Alessandra Andrade

President, SP Negócios

Alexandre Dal Forno

IoT & 5G Director, TIM Brasil

Ana Silvia Blanco Araujo

Chief Financial Officer, Associação de Olho no Material Escolar

Andres Guevara de la Vega

CEO, BP Bioenergy

Andres is an international energy professional currently serving as president of bp Brazil and bp bioenergy.

Andres joined bp in 2005 working in oil supply and trading for Latin America based in Chicago. He spent most of his career working out of London and Brazil, leading the business development for gas supply and trading. In these roles he worked on projects in southern Europe, with a focus on Spain and Italy, West Africa, Egypt, Trinidad, Russia, Argentina and the UK. Since 2019 he has led the development of new businesses related to CCUS and blue hydrogen. In his former position as bp’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Corporates & Partnerships he worked with bp’s most strategic customers on decarbonisation solutions for hard-to-abate sectors. Alongside this role, Andres was also President of bp Spain, overseeing a complex, downstream business and managing the in-country relationships.

Andres graduated Cum Laude in Production Engineering at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas-Venezuela, after which he joined McKinsey & Company. In 2003 he moved to Chicago to pursue an MBA at The University of Chicago where he graduated with Honors in 2005, majoring in Finance and Economics.

Outside of work, Andres enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He is passionate about cooking, history and teaching as visiting lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, SciencePo in Paris and IESA in Caracas.

Arlindo Farias

President, Sonal-RN

Arnaldo Jardim

Federal Deputy and Vice President of Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuária (FPA) Chamber of Deputies

Carlos Ubiratan Garms

President of the Board, UNICA and Shareholder Director, Usina Cocal

Caroline Perestrelo

Executive Corporate Agro Superintendent, Santander

Celso Torquato Junqueira Franco

Former President, UDOP, and Managing Partner, Agropecuária Barreiro Diamante

César Barros

President, CTC

He is the president of the CTC – Sugarcane Technology Center, since July/2023. He has built his career in agribusiness over 20 years. He previously served as Vice President of Commercial Operations LATAM at Nutrien Soluções Agrícolas, and has also held executive positions in large companies such as Bayer, Monsanto and Agrichem.

Edmundo Coelho Barbosa

President, Sindálcool-PB

Executive President of the Union of the Alcohol Manufacturing Industry in the State of Paraíba; Studied at the University of São Paulo and the Mackenzie University School of Engineering. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering Mackenzie University – São Paulo 1970 – 1974: Graduated in Social Sciences Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Social Sciences – University of São Paulo.

Positions:
Businessman since 1986 – Nutritiva Alimentos Ltda;
Member of Bioenergia Brasil.
Member of the Northeast Biotechnology Network;
Member of the Agribusiness Innovation and Technological Prospecting Network;
Member of CNI’s Agroindustry Thematic Council – COAGRO;
Member of the State Water Resources Council – CERH.

Elizabeth Anne Lyra Lopes de Farias

Educator and Businesswoman, Usina Caeté

Ernani Judice

President, Agrion Fertilizantes

Academic Training

• Business Administration – PUC Rio de Janeiro (1995 – 2000 drop out to follow international racing career)

Business Professional Experience

Sales Manager – MONY Life Insurance Company (Brazil / USA 1997 – 1999)
• Life Insurance Company and Variable Income Funds, with headquarters in the USA;
• Focus on selling income-based life insurance in the US and approach of the company with funds in Brazil (e.g. Banco Itaú, Banco
Multiplic).

Partner & General Manager – Holding of Brazil Insurance Broker
Performance Insurance (United States 1997 – 1999)
• Development and management of life insurance wallet with servers of the State of São Paulo, from the bank Nossa Caixa Nosso Banco;
• Insurance in general.
• Representation in the state of Rio de Janeiro of COSESP (Companhia de
Insurance of the State of São Paulo)
• Insurance Platform South America Insurance

Executive Director & Partner – Two Arches Waste Treatment Center
Other enterprises (managing partner) (United States 2005 – 2009)
• Landfill planning, implementation, licensing and management private and solutions for urban and health waste in the northern region of state of Rio de Janeiro. Contracts with 12 municipalities in the region.
• Leadership in project implementation and management of:
• Street lighting,
• Collection of garbage,
• Management of hospitals and health points,
• Works, Cleaning and maintenance of public places,

