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Speaker Profile: Jorge Antonio Hilbert, Director of the Rural Engineering Institute, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)

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INTA – Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute of Farming Technology) is a public decentralized body subordinated to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food with operative and financial autarchy. Its mission is “To carry out and foster actions addressing the innovation of agricultural and livestock, agro-food and agro-industrial sectors to contribute to the competitiveness of agro-industrial chains, environmental health and sustainability of productive systems, social equity and territorial development, through research, technological development and extension”.
(2005-2015 Institutional Strategic Plan). INTA relies on 15 Regional Centers with 47 Agricultural and Livestock Experimental Stations and over 260 Extension Units that cover the whole country plus 4 Research Centers with 15 Institutes. Headcount amounts to 5,868 employees: 44% are professionals, 29% are support staff and 28% are technicians.

Jorge HilbertSpeaker Profile
Jorge A Hilbert is presently Director of the rural engineering institute of INTA and coordinates at a national level the bioenergy program. He has conducted research and programs on bioenergy for more than 25 years. The national project he is conducting all over the country has an specific module studying Jatropha.

He graduated in agronomic engineering at the Univ of Buenos Aires and obtained a Master Degree in Farm Mechanization. He has represented Argentina in international forums and acted as expert consultant for FAO ONUDI, GEF and other international organizations. Jorge is member of regional and international organizations related with agronomical engineering and farm mechanization.

He acted as international consultant in bioenergy related topics in Austria, India, China, Salvador, Mexico, Brasil, Chile and Paraguay. This year he has been involved at international expert meetings regarding biofuels sustainability in preparation for COP meeting in Germany. He is also co-chair of Methane to markets international partnership.

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Day 1: Tuesday, June 10
15:15 JATROPHA IN ARGENTINA – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INVESTMENT PROJECT

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