Agenda

From Conference 2026

From harnessing renewable energy solutions to building a workforce for the future, participants engage in insightful discussions on all matters critical to our prosperity and sustainability.

9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks & National Anthem

9:10 AM

Cultural interlude - Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport

9:25 AM

His Excellency, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Council of Ministers and Climate Envoy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

9:40 AM

His Excellency Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry & Advanced Technology, MD & Group CEO of ADNOC, Executive Chairman of XRG & Chairman of Masdar (Virtual)

9:45 AM

Keynote: His Excellency. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana Guyana’s Energy Leadership in the Caribbean

10:05 AM

Ribbon Cutting & Expo Opening

10:50 AM

His Excellency Ivan Duque, Former President of Colombia

11:05 AM

Keynote: Dan Ammann, President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company and Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation

11:20 AM

Keynote: Mike Wirth, Chairman, Chevron

11:35 AM

Amy Myers Jaffe, Director, Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab, New York University’s School of Professional Studies

11:50 AM

Feature speaker: Simon Flowers, Chairman, Wood Mackenzie

12:05 PM

Lunch Break

1:05 PM

Award Ceremony: Innovation Challenge

1:30 PM

Rachel Wilson, Managing Director & Chief Data Officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

1:50 PM

Daniel Best, President, Caribbean Development Bank

2:05 PM

Panel: Project Financing

Aleshia Duncan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia & the Americas, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy

Jorge Ordonez, Director Sustainable Finance Global Sovereign Solutions, Citi

O'reilly Lewis, Director of Projects, Caribbean Development Bank

Josh Loftus, Director, EY Energy Markets Group

Moderator: Ignacio Rooney, Senior Director, Upstream and Carbon Management Consulting, Wood Mackenzie

2:50 PM

Panel: Building a Sustainable Local Content Ecosystem for Guyana's Energy & Supply Chain Future

Michael Monroe, Head of the Local Content Secretariat, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Nicholas Deygoo, Director, Guyana Oil and Gas Support Services Inc

Dr Eduardo Pereira, Founding Partner, International Energy Law Training and Research Company

Rafael Fumis, Country Manager, MODEC

Paul Hosein, Managing Director, SLB, Guyana

Vahman Jurai, Country Lead, Halliburton Guyana

Oliver Kassam, Chief Executive Officer, GYSBI

Moderator: Jorge Falcon Lando, Vice President- Consulting, Latin America, Wood Mackenzie

3:50 PM

Fireside chat with The Honourable Dr. Ashni Singh, Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance & Public Service, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Moderated by Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President, Global Energy, S&P Global

4:30 PM

Launch of Tristar Port - Cristobal Schlaubitz, Chief Executive Officer, Tristar Port

5:00 PM

Day 1 Wrap-Up

6:00 PM

Networking Cocktail - Sponsored by ExxonMobil

9:00 AM

Welcome

9:05 AM

Keynote: The Honourable Brig. (R’td) Mark Phillips, Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

9:20 AM

Ministerial Panel: Regional Energy Security

The Honourable Patrick Brunings, Minister of Oil, Gas and Environment, the Republic of Suriname

Keynote: Dr the Honourable Roodal Moonilal, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

The Honourable Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Q&A with Simon Flowers, Chairman, Wood Mackenzie.

10:30 AM

Alistair Routledge, President, ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd

10:45 AM

Annand Jagesar, Managing Director, Staatsolie

11:00 AM

Beatrice Mensah Tayui, CEO/Executive Chairman, Cybele Energy Ltd

11:15 AM

Panel: Building a downstream sector in Guyana

Bobby Gossai, Senior Petroleum Coordinator, Ministry of Natural Resources, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Mounir Bouaziz, Founder, Bee Enterprise

The Honourable Alison M. Redford, KC, MA, ICD.D, Principal, Redford Group

Eric Eyberg, Head of Global Gas & Power Consulting, S&P Global

Paul Baay, President & CEO, Touchstone Exploration Inc.

