Agenda del evento - Congreso Naturgas 2026

AGENDA

academic

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

8:00 a.m.

Registration of participants

2:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Installation and opening

Minister of Mines and Energy

Comptroller General of the Republic

Attorney General of the Nation

President of the International Gas Union (IGU)

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Naturgas

Chairwoman of Naturgas

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Panel:

State vision and governance: challenges in a new political cycle

Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar

former Minister of Mines and Energy, Finance and Public Credit, and Agriculture.

Amylkar Acosta Medina

Former Minister of Mines and Energy

Fernando Carrillo Flórez

Former Attorney General of the Nation and former Minister of the Interior and Justice

Moderator:

Gustavo Gómez

Director of Communications and Institutional Relations at Prisa Media

4:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Panel:

Legislative agenda 2026–2030

Elected congressmen

Moderator:

Andrés Mompotes Lemos

Director El Tiempo

6:00 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Welcome Cocktail

Cloister Terrace

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

Ecopetrol Conference

Ricardo Roa Barragán

President of Ecopetrol

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Panel:

Latin America and the Caribbean: from potential to natural gas production

Carlos Garibaldi

Executive Secretary, ARPEL

Alberto García

President, Drummond Energy

Pablo Yesid Fajardo Benítez

President of Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos – ANH

Carlos Machado

President of Maurel & Prom Colombia

Moderator:

Leandro Caputo

Head of Americas Gas, LNG and Low Carbon Gas Consulting at S&P Global Energy

10:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Panel:

The versatility and reliability of LNG for emerging markets

Adolfo Ibáñez

Director of Business Development, Exmar

Soledad Lysak

Managing Director, Total Energies Gas Cono Sur

Carmelo Smorto*

Senior LNG Originator, QatarEnergy Trading

Jordan Chitwood

LNG Trader for the Americas Vitol

Moderator:

Eric EyBerg

Global Head, Gas, LNG & Low Carbon Gases Consulting, S&P Global Energy

11:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

Panel:

Molecules in motion: the strategic role of natural gas transportation

Adriano Zerbini

Vice President of Affairs, Communications and Sustainability, Compass Gas & Energy

Tomás Delgado

President of Transportadora de Gas del Perú (TGP)

Jorge Henao

General Manager, Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI)

Juan Manuel Rojas

President of Promigas

Moderator:

Luz María Sierra

Director, El Colombiano

12:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Lunch 12:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Introductory Presentation:

The energy sector's path to net-zero emissions in Colombia

Sustainability, Technology, and Outlook Department

International Energy Agency

Panel:

Energy Transition and Natural Gas, an approach from think tanks

Ed Crooks

Vice Chair Americas, Wood Mackenzie

Daniel Rellán

Technical Director of Oil and Gas Argentine Institute of Oil and Gas - IAGP

Clarissa Brandao

Senior Researcher, Getulio Vargas Foundation

Tomás González

Director, Regional Center for Energy Studies - CREE

Juan Benavides

Researcher, Fedesarrollo

Sustainability, Technology, and Outlook Department

International Energy Agency

Moderator:

Camilo Morales

Secretary General, Naturgas

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Panel:

Molecules with purpose: energy that drives human development

Orlando Cabrales

President Frontera Energy

Cristiane Alkmin Junqueira Schmidt

Chief Executive Officer Natural Gas Distribution Company - MSGas, Brazil

Rodolfo Anaya

President Vanti

Ramón Dávila

General Manager, Gases del Caribe

John Maya

General Manager EPM

Moderator:

Erika Fontalvo

Director El Heraldo

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m

Coffee Break

5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Panel:

The Global Voice of Natural Gas

Andrea Stegher

President of the International Gas Union (IGU)

Roberto Furian Ardenghy

President, Instituto Brasilero de Petróleo y Gas

Luz Stella Murgas

Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean - IGU and President of Naturgas

Moderator:

Carlos Pascual

Senior Vice President for Geopolitics & International Affairs S&P Global

7:00 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Televised presidential debate

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Panel:

The constitutional process: legality, legitimacy, and limits

Hernando Herrera Mercado

Chief Executive Officer, Excellence in Justice Corporation

Carlos Augusto Chacón

Director of the Institute of Political Science

María Teresa Palacio Jaramillo

Partner, Arrieta Palacio Solicitors

Alberto Montaña Plata*

President of the Council of State

Nicolás Yepes

Third Section, Council of State

Moderator:

José Manuel Acevedo

Director of Noticias RCN

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Panel:

Strategic financing for sustainable development

Ramiro López - Ghio

Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Colombia

Santiago Rojas

Regional Manager North, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – CAF

María Lorena Gutiérrez

President of Grupo Aval

Guido Maiulini

Head of Strategic Planning, OLACDE

Moderator:

Ricardo Ospina

Director, Blu Radio News

10:30 a.m.

10:50 a.m.

Conferencia:

Impartiality in inspection, surveillance, and control functions?

Juan Manuel Laverde Álvarez

Magistrate, Consultation Chamber and Service of the Council of State

Coffee Break

10:50 a.m.

11:50 p.m.

Panel:

What lies ahead for Colombia? Analysis and reflections

Mauricio Vargas

Journalist and writer

Ricardo Ávila

Senior Analyst, El Tiempo

María Jimena Duzán

Journalist and Political Scientist

Yohir Akerman

Researcher and Opinion Columnist

Moderator:

Mauricio Reina

Network Analyst, Más Noticias

11:50 a.m.

12:20 p.m.

International Conference

U.S. Department of Energy

12:20 p.m.

12:50 p.m.

Closing conference

Hernán Penagos Giraldo

National Registrar of Civil Status