The LAC Energy,
Infrastructure & Sustainable
Finance Summit 2026

13:45 – 14:00
Arrival, coffee & networking

14:00 – 14:05
Welcome & opening remarks

14:05 – 15:35
Session I — From Investment Case to Financial Close: Financing Latin America’s Energy & Infrastructure Build-Out in 2026
The anchor session of the afternoon takes the region from big picture to financial close. Where do Latin America and the Caribbean stand on infrastructure and the energy transition in 2026, and what will it take to get projects funded? Senior financiers, sponsors,
and advisors examine the forces reshaping the investment case — AI- and data-center-driven power demand pulling grid and generation investment forward faster than planned, critical minerals emerging as a distinct capital allocation theme, and a more selective,
execution-focused phase of nearshoring — before turning to the practicalities of getting deals done: how risk is being allocated and priced across increasingly divergent country contexts, how lenders are assessing hyperscaler-backed PPAs and where credit and
currency risks sit, the growing role of blended finance and multilateral guarantees in mobilizing private co-investment, and whether utilities, banks, and DFIs have the balance-sheet capacity to keep pace.

Gonzalo Alvarez-Cañedo, Head of DCM & Private Debt LatAm, Santander

Claudia Flores, Head of Private Sector, CAF

Oscar Manuel Batres, Head of International Treasury & Finance, AES

Laurie Kelly, CFO, Generadora Metropolitana

Tomás Brandão Souto, SVP & Head of LatAm Infastructure, EIG

Júlio Meirelles, Executive Director – Global Banking / Project Finance, Santander

15:35 – 15:50
Quick Take — Luiz de Mendonça, CEO, Acelen
Refinery to Reinvention: Financing Acelen’s Bet on Brazil’s Energy Transition

15:50 – 16:05
Coffee break

16:05 – 16:20
Quick Take — Samuel García Sepúlveda, Governor, Nuevo León
Nuevo León’s Nearshoring Engine: Securing the Power, Water, and Infrastructure to Sustain Mexico’s Industrial Heartland

16:20 – 17:25
Session II — Mexico in Focus: Capital, Cities, and the Next Phase of the Infrastructure Build-Out
A focused look at Mexico, the region’s largest nearshoring market and one of its most closely watched investment stories. The panel will examine how public and private capital are coming together to fund urban and industrial infrastructure — from sub-national
financing and the capital city’s investment agenda to bank and investor appetite for Mexican project risk — and what the evolving regulatory and legal framework, including the reshaped rules for private participation in power, means for deal structuring, contractual
protections, and the pipeline ahead.

Juan Pablo de Botton, Secretary of Finance & Administration, Mexico City Government (CDMX)

Diego Donoso, Emerging Markets Credit, Apollo Global Management

Jose Gilly, Head of Global Banking Mexico and Corporate Finance LatAm, Santander Mexico

Arturo de la Parra, Partner, Jones Day

Nacho Moreno Vicente, CEO, Cox

17:25
Closing remarks & networking

18:30 – 23:30
Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards — Reception & Dinner

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