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

Edwin Palma Egea

Minister of Mines and Energy

Lidio García

President of the Senate

Gregorio Eljach Pacheco

Attorney General of the Nation

Andrea Stegher

President of the International Gas Union (IGU)

Juan Manuel Rojas

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Naturgas

Luz Stella Murgas

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

Carlos Costa

former Minister for the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development and Executive Director of Conservation International Colombia

María Ximena Lombana

Former Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism

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

Juan Espinal

Senator-elect from the Democratic Center Party

Jennifer Pedraza Sandoval

Senator-elect from the Dignity and Commitment Party

Jaime Raul Salamanca

Representative of the Green Alliance Party

Daniel Briceño

Elected representative of the Democratic Center Party

Carolina Arbeláez

Member of Parliament for the Radical Change Party

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

Ecopetrol

9:00 a.m.

10:10 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

Alcindo Moritz

President of Petrobras Colombia

José Feretti

Country Manager for Colombia at Tecpetrol

Moderator:

Leandro Caputo

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

10:10 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

Director of Long-Term Contracts and LNG Procurement for Latin America

Jordan Chitwood

LNG Trader for the Americas Vitol

Jorge Hoyos

Director general de Glenfarne Group

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

Jorge Henao

General Manager, Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI)

Juan Manuel Rojas

President of Promigas

Guido Maiulini

Head of Strategic Planning, OLACDE

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

Hugh Hopewell

Senior Energy Analyst, 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

Carlos Mazeneth

Managing Director of Efigas

John Maya

General Manager EPM

Moderator:

Nicolás Pareja Bermúdez

Director de El Universal de Cartagena

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m

Coffee Break

5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Presentación Introductoria

Conflicto asimétrico y los límites del poder

Carlos Pascual

Senior Vice President of Geopolitics and International Affairs at S&P Global

Panel:

The Global Voice of Natural Gas

Andrea Stegher

President of the International Gas Union (IGU)

Roberto Ardenghy

Instituto Brasileño de Petróleo, Gás Natural y Biocombustibles

Luz Stella Murgas

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

Ole Njaerheim

Asesor Sénior de Petoro

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

8:15 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Panel:

The constitutional process: legality, legitimacy, and limits

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

Luis Guillermo Vélez

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Foundation for the Rule of Law

Moderator:

José Manuel Acevedo

Director of Noticias RCN

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Panel:

Strategic financing for sustainable development

Pablo Angelelli

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Colombia Office

Santiago Rojas

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