As plans for the 7th World SugarTrade conference in Singapore pick up steam, Sugar prices touched new peaks in June on signs that a production deficit could extend into its second year.

The conference, which convenes in Singapore on September 29-30, 2009 will explore Sugar trends, market fundamentals and lenders appetite for supporting growth of sugar sector.

Bloomberg reported that Raw-sugar futures for October delivery rose to 17 cents a pound on the ICE Futures in New York in June 2009, the highest for a most-active contract since July 2006!

This comes amidst the announcement from the Australian government on their revised  sugar output, which has been lowered 3.1 percent. There are also concerns that the lull in the 2009 Indian monsoon could influence upcoming production.

Even with the global economic slowdown, Sugar futures gained this year over a drop in output, and India’s transition into a net importer for the first time in three years. The country is the world’s largest consumer of sugar and biggest producer after Brazil. With the weaker dollar, the appeal for trading commodities will continue to strengthen sugar’s position.

With analysts predicting that, the global sugar production deficit will make an impact in the fourth quarter, the 7th World SugarTrade conference convenes at the RIGHT TIME for the sugar industry to get on-the-minute updates on September 29-30, 2009.

Investors are increasing their stake in sugar, and hedge fund money already coming into sugar futures. The resultant upward momentum could spin off more growth for the sector!

The world’s leading financiers, traders, sugar producers, millers, refiners, key officials of government trading corporations and shipping executives are already confirming their participation at this global conference on September 29-30, 2009 to meet, network and alter the course of the sugar industry in the months ahead.

Those who wish to participate in 7th World SugarTrade can >>CLICK HERE<< or email jaime@cmtsp.com.sg to Register.

The 7th Global SugarTrade summit will be held on 29-30 September 2009 in Singapore.

World’s leading financiers, traders, sugar producers, millers, refiners, key officials of government trading corporations and shipping executives will convene at this global conference dedicated to exploring the evolving dynamics of the global sugar markets.

CMT’s first Sugar Trade conference was held in Dubai 7 years ago. Since then we’ve brought the event across to Mexico City and Miami, for regional overview on current trends, local issues and the rising prominence of sugar-cane ethanol.

This year, the conference comes to Singapore, Asia-Pacific’s commodity trading hub. 7th Global SugarTrade aims to tackle the industry’s most pressing development, the current liquidity crunch.

According to the International Sugar Organisation, Sugar prices, which just reached three year highs, will probably get further support because the 2009/10 global sugar market will remain in deficit. With global sugar demand increasing annually, securing funding and increasing production are central to the industry’s sustained growth.

Some of the key current issues to be covered at 7th Global SugarTrade :

• A World Class speakers’ panel made up of the industry’s leading experts
• A multi-faceted look at the various opportunities and alternatives available to different industry players and stakeholders.
• An in-depth analysis of worldwide trends in sugar production and supply.
• Focus Sessions on banking, finance, insurance, shipping, logistics, and technology.
• Plenty of opportunity to get answers for your questions from the world’s leading sugar industry players.
• Networking – meeting informed colleagues from all around the world.

On that note, we encourage you to take advantage of lucrative opportunity to increase your organisation’s visibility to the industry’s key players and investors. Do drop an email to jaime@cmtsp.com.sg for details on possible media partnership arrangements and nisha@cmtsp.com.sg on event sponsorship packages at our 7th Global SugarTrade conference.

The bar has just been set higher for the sugar cane industry’s growth with upcoming projects in diversifying into Ethylene and Polyethylene production from Sugarcane Ethanol. This new development in the Sugar Cane industry will only bolster the already robust sugarcane and ethanol markets in the Americas and the world!

According to a recent report in Mexican Newspaper “REFORMA”, Dow Chemical & Crystalsev, Brazil’s largest ethanol players, will jointly build a Bio Plastics plant with a 350,000 tons annual production capacity. The plant is planned to become operational in 2011.

Florida-based Industrial Biotechnology Corp is also jumping on the Ethanol to Ethylene bandwagon. CEO Andy Badalato announced this in July 2008, and outlined his company’s plan to manufacture Bio Based polymers and plastics from ethylene and polyethylene derived from hydrous sugarcane based ethanol.

In fact, in the Americas, where the sugar cane ethanol economics is favorable, ethylene from sugarcane ethanol is very competitive and can easily replace ethylene from petroleum, and reduce the region’s dependence on expensive oil imports.

But I have even better news to share with you!

3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit, dedicated to mapping all the latest developments in the region’s sugar marketplace also features a topic on Sugarcane Ethanol to Ethylene route.

Addressed by Nexant’s Ronald Cascone, 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit will examine the potential of this new revenue stream for Sugar Cane producers, and will provide valuable information that investors and project developers can consider for their own diversification strategies.

Sharing about why he’s speaking about this at 3^rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol, Ron said, “In places where sugar cane ethanol economics is favorable, sugarcane from ethylene is very competitive with ethylene from petroleum conversion. I’m very excited about this. It is an early example of a convergence of the biofuels and the biomaterials industry, which we hope is a model of future integration of biofuels, chemicals and power.”

Make sure you join Ron Cascone, and 21 other key Sugar & Ethanol experts and decision makers who are sharing their perspectives into the Sugar & Ethanol industries in the Americas.

Join us in Miami on 16-17 October.

Visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/attend/register-for-sugar-ethanol-trade/  right now to confirm your participation at this event.

We look forward to meeting you at the Hilton Miami Downtown on 16-17 October 2008 for the 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit.

Speaker Profile
An Agricultural Graduate who was elected to the Jamaican Parliament in 1976 and appointed as the Junior Minister of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Foreign Trade.  Later served as a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for Industry and Commerce.

