August 4-5, 2026
Rio Market Briefing
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competing in a Converging Energy System: Security, Markets & Transition
We are delighted to invite you to the 2026 Rio Market Briefing. Join us on August 4–5 for this complimentary event, as the global energy and commodities community convenes in Rio de Janeiro for two days of insight and connection at the iconic Copacabana Palace. We’ll once again be bringing you unrivalled insights to help you navigate the latest trends and challenges shaping the energy and commodities landscape.
Connect with our experts and fellow industry professionals and immerse yourself in two days of content, equipping you with the knowledge to make informed decisions in rapidly evolving markets.
Key areas of focus include:
- In-depth research, outlooks, and Platts benchmarks
- Insights into regional and global energy and commodities markets
- Cross-commodity transformation of the modern data market
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Rio Market Briefing at a glance
NEW | Oil Industry Fundamentals Training Course
August 3
*This course is separate from the briefing and requires registration and payment.
Instructor
S&P Global Energy
Felipe Perez
Americas Director and Strategist, Oil Markets Midstream & Downstream Energy
Felipe has more than fifteen years of international consulting experience in the oil and gas industries, particularly in Latin America's refining sector. He is also responsible for US West Coast (PADD 5) downstream research and analysis. His expertise includes assisting clients with operational performance improvement, market and configuration studies, as well as strategic initiatives. He has been a speaker and advisor to the main congresses and conferences in the region. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a senior executive consultant at KBC Advanced Technologies Inc., performing energy efficiency projects, on-site technical support for oil refineries and business development in Latin America.
Felipe holds a Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Science from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Master of Science from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He is based in Los Angeles, California, US, and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Rio Market Briefing Agenda
*Agenda subject to change
Speakers
Ana Cabral
CEO, Sigma Lithium
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Emmanuel Delfosse
CEO, GNA - Gas Natural Açu
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Gustavo Pimenta
CEO, Vale
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Luiz Felipe Coutinho
CEO, Origem Energia
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Marcelo Lopes
Executive Director, ENEVA
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Maria Auxiliadora Nobre
Deputy Superintendent for Technology and Environment ANP
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Gustavo Mariano
VP Trading, Inpasa
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Pietro Mendes
Director, ANP
Alberto Ferrin
President, ExxonMobil
Sylvia Anjos
Executive Director E&P, Petrobras
S&P Global Energy
Carlos Pascual
Senior Vice President, Head of Geopolitics and International Affairs
Carlos Pascual leads the integration of geopolitics, energy, and markets for S&P Global Energy. He works with clients globally on addressing the geopolitical challenges of energy transition, security and competitiveness -- and the implications for energy justice. Mr. Pascual also leads the coordination of S&P Global Energy businesses in Latin America.
Mr. Pascual was previously US Ambassador to both Mexico and Ukraine and was Special Assistant to the US president for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia on the National Security Council. As the former US Energy Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the State Department, Mr. Pascual established and directed the Energy Resources Bureau and served as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on energy issues.
Earlier, Mr. Pascual created the position of Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization in the State Department, establishing the first civilian response capacity to conflicts. Mr. Pascual is a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and was a resident fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Rodrigo Vaz
Head of Global Strategic Engagement team, Upstream
With 18+ years of experience in the management consulting practice for the energy industry, Rodrigo helped on business development for S&P Global Energy Upstream strategy consulting business for the oil & gas sector for 9 years before moving to Upstream Insight Research group with a commercial focus. He has extensive knowledge of the upstream value chain with experience in market intelligence, market entry strategy, oil & gas supply/demand studies, regulatory insight, portfolio optimization, E&P Licensing round and data room support, asset valuation, performance benchmarking, process modeling, and other above-ground issues for countries in the region. Previously, Rodrigo was a manager at Accenture Management Consulting responsible for business development and project delivery in the oil & gas practice. Prior to Accenture, he worked on the Brazilian Nuclear Quality Institute, responsible for consulting projects and quality auditing at Brazilian nuclear energy companies.
Educated in Brazil, Rodrigo holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the PUC University Rio de Janeiro, an MBA in Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas University and a Post-Graduation Energy Industry Economics from COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, UFRJ. His background also includes international certifications from PMI and APICS institutes.
S&P Global Energy
Felipe Perez
Americas Director and Strategist, Oil Markets Midstream & Downstream Energy
Felipe has more than fifteen years of international consulting experience in the oil and gas industries, particularly in Latin America's refining sector. He is also responsible for US West Coast (PADD 5) downstream research and analysis. His expertise includes assisting clients with operational performance improvement, market and configuration studies, as well as strategic initiatives. He has been a speaker and advisor to the main congresses and conferences in the region. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a senior executive consultant at KBC Advanced Technologies Inc., performing energy efficiency projects, on-site technical support for oil refineries and business development in Latin America.
