V LAC E-Mobility Salon

12. August 2026

8:30 - 13:30 | America/Sao Paulo (UTC-3)

São Paulo, Brasil

Evento Latbus - room 206 B - In-person – Expo São Paulo – Rodovia dos Imigrantes, km 1.5, in the Vila Água Funda

Solo por invitación

Latin America Bus Funding and Financing Urban Planning Conference

Introducción

Esta conferencia, organizada en colaboración con el Banco Mundial, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, GIZ y C40, tiene como objetivo fomentar un diálogo práctico entre actores públicos y privados sobre cómo acelerar el despliegue de autobuses de cero emisiones y desarrollar un mercado regional de autobuses eléctricos competitivo, escalable y financiable en América Latina y el Caribe.

¿A quién va dirigido?

Este evento está dirigido a autoridades de transporte, operadores, responsables de políticas públicas, organizaciones multilaterales, entidades financieras, consultores, fabricantes y profesionales interesados en la planificación, contratación y operación de sistemas de autobuses eléctricos.

Con traducción simultánea español-portugués-inglés

Programme

Reception and morning coffee

Introduction of the main challenges in deployment, scaling, financing, and operational challenges- highlighting the need for Public-Private sector dialogue

Speakers:

Cecile Fruman, World Bank Country Director, Brazil (Video Remarks)
Temel Öktem, Manager, Regional Industry Manager, Infrastructure and Natural Resources (WBG)

Creating the market: public demand, industrial capacity, jobs, and financeability

Moderators: Ana Beatriz Monteiro, Lead Transport Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB); Nicolle Aya Konai, Senior Finance Manager, C40 Cities

Panelists:

Part 1-Regional experiences and charging infrastructure

Guillermo Robles, Strategy Coordinator, Metropolitan Public Transportation Directory (DTPM), Santiago, Chile
Tannia Fabiola Medina, Coordinator, National Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico
Patrícia Feitosa Bonfim Stelling, Consultant, Energy Research Office (EPE)
Eduardo Souza, CEO, Electric Mobility, Brazil

Part 2- Advancements and challenges in LAC

Marcell Alexandre de Oliveira Costa, Director, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Milena Braga Romano, President, Eletra, Brazil
Roberto Gottfried, CEO, Megaflux, Mexico
Pedro Henrique de Morais Marques, Chief of Urban Mobility, National Development Bank (BNDES), Brazil
Fabiano Martins de Oliveira, Deputy Secretary for Finance, São Paulo, Brazil

Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45

E-bus Radar expansion

11:45 – 12:00

Making deployment work- operator experience, charging, workforce, service reliability.

Moderator Panel 2:

Clarisse Linke, Country Director, ITDP Brazil
Natalia Chaves, Team Lead, GIZ Brazil

Speakers:

Niege Chaves, Vice President, MobiBrasil, Brazil
Nicolas Rosales, CISA, Mexico City, Mexico
Diego Fuentes, Metrobus, Santiago, Chile
Carlos Sauer, Technical Advisor, Viceministry of Transport, Paraguay
Matías Caldera, Operations Manager, Mobility Planning & Energy Transition, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina