Offshore Wind in Brazil: Challenges and opportunities

As the Brazilian Offshore Wind market opens up, join us for this in-person discussion of the opportunities and challenges faced by investors, developers, supply chain and industry in general keen on realising this potential 700GW market.  

Invited speakers and panellists: ABEEólica, SHELL, Porto do Açu, DLA Piper, DIT, Banco do Brasil and UK Export Finance.

Event Programme:

8:30 - Registration and networking 

9:00 -  Welcoming address

• Vera Innes – Chair of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in GB
• Fabio Machado – General Manager at Banco do Brasil

9:10  - Opening remarks

• Marco Longhi, MP - Trade Envoy to Brazil
• Anjoum Noorani - British Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro

9:20  - Presentation  by ABEEólica - Brazilian Wind Energy Association

• Speaker: Elbia Gannoum -  Chief Executive Officer at ABEEólica

9:30 - Presentation by Shell 

•  Lukas Fleming -  Head of UK Onshore Renewable Generation

9:40 - Presentation by Mauro Andrade, Business Development Executive Director at Prumo Group.

9:50  - Presentation by DLA Piper

• Marcelo Frazão - Partner and Co-Head of the Energy and Natural Resources Practice of DLA Piper
• Bruce Chen - Of Counsel at DLA Piper

10:00  - Panel Discussion moderated by Ieda Gomes, Non-Executive Board Director - Energy, Infrastructure, Construction and Utilities and Councillor at the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce

Panellists:

• Elbia Gannoum, Chief Executive Officer at ABEEólica
• Albert Clarke, Head of Ofshore Wind at DIT
• Richard  Simon-Lewis,, Director & Head of Business Development, Marketing & Communications at UKEF

10:25 -  Closing remarks by Daniella Carneiro, Head of the Energy and Decarbonisation Committee of the Brazilian Chamber

10:30 - Event Ends.

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