Felipe holds a Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Science from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Master of Science from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He is based in Los Angeles, California, US, and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
S&P Global Energy
Daniel Pratt, CFA
Head of Upstream
Daniel Pratt is vice president and head of the E&P at S&P Global Energy.
Daniel Pratt is Senior Vice President leading the Global Upstream Solutions business within S&P Global Energy. Dan has over 25 years of experience in the Upstream sector with leadership positions across multiple capabilities. Today, Dan leads a global team focused on delivering research, data, and software to support decision making within Oil & Gas markets, including operators, service companies, investors, and capital providers. Dan spearheads new product development and innovation, integrating advanced technology and data science into workflows and product offerings. His efforts generate critical insights and thought leadership, strengthening client relationships and supporting S&P Global’s sales and consulting initiatives.
Daniel’s previous experience includes equity analysis at John S. Herold and serving as Director of Oil & Gas Research at Ticonderoga Securities, where he covered oil and gas equities and published research for institutional investors. He also led the Upstream Companies & Transactions capability within IHS Markit. Daniel is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the Stamford CFA Society. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester.
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Adriana Carvalho
Associate Director, Pricing, Metals, Latin America
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Kurt Barrow
Senior Vice President and Head of Oil, Fuel and Chemicals Research
S&P Global Energy
Fellipe Balieiro
Director, Energy and Mobility
Fellipe leads analysis of how changes in the automotive ecosystem translate into changes in fuel consumption of the light vehicle fleet, which includes insights on the impacts from alternative powertrain configurations, telecommuting, mobility services, and vehicle automation. In addition, he manages all analysis on the effects of decarbonization trends, mobility policy, and regulations on fuel consumption. Fellipe co-authors the Pulse of Change, a monthly report that tracks and assesses the electric evolution of the light vehicle fleet, and other reports relating to vehicle electrification, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and mobility-related topics that influence total light vehicle miles traveled.
Previously, Fellipe led the light vehicle fuel demand analysis of the ground-breaking study, "Reinventing the Wheel (RTW): The future of cars, oil, chemicals, and electric power," a joint effort by the energy, automotive, and chemical teams at IHS Markit(now part of S&P Global). More than 30 companies in the automotive, energy and chemical industries participated in this year-long effort. RTW is now an ongoing service (Mobility and Energy Future) providing insight and context for how developing mobility trends impact the energy, automotive, and chemical industries.
Fellipe holds a Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston. He is fluent in English and Portuguese, and conversational in Spanish.
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Bob MacKnight
Executive Director, Emissions and Low Carbon Pathways
His current work focuses on building analytical solutions for greenhouse gas emissions estimation across the energy and industrial value chains to support corporate decision making and climate risk analysis. Bob has worked with multi-national energy companies and investment banks to build analytical software and research products that support decision making in the energy industry. Prior to joining S&P Global he spent seven years at PFC Energy, leading consulting and research initiatives in the Upstream Practice. Bob has worked as a geologist on ExxonMobil's Chad Development Team, and with the US Department of Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
He holds a BS and an MS from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Dan Thompson
Research Director 451 Research
Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the datacenter industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas. His research includes analyses of datacenter providers, market size and supply/demand in key and emerging markets around the world. Dan also provides coverage of datacenter providers offering services beyond colocation, such as managed and cloud-type services.
Dan also provides research on the sustainability of the datacenter industry. Beyond just renewable energy purchasing and carbon offsetting, he has been investigating full life cycle emissions, including supply chain emissions, as well as efficiency gains and water usage.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan spent 15 years as a practitioner in the IT industry, the last 10 years at a top managed/cloud service provider. Dan has worn many hats in the IT world, from systems administration to management, and was most recently an enterprise architect. In that role, he not only assisted in the launch of the company's security practice, but also created security-specific products and designed security into every solution launched to the customer base.
In addition to a good many IT industry certifications, Dan currently holds degrees in network security and forensics and information technology.
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Bruno Martins
Manager, Minerals & Fertilizer - Americas
Bruno Martins has been with Platts since May 2012 and covering Brazilian flat-rolled market and Mexican flat- and long-rolled markets.