In 1989 was appointed Consul General to New York and in 1991 became Jamaica’s first resident Ambassador to Japan with non-resident accreditation to the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of Korea.

In 1994 was appointed Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the Court of St. James – the United Kingdom with accreditation to six other European Countries namely: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Spain and Portugal.  While in London also served as Chairman of the Board of Management of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation for three years.

In 1999 appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Sugar Company of Jamaica and in 2003 made Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority of Jamaica. 

Currently member of several Boards, including being Deputy Chairman of the Council of the University of Technology.

Was awarded the order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica, for services to the Country in 1999.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
12:00  JAMAICA – REVIVAL OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY & THE GOVERNMENT’S ROLL-OUT PLANS TO EXPAND THE SECTOR 

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Jayant Godbole graduated from the University Department of Chemical Engineering, Mumbai and worked with Chemical Engineering Companies including Alfa Laval in India before joining Praj. He has extensive experience in international marketing and processes.  He adds the Commercial and Techno-economic perspective to the project.  He presently heads Business Development as the Regional Director for Americas – North and South America (including Central America and Caribbeans).  He operates out of Omaha, Nebraska. His knowledge of the territory is unmatched. He has been involved in almost all projects finalized in South America as well as most projects in USA in the past three years. Praj is presently executing a project based on sugar cane in Louisiana.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
15:30  INTEGRATED SUGARCANE TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION PLANT 

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Barbara A. Fecso is currently the Economist, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture with main focus on administering the domestic sugar program. She provides guidance in the formulation and implementation of national sugar policies and procedures, as well as economic and budgetary impact analysis of programs relating to sugar and honey.  She also implements sugar-related disaster programs.

Dr. Fecso has over fourteen years of government service in USDA with an emphasis on program analysis, operations and budgetary analysis. She received a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana in 1994.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
09:15  US 2007 FARM BILL; DOMESTIC SUGAR & FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAMS

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Santiago Arcila joined Verenium in March of 2008 as a Senior Director in charge of Latin America, with additional responsibilities supporting development in the Southeastern United States.

From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Arcila worked for several non-regulated subsidiaries of Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company headquartered in New Jersey, and one of the ten largest electric companies in the U.S. Mr. Arcila either led or participated in Greenfield developments and M&A transactions for total value of more than $2.5 billion, mainly in Latin America, the US, Europe and India.   Mr. Arcila’s strong analytical and finance expertise allowed him to actively participate in the structuring of several non-recourse transactions in Latin American countries including Chile, Peru, and Brazil.  Prior to joining PSEG in 1998, he was a developer of power projects for InterGen and J. Makowski Associates in Latin America with successful Greenfield developments in Colombia and Mexico.  Prior to this, he was a design engineer of numerous road and sewage projects in his native Colombia.

Mr. Arcila earned his a BS in Civil Engineering from Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, and a M.B.A. from the C.T. Bauer College of Business at University of Houston.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Friday, 17 October
11:15  SCALING UP CELLULOSIC ETHANOL – THE NEXT CHALLENGE

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Chris Richards qualified from Heriot-Watt University in 1981 with a BSc.  In  Brewing and Biological Sciences,  He started his career  at Traquair House Ales (a small brewery attached to the oldest inhabited house in Scotland – using equipment dating back to the 1700s). 

On leaving Chris spent 3 years in micro-brewing both running and setting up in-house breweries.  He transferred to Hall and Woodhouse a brewery in Dorset, and spent time in each production area including running a high speed packaging line during this time Chris studied for and passed the Institute of Brewing Master Brewer Diploma. He traveled overseas to Karachi to help set up and build a small brewery he also ran the potable spirits blending unit. 

On returning to the UK He joined William Grant & Sons in Girvan, the third largest grain whisky plant in Scotland. After 5 years of running the process area he left to join Alltech, working out of Brookings SD covering the growing Fuel Alcohol market.

Chris joined Ethanol Technology following their acquisition of the Alltech Alcohol division as a Technical Sales Representative and took over as NA Sales Manager in 2005 and in 2007 took the responsibility of Global Sales.  The sales team has expanded to its current number of 16 members worldwide and continues to grow.  Chris has taken on a significant number of speaking roles both in the USA and internationally to help educate the industry along with authoring some scientific articles and three chapters that will appear in the upcoming 5th edition of “The Alcohol Textbook”.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Friday, 17 October
09:15  DEVELOPMENTS IN FERMENTATION SOLUTIONS FOR ETHANOL PLANTS TODAY

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit, part of the successful Americas Sugar Trade series, will focus on the impact of NAFTA (10 months on) on the sugar and ethanol markets in the US, Mexico and the region, as we know how important a role NAFTA is going to play in shaping the marketplace.

With Energy rapidly becoming a highly politicized issue, the opportunities for the business community to work towards cutting down on the region’s dependence on Oil imports will mean further growth of the multi-billion dollar “Green” industry!

Wall Street Journal recently ran an insightful editorial reflecting this view.

Jointly written by Robert McFarlane & George Philippidis, the article, entitled “HOW FREE TRADE CAN SOLVE THE ENERGY CRISIS” looks at strategies the US and the region should adopt with regards to a more cohesive energy security strategy.

In their editorial, Mr. McFarlane and Mr. Philippidis discuss how North American FREE Trade can solve the Energy Crisis in the region in their insightful editorial covering US energy consumption patterns and the urgent need to step up biofuel imports, get rid of the tariff on Brazilian ethanol imports, scale up Cellulosic Ethanol production and all in all, cut down on dependence on corn ethanol. They sum up their editorial with the following insightful conclusion,

The U.S. should immediately pursue a multifaceted biofuels strategy. First, while the corn industry improves productivity and sustainability, the U.S. should treat the commercialization of cellulosic technologies as a matter of national security — a new Manhattan Project deserving all the necessary resources to accelerate deployment.

