Latin America Energy Forum - Official Website

Pictures of the 1st Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on December 8, 2016, featuring a speech by Hon. Fernando Cesar Ferreira, Secretary General of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)

Pictures of the 2nd Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on February 1, 2018, featuring a speech by Hon. Alfonso Blanco Bonilla, Secretary General of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)

Pictures of the 3rd Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on March 7, 2019 featuring a speech by Robert Perez, President of Baker Hughes for Central America

Pictures of the 4th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on March 5, 2020 featuring a speech by Prof. Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano, Director of the Center for US and Maxican Law at the University of Houston

Pictures of the 5th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Fort Lauderdale on April 22, 2021 featuring a speech by Hon. Guillermo Solis Rivera, former President of Costa Rica

Pictures of the 6th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on March 3, 2022 featuring a speech by Hon. Aldo Flores Quiroga, former Secretary General of the International Energy Forum

Pictures of the 7th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Houston on March 23, 2023 featuring a speech by Ambassador Carmen Gisela Vergara, Administrator of ProPanama and former Minister of Commerce

Pictures of the 8th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Fort Lauderdale on July 19, 2024 featuring a speech by H.E. Jacinth Henry-Martin, Ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis to the United States

Pictures of the 9th Latin America Energy Forum, held in Fort Lauderdale on May 29, 2025 featuring a speech by H.E. Lou-Anne Gilchrist, Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States

Heads of State, Government Officials from Washington D.C., Secretary Generals of International Organizations, Chief Executive Officers of Domestic and Foreign Energy Corporations.

Previous Latin America Energy Forums were held in Florida and Texas and were attended by the following organizations: U.S. Department of Energy, BP, Cheniere Energy, Siemens, Frontera Resources, Bechtel, NextDecade, Schlumberger, OLADE, and several others. For information on other events organized by the Houston Energy Club, please visit the website: www.houstonenergyclub.org/events.htm

Houston Energy Club events are high-level roundtable meetings attended by senior government officials and corporate executives. The objective of the Latin America Energy Forum is to bring together senior energy experts and government officials of Latin America and the United States to explore new business opportunities and promote trade relations among participants.

For the longer term, the Latin America Energy Forum aims to establish a meaningful and ongoing dialogue between high-level energy industry representatives from North and South America.

Latin America Energy Forum is a federal trademark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Arrival of members and guests leading into networking reception
Opening remarks by Dr. Francesco Stipo, President, Houston Energy Club
Ambassador Lou-Anne Gilchrist, Economic Outlook in the Caribbean for 2025 and Opportunities in SVG Energy Sector
Interventions from public officials and executives of energy companies
Interactive discussion with meeting participants
Wrap up commentaries
Seated lunch will be served during the interventions

Lou-Anne Gilchrist has been the ambassador to the United States from the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines since October 2016. She succeeds La Celia Prince, who served from May 2008 to July 2016, when she took a job with the Organization of American States. Born circa 1978, Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist graduated St. Vincent Girls High School in 1984, and completed Sixth Form studies—two years of competitive, college prep courses—at St. Vincent Grammar School in 1986. Gilchrist earned a B.A. in Modern Languages at the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill, in Barbados, in 1990, where she was active in the Language Club and the Cavite Chorale. An educator by profession, Gilchrist taught French at her alma mater, St. Vincent Grammar School, to students in the Sixth Form from 1993 to 1997. Gilchrist worked as a lecturer at St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College from January 1997 to January 2009, where she taught Modern Languages. During this time, Gilchrist earned an M.A. in Translation Studies at the University of Warwick (U.K.) in 2004. Gilchrist effected a major career change in 2009 by accepting an offer to become an education officer at the Ministry of Education, where she was responsible for the security and administration of all external examinations from January to October 2009. She was soon promoted to chief education officer at the Ministry of Education, where she supervised educational processes in schools from October 2009 to September 2016. Gilchrist is also the non-resident ambassador to Canada.

The Houston Energy Club is pleased to host the