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Gabriel Diniz Faleiros
Principal Research Analyst, South America Crops
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Renato Rostas
Manager, Price Reporting Brazil Refined Product Markets
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Vinicius Damazio
Price Reporter | Biofuels & Feedstock
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Kauanna Navarro
Senior price reporter, Brazil Oil Products
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Joao Lopes
Principal Analyst, Latin America Fuels & Refining
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Emanuel Simon
Director, Gas, Power, and Energy Futures
Emanuel focuses on cost, technology, and power policies for Latin America. Prior to joining S&P Global, Emanuel was with Siemens (Chemtech), where he was involved in conceptual and detailed engineering design for projects in the oil and gas industry, energy efficiency, electrical power quality for industrial facilities, and risk analysis for the downstream sector. He also held a post as business developer engineer responsible for business strategies in the downstream and power sector.
Emanuel holds a bachelor's degree from Federal University of Santa Catarina, did his postgraduate studies in engineering at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and holds a Master of Science from UFRJ.
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Mariana Anjos
Principal Research Analyst, Gas Power & Climate Solutions
Mariana is an expert at developing fundamentals-based supply, demand, and price forecasts and an understanding of the associated risks. Mariana focuses on cost, technology and gas policies for Latin America. With large experience in the oil and gas segment, her research involves upstream costs and technology, as well as planning and control, programming, modeling, renewable energy, engineering and consulting. Prior to joining S&P Global (now part of S&P Global), she worked at Petrobras and Doris Engineering, where she developed projects including front-end engineering and design for the presalt platforms and risk analysis for oil and gas enterprises.
Mariana holds a bachelor's degree from the Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, a specialization in oil and gas supply chain from Brazilian Petroleum Institute, and an MBA in corporate finance.
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Eric Eyberg
Vice President, Gas & LNG CERA Consulting
Eric leads an expert team of 50 consultants with his results-driven approach and big picture thinking and regularly delivers keynote speeches and moderates dialogues and roundtables with the industry’s foremost leaders.
Eric is a force for growth and has led more than 200 global engagements partnering with C-level executives in the gas and power industry and government officials, pioneering innovative solutions across commercial advisory, strategy and policy, transaction support, and low carbon offerings. He has directed >US$75 billion in successful gas and power deals.
Before joining S&P, Eric held consulting and commercial industry roles at Wood Mackenzie, McKinsey & Co., and Calpine Energy Services and has an INSEAD MBA.
S&P Global Energy
Priscila Pinheiro
Principal Analyst Biofuels
Priscila Pinheiro is currently on the editorial team responsible for covering biodiesel DAP Paulínia spot prices in Brazil.
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Nicolle Monteiro de Castro
Senior Agribusiness and Biofuels Commercial Specialist
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Eric Brooks
Manager, Americas Natural Gas Pricing
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Christopher Ferrell
Director, Americas Market Engagement
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Ricardo Bedregal, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Upstream Research and Analysis
Ricardo has extensive technical, commercial, and business development experience in projects for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. His expertise in structuring sizable projects encompasses experience in petroleum geology, business environment and assessing opportunities in South America, West and Southern Africa, Oman and Australia. Prior to joining S&P Global Energy, he held several managerial and technical roles at Petrobras, Brazilian Petroleum National Agency, PGT, Vale Oil & Gas and other companies.
An experienced oil and gas geologist, Ricardo holds two masters degrees in Geology, a Ph.D. in Quantitative Basin Analysis from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and an MBA from the Dom Cabral Foundation.
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Luiz Commar
Principal Analyst, Agriculture Sustainability
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Ana Paula Candil
Managing Editor, Latin America Biofuels & Feedstocks
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Gabriel Diniz Faleiros
Principal Research Analyst, South America Crops
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Gabriela Brumatti
Price Reporter
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Paula Bianco do Carmo
Global Market Engagement Lead
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Rafael Savoia
Senior Manager for Americas Agriculture and Food
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Caio Cugler
Global Principal Commodities Research - Dry Bulk Shipping
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John Morley
Global Director, Crude and Fuel Oil
S&P Global Energy
Lenny Rodriguez
Team Leader, Products Arbitrage and Latin American Oil Analytics
S&P Global Energy
Patricia Barreto
Associate Director, Short-term Analytics, Critical Minerals
Patricia Barreto is a Senior Analyst in the Metals and Mining Research Team at S&P Global Energy, based in São Paulo. She specializes in the fundamental analysis of supply and demand to develop price outlooks for base metals markets.
Prior to joining S&P Global, she spent over eight years at zinc producer Nexa Resources SA, where she mostly acted as a zinc and copper analyst. Her expertise includes price forecasting, comprehensive supply and demand analysis, and commercial intelligence. Patricia holds a BE in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of ABC in Brazil.
Venue
Copacabana Palace, Rio De Janeiro
Avenida Atlântica 1702,
Rio de Janeiro, CEP 22021-001
Brazil
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