Founder (CEO 2009 – 2014 and 2106 – 2018) – Geocycle Biotechnology S/A (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Business Model Formation, Preparation of Business Plans,
Executive Management;
• Development of technology, production process (bench, plant pilot, Ramp up), and sales;
• Funding, relationship with financial institutions, entities of the sector, M&A processes, etc.
• Open Innovation R&D laboratories;
• Leadership in the company’s extensive restructuring process;

Founding Partner – VENTINNO Capital (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Investment holding company and participation in business, mentoring and consulting,
such as:
• Prepark: technology company for technology mobility and management of parking lots;
• Pay Via Fone: joint venture with Pay By Phone, the world’s largest company to electronic parking payment platform;
• Joint venture with US Specialty Minerals Inc in PCC project (Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) with Klabin;
• Be Green: largest urban farms company in Latin America
• Aroma Selezione: beverage production company;

CEO & Founder – AGRION Agrisolutions (Brazil / USA 2020 – currently)
• Agrion Agrisolutions: company that develops sustainable agriculture projects for large waste generators and fertilizer consumers.

Giuseppe Lobo

Executive Director, Bioind

Guilherme Campos Júnior

Secretary of Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

Guilherme Nastari

Director, DATAGRO

COMING SOON

Guilherme Piai Filizzola

Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo

Gustavo Rattes

President, Orplana

Gustavo Rattes de Castro is a businessman and rural producer (beef cattle, sugar and ethanol and grains), Chairman of the Board of ORPLANA (Organization of Sugarcane Producers’ Associations of Brazil), Fiscal and Advisory Board Member of APMP BIOENERGIA (Association of Producers of Raw Materials for the Bioenergy Industries of Goiás), Board Member of CONSECANA (Council of Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Producers of the State of São Paulo).

He has a degree in Zootechnics and a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management.

Henrique Berbert de Amorim Neto

President Director, APLA and President, Fermentec

Henrique Berbert de Amorim Neto is President of Fermentec, a company that offers integrated solutions for the sugar-energy sector, covering ethanol, sugar, energy, rum, and tequila. With over a decade of experience in leading multidisciplinary teams, he coordinates applied research and customized projects to improve the quality and competitiveness of products and processes globally.

At the same time, he is President of APLA (Local Alcohol Production Arrangement), where he leads the Brazil Sugarcane Bioenergy Solution Project in partnership with ApexBrasil. This strategic initiative fosters the development and internationalization of the sugarcane agro-industrial chain, promoting technologies, equipment, services, and participation in global trade shows and business rounds, boosting the sector’s competitiveness.

He serves as Technical Director of CMCT (Municipal Council for Science and Technology) and Advisor to ACIP (Commercial and Industrial Association of Piracicaba), connecting scientific and technological development to industry. He is a speaker and author of articles on topics relevant to the sector.

He holds an MBA in Administration and Organizations from FEA-USP, an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Abertay Dundee University (Scotland), and a degree in Agricultural Engineering from UFLA. His mission is to convert knowledge into value for the progress of the sugar-energy sector and society.

Henrique Penna

Commercial Director, Jalles

Henry Joseph Jr

Technical Director, ANFAVEA and Advisor, AEA

Henry Joseph Junior is the Technical Director of ANFAVEA. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Universidade Mackenzie, with further specialization from Tsukuba University (Japan) and over 30 published papers on fuels and vehicle emissions. He worked for 36 years in Engineering at Volkswagen, focusing on engines, ethanol, emissions, and lubricants. He was one of the key figures in the development of flex-fuel technology.

Hugo Motta

President, Chamber of Deputies

Itamar Borges

State Deputy, State of São Paulo

Jacob Robbins

Founder and CEO, Emeterra

Jaime Verruck

Secretary of State, Government of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Jeremy Austin

General Director, Sucden Brasil.

João Irineu Medeiros

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Stellantis

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Post-graduate in Structural Engineering from UFMG and in Economic Engineering from Dom Cabral Foundation.

MBA in Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Post-MBA by Kellogg School of Management Chicago, Northwerstern University, USA From 1987 to 2012 he worked in Powertrain and Chassis Product Development of FIAT Latin America:

From 2013 to 2016 he worked at the Tech Center of Fiat Chrysler United States in the areas of V8 engine development, in strategic planning and in the area of vehicle regulation, homologation and compliance.

Currently at Stellantis he is Director of Product Compliance for South America

José Guilherme Nogueira

CEO, ORPLANA

José Orive

Executive Director, ISO

José Orive is currently the Executive Director of the International Sugar Organization, a post he assumed in January 2014.

Previously Mr Orive was the Executive Director of the Central American Sugar Association (AICA) for 19 years, where he was responsible for negotiations for the the private sugar industry, with emphasis on coordination of    joint actions on priority issues, clearinghouse for information relevant to the sector, publications, participation in international forae.

