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CARBON FORUM ASIA 2008: Conference Program The conference will cover innovations in sustainable energy technology and information on carbon emissions policies & regulations, with a special focus on carbon financing and insights into developing CDM projects in the Asia Pacific region. The workshop sessions are divided into three streams: • National & Regional Market Initiatives • Project Implementation • Offset Mechanisms & Technology Click here to download a copy of the conference program Training Sessions Plenary Sessions National & Regional Market Initiatives Stream Project Implementation Stream Offset Mechanisms & Technology Stream * Speaker invited, pending confirmation. The program is regularly updated and subject to change. Wednesday, 12 November 2008 08.15- 09.15 An introduction to Carbon Markets Moderator: David Lunsford, Policy Manager, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Speakers: - Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu, Chief Executive Officer, The Carbon Rating Agency, IDEAcarbon, Singapore - Glenn Stuart Hodes, Energy Economist, UNEP Risø Center 09:30- 10:45 Opening Ceremony & Opening Debate Guest of Honor: S Iswaran, Senior Minister of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore* Speakers: - Edwin Khew, Chairman, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore - Michael Dreyer, Vice President - Asia Pacific, Koelnmesse - Henry Derwent, President & Chief Executive Officer, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) - Woochong Um, Director, Energy, Transport & Water Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank - Fumio Hoshi, Executive Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation - Neil McGregor, Managing Director, Power Seraya, Singapore* 10:45- 11:15 Coffee break and visit to the Trade Fair 11:15- 12:45 State of the Global Carbon Market This session will provide an overview and analysis of the most recent developments and market data in the Global Carbon Market, offering insights into emerging trends on volumes and prices in the different market segments, and setting out expectations and business sentiment on the future of emissions trading after 2012, as a backdrop to an assessment of the current status of the GHG market in the Asia-Pacific region. Moderator: Henry Derwent, President & Chief Executive Officer, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Speakers: - Robert Dornau, Director Climate Change Program, SGS - Takashi Hongo, Special Advisor of Kyoto Mechanisms, Environment and Finance Engineering Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) - Serge Harry, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BlueNext - Stephan Feilhauer, Technology and Policy Program, Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) - Hans Dieter Hermes, Head of the Vattenfall Carbon Fund , Vattenfall - Junfeng Li, Deputy Director, Energy Research Institute under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)* - The Treasury,, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand* 12:45- 14:00 Lunch break at the Trade Fair area 14:00- 15:00 Australian ETS: from design to implementation - A rapid evolution Following the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Australia, the Australian government has worked hard on developing and setting up an Emission Trading System that learns from experience elsewhere and sets the standard for the future. This session will look at the progress that has been made and the frameworks that will govern the ETS. Moderator: Mark Proegler, Communications & External Affairs, BP Speakers: - Daniel Rossetto, Vice President Environmental Markets, JP Morgan Chase & Co. - Barry Sterland, First Assistant Secretary, Emissions Trading Division, Department of Climate Change, Australian Government, Australian Task Force - Peter Rawlings, Principal Consultant Climate Change, Environmental Resources Management, Australia (ERM) - Holly Lindsay, Vice President Public Policy and Business Conduct, BHP Billiton* Ensuring your projects are bankable Successful projects are increasingly going to have to be compatible with a wide set of potential market-defining policy outcomes, and will need a greater focus on quality and political acceptability in the demand side of the market, whether compliance or voluntary. This session examines the key considerations that will affect project bankability in the future. Moderator: Josh Carmody, Senior Project Manager, Clean Energy & Climate Change, Asian Development Bank Speakers: - Kiyoshi Okumura, Investment Officer, Carbon Finance , International Finance Corporation (IFC) - Marco Monroy, President, MGM International - Chandra Shekhar, Head for Asia, Environmental Markets, JP Morgan Chase, India - Dharmesh Ojha, Vice President, Standard Chartered Bank, India - Mafalda Duarte, World Bank, Jakarta Preparing a Programme of Activity - What to consider while implementing A great deal of interest and expectation has been generated by the COP/MOP decision on Programmes of Activities (PoA). The CDM Executive Board finalized its guidance in 2007. How does it work in theory and in practice? What are the expectations? What has the experience been and will the PoA be able to deliver on its promise within the region? Moderator: Moe Moe Oo, Vice President, Tricorona Speakers: - Stephan Hild, Carbon Management, TÜV SÜD - Shivananda Shetty, Business Head, SGS - Xianli Zhu, Economist, UNEP Risoe - Rajesh Madiwale, Head Product Management, Thermax India - Jari Vayrynen, Operations Team Leader, Carbon Finance Unit, The World Bank 15:15- 16:15 The EU ETS and its impact on CDM The EU ETS has been the driving force behind the exponential growth of the CDM over the past four years. Given the uncertainties surrounding the post-2012 international framework, the European Commission has proposed potentially severe restrictions on access to international offsets in the EU ETS as from 2013, in particular in the absence of an acceptable outcome to the current round of international climate change negotiations. This session will examine the reasons that led to the formulation of the EU ETS provisions on access to CDM credits, the course of the concluding stages of the EU policy package that includes the post-2012 phase of the EU-ETS, and the possible implications for the development of the CDM market. Moderator: Michela Beltracchi, European Policy Director, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Speakers: - TBA, European Commission - Deepak Asher, Vice President, Corporate Finance and Director on the Board of GFL, Gujarat