Event Details

The Chile Pacific Foundation and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore are pleased to invite you to this webinar, which will address the development potential of the green hydrogen industry in Chile and the opportunity for innovation, and will incorporate an international perspective by presenting positive experiences in other countries. The Asian Renewable Energy Hub is embarking on the largest renewable energy project in the world and will be speaking at the webinar.


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(The activity will take place on the Zoom platform and will have a Spanish-English-Spanish interpretation service)

Agenda

9:00 PM - 9:05 PM
Welcome and Introduction of Panelists by Ms. Loreto Leyton
9:05 PM - 9:10 PM
Opening Remarks by Minister Juan Carlos Jobet
9:10 PM - 9:20 PM
Presentation by Mrs. Leow Lay May
9:20 PM - 9:30 PM
Presentation by Mr. Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
9:30 PM - 9:40 PM
Presentation by Mr. Andrew Dickson
9:40 PM - 9:50 PM
Presentation by Mr. Jeffrey Dawes
9:50 PM - 10:00 PM
Presentation by Mr. Julio Bertrand
10:00 PM - 10:05 PM
Recapitulation of Highlights of the Presentations by Ms. Loreto Leyton
10:05 PM - 11:00 PM
Q&A

Speakers

  • Mr. Juan Carlos Jobet (Minister for Energy, Chile)

    Mr. Juan Carlos Jobet

    Minister for Energy, Chile

    He holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Universidad Católica, a Master's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. Between 2000 and 2010, he began his career in the corporate financial advising firm Asset Chile. In 2010, he joined President Sebastián Piñera’s first administration as Cabinet Chief for the Minister of Home Affairs, playing a key role in the Emergency Committee created to address the rebuilding of the country following the February 2010 earthquake. In July 2011, he was appointed Housing Undersecretary and in 2013, Labor and Social Welfare Minister. After working in various roles in the private sector, in January 2019 he took on the responsibility of directing the Infrastructure Fund, a new state-run entity designed to develop new public infrastructure such as roadways, railways and ports.

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  • Ms. Lay May Leow (Director of the Energy and Industry Division (Climate Change and Sustainability), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore)

    Ms. Lay May Leow

    Director of the Energy and Industry Division (Climate Change and Sustainability), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

    Graduated from Cambridge University in natural sciences and chemistry. Previously Director of the Policy and Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of Law, and served in the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Manpower.

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  • Mr. Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Member of the Advisory Council for the Elaboration of the National Green Hydrogen Strategy in Chile, Member of the Board of Directors of the Chile Pacific Foundation)

    Mr. Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

    Member of the Advisory Council for the Elaboration of the National Green Hydrogen Strategy in Chile, Member of the Board of Directors of the Chile Pacific Foundation

    He is a member of the Foundation’s board of directors, international consultant, advisor, and public speaker. He held the position of Chief Economist of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Director of the OECD Economics Department in Paris in 2008-2009. He was Chief of Economic Research at the Central Bank of Chile during the previous 12 years. Before that he was Principal Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank in Washington. He has been Chairman of Chile’s Advisory Fiscal Council, Chairman of the Financial Advisory Board of Chile’s Sovereign Wealth Funds, General Director of Grupo Res Publica Chile, President of the Chilean Economic Association, and President of the Monetary Club. He was elected “2008 Economist of the Year” by his peers in Chile.

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  • Mr. Andrew Dickson (Development Manager, Asian Renewable Energy Hub at CWP Global)

    Mr. Andrew Dickson

    Development Manager, Asian Renewable Energy Hub at CWP Global

    Graduate of the University of Adelaide in Science and Technology Commercialization. Expert in renewable energy, energy market, generation technologies and electric vehicles. Development director of the Asian Renewable Energy Hub since the end of 2018.

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  • Mr. Jeffrey Dawes (President and CEO of Komatsu Mining Corp. and Member of the Board of Directors of the Chile Pacific Foundation)

    Mr. Jeffrey Dawes

    President and CEO of Komatsu Mining Corp. and Member of the Board of Directors of the Chile Pacific Foundation

    President and CEO of Komatsu Mining Corp Group, a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. in Japan. Appointed to that position in April 2017, when Komatsu acquired Joy Global Inc. and renamed that company.

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  • Mr. Julio Bertrand (Chief Executive Officer of CAP S.A.)

    Mr. Julio Bertrand

    Chief Executive Officer of CAP S.A.

    Industrial Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with an MBA from the University of Adelaide. He is a Chilean academic and consultant, former general manager of the state-owned Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) of Chile and also former general manager of GASCO.

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  • Ms. Loreto Leyton (Executive Director of the Chile Pacific Foundation)

    Ms. Loreto Leyton

    Executive Director of the Chile Pacific Foundation

    Geographer of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Master in business administration of the Universidad Austral de Argentina, has served as an officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Chile in various positions in and outside the country, including as First Secretary in the mission of Chile to the United Nations in charge of social, humanitarian and cultural affairs. Between 2006 and 2007 she was a member of the Cabinet of the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza. Former student of the Chilean Diplomatic Academy “Andrés Bello”, she worked as academic coordinator of that institution during the year 2011. Recently formed part of the executive team of ProChile and Corpgroup Interhold. In parallel to her work is a member of the Consultative Council of America Solidaria.

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