Since 2010 he also was a partner in ARTLEX law firm in charge of large corporate clients, distribution contracts and environmental issues and arbitration.  He has also held senior posts in other law firms in Guatemala.

Soon after graduating from Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington in 1985 Mr Orive took up the post of Minister Counselor for Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of   Guatemala, Washington, D.C.

Mr Orive is married with two sons.

José Renato Alberto

DATAGRO Sat

Lamartine Navarro Neto

Director Partner, L Navarro Consultoria em Bioenergia

Marcos Landell

Director and Scientific Researcher, IAC

Mário Campos Filho

Executive President, Bioenergia Brasil and Siamig Bioenergia

Mário Ferreira Campos Filho is 39 years old. He is an economist graduaded from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), with an MBA in Finance from IBMEC and Government Relations from FGV Brasília.

He has been active in the sector since 2003. Currently, he is the executive president of the Sugar-Ethanol Industries Association of Minas Gerais – SIAMIG – and the Unions of the Sugar and Alcohol Industry in the State of Minas Gerais.

In 2021, he assumed the role of Chairman of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture and Bioenergia Brasil.

He is also the president of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Council of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais.

Marlon Arraes

Director of the Department of Biofuels, Ministry of Mines and Energy

Marussa Boldrin

Deputada Federal

Maurílio Biagi Filho

President, Grupo Maubisa

Matheus Braga

Energy Efficiency Manager, Comerc Energia

Mauro Arnaud de Queiros Mattoso

Head of the Agrifood and Biofuels Complex Department, BNDES

Economist graduated from UFRJ with an Executive MBA from COPPEAD/UFRJ, has worked at BNDES for 19 years, with the last 12 years in the sugar-energy sector, initially as an operational manager and in the past 2 years as Head of the Agro-food and Biofuels Complex Department in the Industry, Services, and Foreign Trade Division.

Miguel Ivan Novato

Analyst, Embrapa

Miguel Rubens Tranin

President, Alcopar

Born in Paranavai (PR). He has a degree in Agronomic Engineering and a post-graduate degree in Commodities Trading from CEPEA, USP.
He has worked in the sugar-energy sector for 22 years. He is a partner in the Nova Produtiva Agroindustrial Cooperative, based in Astorga (PR). He is currently CEO of Alcopar (Association of Bioenergy Producers of the State of Paraná).

Positions:
– President of Sialpar (Alcohol Manufacturing Industry Union of the State of Paraná)
– President of Siapar (Sugar Industry Union in the State of Paraná).
– President of Sibiopar (Biodiesel Production Industry Union of the State of Paraná).
– President of Sibielpar (Union of the Industry of Production and Generation of Bioelectricity through
biomass and biogas from sugarcane in the state of Paraná).
– At the Ministry of Agriculture, he is a member of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector Chamber.
– Member of the Agribusiness Infrastructure and Logistics Thematic Chamber.
– At CNI (Coagro) he is a member of the Agroindustry Thematic Council.
– Board member of the National Sugar and Energy Forum.
– Member of IPA (Instituto Pensar Agropecuária).
– Vice President of the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP).

Milton Santos Campelo da Silva

President, Sindicanálcool­-MA

Agricultural Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Economics (IDP)

Nelson Perez Junior

President of the National Sugarcane Commission, CNA

Newton Duarte

Executive President, Associação da Indústria de Cogeração de Energia (COGEN)

40 years’ experience in the electrical sector, working for Siemens and General Electric. Electrical Engineer, graduated from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – USP. In 1997 he attended the International Management course at Babson College in Boston, USA.
In 1981 and 1982 he worked at Siemens AG, Germany, in the areas of distribution and hydroelectric generation. Until 1991, he led the implementation of Siemens’ major hydroelectric projects, such as the Itaipú and Xingó HPPs.
After experience in the areas of medium voltage and automation of electrical systems and sales of hydro generators in South America, he took over the leadership of Industrial Systems in Latin America at GE. Returning to Siemens after five years, he led the Energy Sector until he retired in 2012.
Since 2014 he has chaired the Association of the Energy Cogeneration Industry – COGEN.

Paulo Castilho

Partner, DATAGRO High Performance

COMING SOON

Paulo Humberto Gouvea

Director of Corporate Solutions, Tim Brasil

Paulo Leal

President, Feplana

Graduated in Civil Engineering in 1975, owner of the “Paulo Sérgio de Marco Leal” Engineering Office

CEO of Cooperativa Regional Agrícola Mista de Cambará Ltda – COOPRAMIL from 1996 to 2016.

