March 6 and 7th,
2024

Taiwan Centro de Eventos
Av. Dr. Francisco Gugliano, 2710 - Royal Park, Ribeirao Preto - Sao Paulo, 14110-000
About the event
The SANTANDER DATAGRO Opening Crop – Sugarcane, Sugar, and Ethanol is the event that marks the planning kickoff for the Brazilian sugarcane industry, with the opening of the annual sugarcane crop.
Bringing together entrepreneurs and executives from mills, sugarcane producers, suppliers, and political leaders to present innovative analyses on the sugarcane crop and also to discuss the fundamentals of the global market, the sustainability of the sugarcane industry, technology in agriculture, financing, and diversification of biofuel usage. Analysis on the results of the 2023/24 crop and estimates for the following crop will also be presented to the public.
To be held in a hybrid format, the 8th SANTANDER DATAGRO Opening Crop – Sugarcane, Sugar, and Ethanol is scheduled for March 2024 in the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, with online participation also available.
Last year, its 7th edition brought together more than 70 speakers, over 1700 participants, and featured 18 hours of content.
Programme
March 06th, 2024
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Speakers:
Antonio Duarte Nogueira Júnior, Mayor of Ribeirao Preto City, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Guilherme Piai, Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. – Representing Tarcísio De Freitas, Governor of the State of São Paulo.
Zé Vitor, Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais, President of the Parliamentary Front for Ethanol, Chamber of Deputies, Brasilia, Brazil.
Pedro Lupion, Federal Deputy for Parana and President of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture, Chamber of Deputies, Brasilia, Brazil. (Invited)
Lucas Bove, State Deputy, São Paulo State Legislative Assembly, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Marlon Arraes, Director of the Department of Biofuels, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brasilia, Brazil.
Luiz Gustavo Wiechoreki, General Coordinator of Sugarcane and Agroenergy, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Brasilia, Brazil. – Representing the Secretary of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (MAPA), Neri Gueller.
Sérgio Bortolozzo, President, Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luciano Rodrigues, Sectoral Intelligence Director, UNICA, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Hugo Cagno, President, UDOP, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Paulo Leal, President, FEPLANA, Parana, Brazil.
Bruno Rangel Geraldo Martins, Vice President, ORPLANA, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Rosana Amadeu Silva, President, CEISE-BR, Sertaozinho, Brazil.
Caroline Perestrelo, Head Corporate Agro, Santander Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Plinio Nastari, President, DATAGRO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
José Guilherme Nogueira, CEO, Organization of Sugarcane Producers Associations of Brazil (ORPLANA), Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Speaker:
Plinio Nastari, President, DATAGRO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luciano Rodrigues, Sectoral Intelligence Director, UNICA, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Flávio Castellari, Executive Director, APLA, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Speaker:
Dr. Germán Serino, Director, Chacra Experimental Agrícola Santa Rosa, Argentina.
William Burnquist, Executive Director, Boyd Biotech do Brasil, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Eduardo Leão, President and CEO, CropLife Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Marcelo Bosquetti, Commercial Director, Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Speakers:
Guilherme Correia, Trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ulysses Carvalho, Senior Trader, Sucden, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ricardo Alves, Senior Trader of Origination, Raízen, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Livia Kosaka, Head of Strategic Consulting, DATAGRO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
Paulo Bruno Craveiro, Data Analyst, DATAGRO, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Ailton Santos, Chief Financial Officer, Cocal, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Celso Roxo, Financial Director, Usina Lins, Lins, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Caroline Perestrelo, Head Corporate Agro, Santander Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
Danilo Blanco, Operational Manager, Peterson Projects & Solutions, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Marcelo Morandi, Researcher and Head of International Relations, Embrapa, Brasilia, Brazil.