Moderator: Dr Priya Marajh, Independent Consultant

12:15 PM

Lunch break

1:45 PM

Onursal Soyer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Lambert Energy

2:00 PM

Jay Persaud, EY Parthenon Global Emerging Technology Ecosystem Leader

2:15 PM

Soichi Ide, Deputy COO & Head Of Floating Production Solutions, MODEC Group

2:30 PM

Panel: AI in Energy

Sachin Chakote, Global Product Manager- Digital (Data Science, AI), Halliburton

Caio Sene, Vice President, Client Services at Shape Digital

Henry Martinez, Head of Data & AI, SLB Americas

Swapnil Bhadauria, Digital Operations Leader, EY US

Moderator: Dr Amir Azar, Founder & CEO, AgentixEdge

3:15 PM

Panel: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures

Mary Nasief, General Manager for Well Construction, North America Offshore, SLB

Oneka Archer-Caulder, Attorney, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited

Burcu Gunal, Secretary General of World Petroleum Congress

Grace Hutson, Account Manager, Halliburton Landmark Technology & Consulting

Jesse Stanley, President Americas, Wood plc

Carolina Martinez, GaffneyCline, North America Sales Leader

Moderator: Dr. Stacy Hope, Partner at Environmental Resources Management (UK, Middle East and Africa), Business Development Director, Ogle and Stone.

4:15 PM

Panel: Public Private Partnerships

Gerry Gouveia Jr., Chairman, Private Sector Commission of Guyana

Kathy Smith, President, Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Martin Cheong, General Manager (Guyana), SBM Offshore

Dr Martin Pertab, CEO, The Central Housing and Planning Authority, Guyana

Moderator: Dr Natasha Gaskin- Peters, Director, Fiscal Frontier Inc

5:00 PM

Chris Johnson, Vice President , North America & Caribbean Offshore GeoZone, Baker Hughes

5:15 PM

Current investment landscape in Guyana

The Honourable Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, MP and Chief Investment Officer, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

5:30 PM

Closing Remarks

6:00 PM

Networking Cocktail sponsored by EY

9:00 AM

Keynote: The Honourable, Anil Nandlall, Attorney General, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

9:15 AM

The Honourable Deodat Indar MP, Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation

9:30 AM

Panel: Changing Power Landscape

Dr Mahender Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Energy Agency

Kesh Nandlall, Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Power and Light

Winston Brassington, Consultant, Ministry of Natural Resources, The Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Moderator: Dr Rosh Khan, President, ACE Consulting Group

10:15 AM

Panel: Deploying Climate Finance in Practice: Guyana’s Experience Across Energy, Forests, and Resilience

Dr Pradeepa Bholanath, Senior Director - Climate And REDD+, Ministry of Natural Resources, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Dr Stephanie Stefanski, Associate Partner, Mckinsey Social, Healthcare and Public Entities Practice

Preeya Rampersaud, Guyana Country Coordinator, Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership

Lorena Solórzano-Salazar, Country Representative, Country Office Guyana, IDB

Humberto de Andrade Soares, Bioeconomy Investment Expert, Conservation International

Moderator: Irena Agalliu, Global Head of Energy and Climate Policy Consulting, S&P Global

11:00 AM

Beyza Özdemir, Americas Regional Director of Commercial Operations, Karpowership

11:15 AM

Samson Tokpah, Managing Partner, SRG Consulting LLC

11:30 AM

Abraham Smith, Chief Executive Officer, One Communications

11:45 AM

Closing Plenary: Policy for Growth

The Honourable Sonia Parag, Minister of Education, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

The Honourable Susan Rodrigues, Minister of Tourism, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

The Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Moderator: Michella Abraham-Ali, Communications Consultant

12:45 PM

Conference Close

1:00 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM

Networking cocktail sponsored by BB Energy

2:00 PM

Local Content Workshop – Hosted by SBM

2:00 PM

Workshop – Hosted by Saipem

2:30 PM

Technical Discussion - Micro Grids – Hosted by MACORP

German Consuegra, President & General Manager, MACORP & ISG

Rafael Patiño, Ph.D., Commercial Vice President, HMV Engineers

Andras Mesics, Chief Executive Officer and President, SoEnergy International

Jhonatan Franco, Energy Commercial Manager, GECOLSA

Jairo Gonsalez, Chief Commercial Officer, SoEnergy

9:00 AM

Welcome remarks

9:05 AM

Q&A with the Honourable Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

10:05 AM

Youth engagement session and career guidance forum in partnership with ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd.

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