Conference Programme

Conference Day One: Wednesday 8 October– programme

Conference Day Two: Thursday 9 October – programme

Workshop Day: Friday 10 October - programme

DAY ONE: Wednesday 8 October

8.00-8.50 Registration breakfast & networking

8:50 Opening remarks and chairman’s welcome address

9.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Global carbon market update - outlook on the Kyoto process, recent legislation and emissions trading activity on the international level

9.30 PRESENTATION 1
Global carbon market as a tool for tackling climate change
•Overview of the current debate around GHG markets
•Is cap and trade delivering?
•Are offsets a credible instrument and do they deliver?
•What are the challenges and how will the future unfold?
Andrei Marcu, Chief Executive Officer, BlueNext

10.00 PRESENTATION 2
Latest developments in the EU ETS – update on Phase II and expectations for Phase III
• Allocation methodology
• Implementation and expansion to other sectors
• Recent trends in EU allowance prices
Henry Derwent, President and Chief Executive Officer, IETA

10.30-11.00 Coffee break & networking

11.00 PRESENTATION 3
Carbon offset projects in the CDM and JI markets
• Update on CDM project approvals/registrations
• Price expectations for CERs
• The role of renewables
• Merits of different kinds of offset and the potential for developing new methodologies
Mark Draeck,Senior Energy Specialist, IT Power

11.30 PRESENTATION 4
Current issues and emerging trends in today’s voluntary carbon markets
• Overview of various voluntary programmes, standards and registries
• Price and risks in the voluntary supply chain
• Combining voluntary carbon credits with compliance credits
Mark Kenber, Policy Director, Chairman of the VCS Association, The Climate Group

12.00 PRESENTATION 5
Regional and federal US emission reduction initiatives and trading programmes
• US carbon policy - summary of the main features of leading climate change bills
• Overview of current programmes e.g. RGGI, Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, Western Climate Initiative and the Climate Registry
• How is implementation of these initiatives progressing?
• Potential obstacles to developing a federal cap-and-trade emissions regime
Kyle W. Danish, Member, Van Ness Feldman

12.30-14.00 Lunch & networking

14.00 PRESENTATION 6
Emission reduction opportunities in Eastern Europe
• Implications of the EU ETS on JI in CEE
• Identifying where to invest and what to avoid
• Insight into credits from Russia and Ukraine
• Green Investment Schemes in CEE
Anthony Hobley, Partner and Head of Climate Change, Norton Rose

14.35 PRESENTATION 7
Carbon finance for agriculture and forestry projects
• How to integrate sustainable forestry with global action on climate change
• Effectiveness of forestry sinks
• Challenges in reforestation and deforestation projects
Leslie L. Durschinger, Founder and Managing Director, Terra Global Capital

15.10 PRESENTATION 8
CDM project development in the waste sector - current status, opportunities and lessons learned
•Overview of current status and trends of CDM projects in the waste sector
•Explanation of challenges and lessons learned from Veolia's CDM projects
•Summary of benefits of implementing waste-related CDM projects
Gary Crawford, Vice President, Greenhouse Gas Department, Veolia Environmental Services

15.45-16.15 Coffee break & networking

16.15 Idea-exchange roundtables - nine brainstorming roundtable discussion topics include:
1. Assessing China’s and India’s involvement in the CDM market and projections for a post 2012 engagement:
Chaitanya Kalia, Ernst & Young
2. A new generation of financial instruments in carbon finance:
Martin Berg, Merrill Lynch
3.. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) – challenges and opportunities:
John Kessels, IEA Clean Coal Centre
4.. Meeting monitoring, reporting and verification commitments to ensure compliance:
David Metcalfe, Verdantix
5. Standards in voluntary credits
Jasmine Hyman, The Gold Standard
6. Update on the Carbon Disclosure Project
Paul Simpson, Carbon Disclosure Project
7. Strategies to enhance industry energy efficiency
8. Financing options for carbon offset projects

17.25 Chairman’s closing remarks

17.30-20.00 Networking drinks reception

DAY TWO: Thursday 9 October

8.15-8.50 Registration breakfast & networking

8.50 Opening remarks and chairman’s welcome address

9.00 PANEL DISCUSSION 1
Rethinking the CDM – key factors for enhancing its efficiency
• Practical experience of the CDM
• Tackling major challenges, including increased requests for review and verification, slower CER issuance and questions over additionality
• The scope of the CDM
• Programmatic CDM
• Future role of the CDM in the EU ETS
Moderator: Peter Zapfel, EU ETS Co-ordinator, European Commission
Ulrika Raab, Senior Advisor for Climate Change Policy, Swedish Energy Agency and Member of the CDM Executive Board
Joergen Fenhann, Senior Scientist, UNEP Risø Centre
Christoph Sutter, CEO, South Pole Carbon Asset Management
Luc Larmuseau, Global Director, International Climate Change Services, DNV

10.30-11.00 Coffee break & networking

11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION 2
New investment opportunities in the carbon markets
• Regions and sectors with the greatest potential
• Impact of the credit crunch on carbon finance
• Investment potential in VERs, CERs and EUAs
• Carbon-related indexes
• Hedging and risk management tools
• The role and activity of carbon funds
Moderator: Karan Capoor, Senior Financial Specialist, World Bank
Lucy Mortimer, Global Manager, CDM & JI Business, TFS Energy
Mahua Acharya, Manager, Carbon Markets and Climate Change, ArcelorMittal
Assaad Razzouk, CEO, Sindicatum Carbon Capital
Martin Schulte, Executive Director, First Climate Asset Management S.A.

12.30-14.00 Lunch & networking

14.00 PANEL DISCUSSION 3
2008 EU ETS compliance and latest developments in the EU ETS - will targets be met in individual countries and sectors?
•Update on Phase II and expectations for Phase III
•Overview of targets to reduce GHG emissions and implications for EU allowance prices
•The issue of "competitiveness" during Phase II and Phase III and its implications for investment in low carbon technologies
• Analysis of the key factors that might have an impact on compliance, including weather
• How to benchmark and evaluate KPIs of countries, sectors and companies
Daniel Radov, Associate Director, NERA
Paul Conlon, Senior Consultant, ESB International
Jim Rushworth, Business Sustainability Manager, Lafarge Cement
Thomas Counsell, Strategy Associate, The Carbon Trust

15.30-15.50 Coffee break & networking

15.50 PANEL DISCUSSION 4
Likely shape of a post-2012 climate change agreement
• Expectations for the UN Climate Change Conference, 1-12 December 2008, Poznañ, Poland (COP 14, CMP 4 )
• Linking tradable allowance systems for greenhouse gases
• Perspectives for a global cap-and-trade emissions market
Moderator: Nick Campbell, Environment Manager , ARKEMA SA
M. J. Mace, former Programme Director, Climate Change & Energy Programme, The Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
John Kilani, Director Sustainable Development Mechanism Programme,UNFCCC
Sebastian Foot, Director of Carbon Logistics, Carbon Capital Markets

17.15 Closing remarks