Kátia Abreu

Job Title: Board of Directors
Company: JBS S.A.
Country: Brazil

Kátia Abreu was twice a senator for Tocantins and is the former president of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA). She was Brazil's first female Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. Today she works as a businesswoman in agriculture, real estate and as a consultant on agribusiness, international markets, logistics and renewable energies. She is CEO of BRZ Consulting and represents the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) on the Board of Directors of JBS, the world's largest conglomerate of animal protein companies.

August 29, 2024Perspectives for Local Production of Nitrogen Fertilizers From Renewable H2

Sessions

Session

Brazilian Hydrogen for the Domestic Market - Mapping of Key Applications and Areas of Competitiveness

Thursday, August 29, 2024, 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor Cantareira 2

Brazil is a leading producer of agricultural commodities, but remains highly dependent on imports of fertilizers and other strategic inputs for the agricultural sector. This panel will focus on the use of green hydrogen for the production of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizers and other high priority applications for the domestic market.

Further Content

Speaker

Eduardo Tobias Ruiz, Watt Capital

Managing Partner

Brazil

Eduardo Tobias is a Managing Partner at Watt Capital. He is a specialist in project investment analysis, project financing, and on mergers & acquisitions of renewable energy projects and assets in Brazil. He is a cofounder and currently the vice-coordinator of ABSOLAR's Green Hydrogen Working Group. Tobias is also a visiting Professor at FGV, teaching for its Power Sector Executive Program, and author of the books 'Investment Analysis in Utility Scale PV Projects' (2021) and 'Investment Analysis in Bioenergy Greenfield Projects' (2015). He has a BSc. in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and a Professional Master in Bioenergy from FGV-EESP.

Speaker

Ricardo Estefano Rosa, WEG S.A.

Global Head of BESS

Brazil

Ricardo Estefano Rosa is a Production Engineer with a specialization in Renewable Energies and an MBA in Strategic Business Management from FGV. He has almost 30 years' experience in business development and energy solutions. At WEG since 2013, he was Head of Engineering until 2015 and since then he has dedicated himself to developing new businesses, always focused on the energy transition. He currently acts as Coordinator of the Storage WG at ABSOLAR, is a member of the Board of the Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions - ABSAE and leads WEG's Battery Energy Storage Systems business.

Speaker

Sumara Ticom, ONS - National Electrical System Operator

Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors

Brazil

With 29 years of experience in the electricity sector, she joined the National Electricity System Operator when it was founded, where she built a solid career in technical and management positions. At the end of 2017, she took over the Executive Management of Electricity Planning at the ONS, where she is responsible for the entire planning chain for the operation of the National Interconnected System (SIN). In 2024, she took over as Executive Advisor to the ONS Planning Board, supporting the Director in the management of the country's Engineering, Electrical and Energy Planning areas. Born in Rio de Janeiro, she graduated in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She has specialization and post-graduate degrees in Power Systems from the Federal University of Itajubá, in Economic Engineering and Industrial Administration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a MBA in Management Development from IAG Executive Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Speaker

Fernanda Delgado, ABIHV (Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Hidrogênio Verde)

CEO

Brazil

CEO of ABIHV, Brazilian Association of the Green Hydrogen Industry. Postgraduate Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV and UFRJ. Professor of the Postgraduate Program at the Army Command and General Staff School. PhD in Energy Planning (COPPE/UFRJ), Master in Information Technology (CEFET/RJ) and in International Finance (FGV/EBAPE)

Speaker

Filipe Kaee, Quantum Participações

Regulatory coordinator

Brazil

Electrical engineer, specialist in expansion planning and regulation of the electricity sector, executive MBA in electricity sector business from FGV, currently studying for a master's degree in energy planning at Coppe/UFRJ. Regulatory coordinator at Quantum Participações, the holding company responsible for the Brookfield group's energy transmission concessions. Manager of the technical-economic analysis project for the insertion of battery storage systems into the basic grid.