André do Amaral, Manager of Commercial Operations, Grunner, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Carolina Troster, Partner, DATAGRO Financial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
Alessandro Correia, Partner and Head of Agribusiness, Vectis Gestão, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Matheus Licarião, Director and Head of DCM, Santander Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luciano Cardoso, Superintendent of Interior São Paulo, Marsh Brasil, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
March 07th, 2024
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Moderator:
Ronaldo Petri, Senior Consultant, DATAGRO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
Douglas Mariani, Senior Chemical Engineer, S-PAA Soteica, Parana, Brazil.
– Results and Improvements (cases) with Advanced Control Technology Systems.André Albuquerque, CEO, Pentagro, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Results and Improvements (cases) with Advanced Control Technology Systems.Rafael Bassetto, Industrial Manager, Usina São Manoel, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Case São Manoel (NIR), Extraction and Others.Wilson Lucena, Industrial Director, BP Bunge Bioenergia, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Valmir Barbosa, Senior Consultant, DATAGRO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Trends in Sugarcane Planting.Speakers:
Auro Pardinho, Marketing Manager, DMB Máquinas e Implementos Agrícolas, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
– Mechanized Planting.Murilo Gasparoto, Agricultural Manager, Usina São Manoel, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Transformation of Systematization in Favor of Harvest.Luís Augusto Contin, Agricultural Production Manager, Usina Alta Mogiana, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Minimum Tillage in Sugarcane.
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Moderator:
Eduardo Calichman, Senior Industrial Consultant and Partner, DATAGRO High Performance, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
Marcia Mutton, University Professor, FCAV/UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Impact of Raw Material Quality on Sugar and Ethanol Productivity.Luiz Magno de Brito, Agroindustrial Director, Usina Caeté, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Creating the Sugar Mix.Francisco Lomonaco, Technical Director, Benri Ratings, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Moderator:
Valmir Barbosa, Senior Consultant, DATAGRO, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Speakers:
Ernani Judice, CEO, Agrion Agrisolutions, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Fertilizer Production at the Plant.Odair Fernandes, Professor, UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Biological Pest Control: Updates.
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Moderator:
Alberto Gomes, Agricultural Engineer, DATAGRO High Performance, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Speakers:
Mário Sérgio Junior, Senior Manager of Agricultural Mechanization, BP Bunge Bioenergy, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil.
– Operational Quality in Harvesting.Herivelton Lobo, CTT Manager, BEVAP Bioenergy, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
– Harvesting in high TCH Sugarcane Fields, Care, and Prerequisites.André Assis, Agroindustrial Planning Manager, Zilor, São Paulo, Brazil.
– Two-row Harvester, Results and Comparisons.
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Moderator:
José Fernando Mazuca Filho, CEO, UISA, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Speakers:
João Bortolussi, CEO, JBR Engenharia Industrial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Flex Production (Ethanol: Sugarcane and Corn) – PROJECT VISION.Fernando Cullen, Industrial Manager and Industrial Technology Advisor, São Martinho Group, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Perspectives and Overview of Corn Ethanol Production (Case São Martinho).Paulo Motta, President, Cerradinho Bioenergia, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Case Cerradinho Bio Mill.Abel Uchoa, General Director, SJC Bioenergia, Goias, Brazil.
– Flex Production (Ethanol: Sugarcane and Corn).
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Moderator:
Airton Ignácio da Silva, Industrial Consultant, DATAGRO, Sertaozinho, Brazil.
Speakers:
Luca Giobbi, CEO, Usina Sonora, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
– Success Case DTGR AP Sonora.Mariana Granelli, Legal Coordinator, Granelli Sugar Mill, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Success Case DTGR AP Granelli.Isac Ferreira, Senior Director of Corporate Transformation, Alvarez & Marsal, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
– Success Case DTGR AP Ápice.
Speakers