Second, the U.S. should pursue closer energy integration with Latin America though regulatory convergence and open biofuels trade, thus encouraging private investment in sugarcane ethanol production. This is the fastest and most efficient means to boost ethanol availability within three to four years, and displace gasoline use to an extent significant enough to cause oil demand and prices to drop.

Third, consumers should be educated and financially incentivized to switch to flexible-fuel vehicles, creating demand for mass production of such vehicles, which will dramatically cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Energy security cannot be achieved with a silver bullet. It is not a competition between corn ethanol and sugarcane ethanol or between biofuels and plug-in hybrids. The sooner we realize that U.S. energy security needs all of the above, the sooner our country will be able to commit to a coherent long-term energy policy. U.S. and Latin American biofuels are the kick-start needed to break oil’s unbearable monopoly in transportation fuels.

Mr. McFarlene & Mr. Philippidis raised some critical points that will be addressed at the 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit, including the need to diversify US Ethanol to encompass other feedstocks including Cellulose and Sweet Sorghum, as well as building closer integration with the booming biofuels industries in South America & the Caribbean.

Mr. Philippidis is energy director at Florida International University in Miami. Mr. Philippidis will in fact be sharing a paper at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit on the prospects of large-scale Cellulosic Ethanol production in the US.

Mr. McFarlane served as President Ronald Reagan’s national security advisor (1983-85).

You can read their article at here.

In the mean time, don’t forget to confirm your seat at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit. Drop me an e-mail at divya@cmtsp.com.sg and I’ll follow up with you directly.

I look forward to hearing from all of you and meeting you in Miami this October.

Speaker Profile
Born in Buenos Aires on March 26th, 1945. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He completed his university training by studying the career of Actuary at the above mentioned University (thesis pending). He specialized in International Trade by undertaking postgraduate studies in Argentina and further studies in Germany, Japan and USA.

He entered the diplomatic career in 1974 in the Foreign Economic and Commercial Service as Commercial Secretary. Afterwards, upon his incorporation in the National Foreign Service he was promoted to the Ambassador’s rank, going into retirement by April 2008.

At present he is the President of the Centro Azucarero Argentino (Argentine Sugar Centre), being recently appointed. From November 2006 to November 2007 he was Vice-President of the International Sugar Organization’s Council and has been recently elected as President of the above mentioned Organization.

He has occupied different positions in the Argentine civil service among which the following can be detailed:

• Undersecretary of Agricultural Policies and Food at the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishery and Foods, from January 2006 to December 2007
  Among other functions carried out in the past,
• Undersecretary of Economic Coordination, at the Secretariat of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy and Production (2004 and 2005).
• Director General of the Foreign Economic an Commercial Service (Secretariat of Trade);
• Chief of Advisors to the Secretary of Trade and,
• Cabinet Member to the Undersecretary of International Economic Negotiations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

In the course of his diplomatic career, he worked as Economic Counsellor of the Argentine Embassy in London, United Kingdom (1977-1982); as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay (1984-1987). Member of the Argentina’s and Bolivia’s negotiating missions with the Paris Club in 1985 and 1986. Alternate Chief of Mission of the Argentine Embassy in Uruguay (1998-2000 and 2003-2004) and Consul General in Montevideo, Uruguay, from December 2000 until September 2003. He has been Representative of Argentina at the International Commodity bodies based in London (International Sugar Organization, International Wheat Council). From 2004 to 2008 he has served as the Argentinean Delegate before the Committees on Agriculture and Financial Affairs of the OCDE and before de Committee on Agriculture of the WTO at the Doha Round. Alternate Coordinator by Argentina before the Common Market Group (CMG) of MERCOSUR representing the Secretariat of Economic Policy during 2004 and 2005 and, since then until 2008, he has represented the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishery and Food. Argentinean Delegate before the Cairns Group, before the G20 (of the Doha Round) and Member of the G24 (of financial and monetary affairs of the G77).

(Speaker Profile in Spanish)

Nació en Buenos Aires el 26 de marzo de1945.  Egresó de la Universidad de Buenos Aires como Licenciado en Economía. Completó su formación universitaria cursando las materias de la carrera de Actuario en esa casa de altos estudios (Tesis pendiente). Se especializó en Comercio Internacional efectuando estudios de Postgrado en la Argentina y de perfeccionamiento en el exterior (Alemania, Japón y EE.UU.)

En la actualidad se desempeña como Presidente del Centro Azucarero Argentino, cargo en el que ha sido recientemente designado. Desde noviembre de 2006 hasta noviembre de 2007, se desempeñó como Vicepresidente  del Consejo de la Organización Internacional del Azúcar y recientemente fue electo Presidente de la mencionada Organización Internacional..

Inició su carrera diplomática en 1974 en el Servicio Económico y Comercial Exterior de la Nación como Secretario Comercial. Posteriormente se incorpora al Servicio Exterior de la Nación donde alcanzó el rango de Embajador, habiendo pasado a retiro en abril de 2008.

En el país ha ocupado distintas posiciones dentro del sector público. Desde enero de 2006  hasta el 10 de diciembre de 2007 se desempeñó como Subsecretario de Política Agropecuaria y Alimentos en la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos de la Nación, y en tal carácter presidió los siguientes Foros productivos: Foro Nacional Olivarero, Foro Federal Hortícola, Comisión Asesora de la Producción Orgánica, Foro Nacional Apícola, Foro de Aromáticas y la Mesa Nacional de la Papa. Asimismo y desde principios de 2007 presidió la CONAL (Comisión Nacional de Alimentos).

