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With the participation of Hydrocarbons Regulators from the Americas including the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP); the Security, Energy and Environment Agency (ASEA) of Mexico; the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE's) of the United States; the Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy; and the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago.
AGENDA

8:00 am	Registration
8:30 am	Welcoming Remarks
8:45 am - 10 am	First Panel Offshore Technology I -Security, Data and Automation in Offshore O&G Operations Indira Rampaul-Cheddie, Senior State Counsel in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago; Professor Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Energy Chief Officer at the University of Houston; Adjunct Professor Ricardo Colmenter, Director of Entra Consulting; and Mr. Pablo Perez President & CEO, Bardasz, Oilfield Technology Solutions Provider.
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Second Panel Regulatory Issues I - How Regulators Manage the Evolution of Offshore Technology? Douglas Morris, Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Program Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE); Alejandra Nohemi Rodriguez Higuera, Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia (TBC); Magda Chambriard, Energy Visiting Scholar, University of Houston.
12 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch and Keynote Presentation by Tim Duncan, CEO of Talos Energy LLC, Offshore Operator of Zama-1, the first offshore exploration well drilled by the private sector in Mexico's history.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Third Panel Offshore Technology II - Human Factor and Hardware in Offshore Platforms Tiago Jacques, Regulation Specialist, Brazilian Petroleum Agency (ANP); Professor Camille Peres, Assistant Professor, Public Health, Texas A&M University; Mark Denkowski, Vice- President of Accreditation Operations, International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC).
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Fourth Panel Regulatory Issues II - The Enforcement of Industry Practices and the Regulator's Role Alicia Elias-Roberts, Professor at the University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago; Alfredo Orellana, Chief Legal Counsel of the Mexican National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector; Research Professor Julian Cardenas, University of Houston; and Tom Mitro, Co-Director of Graduate Certificate in Global Energy, Development and Sustainability, University of Houston.
5:00 pm	Closing Remarks
Websites	Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center: law.uh.edu/eenrcenter Subsea Systems Institute: http://www.uh.edu/uh-energy/research/subsea-institute/ Inter-American Hydrocarbons Regulators Dialogue website: http://law.uh.edu/eenrcenter/Inter-American-Hydrocarbons-Regulators-Dialogue.asp

PROGRAM

Who should attend

Energy In-house attorneys, arbitrators, professionals, academics and students interested or involved in oil and gas international transactions.

Registration Fee

Practitioners $199

Academics $80

Members of Brazilian Texas Chamber of Commerce (BTCC);
Colombian Texas Chamber of Commerce (CTCC);
Argentinean Texas Chamber of Commerce (ATCC) (20% Discount) $160

Students Free through the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-inter-american-hydrocarbons-regulators-dialogue-conference-tickets-43213358318

These fees include conference attendance, materials, refreshments and lunch.

Venue

UH Hilton Hotel, University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77004 (Parking is available in hotel under- ground garage)

For inquiries

Contact Prof. Julian Cardenas at jcardena@central.uh.edu

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