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Speakers
Diputada Nelly del Carmen Márquez Zapata
Representante del Partido Acción Nacional, PAN
Rosanety Barrios
Analista Independiente de Energía
David Madero
Director, Energy Solutions, Acclaim Energy Mexico
Tania Rabasa
Independent International Consultant on Energy Issues
Daniela Flores Ramírez
Directora General Adjunta de Gas Natural y Petroquímica, SENER
Alejandro Chanona Robles
Director of Planning and International Affairs, CRE
Cesar Cadena
President, Nuevo León Energy Cluster
Juancho Eekhout
Chief Development Officer, IEnova
Joe Versnel
Program Manager of Midstream, Kiewit
Santiago Garcia
CEO, Santa Fe Gas
Frédéric Bathy
Director, Gas & Power Sales & Supply, ENGIE Mexico
Geoff Street
Director, Marketing, Tenaska Marketing Ventures
Meney de la Peza
Titular de la Unidad de Gas Natural, CRE
Fernando Alonso Viñas
Director Government Affairs, Fermaca
Kelly Kishiuchi
Manager, Business Development, ATCO México
Gustavo Blejer
Director de Tierras, Permisos y Relaciones con la Comunidad, TransCanada
Laura Vila
Senior Investment Officer China-Mexico Fund, IFC/World Bank
Emmanuel Espinoza Navarrete
Director Energy and Sector Strategy, ProMéxico
Mario Gabriel Budebo
CEO, EXI Fund
Carlos Michel
Principal, Fondo de Fondos
Ernesto Marcos
Founding Partner, Marcos y Asociados
Rajan Vig
Board Member, ACE (Asociación de Comercializadores de Energía)
James Fowler
Senior Energy Analyst, Americas, ICIS
Claudia Espinosa
Editor Mexico Energy Report, ICIS
Agenda
8:00am
NETWORKING WELCOME BREAKFAST
8:50am
WHAT IS PREVENTING THE MEXICAN NATURAL GAS MARKET FROM BECOMING TRULY COMPETITIVE?
● Have CRE’s monthly price reports provided enough transparency for the market?
● Are CFE and PEMEX “playing fair” in their gas capacity auctions?
● Are FERC- regulated pipelines creating obstacles in the ability for U.S. producers and marketers to compete in the market?
● Is CRE’s inability to regulate CFE International becoming a barrier to a truly competitive market?
Q&A
Moderator
Panelists
9:50am
UPDATE ON REFINED FUELS MARKET IN MEXICO. WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE ARE WE GOING?
● Update on new retailers and fuel suppliers
● Is this new “gold rush” seeing an increase in developer interest in midstream and downstream projects?
● How will favoritism towards Pemex be monitored and controlled?
● How are the financial mechanisms Pemex have deployed this year affecting price competition in Mexico?
● How are new suppliers handling the issue of storage?
● How do new suppliers see the lack of port access as detrimental to their businesses and the opening of the fuels market?
● Do we truly have an open market currently?
Moderator
Panelists
10:35am
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
11:00am
FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS, FACILITIES AND TERMINALS
● What are some of the regional obstacles that new developments will need to be wary of?
● How are terminals handling the influx of new providers delivering fuel into the country?
● What are terminal facilities doing in order to combat the issue of lack of storage?
● When will we start to see gas trading cross-border?
● How are suppliers confronting the wide-spanning concerns regarding development of new pipelines due to social issues?
Moderator
Panelists
11:45am
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE SYMBIOTIC U.S.-MEXICO NATURAL GAS RELATIONSHIP?
● Will Mexico continue to rely on U.S. natural gas imports or will we see an increase in domestic production?
● What role does NAFTA play in the ability to get U.S. natural gas across the border?
● Will shale gas mark an end to the dependency on U.S. natural gas imports? How far away is that reality?
● What potential impact can the Mexican elections have on U.S.-Mexico energy trade?
Q&A
Moderator
Panelists
12:45pm
TOPICAL ROUNDTABLES
1:45pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
3:15pm
HOW DOES MEXICO SCORE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) ON MIDSTREAM PROJECTS?
● How have construction delays impacted developers and who ends up footing the bill?
● Have there been any success stories to date?
● What have been some of the added costs from local government, indigenous and land right issues that developers have had to endure?
● What has kept potential pipeline bidders from participating in auctions?
Q&A
Moderator
Panelists
4:15pm
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE STORAGE MARKET?
● How will the opportunities differ from region to region?
● How do investors view storage opportunities?
● Are there potential political and legal challenges ahead from local governments and activist groups?
● What is the timeline for storage to become fully developed in Mexico?
Q&A
Moderator
Panelist
5:15pm
¿CUÁL SERÁ EL IMPACTO DE LAS ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES EN LA REFORMA ENERGÉTICA?
THIS PANEL WILL BE IN SPANISH – SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
● ¿Cuáles son algunos de los retos que enfrentará el nuevo gobierno en materia de energía?
● ¿Qué impacto tendrán las elecciones en inversiones existentes y futuras del sector energético?
● ¿Cuál es la visión de cada grupo representado en el panel sobre los sectores principales de la industria energética en México? ¿Cómo visualizan serán desarrollados en los próximos seis años?
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