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Thursday,
February 2 |
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2:00
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Registration
– Main Lobby, Sheraton Hotel |
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5:00-6:00 |
Pre-Summit
Workshop:
Doing Business with Cuba: Lessons Learned
Kirby Jones, President, Alamar Associates
Clasico Room – 2nd floor |
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6:30
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Welcome
Cocktail Reception
hosted by US-Cuba Trade Association
Angel Room – 19th Floor |
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Friday,
February 3: |
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7:45-8:45 |
Registration
– outside Clasico Room – 2nd floor |
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8:45-9:00 |
Welcome
from Kirby Jones, Alamar Associates |
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9:00-9:15
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Introduction
of Keynote Speaker
Ruben Bonilla, Chairman, Port of Corpus
Christi |
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9:15-10:00 |
Keynote
Address:
Raul Perez de Prado, Vice Minister, Ministry
of Basic Industry |
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10:00-10:30 |
Presentation:
Overview of Petroleum Industry
in Cuba
Chair: Ruben Bonilla
Speaker: Juan A. Fleitas, Gen. Dir., Commercial
Cupet S.A. |
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10:30-11:15 |
Break |
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11:15-12:15
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Presentation:
Production of Petroleum
Chair: Mike Olivier,
Sec., Louisiana Dep’t of Economic Dev’t.
Speaker: Manuel Marrero, Principal Specialist
for Petroleum, MINBAS |
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12:15-1:15 |
Lunch
hosted by Caterpillar
Terraza Room – 3rd floor |
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1:15-2:15
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Presentation:
Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf
Chair: Amado Duron, Valero
Energy Company
Speaker: Rafael Tenreyro, Manager of Exploration,
Cupet |
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2:15-3:00
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Presentation:
Business Contracts and regulations involved in Cuban petroleum sector
Chair: Amado Duron
Speaker: Juan A. Fleitas |
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3:00-3:30 |
Break |
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3:30-4:00 |
Presentation:
Environmental regulations
Chair: Kirby Jones
Speaker: Alberto Wong, Director of Hydrocarbon
Division, Nat’l. Office of Mineral Resources (ONRM) |
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4:00-
4:30 |
Presentation:
Reality and Future of Cuba’s energy system
Speaker: Lazaro Hernandez,
Business Director, Union Electrica |
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4:30-5:15 |
Current
Business between US and Cuba
Speakers:
Pedro Alvarez, Chairman of Alimport
Maria de la Luz B’Hamel, Dir. Of North America
Ministry of Foreign Trade |
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Saturday,
February 4:
Mision Colon Reforma Hotel |
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9:00-9:45 |
Doing
Business in Cuba: View from US companies
Chair: Kirby Jones, U.S.-Cuba
Trade Association
Panelists: Jay Brickman, Crowley Maritime Services;
Mark Smalley, Caterpillar |
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9:45-10:30 |
US-Cuba
Relations:
Chair: Jake Colvin, USA*Engage
Panelists: Dagoberto Rodriguez, Head, Cuban Interests
Section, Washington, DC
Phil Peters, Dir.,Cuba Program, Lexington Institute |
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10:30-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-1:00 |
Onshore
oil exploration and Exploration and Production Technology and Services
Chair: Henry Florsheim,
Lafayette Economic Dev’t. Authority
Speakers: Rafael Tenreyro and Juan Fleitas |
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1:00-2:00 |
Lunch |
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Summit
Participants |
DELEGATES
- Carlos
Alatorre, Lewis Energy Group
- Jonathon
Benjamin-Alvarado, University of Nebraska
- Barry
Blackrock, Mgr., Int’l. Business Dev’t., Petrobank
Energy & Resources Ltd.
- Michael
Bliemsrieder, Regional Director, World Wildlife Fund/Canada
- Ruben
Bonilla, Chairman, Port of Corpus Christi
- Jay Brickman,
Vice President, Crowley Maritime Services
- Joseph
Caldwell, Vice President, Tiger Machinery, Tarrant, Alabama
- Joel Chaisson,
Executive Director, Port of South Louisiana, LaPlace, Louisiana
- Joe Cisneros,
President, Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Chris
Cheng, Monterrey Institute of International Studies, Monterey,
Calif
- Jake
Colvin, Director, USA*Engage,
Washington, DC
- Amado
Duron, Dir., Business Dev’t for Mexico and Latin America
- Valero
Energy Co., San Antonio, Texas
- Henry
Florsheim, VP.,Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Lafayette,
LA
- Ron Harper,
Area Coordinator, IHS Energy Co., Houston, TX
- Cesar
Hinijosa, Lewis Energy Group, San Antonio, TX
- John
LaRue, Executive Director, Port of Corpus Christi
- Rod Lewis,
CEO, Lewis Energy Group, San Antonio, TX
- Rainer
Lilienthal, General Manager, Port of Houston, Houston, TX
- Randy
Maldonado, Chairman, Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Medarno
Martinez, President, Bay-Inelectrica de Mexico, S.A.de C.V.,
Mexico City, MX
- Maria
Martinez, Spouse of Medarno Martinez
Francisco Mendez, Attorney, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
- Thomas
Moore, Port of Corpus Christi
- William
Morris, Vice President, CSV Holdings, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
- Roland
Mower, CEO, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Dev’t. Authority
- Joe Newhart,
Manager, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
- Michael
Olivier, Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development, Baton Rouge,
LA
- Phil Peters,
Vice President, Lexington Institute
- Rick Rathe,
Vice President – Power Systems, Caterpillar, Miami, FL
- Dane
Revette, Director of Energy Development, Louisiana Economic
Development
- James
Shettig, General Manager, Crowley Marine Services, Houston,
TX
- Mark
Smalley, Power Systems District Manager for Caribbean, Caterpillar
– Miami, Fla.
CUBAN
OFFICIALS
- Raul Perez
de Prado, Vice Minister, Ministry of Basic Industry
- Juan A.
Fleitas Melo, Cupet
- Alberto
Lopez Ledo, Cupet
- Carlos
A. Perez Cervantes, Cupet
- Alberto
Wong Calvo, Nat’l. Office Mineral Resources
- Manuel
Marrero Faz, Ministry of Basic Industry
- Eloy Leon
Gomez, Ministry of Basic Industry
- Olga Morales
Hernandez, Ministry of Basic Industry
- Lazaro
Lopez Gonzalez, Union Electrica
- Mayra
Lopez Gutierrez
- Maria
de la Luz B’Hamel, Ministry of Foreign Trade
- Pedro
Alvarez, Chairman, Alimport
- Ariel
Ricardo, Dep’t. of United Status, Ministry of Foreign
Relations
- Dagaberto
Rodriguez, Head, Cuban Interests Section, Washington, DC
- Ernesto
Placensia, Cuban Interests Section, Washington, DC
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