Title: Navigating the Landscape of Nuclear Energy Development in Brazil: Trends and Features

Speaker: Former Minister of Mines and Energy - Bento Albuquerque

Date: December, 2and AT 10:30 A.M.

Speaker summary: President of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) from 2019 to 2022, President of the Electric Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE) from 2019 to 2022, President of the Chamber of Exceptional Rules for Hydro-Energy Management (CREG) from 2021 to 2022. He also served on the Boards of the following companies: Amazônia Azul Tecnologias de Defesa S.A. (AMAZUL) - President of the Board from 2016 to 2019, NUCLEBRAS Equipamentos Pesados S.A. (NUCLEP) - Member and President from 2016 to 2019 and from 2019 to 2020, respectively, Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) - President of the Board from 2019 to 2022, Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Power Plant - Member from 2020 to 2023. He is a Rear Admiral, a veteran of the Navy, an institution to which he dedicated 47 years of active service, including key experiences as: Military Observer during the Bosnian War (Sarajevo and later in Dubrovnik, Croatia); Commander of two submarines; Chief of Staff to the Commander of the Navy; Director-General of the Inter-American Defense Board (JID), an entity linked to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C., USA; Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Fleet; and Director-General of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy, leading the Submarine Development Program (PROSUB) and the Navy's Nuclear Program (PNM), the Navy's key strategic programs. He currently serves as an independent advisor and consultant to companies in the Infrastructure and Energy sectors—including renewable energy (nuclear, wind, biomass, etc.); Oil; Gas; and Mining—and collaborates with FGV Energy.