SPEAKERS

Natalia Alvarado Sanabria, Engineer, Energy Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica

A mechanical and electrical engineer, she holds a technical background complemented by a master's degree in atmospheric sciences with an emphasis on solar energy, an MBA, and is currently pursuing a master's degree in finance and a doctorate. Her professional experience is primarily in the Costa Rican energy sector, where she has led renewable energy projects, specifically in solar energy and biogas, as well as in the strategic management of energy resources.

For more than 15 years, she worked at the National Power and Light Company (CNFL) in the sector, serving in research, development, and executive assistance to the General Management, including the development of the 2023-2027 business strategy and the monitoring of performance indicators. She currently collaborates with the Energy Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), where she participates in the development of national energy balances and in the formulation of public policies related to the sector.

Sandoval Feitosa, Managing Director, ANEEL, BRAZIL

Managing Director of ANEEL since August 2022, and a career civil servant as a Regulatory Specialist since 2005.

In 2014, he assumed the position of Advisor to the ANEEL Board of Directors and, in May 2015, was appointed Superintendent of Regulation of Transmission Services. In 2017, he was appointed Superintendent of Inspection of Electricity Services. Director of ANEEL from May 2018 to March 2022.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis on Strategy, and completed the Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy.

Between 2018 and 2020, he was also a Director at the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies (ABAR).

He is particularly interested in discussions on the modernization of the Brazilian electricity sector, the energy transition, distributed energy resources, and the analysis of the socio-environmental impacts of electricity on the transformation and improvement of people's lives.

Mario Hernández Rubiños, Director of the Special Projects Directorate, ProInversión, Peru

Esteban Martínez, Head of the Solar and Wind Energy Department, Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy, MOPC, Paraguay

Electromechanical Engineer graduated from the School of Engineering of the National University of Asunción (FIUNA). He specialized in Environmental Engineering for Civil Works from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil.

For the past eight years, he has been part of the engineering team of the Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy (VMME) of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), within the Directorate of Alternative Energy (DEA). He currently serves as Head of the Solar and Wind Energy Department.

Edwin Núñez, President, El Salvador Transmission Company – ETESAL

Joel Santos Echavarría, Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Dominican Republic

Edward Veras, Executive Director, National Energy Commission (CNE), Dominican Republic

An electromechanical engineer with a specialization in electricity, he graduated from the UASD (University of Valencia), where he also earned a Master's degree in Pure Mathematics. He has training in project management (PMI), statistical modeling, electrical system operation, electricity markets, and quality (ISO 9001). He is an adjunct professor of Mathematical Analysis at the UASD and was director of the Mathematics Institute (2014–2018), leading projects supported by the Mescyt (National Electric System Coordinating Body) and CIMPA (Central Electricity Commission).

He has 11 years of experience at the Coordinating Body of the National Electric System, where he managed projects on electrical operation, control protocols, and data improvement. He is co-author of a publication in the British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science and of protocols adopted as national operational policies.

He has been a speaker at Mescyt (University of Valencia) and UNIBE (United States of America), and an electricity market consultant at INPROCA (National Institute of Technology). His profile combines teaching, research, electrical operation, and high-level technical consulting.