Presidió en diversas oportunidades la Mesa Nacional de Ganados y Carnes y también la Mesa Nacional Lechera (2005 y 2006).
Lideró el equipo de trabajo que aseguró la continuidad de las exportaciones argentinas de harina de soja a la Unión Europea, en cuyos tribunales se ratificó la posición sostenida por Argentina. (2006/07).

Entre las funciones cumplidas en el pasado se pueden mencionar:

Subsecretario de Coordinación Económica, en la Secretaría de Política Económica del Ministerio de Economía y Producción (2004 y 2005). En tal capacidad fue el negociador argentino del FOCEM, Fondo de Convergencia Estructural del MERCOSUR destinado a corregir las asimetrías entre los países miembros.

Director General de Coordinación del Servicio Económico Exterior de la Nación (Secretaría de Comercio); Jefe de Asesores del Secretario de Comercio y Miembro del gabinete del Subsecretario de Negociaciones Económicas Internacionales (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores).

En virtud de su carrera diplomática se desempeñó el exterior como Consejero Económico de la Embajada Argentina en Londres, Reino Unido (1977-1982); como Director Ejecutivo en el Fondo Monetario Internacional en representación de Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Perú y Uruguay (1984-1987). Miembro de las misiones negociadoras con el Club de París de Argentina y Bolivia en los años 1985 y 86. Jefe de Cancillería de la Embajada Argentina en Montevideo (1998-2000) y (2003- 2004), y como Cónsul General en Montevideo desde Dic. 2000 a Sep 2003. Ha sido Representante de Argentina en los Organismos Internacionales de Productos Básicos con sede en Londres (Organización Internacional del Azúcar, Consejo Internacional del Trigo). Desde 2004, Delegado argentino ante los Comités Agrícola y de Asuntos Financieros de la OCDE (Paris) y ante el  Comité de Asuntos Agrícolas de la OMC en la Ronda Doha. Coordinador Alterno por Argentina ante el Grupo Mercado Común (GMC) por la Secretaría de Política Económica durante 2004 y 2005 y, desde esa fecha hasta la actualidad en representación de la SAGPyA. Delegado ante el Grupo Cairns, ante el G20 (de la Ronda Doha) y Miembro del G24 entre 1984/87 ( Grupo de asuntos financieros y monetarios del G77).

Ha sido profesor universitario y dictado conferencias en el país y en el exterior en temas de su especialidad.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
14:30  ARGENTINA – IS THE SUGAR & ETHANOL INDUSTRY POISED TO GROW?

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Las autoridades encargadas de la toma decisiones brindarán sus opiniones acerca de la comercialización del etanol celulósico obtenido del azúcar, los cambios en el mercado del azúcar y del etanol de los Estados Unidos, Sudamérica y el Caribe, como también sobre la importancia creciente de la caña de azúcar como fuente de etanol y etileno en la 3a conferencia Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade el 16 y 17 de octubre de 2008, en Miami, Florida.

En la conferencia Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade sobre el comercio del azúcar y del etanol de América, la plataforma de conexiones e intercambio de ideas más importante, comerciantes, inversores y proveedores de tecnología clave relacionados con el etanol y el azúcar enfatizarán la necesidad de incorporar las tecnologías de etanol celulósico a la producción de etanol a partir del azúcar.

Durante la conferencia, más de 21 expertos del comercio del etanol y del azúcar analizarán cuatro de las principales cuestiones relacionadas con el debate acerca de la comercialización de etanol celulósico, el comercio del edulcorante/azúcar en México y los Estados Unidos y las perspectivas actuales de las industrias emergentes del azúcar y la expansión del etanol en el Caribe, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.

Estas cuestiones incluyen:

• Puede Brasil mantener su ventaja comparativa en el mercado del azúcar y del etanol?
• Es el etanol celulósico que se obtiene de la caña de azúcar una opción viable de expansión del etanol?
• Cuáles son las tecnologías implicadas en la conversión del etanol de la caña de azúcar en etileno?
• Cuán exitoso es el programa de reexportación del azúcar de los Estados Unidos y cómo impacta en la situación comercial con México después del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (NAFTA)?

Algunos de los oradores de la tercera conferencia Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade compartieron sus opiniones acerca de por qué la caña de azúcar se está volviendo cada vez más importante en el mercado mundial del etanol y por qué esta conferencia es el evento relacionado con el etanol y la caña de azúcar más importante de la región .

George Philippidis de la Universidad Internacional de la Florida considera que “el etanol celulósico a partir del bagazo de la caña de azúcar representa una de las opciones más prometedoras para nuestras futuras necesidades de energía. Por lo tanto, entender cómo incorporar las tecnologías celulósicas a los ingenios es de gran interés para la comunidad inversora mundial” . Philippidis realizará una presentación de su proyecto piloto sobre el uso de las tecnologías de etanol celulósico para convertir el bagazo de la caña de azúcar en etanol.

Ronald Cascone de Nexant, en la línea de la opinión del Sr. Philippidis, añade: “Esto me emociona mucho. Espero que lo que sucede en Brasil en este momento sea un modelo de integración futura de las industrias de los biocombustibles, los químicos y los polímeros” , en respuesta a nuestra pregunta de por qué es tan importante su tema respecto a convertir el etanol de la caña de azúcar en etileno para esta tercera conferencia Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade.

Para registrarse y obtener más información acerca de la manera en que la tercera conferencia Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade puede ayudarlo a mantenerse al corriente respecto a los nuevos desarrollos críticos en el cada vez mayor mercado del azúcar y del etanol en América, visite http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/

MIAMI, Flórida–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Importantes tomadores de decisão estarão oferecendo suas reflexões sobre a comercialização de etanol celulósico de cana-de-açúcar, as mudanças no mercado de etanol e açúcar nos EUA, América do Sul e Caribe, além da crescente importância da cana-de-açúcar como fonte de etanol e etileno, na 3 a Conferência Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade , nos dias 16 e 17 de outubro de 2008, em Miami, Flórida.

