8.00 Registration & networking breakfast

8.30 Chairman’s welcome address

8.45 Renewable energy investment needs
• Overview of renewable energy infrastructure development
• Where funding needs to come from. Which types are most favourable?
• Return characteristics – why renewable energy infrastructure offers low-risk predictable returns
• Current projects and funding statistics: breakdown of  loans, equity, bonds etc
• Project phase investment requirements – early stage or late stage?
Joost Bergsma, CEO and Managing Director, BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners

TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITY SHOWCASE

9.30 Windpower
Gordon Edge, Director of Policy, RenewableUK         

10.00 Solar power
• What is solar power?
• Types of solar power: photovoltaic, solar thermal and solar heating
• How solar PV and solar thermal is being deployed in Europe
• Incentives & subsidies for solar PV in Europe
• Opportunities for investors
- Investor returns
- Investor risks
- Most attractive EU countries for investment
Gregory Story, Partner, Solar Energy Partners

10.30 Morning break & networking

11.00 Bioenergy
Peter Rechberger, BioEnergy Expert, European Biomass Association

11.30 Biofuels & biorefineries
Ged Russell, Technical Director, Vireol

12.00 Lunch & networking

13.00 Financing a new electricity grid

Part 1 - The electricity supergrid:
• Drivers: why supergrid
• What is a supergrid?
• Enabling technologies
• What will it cost?
• Next steps
Joe Corbett, Head of Technical Services, Mainstream Renewable Power

Part 2 - Smart grid: concept, technologies and opportunities
• What is a smart grid?
• Market size – investment requirements across the globe
• Technologies involved to build the smart grid
• Opportunities and barriers
Aijuan Wang, Strategy Director, Transmission and
Distribution Division, Mott MacDonald Group

INVESTORS AFTERNOON

13.45 PANEL DEBATE: Understanding renewable energy deployment policy risks
• An overview of the various government support mechanisms available and how investors should assess the associated risks involved
• Are there enough incentives in place to stimulate investment in renewables to reach EU targets? Are the incentives compelling enough for investors?
• Comparison of geographic incentive regimes in different European markets
• Where are the highest risk areas for investment – in terms of technology and geography?
• A single European Energy Policy? How feasible is it? What impact will it have?
Matt Phillips, Senior Associate, European Climate Foundation
Gregory Story, Partner, Solar Energy Partners
Christoph Waltenspul, Head of Renewable Energy Investment, Earth Capital Partners

14.30 Role of multilaterals in reducing risk for investors
• How multilateral involvement can alter risk/return profiles
• Opportunities for institutional investors to work alongside multilaterals
• Assessment of risk and evaluation of project viability
Bram Schim van der Loeff,  Senior Information Officer, European Investment Bank

15.15 Afternoon break & networking

15.45 Investment hotspots: technology/geo regions/favourable regulatory environments
• Europe
• Middle East
• Africa
• Asia Pacific
• Americas
Simon Currie, Global Head of Energy, Norton Rose

16.30 Funding – equity vs debt  
• Where is the funding for renewable energy infrastructure development coming from and who are the investors? Types of funding? Projects being funded?
• Equity finance – who is building new equity funds? Risk/Return characteristics
• Debt finance – who is provided debt finance? At what cost? Hot areas of debt-financed investment.  Risk/Return characteristics
Equity: John Jackman, Macquarie Capital Advisers, Macquarie Capital (Europe)
Debt: Rajaram Jamadagni, Assistant Director,
Energy & Environmental Infrastructure Advisory, Ernst & Young

17.15 Closing remarks by chairman