Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy opens Seminar on Matrix and Energy Security at FGV

FGV Energy and the Rio de Janeiro American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) will host the 7th Seminar on Matrix and Brazilian Energy Security and the 13th Brazil Energy and Power event, on October 30 and 31, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at FGV’s Cultural Center (Praia de Botafogo, 186, Rio de Janeiro). The event will be attended by leading names in the industry, including the Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, Fernando Coelho Filho; the Director-General of the National System Operator (ONS), Luiz Eduardo Barata; and the Director-General of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), Décio Oddone.

Among the seminar’s topics are the recovery of the Brazilian oil industry and required regulatory changes. The event will also address the Brazilian natural gas environment and regulatory improvements within the electricity industry. This edition of the seminar was broadened to include other matters in the schedule. Among the new topics are environmental licensing in Brazil and what needs to be improved in this sense; perspectives and participation in the energy array, and energy integration in America.

The event will be attended by the President of FGV, Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal; the Vice President of FGV, Sergio Quintella; the Director of FGV Energy, Carlos Quintella; the President of AmCham, Pedro Paulo Almeida; the President of the Brazilian Association of Electricity Distributors (Abradee), Nelson Leite; and the President of the Brazilian Institute of Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (IBP), Jorge Camargo, among other experts.

The seminar will also cover the Expansion in International Investments; research, development, and innovation (R,D&I), and local content as a tool of industrial policy; the improvement of the pricing mechanism and energy procurement, in addition to Brazil’s current position in Latin America. 

Go to the website for more information and to register.