Na 3a Conferência Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade, a mais importante plataforma de troca de idéias e formação de redes de relacionamentos do setor, investidores, fornecedores de tecnologia e importantes participantes da indústria do etanol e açúcar vão enfatizar a necessidade de integrar as tecnologias de etanol celulósico à produção de etanol de cana-de-açúcar.

Durante a conferência, mais de vinte e um especialistas em etanol e açúcar vão discutir quatro questões importantes relativas ao debate sobre a comercialização de etanol celulósico , o comércio de açúcar e adoçantes entre México e Estados Unidos e as perspectivas atuais de expansão das crescentes indústrias de açúcar e etanol no Caribe, América Central e América do Sul.

São elas:

• Brasil pode manter sua vantagem comparativa no mercado de etanol e açúcar?
• Etanol celulósico de cana-de-açúcar é uma expansão viável para o etanol?
• Quais são as tecnologias envolvidas na conversão do etanol de cana-de-açúcar em etileno?
• Programa de reexportação de açúcar dos EUA é bem-sucedido e que impacto tem atualmente nas relações comerciais com o México depois do NAFTA?

Alguns dos palestrantes da 3a Conferência Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade compartilharam suas percepções sobre as razões pelas quais a cana-de-açúcar está se tornando cada vez mais importante no mercado mundial de etanol e de por que essa conferência é o evento mais importante sobre etanol e cana-de-açúcar da região.

George Philippidis, da Universidade Internacional da Flórida, disse: “ O etanol celulósico de cana-de-açúcar representa uma das mais promissoras opções para as nossas necessidades de energia. No entanto, entender como integrar tecnologias celulósicas a moinhos de açúcar é de especial interesse para a comunidade de investimentos do mundo todo”. Philippidis apresentará seu projeto-piloto de emprego de tecnologias de etanol celulósico na conversão de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar em etanol.

Ronald Cascone, da Nexant, manteve o mesmo tom de Philippidis ao afirmar: “ Estou muito feliz com tudo isso. Espero que o que está acontecendo no Brasil agora torne-se um modelo de integração futura das indústrias de biocombustíveis, produtos químicos e polímeros ” , respondendo à nossa pergunta sobre por que o tópico da conversão de etanol de cana-de-açúcar em etileno é tão importante na 3a Conferência Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade.

Para se inscrever e saber de que maneira a 3a Conferência Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade pode ajudar você a se manter em dia em relação aos novos e mais importantes avanços do mercado de grande expansão do etanol e do açúcar nas Américas, visite http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Key decision makers will be providing insights on commercialization of cellulosic ethanol from sugar, the shifts in the American, South American and Caribbean sugar and ethanol marketplace, as well as the rising importance of sugar cane as an ethanol and ethylene source at the 3rd Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade conference on October 16 & 17, 2008 in Miami, Florida. At the 3rd Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade, the most critical networking and idea exchange platform, key sugar and ethanol players, investors, and technology suppliers will emphasize the need to integrate cellulosic ethanol technologies to ethanol production from sugar.

During the conference more than 21 ethanol and sugar trade experts will address four major issues concerning the debate on the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol, the US-Mexico sugar/sweetener trade and current perspectives on the burgeoning sugar industries and ethanol expansion in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

These issues include:

• Can Brazil maintain its comparative advantage in the sugar & ethanol market?
• Is cellulosic ethanol from sugar cane a viable ethanol expansion option?
• What are the technologies involved for converting sugar cane ethanol to ethylene?
• How successful is the US Sugar Re-export program and how is it impacting the trade situation with Mexico post NAFTA?

Some of the 3rd Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade speakers shared their insights on why sugar cane is becoming increasingly important in the world’s ethanol marketplace and why this conference is the region’s most critical sugarcane and ethanol event.

George Philippidis of Florida International University said, “Cellulosic ethanol from sugar cane bagasse represents one of the most promising options for our future energy needs. Therefore, understanding how to integrate cellulosic technologies into sugar mills is of keen interest to the world’s investment community.” Philippidis will be presenting on his pilot project in employing cellulosic ethanol technologies to convert sugarcane bagasse to ethanol.

Ronald Cascone from Nexant adds on to Mr. Philippidis’ sentiments when he said “I’m very excited about this. What’s happening in Brazil right now I hope is a model of future integration of biofuels, chemicals and polymers industries” in response to our question on why his topic on converting sugar cane ethanol to ethylene is so important at the 3rd Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade.

To register and to find out more about how the 3rd Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade conference can help you keep up with critical new developments in the rapidly expanding sugar and ethanol marketplace in the Americas, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/

Speaker Profile
Morris J. Bitzer is State Extension Specialist for corn, soybeans, small grains, grain sorghum and sweet sorghum production.

He is now on Post Retirement Appointment as Sweet Sorghum Breeder for Univ. of Kentucky.

