Colloquium “ Energy cooperation in the strategic partnership between Brazil and the European Union: challenges and opportunities” .

Date: December 1, 2022

Location: Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research – IDP. Auditorium, Brasilia

Opening (09:00-09:45)

Minister Gilmar Mendes – Federal Supreme Court – STF

Your Honor, Ambassador Ignacio Ybáñez, European Union in Brazil

Moderation Raquel Naili – diplomat, head of Aneel’s international consultancy and professor at IDP

Coffee break (09:45-10:15)

10:15-11:45 Table 1: The global energy panorama in the post-Ukraine War

Pedro Ballesteros Torres, International Relations Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General Energy (online)

Tarin Cristino Frota Mont'Alverne, Professor at the Faculty of Law, Federal University of Ceara (UFC)

Moderator: Tassio Franchi, Professor, Army Command and General Staff School – ECEME

14:00 -15:30 Brazilian-European strategic partnerships in energy

Eduardo Leão, Executive Director, Union of the Sugarcane and Bioenergy Industry – Única

Fabio da Silva Vinhado, Director of the Biofuels Department of the Ministry of Mines and Energy – MME and RenovaBio / “Combustível”

Marcos Costa, Component Coordinator, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Markus Francke Head of H2Brasil

Moderation Professor Laís Forti Thomaz, Federal University of Goiás – UFG

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-17:00 Brazilian-European investments in energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy

Alessandra Puccini, European Union Low Carbon Business Action Project Expert

Joana Sarmento Coelho, Senior Investment Officer for Latin America, European Investment Bank – EIB (online)

Guilherme Arantes, Sector Manager National Development Bank – BNDES (online)

Moderation Professor Tomaz Esposito Neto Universidade Federal Grande Dourado – UFGD