President of the Federation of Sugarcane Planters of Brazil – FEPLANA – 1st period 03/2010 to 03/2016 and 2nd period since 2021.

Vice President of the Cambará- Paraná Rural Union since 06/2014.

Provider of the Beneficent Association Casa de Misericórdia de Cambará since 2008.

Paulo Resende

Energy Transition Manager, FINEP

Pedro Freitas

Partner - Investment Banking, XP Inc.

Pedro Lupion

Federal Deputy, President of the Parliamentary Front for Agribusiness, Chamber of Deputies

Pedro Tavares Campos Neto

President, Unida and President of the Sectoral Chamber of the Alcohol and Sugar Production Chain of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

Pedro Robério de Melo Nogueira

Vice-President of Coagro - CNI and President of Sindacucar-al

Positions Held:

Director of PR Consultoria e Assessoria (a Planning, Consulting, and Business Advisory firm, particularly in the sugar and alcohol agroindustry sector)

President of the Sugar and Alcohol Industry Union of the State of Alagoas

Full Member of the Sectorial Chamber of the Sugar and Alcohol Production Chain at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply

Member of the Technical Committee of CIMA – Interministerial Council of Sugar and Alcohol

Director of the Sugar and Alcohol Affairs Department at the Secretariat for Regional Development of the Presidency of the Republic

Full Member of the Commission that reexamined the role of alcohol in the National Energy Matrix in 1990

Member of the Brazilian Delegation to the Sugar/Alcohol Commission of MERCOSUR – Montevideo – January to August 1993

Full Member of the Commission that reexamined the role of alcohol in the National Energy Matrix – MME – 1990/1993

Executive in companies in the sugar and alcohol sector

Plinio Nastari

President, DATAGRO

Dr. Nastari holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics, from Iowa State University.
Phi Kappa Phi (1983), Gamma Sigma Delta (1983).

Was Professor of Economics at FGV – The Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in São Paulo, in undergraduate and graduate level courses (MBA, Masters and Doctoral programs) from 1984 to 2001.

Member of PAPSAC, the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer Food Policy Group, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, USA, since 2012.

Professor at the MBA in Agribusiness Joint Programme established between ESPM in São Paulo and Université de Nantes, France, since 2015.

Former Executive Director and President of the Board of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineers (AEA), from 2000 to 2002, during the 1980s he helped the design of ethanol specifications which enabled the use of ethanol in fuel injected engines.

He has served as member of the Technical Committees of Brazil’s Interministerial Council on Sugar and Alcohol, National Energy Commission, and Commission for Reexam of the Energy Matrix. He has assisted the Brazilian government in Energy Planning (1984-86 and 1991-93), industry deregulation (1997-1999), trade negotiations (1991-2004), and trade disputes.

Representative of the Civil Society Specialist in Energy at the National Council on Energy Policy, at the Federal Government of Brazil, designated for the period of 2016 to 2018, and reassigned until 2020.

With extensive experience in trade negotiations and trade disputes at the International Trade Commission and the World Trade Organization, Dr. Nastari has acted before the Brazilian Government as Chief Economist in the trade disputes involving ethanol exports to the United States (US ITC), and subsidized sugar exports from the European Union, European Union bananas import regime, and Brazilian regime for the import of used and retreaded tires (WTO).

He is Arbitrator at the “Camara FGV de Arbitragem” (Arbitration Chamber of the Getulio Vargas Foundation), and at “Camara de Conciliação e Arbitragem da Sociedade Rural Brasileira”) and has acted as Expert Testimony in many cases, at this Chamber and at ICC, the International Chamber of Commerce, in Paris.

Lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Second Assessment Report (2AR), and Consultant for Biomass Energy other than Wood, to the World Energy Council.

Co-founder and Member of the Sustainable Biofuels Consensus (Bellagio Consensus), Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2008, and Participant of the Bled Strategic Forum, since 2008 in Bled, Slovenia.
Dr. Nastari is Member of the World Sugar Committee, at ICE Futures (Intercontinental Exchange) in New York, where recommendations are made for improvements in contract rules and other matters related to the world trade of sugar.

Member of the Council on Infrastructure of ACSP – Commerce Association of São Paulo, in São Paulo, since 2012.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, National Laboratory for Science and Technology of Bioethanol, National Research Center on Energy and Materials, Brazil´s Ministry of Science, Technology, Inovation and Communication, Federative Republico f Brazil, since 2018.