He has received many awards for outstanding service to Kentucky Agriculture, Certificate of Excellence for Development of Agronomic Educational Material for Video “Sweet Sorghum Syrup Production” by American Society of Agronomy , significant contribution to the advancement of no-till agriculture. December 12, 2003 ,inducted into the Kentucky Corn Growers Association Hall of Fame among many other awards

Other activities associated with sweet sorghum he was involved in include

1. Wrote by-laws for organizing the Kentucky Corn Growers Association, Kentucky Sweet Sorghum Association, National Sweet Sorghum Association, American Kenaf Association and Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association.
2. Increased membership in NSSPPA from 110 in 2001 t0 525 in 2008.
3. Main supplier of seed of many varieties of sweet sorghum to producers in USA and many other countries particularly for ethanol production.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Friday, 17 October
11:45 SWEET SORGHUM AS A VIABLE ETHANOL FEEDSTOCK

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Faustino Jimenez, an Economist by profession, graduated from the Autonomous University of Santo Dominingo. He obtained his Masters in Agricultural Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)

He has held various positions in public and private institutions, including:
• Executive Director of the Institute Dominican Sugar (INAZUCAR) 1998-2000 / 2004-2008.
• Executive Vice President of the Consortium Agroindustrial P & C, CX , consultant for Consortium Pringamosa SA, which was devoted to sugar production.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
16:00 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – SUGAR INDUSTRY & POTENTIAL ETHANOL PRODUCER

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Jaime Finguerut, Brazilian, Chemical Engineer since December 1974, post-graduate from Polytechnical School of Engineering of the São Paulo University (Brazil) in Biochemical Engineering. Has worked since 1972 with fermentation, having teached biochemical engineering at Industrial Engineering Faculty in São Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo worked in the Biological Process Treatment Development at the São Paulo state Environment Protection Agency – CETESB and is working for CTC- (Sugar) Cane Technology Center since November 1979, where has developed industrial process engineering R&D for ethanol production. More recently was the leader for the Sugar Cane R&D Processing Program and today is Industrial Strategic Development Manager for CTC where he looks for new research themes and new ways of making the R&D.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
17:30  TURNING BAGASSE INTO ETHANOL – DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Owen Wagner is a Research Economist specializing in the US and Mexican sugar and sweetener markets for LMC International, a UK based consultancy specialzing in agricultural commodities and their end products. He is based out of the LMC office in Washington, DC. Prior to joining LMC, Mr. Wagner worked in a genetics lab for the USDA-ARS and for a cranberry grower’s trade group in Massachusetts. Mr. Wagner holds a B.S. in Agronomy from North Carolina State University and a M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His graduate thesis, “Impetus, Options and Consequences for Sugar Policy Reform in the United States” examined farm policy options for the US sugar sector in the face of the 2008 Farm Bill.  

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
08:45  GLOBAL SUGAR MARKETS & PRICING OUTLOOK

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Ricardo E. Schaeuffler is Guatemalan born, with more than 32 years of professional experience in the sugar industry in Guatemala and the region. He holds a BS. from Nicholls State University (LA) with an Agricultural Economics degree, and some studies on Business Administration in a Guatemalan University. Before joining La Union Sugar Group, he work as a Agricultural Division Manager, for a large sugar mill in Guatemala, and was responsible for the development of the Co-generation projects for the sugar industries, in Guatemala, as a coordinator with the government authorities to establish the basic concepts of the contracts, the rules of operation and related issues.

In 1994/96, he was a member of the Board of Director of CENGICAÑA, (Research and investigation center for the sugar cane industries in Guatemala) and director of BANCASOL, a private local bank dedicated to develop sugar business opportunities, he was also a member of the board of directors, from FUNDAZUCAR, institution dedicated to assist the social programs to the whole sugar areas in Guatemala.

He was too, a coordinator in promoting the GENERAL ELECTRIC LAWS, in Guatemala in 1996/1998 with the assistance of international organizations such as AID, The Institute of International Education, and the Chilean Government, to establish the electric power restructuring and regulatory reform implementation in Guatemala

In 1999, He work to as an independent business consultant for some years in sugar related topics , with the government of Mexico (Sagarpa), The Belize Sugar Authorities, and several private organizations in Guatemala and Central America in different sugar-electricity feasibility projects.

At the present, he is Manager of New Projects and Development Division in La Union Sugar Group, which is one the major sugar and electricity producers in Guatemala, and is involved in the technological improvements in the electric sector, new project such as to establish an annex  dehydrated ethanol distillery, to produce fuel ethanol, an he is also the President of the board, of the “Independent Cogeneration Association of Guatemala”, which controls and coordinates all the sugar cane factories, producing electricity and selling it to the national grid, and is active member of the Board Of Directors, from “Asociacion de Promotores de Combustibles Renovables de Guatemala”, which promote the use of ethanol and Biodiesel, in Guatemala, and has been promoting the framework for an ethanol fuel use program, with the national Congress of Guatemala, to install the program to start using ethanol in the Country, he also is an active member of the “International Society of Sugar Cane Technologist”

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
11:45  CENTRAL AMERICA – POTENTIAL GROWTH FOR PRODUCTION OF SUGAR-CANE BASED ETHANOL

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Ron Cascone is Manager of Biofuels Development at Nexant, Inc / ChemSystems’ White Plains, NY office. He is a chemical engineer with forty years of industrial experience in a broad range of energy and chemical processes and products, most recently focusing on biorenewables (fuels and chemicals) as part of Nexant’s global practice. He deals with technology and project development through feasibility studies and due diligence assignments, as well as leading multiclient reports, including the recent “Liquid Biofuels: Substituting for Petroleum”, and “Biobutanol: The Next Big Biofuel”, published in early 2008.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
16:30  CONVERTING SUGAR CANE ETHANOL TO ETHYLENE 

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Dr. George Philippidis is Associate Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Co-Director of the Energy Business Forum (EBF) at Florida International University. 

He has 18 years of experience in leading strategic business units in biofuels, energy, and biotechnology.  Before joining FIU, he worked in the private sector as business director at a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corp., a Fortune 500 company, and in the public sector at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where he directed a joint venture between the US Department of Energy and Amoco Corporation.

