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Spanish-English simultaneous translation providedSamuel Sherman, Director & Team Leader, Latin America ProjectFinance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationJorge Tabares, Vice President Investment Banking,Bolsa y Renta (a BTG Pactual company)Miguel Piedrahita Soto, Director Energy and NaturalResources, BancolombiaPedro Pablo Alamos Rojas, Senior Vice president - Head ofStructured Finance Latam (Ex-Brasil), Itau BBAErik Bethel, President & Co-founder, SinoLatin Capital15:25 Networking refreshment breakSESSION 5: FINANCING AND INVESTING IN COLOMBIA II15:55 Chair’s opening remarksJose Zapata, Partner, Suarez Zapata Partners Abogados S.A.S16:05 Corporate Social Responsibility – Combining strategyand sustainability• Adopting a proactive attitude in successfully managing CSR risk –Investing to ensure positive environmental and social outcome• Engaging with local communities and gaining a better understanding oftheir priorities• Mining in the age of transparency – Using the internet effectively• Long-term plan to reduce environmental footprint• Developing the best strategies adapted to the realities of theColombian industry• How effective communication on CSR is key• What is the cost of a successful CSR policy?William Feragotto, General Manager, Golder Associates16:25 Operating in a frontier mining country – Addressing thesecurity risks• How do you calculate and mitigate political risk?• Addressing new risks – Community relations, environmental regulationsand an unclear regulatory environment• Dealing with localized issues – Identifying social issues• 2014: an intense political year – What are the implications for thecoal industry?• Analyzing the peace process and its implications for the coal industry• How to move forward?Michael Cullen, Andean General Manager, Control Risks16:45 Accessing financing for junior miners in a difficult market• How to sell your story – Structuring projects from early on to make thembankable / attractive for investors• How have junior miners been impacted by changes in the bank liquidity?• Alternatives to traditional equity – What financing options are availableto junior miners?• Assessing the situation for M & A in 201417:05 Questions and discussion17:15 End of day oneNEW17:15 – 18:45 Roundtable with the governmentChaired by Leon Teicher, Ex-President, CerrejonParticipants: Maria Constanza Garcia Botero, President, ANMLuis Fernando Andrade Moreno, President, ANIAn exclusive opportunity to interact with the different government bodiesinvolved in coal mining activities, the roundtable places will be limited tomaximize productive discussion around key issues. A number of places areavailable to all on a first come, first served basis, and others reserved forinvitation only. Discussion will be off the record and therefore we regret toinform that we are unable to offer admission to journalists to this particularsession. More government representative to be announced onwww.coaltrans.com/colombia18:30 – 20:30Main eveningreceptionDAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 201308:30 Registration and coffee. Exhibition opens09:30 Opening remarksMargaux Klein, Conference Producer,Coaltrans Conferences Ltd.SESSION 6: PERSPECTIVES FOR COLOMBIAN COAL09:40 Chair’s opening remarks09:50 Opening up to Asia with the expansion of thePanama Canal• How can the Panama Canal be successfully used by Colombianproducers looking at Asian markets?• Update on the project – Final timeline of development• How much of an impact the Panama Canal’s expansion will have onfreight rates?Maria Eugenia Sánchez, Economist - Executive Vice Presidency forPlanning and Business Development, Panama Canal Authority10:10 Competition to Colombian coal – North America’s shalegas revolution• The changing dynamics of supply and demand in North American gas• A look at the USA’s energy matrix through 2020• The realities of economic fuel switching and implications for CoalJon Ecker, Managing Director Natural Gas, Genscape10:30 Brazilian recovery – demand for steel and coke• Demand outlook for steel with the Football World Cup and OlympicGames boost• What do Brazilian steel producers expect from Colombian met andcoke producers?• How to address the shift in metallurgical coal quality for coke making?10:50 Supplying Electricity in Guatemala and on the regionalpower market• Project update, operating in 2014• Benefits of working with the government to diversify the country’senergy matrix• Experience with a Chinese EPC contractor• Procurement strategy – What role can Colombia play?Jose Sarmiento, General Manager, Jaguar Energy11:10 Questions and discussion11:20 Networking refreshment breakSponsored bySESSION 7: MINING OPERATIONS11:50 Chair’s opening remarks11:55 Vital role of coal washing plants in enabling Colombiancoal to compete as an export product• Cost and economic implications of integrating these facilities• Successful cases of adapting the technology to Colombian coaland geography• Benefits of investing to improve the yield and reducing theenvironmental impactGerman Rayo Alonso, Mining & Transport Regional Manager,SchenckCONFERENCE AGENDAEarly Bird Discount – Register by 19 July 2013 and save US$2505