IN-PERSON CLASSROOM SEMINARS

• The Mexican Electricity Market: Design and Current Status
• Unbundling the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)
• Mexico's Electricity Market: Learning Lessons from the First Long-Term Auction
• Short-term transactions in the New Wholesale Electricity Market
• Mexico Electricity Infrastructure Overview and Outlook
• Clean Energy Incentives and the Energy Transition Law
• U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Electricity Trade and Grid Integration
• Opportunities & Challenges for U.S. Companies Entering the Mexican Market

• How to qualify as an expert in court and before regulatory commissions
• How to "sell yourself" (or your company) as the professional of choice
• The extent to which environmental assessments should be used when buying or selling oil and gas properties
• How and when environmental audits can be kept privileged and confidential
• Questionable technical arguments that appeal to jurors

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome

8:45-9:30 a.m. 

Keynote Presentation: 

The Mexican Electricity Market: Design and Current Status

Commissioner Marcelino Madrigal, Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)

9:30-10:15 a.m. Keynote Presentation:  U

nbundling the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)

Roberto Martínez Espinosa, General Counsel, CFE (invited)

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Morning Break

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: 

Mexico's Electricity Market: Learning Lessons from the First Long-Term Auction

Moderator: Andrea Calo, Director - Mexico Market Intelligence, Customized Energy Solutions

Panelists:

Thomas Mueller-Gastell, Partner, Ritch Mueller

Adrián Katzew, CEO, Zuma Energía

Andrés Salas, Director - Mexico Business Development, SunPower

12:15-1:15 p.m. Group Luncheon

1:15-2:00 p.m. 

Short-term transactions in the New Wholesale Electricity Market

 Marcos Valenzuela, Director of Market Management,  National Center for Energy Control CENACE

2:00-2:45 p.m. Mexico Electricity Infrastructure Overview and Outlook

Britt Burt, VP of Global Power, Industrialinfo

2:45-3:15 p.m. Afternoon Break

3:15-4:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: 

Clean Energy Incentives and the Energy Transition Law

Moderator: Melinda Taylor, Executive Director, KBH Center for Energy, Law and Business, University of Texas at Austin 

Panelists:

Luis Serra, Chief Executive of the Energy Initiative, 

School of Government and Public Transformation, 

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ITESM

Jonathan Pinzón, 

Senior External Consultant, Energy, 

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José María Lujambio, Attorney, Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton

4:45 p.m. Day One Wrap Up

5:00 p.m. Networking Reception Sponsored By 

Thursday, June 16, 2016

8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: 

U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Electricity Trade and Grid Integration

Moderator: Carlos Romo, Attorney, Baker Botts

Panelists:

Max Yzaguirre, President, The Yzaguirre Group

Calvin Crowder, 

President - South Central Region, GridLiance

Enrique Giménez Sainz de la Maza, Director, Fisterra Energy

10:00-10:30 a.m. Morning Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: 

Opportunities & Challenges for U.S. Companies Entering the Mexican Market

Moderator: Alejandra Bueno, Attorney, Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton

Panelists:

Mannti Cummins, Director, Energía Veleta

David Muñoz Andrade, Director - Mexico, Buenavista Renewables

Ricardo Montijo, Natural Resources Program Director - SWCA Environmental Consultants

12:00 p.m. Conference Adjourns

 

The seminar will start promptly at 8:00 AM and will finish at 5:00 PM on the first day. On the second day, the seminar will resume at 8:00 AM and will finish at 12:00 PM. The program includes continental breakfast, lunch (on the first day), and coffee breaks. Dress is casual for all seminars.

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The price for this comprehensive two-day seminar is $995 (USD).

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