Airton Ignácio da Silva

Industrial Consultant, DATAGRO

Arlindo Aprobatto

Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Carolina Troster de Hollanda

Partner, DATAGRO Financial

Carolina Troster is a partner at DATAGRO Financial. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial market and has worked at institutions such as Banco ABC Brasil and Citi. Outside of Brazil, she was Director of Wealth Management at UBS Bank in Geneva, Switzerland, and Vice-Director of the structured operations distribution area at Cargill in Singapore.

Daniel Sofer

Owner, DSA

Daniel Sofer is a mechanical engineer (specializing in internal combustion engines) from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), founder and Engineering Director of the company DSA, dedicated to the creation and manufacture of innovative fuel injectors and combustion management systems for alternative fuels with totally revolutionary concepts. Over almost three decades of Research, Development and Applied Engineering, technologies and systems have been created for engines ranging from Formula One engines to large-scale thermoelectric plants. For years, dedication has been focused on the use of alternative and renewable fuels in engines originally operating on the Diesel cycle, effectively creating a new way of managing combustion: neither Otto cycle nor Diesel cycle. In this new frontier of combustion management, ethanol is emerging as a fuel of particular applicability, starting with the sugar-energy sector itself.

Eduardo Calichman

Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Hermann Hoffmann

Full Professor at UFSCar and General Coordinator of RIDESA

Agronomist, ESALQ/USP, 1975
Masters and Doctorate, ESALQ/USP
Full Professor, UFSCar
Coordinator of the Sugarcane Genetic Improvement Program at UFSCar
General Coordinator of RIDESA

Jaime Finguerut

Director and Board Member, ITC

Jaime Finguerut, a chemical engineer with a postgraduate degree in Bioprocesses, has been working with sugarcane processing since 1979, much of his career at the Copersucar Technology Center and C T Canavieira, where he led the innovation and optimization of industrial processes. Since 2017 he has led the ITC – Instituto de Tecnologia Canavieira, where he leads the MM.IA project, based on online NIR sensors and AI, for Advanced Control and increased Industrial Efficiency.

José Roberto Oliveira

Director of Applications in Process Safety and HAZOP Innovation

José Roberto de Oliveira, known as “Zé do Hazop”, is a renowned expert in process safety, with over 40 years’ experience in the sugar-energy sector and 12 years in Hazop. Founder and CEO of Eysen, José leads Dynamic Hazop and LOPA analyses, applying predictive simulations for safety and efficiency. With a degree in Sugar and Alcohol Production Technology and specializations in Saccharotechnics, Ethanol Fermentation, Basic Sanitation and Polymeric Materials, he is a reference in methodologies for identifying risks and aligning P&IDs with operational reality.

Luciano Cardoso

Superintendent, Marsh Brasil

With 28 years of experience in the insurance market, Luciano has extensive experience in analyzing and developing industrial risk management programs, with a specialty in the sugar-energy sector.

An insurance broker licensed by SUSEP, he has a degree in business administration, a post-graduate degree in Marketing from FGV and has also completed a leadership development plan at the Dom Cabral Foundation.

Piero Acco

CEO, Air & Parts

Rafael Abud

CEO, FS Bioenergia

Rafael Abud has been working in the renewable energy sector for over 15 years. Currently, he works as FS’s CEO and has been working in the company since its foundation, leading all development stages – from startup to expansion – to become one of the largest ethanol companies in Brazil. Previously, Rafael was responsible for the development and management of all enterprises under Summit Agricultural Group management in Brazil, mainly those related to the operation of holdings in agricultural and renewable energy properties. Before joining the Summit and FS, Rafael founded JETBIO and BioVentures Brasil, where he headed projects in biodiesel production and processing technology, energy generation, production of energy crops and aircraft biofuels. He currently serves on the board of the Brazilian Corn Ethanol Union (UNEM), which he co-founded, and on the board of Sindalcool – MT, an association of the ethanol industry in Mato Grosso. Rafael has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from FAAP.

Renata Isfer

Executive President, ABiogás

Renata Isfer is Executive President of the Brazilian Biogas Association. She was Secretary and Deputy Secretary for Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels at the Ministry of Mines and Energy from 2019 to 2020. She co-coordinated the negotiation of the revision of the onerous assignment contract and the holding of the surplus auction. She was the Ministry’s Legal Advisor for 3 years and actively participated in the creation of public policies that enabled the recovery of the gas, oil, electricity and mining sectors. She has 16 years’ experience as a Federal Prosecutor in the Federal Attorney General’s Office. She holds a master’s degree in Law, Public Policy and Economic Development, and participated in an extension course at the Harvard Kennedy School on women’s leadership. Co-creator of the “Yes, they exist” project, which aims to promote gender equality in leadership positions, and of EmpodereC, a mentoring program for young women in the energy sector. Mother of Catarina and Tomás.

Renato Pretti

President Director, Cerradinho Bio