11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Working Sessions

Open working sessions for participants to develop project recommendations and identify areas for deeper collaboration between the public and private sectors and civil society

Renewable Energy

Possible discussion topics:

• What renewable energy technologies are being successfully used in the hemisphere?

• What are key barriers to implementation and increased deployment?

• Avenues and lessons learned on how public and private sector collaboration can facilitate renewable energy development

Cleaner and More Efficient Use of Fossil Fuels

Possible discussion topics:

• Challenges for incorporating fossil fuels into the clean energy portfolio of the hemisphere

• What new technologies are available to make fossil fuels more environmentally friendly?

• What policies and regulatory structures have fostered these technologies?

Energy Poverty

Possible discussion topics:

• Long-term plan for electricity and clean technology  access and energy infrastructure efforts in Haiti

• Challenges that Latin American urbanization poses with regard to access to reliable electricity and clean technologies

• What is the role of international organizations in promoting renewables, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability?


12:15 – 12:45 PM

Energy and Climate Policy and Cooperation in the Americas
Introduction: Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Keynote Address: Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

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