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Wilson Center Conference on US-Chile Climate Action and the Energy Transition

The Wilson Center’s Latin America Program, in partnership with the US Department of State, the US Embassy in Santiago, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, will host a full-day conference on Monday, November 6, 2023 in Santiago, Chile to highlight opportunities for greater cooperation between the United States and Chile to accelerate the global energy transition. 

The dialogue, featuring senior US and Chilean officials and private sector leaders, will address public policies to attract investment–including for critical minerals, renewable energy, green hydrogen, and clean energy technologies–and to maintain high environmental standards and empower civil society actors.

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Introductions

MFAH profile
María Florencia Attademo-Hirt
General Manager, Southern Cone Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank 

Keynote Speakers

Jose W. Fernandez
Jose W. Fernandez
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Diego Pardow
Diego Pardow
Minister of Energy, Chile
Gloria de la Fuente
Gloria de la Fuente
Undersecretary, Foreign Affairs, Chile

Panelists

Jose W. Fernandez
Jose W. Fernandez
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
Bernadette M. Meehan
Bernadette M. Meehan
U.S. Ambassador to Chile
Gloria Lillo
Gloria Lillo
Head, Office of Just Socioecological Transition, Ministry of Environment, Chile
Patricio Hidalgo
Patricio Hidalgo
Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Chile
Nicolás Rivera
Nicolás Rivera
Vice President, Mining Resources, Development, and Innovation, CODELCO
Sebastián Miller
Sebastián Miller
Lead Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
John Ferland
John Ferland
President, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC)
Ignacio Mehech
Ignacio Mehech
Vice President, External Affairs LATAM, & Country Manager, Chile, Albemarle
Bárbara Saavedra
Bárbara Saavedra
Director, Wildlife Conservation Society Chile
Ezio Costa Cordella
Ezio Costa Cordella
Professor, University of Chile; Executive Director, ONG FIMA
Matías de Lorenzo
Matías de Lorenzo
Vice President, Omnichannel Supply Chain, Walmart Chile.
Alfredo Solar
Alfredo Solar
General Manager, Chile, Atlas Renewable Energy
Sebastián Benfeld
Sebastián Benfeld
Founder and President, Fundación Escazú Ahora
Ismaela Magliotto
Ismaela Magliotto
Executive Director, Uno.Cinco
Isis Riquelme
Isis Riquelme
Co-Founder and COO, Fundación Tremendas
Macarena Álvarez
Macarena Álvarez
Director, Community Affairs and Best Practices, Generadoras de Chile
Mario Larenas
Country Manager, Chile, Freeport-McMoRan

Hosted By

Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.   Read more

Latin America Program

Brazil Institute

The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—aims to deepen understanding of Brazil’s complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors.    Read more

Brazil Institute

Environmental Change and Security Program

The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.   Read more

Environmental Change and Security Program