Ethanol Summit 2011 Emphasizes Brazil's Role In Global Quest For Low-Carbon Solutions

SAO PAULO, February 22, 2011 - The third edition of one of the world's top events dedicated to renewable
energies, with special focus on ethanol and other sugarcane by-products, is
confirmed for June 6th and 7th. The Ethanol Summit, launched in 2007 and held
every two years, is organized by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association
(UNICA).

The defining phrase adopted this year - "Solutions for a Low-Carbon
Economy" - is emblematic of what the content of the event will be like this
year. "We will further broaden the debate, bringing to the table a growing
variety of cane by-products that contribute directly to the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions, making sugarcane and ethanol increasingly important
tools in the pursuit of the so-called low-carbon economy," said UNICA
President Marcos Jank.

As in the first two editions in 2007 and 2009, this year's Summit will
bring together at Sao Paulo's Grand Hyatt Hotel leading business executives,
experts, investors, NGO representatives and government officials from Brazil
and other countries, whose expertise and activities are directly relevant to
the Brazilian and global sugar and ethanol industries. Over 1,000
participants and 400 accredited media are expected for each of the two days
of the event, which will feature some 120 speakers in four plenary sessions,
15 panels, two major ceremonies as well as parallel meetings and side events.

Swedish heavy truck and bus manufacturer Scania is confirmed as one of
the Summit's official sponsors for 2011. The company has developed and
manufactures ethanol-powered trucks and buses for urban use since the late
1980s. Currently, more than 800 Scania ethanol-powered buses are in service
in various European cities, especially in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The
city is committed to replacing half its public transport fleet with vehicles
powered by renewable energies by 2012. The first 50 units of Scania's
ethanol-powered buses produced in Brazil will debut on the streets of Sao
Paulo in May of this year.

Confirmed sponsors of the 2011 Ethanol Summit also include U.S.
biotechnology company, Amyris, a pioneer in the development of hydrocarbons
like gasoline, jet fuel and diesel from sugarcane; BP, the first oil company
in the world to invest in ethanol production; Honda's motorcycle division, a
pioneer in the development and production of flex-fuel motorcycles; and
Total, the French oil giant that announced, in December 2010, its intention
to invest in ethanol production in Brazil.

Among confirmed media partners are the British business daily Financial
Times; global news agency ThomsonReuters; the world's most read newsletter
focused on biofuels, Biofuels Digest; the leading European magazine dedicated
to the topic, Biofuels International; and the Brazilian Sugarcane Yearbook,
which will be distributed to all Summit participants at the end of the event.

"Brazil has taken a leading role in global alternative energy
discussions. UNICA has been working to create awareness and disseminate
information on renewable energies. New and emerging technologies and
applications can benefit both developed and emerging economies, because
energy affects the entire planet," says Marcos Jank, and he adds: "The
Ethanol Summit is a key channel of global dissemination for both the
impressive results achieved in Brazil and the prospects of this success being
repeated in many other parts of the world."

Registration for the 2011 Ethanol Summit, as well as media accreditation
to cover the event, are now open at www.ethanolsummit.com.br.

ABOUT UNICA

The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) represents the top
producers of sugar and ethanol in the country's South-Central region,
especially the state of Sao Paulo, which accounts for about 60% of the
country's sugarcane harvest and of total ethanol production. UNICA develops
position papers, statistics and specific research in support of Brazil's
sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity sectors. In 2010, Brazil produced an
estimated 620 million metric tons of sugarcane, which yielded 37.8 million
tonnes of sugar and 27.4 billion litres of ethanol, making it the number-one
sugarcane grower and sugar producer in the world, and the second-largest
ethanol producer on the planet, behind the United States.

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