Day One: Tuesday, June 8

8.00 Registration & networking breakfast

8.30 Chairman’s welcome address

8.45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Post Copenhagen – US policy at the federal & regional level
• US climate change legislation – where are we now?
• Comparison of recent legislative proposals
e.g. Kerry-Graham-Lieberman, Waxman-Markey bills
• Prospects for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act
• The Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule
• Implications for business and industry sectors likely to be affected by the ruling
• Regional initiatives – an overview
Gary Gero, President, Climate Action Reserve

9.45 Morning break & networking

10.15 PANEL DISCUSSION: How corporate America is planning for a low-carbon future
• Industry consensus? Is there one?, What is it?
• What does business want in terms of federal action?
• Sector-specific initiatives
• Possibility of a utility-only trading program
• Demand for voluntary carbon credits
Bruce Braine, VP, Strategic Policy Analysis, American Electric Power
Steve Corneli, Senior Vice President, Market and Climate Policy, NRG Energy
Tom Rawls, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, NativeEnergy

11.15 EU Emissions Trading Scheme: What are the lessons the US can learn?
Henry Derwent, President, International Emissions Trading Association
Philippe Chauvancy, Commercial Director, BlueNext

12.00 Perspective on Canada’s trading emissions programs
• Business pressure for cap-and-trade system
• Proposed greenhouse gas regulations
• NGO-industry dialogue on cap-and-trade
• Ontario and Alberta initiatives
Gray Taylor, Chair, Climate Change & Emissions Trading Group;
Corporate Law Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

12.45 Lunch & networking

2.00 Measuring & monitoring corporate emissions
• Understanding a company’s carbon assets and liabilities
• Measuring, monitoring and reporting emissions
• Third party verification
Michael Gillenwater, Executive Director and Dean, GHG Management Institute

2.45 Carbon offset opportunities for the agriculture sector
• The importance of agriculture sector participation in carbon offset markets
• Review of existing agriculture offset methodologies – what we’ve learned
• Assessment of offset opportunities in target sectors
• Challenges to scale-up and cost-effective implementation of new project types
• The need for buy-in from agriculture credit and financing agencies
• Stakeholder roles in developing agriculture offset potential
John Kadyszewski, Director, American Carbon Registry, Winrock International

3.30 Afternoon break & networking

4.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: State & regional emissions trading policies & initiatives
• Regional emissions trading programs already in place
• Update on RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative)
• Latest developments in the WCI (Western Climate Initiative)
• California’s AB32 regulations
• Other planned programs – eg Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord
Chris Berendt, VP for Environmental Markets, Policy & Strategy, PACE Global
Jonathan Schrag, Executive Director, RGGI Inc
Mark Trexler, Director, DNV Climate Services

4.45 PANEL DISCUSSION: What will a US carbon market look like?
• The likely treatment of carbon allowances – domestic and international
• Tying up regional schemes or a national market?
Nathaniel Keohane, Director, Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
Steve Schleimer,  Director Energy and Environmental Policy, Barclays Capital
Odin Knudsen, Managing Director, Environmental Markets, JP Morgan

5.30 Chairman’s closing remark

Day Two: Wednesday, June 9

8.00 Registration & networking breakfast

8.30 Chairman’s welcome address

8.45 Factors affecting the price of carbon emissions
• US and European experiences & perspectives
• Demand & supply pressures
• Compliance & regulation at federal & regional/state level
• Import of domestic and international allowances
Andrew Kruger, Director of Carbon Markets, Evolution Markets

9.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: The US carbon offset market and international links
• What kinds of domestic carbon emission reduction projects are eligible for carbon credits?
• Opportunities for renewable energy projects
• Voluntary versus pre-compliance credits
• Methane capture projects (from landfill sites and coal mines)
• International offsets – supply and demand
• Scaling up on GHG savings: from project-based to
programmatic approaches
Joelle Chassard, Manager, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank
Granville Martin, Chair of Working Group for North American Policy, CMIA;
VP, Environmental Affairs, JP Morgan
Rena Gelb, VP Operations and Director Carbon Finance, Carbon Credit Capital
John Hodges, CEO, SunOne Solutions

10.30 Morning break & networking

11.00 Carbon market impact on existing environmental markets
How will the emerging carbon emissions market affect existing programs like SO2 and NO2?
Chris MacCraken, Principal, Environmental Markets Group, ICF International

11.45 Renewable Energy Certificates
• Background to green energy certificates
• How they work
• Standardisation at regional and national level
• How to avoid double-counting with a carbon market
Blaine Collison, Green Power Partnership, US Environmental Protection Agency

12.30 Lunch & networking

2.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Risk management in carbon markets
• Derivatives contracts (futures and options)
• Insurance contracts
Tony Nunes, MD, Global Strategy and
Product Management, Bank of New York Mellon
Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Product Officer, Zurich Financial Services
Joe Boren, CEO, Ironshore Environmental Insurance
Omar White, Head, Environmental Commodities Origination & Compliance Sales, 3Degrees
Julian Richardson, CEO, Parhelion Underwriting

2.45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Profiting from early action on climate change
• Listed stocks and private equity
• Equity indexes and climate change action
• Greening the bond market
• Clean energy and carbon funds
Hewson Baltzell, Head, Sustainability Solutions Team, RiskMetrics Group
Euan Marshall, Global Product Leader, Sustainable Investing, Carbon Finance Unit, IFC
Jason Scott, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, EKO Asset Management Partners

3.30 Investment potential & opportunities in carbon markets
Jack Cogen, President & CEO, Natsource

4.00 Afternoon break & networking

4.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Forestry and land-use offsets and the REDD debate
• REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Degradation)
• Offset credits from REDD
• Other offset possibilities in land-use and forestry
Brian Murray, Director for Economic Analysis,
Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
David Antonioli, CEO, Voluntary Carbon Standard Association
Gerrity Lansing, Group CEO, Equator
Max Williamson, Counsel, Andrews Kurth LLP

5.30 Chairman’s closing remarks & close of conference

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