President and CEO of DATAGRO Consulting Ltd., one of the world’s leading consulting company specialized in agricultural markets, serving clients in 41 countries, since 1984.

He leads a team of 97 collaborators at Datagro, housed in seven offices (Alphaville, Sao Paulo/Capital, Ribeirao Preto, Santos, Recife, Piracicaba, and New York), assisting a host of companies in market analysis, investments in production and logistics assets related to sugar, ethanol and other agrindustrial activities, in countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Throughout the years, Dr. Nastari established a fruitful cooperation between Datagro and the International Sugar Organization (ISO), jointly organizing the prestigious Sugar & Ethanol Conference that precedes the Person of the Year Award (BrazilCham) and the New York Sugar Dinner for the last ten years. He was Chairman of the 19th ISO Annual Seminar in London.

Organizer of the Sugar & Ethanol Summit – Brazil Day, for five consecutive years in London, in cooperation with Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations. Organizer for seventeen consecutive years of the traditional Datagro International Conference in São Paulo that precedes the São Paulo Sugar Dinner, and the Datagro Ceise Br Fenasucro Conference in Sertãozinho, SP, the largest equipment fair for sugar & ethanol in the world. Organizer of the Global Agribusiness Forum, in partnership with the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), ABRAMILHO (corn producers), ABCZ (cattle producers),Citrus BR (orange juice producers) and Forum Nacional Sucroenergetico (sugar & ethanol producers) a biannual venue which has the official support of the USDA, the European Commission, and the governments of France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Turkey and Cuba.

Dr. Nastari is a frequent speaker at energy, biofuels and agribusiness conferences around the globe, with frequent attendance in London, Paris, Brussels, New York, Washington, Delhi, Bangkok, Tokyo, Barcelona, Kyoto, Johannesburg, Bled, Orlando, São Paulo, Singapore, Amsterdam and Dubai.

Honorary Citizen of the State of Nebraska, State Assembly of the State of Nebraska, USA (1998).
Honorary Citizen of the State of Pernambuco, State Assembly of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil (2016).
Scholarship President Ernesto Geisel, by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (1978)

Prize Canassauro Rex (2002).

Keynote Speaker, New York Sugar Dinner 2013, New York, NY, USA (2013).

Prize Top Ethanol (2014), Unica, Union of the Sugar Cane Industry.

Prize Merit of Agroenergy (2018), UDOP, União dos Produtores de Bioenergia.

100 Most Influential in Energy, Full Energy (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Ethanol Man of the Year, Mastercana International (2019).

Keynote Speaker, Sugar & Ethanol Dinner Brazil 2019, Bienal Pavillion Sao Paulo (2019).

Grand Official of the Order of Merit of Anhanguera, State Government of Goiás, 2017.

Commander, Order of Rio Branco, Brazilian Government, 2018.

From his contribution to the development of biofuels in the US Dr. Nastari was awarded and recognized at the White House for his contribution to the development of biofuels use in aviation (2003).

Married to Rute, the couple has three children, Francisco Guilherme (36), Louise (34) and Luiz Felipe (33), and four grandchildren, Carolina (6), José (5), Anna Sophie (4) and Francisco Luiz (3).

Rogerio Mian

Executive Director, UDOP

Rodrigo Ostanello

Americas Head of Sugar, ED&F Man Sugar Ltd.

I started my career in the trading market in 2006 – one of the first employees of the then Bauche Energy, I followed the company’s implementation and growth over the years, dedicated specifically to the bagged sugar market. Leaving the position of Statutory Director of Bauche, I joined Sucden do Brasil in 2011, accessing the bulk sugar market as responsible for product origination in Brazil. In 2015 I accepted the invitation from ED&F MAN to join the team in London – the international challenge was decisive at that time. After completing 1 year living in London, the company invited me to return to Brazil and take over the trading division as Country Manager of Brazil, where I stayed until 2021 when EDF MAN proposed the challenge of coordinating sugar operations in the Americas, including operations in Brazil, Central America and the United States.

Rosana Amadeu Silva

President, CEISE

COMING SOON.

Shigeaki Ueki

Former Minister, Ministry of Mines and Energy

Tarcísio de Freitas

Governor of the State of São Paulo (Invited)

Tarcísio Soares

Strategy and Business Manager, Airbus

Thereza Lyra Collor

Brazilian Historian and Politician

Tovar Alves Correia Lima

State Deputy, Legislative Assembly of Paraíba

Virgínia Lyra

Vice-President Delta Sucroenergia

Zé Vitor

Federal Deputy, President, FPE

Coming Soon.