His areas of expertise include biofuels (sugarcane and cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel) and renewable power generation.  He leads FIU’s energy business with US government agencies and the private sector in the USA and Latin America.  He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA, is multilingual, has numerous publications and presentations, and holds 9 US patents.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Friday, 17 October
10:45  CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PROSPECTS IN THE AMERICAS

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Manuel Enríquez Poy is a Graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in tha UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).  He has been a member of the Engineer Faculty teaching  for more than 30 years.

Enríquez started to work in the sugar cane industry since 1970 in several Sugar mills (La Margarita, Central Progreso, José María Morelos, La Joya and the official (now closed) Azucar SA.

He represents the Sugar Cane Chamber in several committees as Vicepresident of research and development.  He is president of the Technical Committee of National Normalization of the sugar and alcohol industries.  He is the chairman of Committe 19 in the Codex Alimentarius.  He is Vicepresident of the National Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Friday, 17 October
09:45  MEXICO – DOMESTIC SUPPLY/DEMAND & PRICES

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Paul Mazzarulli is currently Director of Biofuels at Evolution Markets Inc. in White Plains, New York. He has over 16 years of experience in energy, transportation, and emerging markets, including physical freight, shipping derivatives, electricity, and renewable fuels. During 2003-2004 Paul was Chairman of the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers Association at the Baltic Exchange (London) and has spoken at numerous venues in the US and Europe on derivatives markets in freight and alternative energy.

Mr. Mazzarulli’s expertise is in the development of emerging markets, and the synthesis of structured financial transactions backed by physical assets and operations. He was formerly the manager of Clean Oil Operations at Noble Americas Corp. in Stamford, Connecticut, where he established Noble’s wet freight derivatives operation, with a net return of 13% during the first year of trading. He simultaneously oversaw physical and financial operations for a five million barrel per year ethanol and gasoline trading book. Prior to Noble, Mr. Mazzarulli was head of the FFA desk at US-based tanker broker Mallory Jones Lynch Flynn & Associates. During 2001-2003, he was part of the credit team at Sempra Energy Trading in Stamford, Connecticut, and from 1994-2001 Mr. Mazzarulli was an Analyst at PVM Oil Associates, focusing on physical freight and crude oil derivatives markets.

Since inception, under Mr. Mazzarulli’s management, the Evolution Markets renewable fuels team brokered over 302 million gallons (7.1 mil bbls / approx. 901,000 metric tons) of biofuels, on behalf of producers, hedge funds, agriculturals, proprietary trading companies, biofuel marketers, banks, transportation concerns, major oil companies, chemical traders, gasoline blenders & retailers, and international commodity firms. In December 2007, Paul Mazzarulli co-founded the Evolution Markets Freight Desk, a physical ship brokerage division focusing primarily on chemical and parcel tankers.

An honors graduate of Connecticut College (1991), Mr. Mazzarulli also holds a law degree from Pace University in New York (2001). Evolution Markets Inc. is an acknowledged leader in all forms of alternative and green energy markets, with a major presence in natural gas, coal, weather derivatives, emission credit trading, nuclear fuels, and carbon/GHG sectors.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
17:00 ETHANOL PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Francois Nehama is the Director of Trade at Sucden Americas Corp. based in Miami, FL where he has been working for the last 12 years. At Sucden Americas, Mr Nehama is in charge of trading and management in the Americas with direct supervision of Sucden Americas subsidiaries located in Mexico, Peru, Chile and the Philippines.

Prior to working at Sucden Americas, Mr Nehama was a sugar trader at Sucden’s headquarters in Paris, France. Sucden is one of the world’s largest sugar trade house with annual volume of about 10 million metric tons. Sucden’s main offices are located in Paris, Miami, Moscow, Sao Paolo, Honk Kong and London.

Before working in the sugar business, Mr. Nehama worked for various firms on Wall Street including Goldman Sachs & Co., First Boston and Spears Benzak Salomon & Farrell.

He is a French national who received his high school education in Paris, France. He then received his BA from Northwestern University in 1989 and his MBA at Kellogg School of Management in 1993.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
09:45  US SUGAR RE-EXPORT PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENTS IN NAFTA

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

The Sugar and Ethanol Industries of the Americas are in a flux.

The recent closure of many small and mid sized ethanol and sugar projects in the US means that there are rising opportunities in the region’s sugar and ethanol industries since US ethanol demand is most definitely on the rise.

In the Caribbean for example, the focus is on expanding the infrastructure and legal framework for sugar-cane cultivation & sugar production and expanding the sector to include ethanol production for domestic and international markets.

Why?

The Caribbean is now the new frontier for ethanol investments because it is the gateway to the very valuable US market.

The investments are coming in from established players from Brazil. The International Herald Tribune recently reported that Brazilian companies are now investing in the Caribbean to build up the region’s ethanol producing capacity.

Brazil’s Etanol de Costa Rica is planning a 132 million galleon a year facility in Barbados, to refine ethanol imported from Brazil. The plan?

To sell the refined ethanol to the US through Caribbean duty-free concessions, something not available to Brazil.

Find out more about the trends in the region’s Sugar and Ethanol marketplace at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol.

We have the distinction of being the only regional summit which has such an in-depth examination into the region’s up-coming sugar & ethanol powerhouses, and more critically, who are investing into these burgeoning industries.

Keen to be a part of the 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol
on 16-17 October in Miami? Then drop me an e-mail at divya@cmtsp.com.sg or call me at +65 6346 9140 today
to confirm your seat at this critical event!

I look forward to meeting all of you in October in Miami!

Speaker Profile
Guillermo Ferreyros obtained a Bachelor degree in Business Administration at Universidad del Pacifico in Lima, Peru and a Master degree in Business Administration at Harvard University.  He worked for IBM in Peru and for Colgate Palmolive in Mexico, in the Marketing Area.  He started working for Maple Gas Corporation in 1993 as Vice President of Marketing and in 1999 he was appointed General Manager after the development of the Aguaytia Energy Project.