Antônio Duarte Nogueira Júnior
Mayor of Ribeirão Preto

Guilherme Piai Filizzola
Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo

Lucas Bove
State Deputy, Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo

Zé Vitor
Federal Deputy, President of the Parliamentary Front of Ethanol, Chamber of Deputies

Abel Uchoa
General Director, SJC Bioenergia

Ailton Santos
Chief Financial Officer, Cocal

Airton Silva
Industrial Consultant, DATAGRO High Performance

Alberto Gomes
Agronomist Engineer, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Alessandro Correia
Partner, Vectis

André do Amaral
Manager of Commercial Operations, Grunner

André Assis
Agroindustrial Planning Manager, Zilor

André Lins Albuquerque
CEO, Pentagro

Arlindo Aprobatto
Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Auro Pardinho
Marketing Manager, DMB Máquinas e Implementos Agrícolas

Bruno Rangel Geraldo Martins
Vice President, ORPLANA

Carolina Troster de Hollanda
Partner, DATAGRO Financial

Caroline Perestrelo
Sr Head Agro Corporate, Santander Brasil

Celso Roxo
Chief Financial Officer, Usina Lins

Daniel Sofer
Owner, DSA

Danilo Blanco
Operational Manager, Peterson

Dário W Sodré
Director, D2G Consultoria Empresarial

Douglas Mariani
Senior Engineer, Soteica

Eduardo Calichman
Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Eduardo Leão
President and CEO, Croplife Brazil

Ernani Judice
Founder & CEO, Agrion

Fernando Cullen
Industrial Manager and Industrial Technology Advisor, Grupo São Martinho

Francisco Lomonaco
Technical Director, Benri Ratings

Flavio Castellari
Specialist in Access to International Markets

Germán Serino
Director, Chacra Experimental Agricola Santa Rosa

Guilherme Correia
Trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)

Herivelton Lobo
CTT Manager, BEVAP Bioenergia

Hugo Cagno Filho
President, UDOP

Isac Ferreira
Senior Director of Corporate Transformation, Alvarez & Marsal

João Bortolussi
CEO, JBR Engenharia Industrial

José Fernando Mazuca Filho
CEO, UISA

José Guilherme Nogueira
CEO, ORPLANA

Livia Kosaka
Strategic Consulting Manager, DATAGRO

Luca Giobbi
CEO, Usina Sonora

Luciano Cardoso
Superintendent, Marsh Brasil

Luciano Rodrigues
Diretor, UNICA

Luís Augusto Contin
Agricultural Production Manager, Usina Alta Mogiana

Luiz Gustavo Wiechoreki
General Coordinator of Sugarcane and Agroenergy, MAPA

Luiz Magno de Brito
Agroindustrial Director, Usina Caeté

Marcelo Bosquetti
Commercial Director, Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA)

Marcelo Morandi
Researcher, EMBRAPA

Márcia Mutton
University Professor, FCAV/UNESP

Mário Sérgio Salani
Senior Corporate Agricultural Mechanization Manager, BP Bioenergy

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

Matheus Licarião
Director and Head of DCM, Santander Brasil

Murilo Gasparoto
Agricultural Manager, Usina São Manoel

Paulo Bruno Craveiro
Data Analyst, DATAGRO

Paulo Leal
President, Feplana

Paulo Motta
CEO, Cerradinho Bioenergia

Plinio Nastari
President, DATAGRO

Rafael Bassetto
Industrial Manager, Usina São Manoel

Ricardo Alves
Senior Trader of Origination, Raízen

Ricieri Zerbatto
Implementation and After-Sales Manager, Saveway

Ronaldo Petri
Senior Consultant,, DATAGRO

Rosana Amadeu Silva
President, CEISE

Sérgio Bortolozzo
President, Sociedade Rural Brasileira (SRB)

Ulysses Carvalho
Senior Trader, Sucden

Valmir Barbosa
Partner, DATAGRO High Performance

William Burnquist
Executive Director, BOYD BIOTECH DO BRASIL

Wilson Lucena
Industrial Director, BP Bunge Bioenergia

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