Agenda
Argus is continuously collaborating with industry leaders to develop the 2024 agenda, incorporating insights from experts at the forefront of the field.
If you would like to discuss speaking opportunities at the event, please contact:
Bhuvam Patel
Conference Producer
bhuvam.patel@argusmedia.com
2024 Agenda
Pre-conference welcoming drinks reception
- 16:00 - 18:00
Welcome drinks reception sponsored by Ocean Point Terminals
Join delegates at the Copacabana Palace for an evening of networking, drinks and snacks sponsored by Ocean Point Terminals
Main conference day one
- 8:30 - 9:50
Registration opens and networking breakfast
- 10:00
Conference producer's opening address
- 10:00 - 10:30
Keynote speaker address
To be announced
- 10:30 - 11:00
Managing the known unknowns: effects of geopolitics and macro-economic policy on the future of global crude markets
• What are the wider implications of the US debt crisis? Is there more economic uncertainty?
• How have geopolitics in Latin America reshaped the continent’s energy mix
• Trade-flows from the West: exploring crude movements in Latin America and USSpeaker Include:
Bruno Amorim
VP- Energy, Transportation & Infrastructure-Global Investment Research, Goldman SachsTom Reed
Vice-President, China Crude and ProductsArgus- 11:00 - 12:00
Networking Break
Morning break to have breakfast meetings.
- 12:00 - 12:45
LatAm perspectives: Rapid growth opportunities and the challenges of 2024 deliveries
• Exploring the rise of Argentina and Mexico's production and trade capacity
• Venezuela and the potential dominance of new exploration capacities in LATAM
• Domino effect: will Argentinian growth increase PSA’s across South America?Speakers include:
Daniel Ciaffone
Vice President - Integrated Supply & TradingPan American EnergyPablo Gristo
Head of Exploration and Production Energy Transition, ANCAPVanessa Viola
Senior Vice-President, Latin AmericaArgus- 12:45 - 13:15
Brazil’s rapid growth in 2024: New opportunities for Brazilian dominance in global crude supply
• OPEC+ or BRICS: What does it mean for Brazil?
• Increased production and refining capacities: creating a new map for Brazilian export
• Structuring Brazil’s new demand for refined productsSpeaker include:
Gustavo Hooper
Head of Trading & ShippingPRIOVanessa Viola
Senior Vice-President, Latin AmericaArgusVictor Bomfim
Chief Executive OfficerVast Infraestrutura- 13:30 - 15:00
Networking lunch and complimentary workshop
14:00-14:30 Lunch Workshop in Main Conference Hall:
Navigating the Future: AI-Powered forecasting and risk management solutions:
Discussing the role of AI in analysing commodity market trends; a) Establishing a new age of scenarios and stress testingSpeakers Include:
Vlasios Voudouris
Chief Data OfficerArgus- 15:00 - 15:30
Global demand session: Filling the Russian supply gap
• Exploring mutual growth in Asia and Europe
• Will there be increased demand for LatAm crude in the USSpeaker include:
Gus Vasquez
Argus Americas Senior Crude EditorArgusMonica Lesmes Martinez
Manager- Crude Oil Trading, RepsolMatt Smith
Head AnalystKPLER- 15:30 - 16:30
Networking break
- 16:30 - 17:00
Sustainability: How to market low-carbon crude efficiently?
• CCS: how can it make crude a more sustainable product
• Advantages of low-carbon crude trade
• Incentivising low-carbon production and trade to ensure global competition
• Innovations: what beyond CCS (efficiency and logistics support)Speakers include:
Raquel Filgueiras
Project ManagerInnovation NorwayDaniel Elias
CEOPetrogal Brasil- 17:00
Evening drinks reception
Main conference day two
- 9:00
Doors open
- 9:30
Chairperson's opening remarks
Vanessa Viola
Senior Vice-President, Latin AmericaArgus- 9:30 - 10:00
Keynote speaker address: Exploring Guyanese opportunities
Exclusive Fireside chat with Todd Dillabough, CEO, Ocean Point Terminals
Matt Oatway
SVP North AmericaArgusTodd Dillabough
CEOOcean Point Terminals- 10:00 - 10:45
Freight keynote: Exploring the many faces of Latin American crude trade
• Economies of scale for Latin American exports: Transit by VLCC vs. Panamax
• The cost of infrastructure constraints for Medanito exports
• Expanding markets for Latin American crude in Europe and Asia
• How IMO and EU regulations are affecting freight costs?Speaker include:
Alex Younevitch
Head of FreightArgusCristiane David Nascimento
Trader, PRIOStefanos Kazantzis
Commercial DirectorMcquilling- 10:45 - 11:30
Networking breakfast
- 11:30 - 12:00
Chinese Whispers: Will China bounce back from economic downturns in 2023?
• Brazil in; Angola out: Assessing the impact of OPEC production policy on Chinese crude procurement
• What opportunities does the decline in shipments of Venezuelan crude to China open up for other Latin American producers?
• As supply of their cheap crude feedstocks shrinks, might China’s teapots return to the Atlantic basin crude market?Speakers Include:
Tom Reed
Vice-President, China Crude and ProductsArgus- 12:30
Chairpersons closing remarks
Speakers Include:
Vanessa Viola
Executive Vice President, Latin America & Global Head of LPG- 12:30
Lunch and Argus workshops
Workshop 1: Argus Global Freight workshop: new powers and old problems
• Crude freight pricing for Americas and the TMX effect
• Russian-origin crude freight
• Advanced Argus tools for Crude & Freight analysisAlex Younevitch
Head of FreightArgusWorkshop 2: Global pricing workshop
- Key updates on global pricing and benchmarks: WTI-Midlands
- What is happening with Liza, Payara and Unity?
- Latest insights from West Africa's productionGus Vasquez
Argus Americas Senior Crude EditorArgusJames Gooder
Vice-President, CrudeArgus- 14:00
End of conference