Mr. Ferreyros is currently General Manager of both Maple Gas Corporation del Peru S.R.L. and Maple Etanol S.R.L., subsidiaries of Maple Energy plc in which he serves as Vice President of Marketing and Government Relations.

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
14:00  PERU – READY FOR SUGARCANE TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Speaker Profile
Antoine Halff is head of energy research at Fimat USA, Inc, the brokerage arm of Societe Generale bank, and adjunct professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University (Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy), both in New York City.   From 2001 to 2005, Halff was a Principal Administrator of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, Oil Industry and Markets Division. In 2005, he launched the energy practice of Eurasia Group, a New York political-risk research and consultancy firm, focusing on the interplay of energy markets and geopolitics and directing the energy-relevant work of the firm’s team of about 50 regional and country analysts. Earlier, Halff was New York bureau chief of the Energy Intelligence Group and spent several years on the oil desk of the Dow Jones newswires, also in New York.

Halff was born and educated in Paris, where he earned an advanced studies degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales under the late Prof. Francois Furet. In 1985-1987, he served as staff member of the French Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, teaching French at the local French school. He serves on the editorial board of Geopolitics of Energy and also writes an occasional column on energy geopolitics in Business Watch, a Chinese publication.  

Americas Sugar & Ethanol Trade 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 October
11:15  US ETHANOL BETWEEN HANGOVER AND ADDICTION

3RD AMERICAS SUGAR & ETHANOL TRADE 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective. To find more about Sugar & Ethanol Trade in Miami from October 16 to 17, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/sugar/.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) August 22, 2008 — The 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol conference will be held in Miami, Florida, U.S. on October 16-17, 2008. The conference will gather together the major authorities on the shifting dynamics of the American & South America and Caribbean sugar and ethanol marketplace, the commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol , as well as  the rising importance of sugarcane as an ethanol & ethylene source. The experts at the conference will provide insights into the six major issues central to the regional sugar and ethanol industries. Delegates will also be able to enjoy over 8 hours of network and develop new and potentially vital business relationships during the conference.

The highly successful Sugar Trade & Ethanol conference series, which has welcomed over 800 key personnel from all over the world, goes back to the Americas for the third year. As the most critical networking and idea exchange platform for key sugar & ethanol players, investors, and technology suppliers, 3rd Americas Sugar Trade and Ethanol summit capitalizes on the success of the series and will emphasize the need to produce ethanol from sugar, cellulose and other viable non-food sources.

Over the two main days of the 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol conference, panelists will address 6 MAJOR ISSUES concerning the debate on the US-Mexico sugar/sweetener trade, latest mandates and current perspectives on the burgeoning sugar industries in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, and the increasing prominence of alternative feedstocks technology for ethanol production.

These MAJOR ISSUES include:
• 10 Months Post NAFTA- trade with Mexico & Progress Report on America’s Re-export program
• 2007 Farm Bill & Feedstock Flexibility Program- effect on American Sugar & Ethanol
• Can Brazil maintain its comparative advantage in the sugar & ethanol market?
• Is commercial BioEthanol manufacture from Cellulose & Municipal Solid Waste the best solution?
• How will the Expansion of regional sugar & ethanol production across Central America, Caribbean, Peru & Argentina impact global sugar & ethanol marketplace?
• Converting Sugarcane Ethanol to Ethylene-What are the technologies? Are they economically viable?

… Plus many more issues that will be raised by delegates and speakers in the panel discussions and networking!

Some of the over 21 speakers sharing at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit shared their insights why sugarcane is becoming an increasingly important player in the world energy marketplace and why 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit is the region’s most critical Sugarcane and ethanol event.

Mr. George Philippidis of Florida International University said, “Biofuels and particularly ethanol are a key component of our future energy needs. Cellulosic ethanol from Sugarcane bagasse represents one of the most promising options.” He went on to add that “understanding how to integrate cellulosic technologies into sugar mills is of keen interest to the world’s investment community,” in response to our question on why he is sharing at the 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit. Mr. Philippidis, one of America’s key cellulosic ethanol experts, will be sharing on his pilot project in employing cellulosic ethanol technologies to convert sugarcane bagasse to ethanol at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit.

Mr. Ronald Cascone from Nexant, added on to Mr. Philippidis’ sentiments on the importance of sugarcane when he said “In places where sugar cane ethanol economics is favorable, ethylene production from sugarcane is very competitive with ethylene from petroleum conversion.”

 Mr. Cascone went on to add, “I’m very excited about this. What’s happening in Brazil right now is an early example of a convergence of the biofuels and the biomaterials industry, which we hope is a model of future integration of biofuels, chemicals and polymers industries” in response to our question on why he is sharing at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit.

Mr. Cascone will be bringing his enthusiasm and his experience on board as a valuable member of the panel, sharing on the sugarcane ethanol to ethylene and polyethylene pathway, a valuable investment diversification strategy for being adopted by sugarcane investors in the Americas.

Participants at 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol, the region’s most important sugar & ethanol summit, will be able to maximize on the over 8 hours of business networking, and focused question and answer sessions dedicated to addressing critical new developments in the region’s sugar & ethanol marketplaces.

Those wanting to keep up with the rapidly expanding sugar & ethanol marketplace, in terms of sugar trends & cellulosic ethanol production in the Americas need to visit http://www.cmtevents.com to find out more about 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol conference and how to register for the conference, and enjoy special discounts for group registrations.

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About 3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit
3rd Americas Sugar Trade & Ethanol Summit is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Sugar & Ethanol marketplaces of the Americas, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Sugar & Ethanol from a policy, socio-economic and technological perspective.