Limpias, Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Paraguay

Delivery of the award certificate to the winner of the 2022 GBEP Youth Award in recognition of the most remarkable and outstanding research work in the field of bioenergy carried out by students in the Americas.   

·        Presentation of the awarded research 

Winner of GBEP Youth Award - Karla Jared Azcorra May, Yucatan Center for Scientific Research, Mexico*

17.30 – 21.00                Reception

09.00 – 09.30           Role of biofuels in the energy transition

Moderator: Suani Coelho, USP, Brazil

Introductory remarks

·       Miguel Almada, Coordinator of Bioenergy, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina*

·       Fábio Vinhado, Director, Department on Biofuels, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil*

·       Victorio Oxilia, Researcher/Lecturer UNA, Paraguay

·       Wilson Sierra, Director of Renewable Energies, Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay*

 

09.30 – 11.00          Panel I - Role of biofuels in the energy transition - Long-term planning and biofuel’s role in the face of market oscillations in Latin America

Moderator: Suani Coelho, USP, Brazil

                                     Keynote speeches

·     Gilda Arrellaga, REDIEX, Paraguay

·     Massimiliano Corsi, President BIOCAP, Paraguay

·     Diego Roger, Director of Biofuels, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Argentina*

·      Plinio Nastari, President DATAGRO, Brazil*

 

Panel discussion 

Moderator: Suani Coelho, USP, Brazil

·       Miguel Almada, Coordinator of Bioenergy, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina*

·       Marlon Arraes, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil

·       Cecilia Llamosas, Lecturer/Researcher UNA, Paraguay

·       Wilson Sierra, Director of Renewable Energies, Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay*

·       Moderated debate

 

11.00 – 11.30         Coffee break

 

11.30 – 13.00          Panel II -Role of biofuels in the energy transition - Biofuels, batteries or both? The future profile of sustainable low-carbon mobility in Latin America

Moderator: Renato Domith Godinho, Head of Renewable Energy Resources Keynote speeches

·        Antonio Megale, Director, Public Relations, Volkswagen Latin America

·       Fitzgerald Cantero, Director, Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay*

Panel discussion 

Moderator: Renato Domith Godinho, Head of Renewable Energy Resources Division, Ministry of foreign Affairs, Brazil

·       Miguel Almada, Coordinator of Bioenergy, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina*

·       Marlon Arraes, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil

·       José Kim, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay

·       Wilson Sierra, Director of Renewable Energies, Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay*

·       Moderated debate

 

13.00 – 14.30           Lunch

 

14.30 – 16.00          Panel III -Role of biofuels in the energy transition - Global market opportunities in sustainable aviation fuels and other new biofuels 

Moderator: Jaime Escobar, Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association, ALTA

                                     Keynote speeches

·       Representative of the Omega Green Project, Paraguay

·       Marlon Arraes, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil

·       Augustín Torroba, International Expert on Bioenergy, OEA-IICA

 

Panel discussion 

Moderator: Jaime Escobar, Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association, ALTA

·       Diego Wassner, Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina*

·       Renato Dutra, Coordinator of Biodiesel, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil*

·       Victorio Oxilia, Lecturer/Researcher UNA,Paraguay

·       Wilson Sierra, Director of Renewable Energies, Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry Energy and Mining, Uruguay*

·       Moderated debate

 

 

09.00 – 10.30          Exchange of experiences and opportunities on biogas and biomethane

Moderator: Shaun Patrick McGahan, FCE-UNA, Paraguay

This session will enable exchange of experiences on biogas and biomethane both within the region and beyond.

·    Hydrogen production from biomass and biogas in Brazil

Suani Coelho, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil

Alessandro Gardemann, ABIOGAS, Brazil*

·    Enabling communities in the Philippines – Biogas production from rice straw

Mirjam Röder, Aston University, UK* and Craig Jamieson, Straw Innovations Ltd.*

·       The experience of Paraguay

José Krauch, ITAIPU Paraguay

·       Biogas done right in Argentina

Jorge Hilbert, INTA, Argentina*/**

·       Anaerobic digestion in rural communities: sugarcane bagasse, cheese whey and pig manure as case studies

Liliana Castro, Universidad de Santander, Colombia*

·       Q&A session

 

10.30 – 11.00          Coffee break

 

11.00 – 12.30          Bioenergy in the context of the broader bioeconomy

Moderator: Agustín Torroba, IICA

·       Situation and perspectives of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hugo Chavarría, IICA

·       The role of biofuels in the framework of the national bioeconomy strategy

Carlos Graterón, Technical Director, Fedebiocombustibles, Colombia*

·       Biofuels as drivers of economic, social and environmental development of rural territories - challenges and opportunities

Patrick Adam, Executive Director, Chamber of Corn Bioethanol in Argentina

·       The role of biofuels in the framework of the national bioeconomy strategy

Pedro Mancuello, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade, Paraguay*

 

·       The role of the GBEP sustainability indicators as a contribution to bioeconomy

Maria Michela Morese, GBEP Executive Secretary   

·       Q&A session

 

12.30 – 14.00           Lunch

 

14.00 – 15.30           Roundtable discussion: Challenges and opportunities for the development of bioenergy

                                    Moderator: Guillermo Parra, DICAPAR, Paraguay

·     Biofuel blending programme in Central American region

Aida Lorenzo, Renewable Fuel Association, Guatemala*

·     The Role of Biofuels on The Road to Net-Zero: Decarbonizing transport with readily available solutions in a cost-efficient way

Mackenzie Boubin, U.S. Grains Council, USA 

·     Building supply and demand for sustainable sugarcane products & derivates

Miguel Hernández, Bonsucro

·     Advanced biofuels industrial deployment: key factors  

Pierluigi Picciotti, Versalis* 

·     Biofuels in the Aviation sector

Jaime Escobar, Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association, ALTA

·    Financing Development of Bioenergy

Veronica Prado, Inter American Development Bank

·    The experience from Paraguay

Enzo Olmedo, INPASA, Paraguay

Carlos Morínigo, NEUALCO, Paraguay

 

15.30 – 16.00          Coffee break

 

16.00 – 16.30          Roundtable: Challenges and opportunities for the development of bioenergy (cont’d)

·    Q&A session

 

16.30 – 17.00           Conclusions and closing remarks

Moderator: Maria Michela Morese, GBEP Executive Secretary

·          Representative Government of Paraguay

·         Jorge Meza, FAO Representative in Paraguay

 

 

07.00 – 16.00          Field visit

                                     Biofuel plant INPASA in Guayaibi (3-hour distance from Asunción)