Main Conference Day 2

2 April

09:00

Country by Country SAF Roadmap Breakdown: Where are the opportunities for aviation decarbonisation production in Latin America?

  • A bird’s eye view: Exploring opportunities for Latin America to become a significant production hub for SAF

  • Brazil: How can the 2027 SAF mandate encourage a reduction in life cycle emissions routes for SAF and promote investment?

  • Colombia: How can SAF public policy partnerships accelerate production in the country?

  • Chile: Vuelo Limpio: How can the introduction of the first Public-Private Agreement SAF accelerate Chile’s commitments to sustainability and unite the value chain?

  • Uruguay: The influence of government endorsement: How can public backing of biorefineries in Uruguay set a precedence to celebrate production facilities?

  • Argentina: How can bioethanol and SAF production be accelerated by providing political and economic assurances?

  • Romina Altamriano
    Fuel Regulation and Market Analyst

  • Guillame Gressin
    Vice President International Strategy

  • Ricardo Rosario
    Energy Transition Specialist

  • Rafael Barros Arujo
    Technical Consultant

  • Diego Gaitan Rebollo
    Chief Operating Officer

09:45

Establishing total emissions values of different SAF production routes: The capabilities to search methodological alignment of RenovaBio with CORSIA

  • Fabio da Silva Vinhado
    Deputy Superintendent

10:05

Finance and Investment Power Panel: Demonstrating strategies and unveiling requirements to secure SAF project bankability, achieve due diligence and reduce investment risk

  • Creating industry assurances for investment: Identifying key factors to mitigate investment risk across the SAF space and making projects attractive to investors

  • Are banks ready to provide financing for SAF? Assessing length of offtakes, production technology comparisons and location

  • How can diverting investment from biofuel production to new fuel facilities be justified to stakeholders?

  • What broader economic support would accelerate additional SAF capacity industry-wide?

  • The price of feedstocks: Will ethanol be priced based on CORSIA certification?

  • Will SAF with a lower carbon intensity be sold for less than those with higher carbon intensity?

  • David Doherty

  • Gabriel Barra
    Director

  • Senior Representative

  • Boris Gancev
    Treasury Products

  • Artur Milanez
    Manager Biofuels

10:50

Networking Break & One-to-One Meetings

11:30

Airline Sustainability Strategy Roundtable: The role of SAF, fleet renewal, offsets and carbon credit schemes

  • Assessing the opportunities for short term solutions optimising airline operations: Which strategy are airlines prioritising to reduce emissions?

  • What do LATAM airlines’ sustainability strategies look like ahead of industry wide 2030 goals?

  • How are airlines approaching SAF project announcements in LATAM?

  • How can airlines and the industry agreement upon offtake agreements longer than 1-2 years?

  • How can airlines provide support in development technologies and decarbonisation innovations?

  • Creating offtake agreements: What are airlines looking for and how can the industry create a product to match?

  • What preparedness do airlines have for longer term decarbonisation strategies?

  • Pedro Rodrigues Calderon
    Director of SAF

  • Felipe Alvarez de Olivieria
    Head of Sustainability

  • Tomas von Atzingen Cardoso
    Trading Director

  • Julio Diaz Cruz
    Environmental Manager

12:10

The Potential of Latin America for SAF and its Main Value Chains

  • Agustin Torroba
    President

  • Evandro Gussi
    President

  • Victor Castro
    Executive Director

  • Alvaro Lorenzo
    General Manager

  • Juan Sebastian Diaz
    Latin America Deputy Director

12:50

The View from Europe and North America: Where do other developing SAF markets view the greatest opportunities in Latin America?

  • Does the opportunity for regulatory harmonisation across different global markets exist?

  • How do European and North American stakeholders view the Latin American SAF market?

  • European ethanol regulators views on the opportunity for AtJ production in the region

  • Evaluating how SAF production in LATAM can help Europe fulfil its ReFuelEU Aviation SAF mandates and reduce dependence on European feedstock availability

  • Comparing certification schemes: Does Latin America’s SAF and biofuel industry comply with European RED II certification, or the North American GREET model?

  • Ricardo Bernardi
    Managing Partner

  • Debora Lima
    Business Development Manager – Renewable Energy

  • Juan Diaz
    Regional Deputy Director

  • Haldane Dodd
    Managing Director

  • Gerard Ostheimer

13:30

Networking Lunch & One-to-One Meetings

14:30

Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production from Biogas Derived from Biomass Waste in Brazil: Insights and Strategies

  • Alysson de Camargo de Oliviera
    Business Unit Manager

14:50

Achieving success in Latin America’s aviation industry: Providing insight into strategies and wins to propel SAF growth in the Latin American market

  • Which technologies are likely to break through in the SAF industry in the coming decade?

  • What key takeaways can be learnt from other hard-to-abate sectors in their decarbonisation commitments?

  • Understanding the impact of industry collaboration and trade corridors on accelerating aviation decarbonisation

  • Evaluating options to drive SAF-scale up and their potential on sustainable growth

  • What key criteria to SAF producers need to see from the market to develop clean energy projects?

  • Integrating emerging technologies into the evolving SAF market and enhance production efficiency and capacity

15:30

Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Biogas Derived from Biomass Waste in Brazil: Insights and Strategies

  • Alysson de Camargo de Oliveira
    Business Unit Manger

14:45

SAF Logistics and Supply Chain Focus: How can Latin America create an effective domestic, regional and global supply chain for SAF?

  • Determining the importance of creating SAF refineries close to ethanol and other feedstock sources

  • Constraints and opportunities for SAF infrastructure in Latin America: How can developing feedstocks be introduced into existing production pipelines?

  • Overcoming infrastructure complexities in the region: How can SAF be transported sustainably across borders without increasing the cost?

  • Can “green corridors” provide airlines with access to globally produced SAF?

  • What is the feasibility of introducing SAF into existing Latin American pipelines?

  • Highlighting the opportunity to transport ethanol, feedstocks and SAF sustainably across the region

  • Augustin Torroba
    Director

  • Lucas Ramos
    Lead Energy Analyst Americas

  • Larissa Carolina Amorim dos Santos
    Director

16:30

Sustainability and Belo Horizonte international Airport

  • Evandro Amato Reis
    Sustainability Analyst

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SAF MASTERCLASS & INTELLIGENCE DAY

31 MARCH 2025

MAIN CONFERENCE
DAY 1

1 APRIL 2025