Fluorochemicals - Steve Drummond, Managing Director, CantorCO2e - Geraldine Kelly, Managing Director, ESBI Carbon Solutions - Guy Turner, Director, New Carbon Finance, China Drivers and inhibitors for carbon investment in Asia The future of carbon investment in Asia will be affected by political and market conditions both locally and in the countries that are expected to be the main engies of demand. This session will categorise the main factors that are likely to affect market sentiment and investor appetite, and what can be done to affect them. Moderator: Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu, Group Director, Asia Carbon Global Speakers: - Kevin Lok, Head of the Bejing office, Carbon Capital Markets - Lukas Heer, Regional Manager South East Asia, First Climate Group - Francisco Grajales, CDM/JI Acquisitions Expert, Vattenfall - Nishant Bhardwaj, Fund Portfolio Manager, Asia Pacific Carbon Fund - Natixis - Thierry Carol, Deputy Head of Carbon Finance, NATIXIS Environnement & Infrastructures, European Carbon Fund / European Kyoto Fund The role of Voluntary Markets in Asia - Are they competing with the CDM or can you do both? The increasing uncertainty over the outcomes of the international climate change negotiations post-2012, and the increasing demands that investors and stakeholders are making of companies whose activities have an impact on the environment, have made the Voluntary Market grow dramatically. This session will look at the potential of the Voluntary Markets in Asia, their overall benefit to the region and whether they will compete with or complement the supply of CDM projects Moderator: Edwin Aalders, Acting CEO, VCSA Speakers: - Ayse Frey, Programme Coordinator Capacity Building, The Gold Standard Foundation - Chris Radscowski, Regional Manager, China, OneCarbon International, China - Luo Xinyu, General Manager, Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange* - Ernst & Young 16:15- 16:45 Coffee break and visit to the Trade Fair 16:45- 18:45 Enhancing CDM through short and long term reforms With the CDM now fully up and running and rapidlyincreasing in size, there is an immediate need to look at the performance of the CDM machinery as well as the need to assess how the CDM would operate within a future framework post-2012. Parties to the international Climate Change negotiations have started to look at the elements that need immediate action and those that should be for the post-2012 era, during their recent meetings in Bonn and Accra. This session will look at the outcome of these negotiations, the prospects for future meetings, and the impact theymay have on the operations of the CDM in the short and long term. Moderator: Kai Uwe Schmidt, Secretary to the CDM Executive Board, OIC Coordination, CDM Sub-programme, UNFCCC Speakers: - Luc Larmuseau, Global Director , DNV - Tim Atkinson, Senior Origination Specialist, Natsource - Peter Koegler, Origination Director, DEXIA Carbon Fund Managers - Claude Brown, Lead Partner, Environmental and Climatic Trading Group, Clifford Chance, Beijing - Sushila Maharjan, Origination Director, Tricorona, Nepal - Michael Stone, Senior Emissions Broker, TFS Green - Part of Tradition Thursday, 13 November 2008 08:30- 09:30 Validation & Verification Manual - What does it mean for Project Developers Moderator: Kai Uwe Schmidt, Secretary to the CDM Executive Board, OIC Coordination, CDM Sub-programme, UNFCCC Speakers: - Areista Ningrum, Programme Officer, CDM Registration and Issuance Unit, UNFCCC - Leo Perkowski, Director, Regulatory and Quality Division, AES - Flavio Gomez, Global Product Manager, Bureau Veritas 09:45- 11:15 North American GHG Market - Emerging window of opportunity for the Asia Pacific region? Both US Presidential candidates have indicated their intention to set up a cap-and-trade system once they come to power. Regardless of this, at Federal and State level different initiatives are being developed towards a cap-and-trade system for sectors within the US in which international offsets can play a role. Furthermore, the Canadian Federal government is advancing on its Made in Canada programme, and state level trading initiatives are aiming at linking up with initiatives in the US. This session will look at current concerns in North America on the issueof allowing international offsets of different types within their trading systems, the impact on potential demand within the Asian market, and the broader implications for the Asia-Pacific region. Moderator: Henry Derwent, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Speakers: - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Andrei Marcu, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones - Reiner Musier, Vice President and CMO, APX - Tom Lawler, Director, Public Policy - Former Principal Adviser on Environmental Issues for US Senator Tom Carper, Natsource - Mark Wilson, Former Adviser on Environmental Issues for US Senator Klobuchar 11:15- 11:45 Coffee break and visit to the Trade Fair 11:45- 12:45 Local initiatives and CDM benefits in China Local initiatives have increasingly been developed and set up alongside the national programmes, in order to undertake actions that have a greater and greater impact on China’s overall emissions. This session will look at these initiatives and their consistency with sustainable development objectives in China. Moderator: Guangsheng Gao, Director General, National Development and Reform Comission of teh People's Republic of China (NDRC)* Speakers: - Markus Schwegler, Senior Consultant, CDM Expert, German Industry and Commerce, China - Chee Keong Lai, Manager CDM Operations, China and South East Asia, DNV - Jing Zheng, Manager, Climate Change Capital, China - John Romankiewicz, Analyst, China and Southeast Asia, New Carbon Finance, China - Venkata Ramana Putti, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank - Jiang Haoxiang , Chief Representative, Beijing, EEA Fund Management, China New CDM policy directions and legal implications for the Asia-Pacific region This session will discuss the legal aspects of the CDM; in particular the key elements that are most important to achieve a speedy conclusion of a business deal, the impacts local legislation have on the development of CDM projects and the willingness of buyers to take on risk, and the general legal issues to consider when dealing with a private or public sector buyer. Moderator: Agus Sari, Country Director, Indonesia, Ecosecurities Speakers: - Katherine Lake, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Australia - Tom Luckock, Associate, Norton Rose, Beijing - Brad Wylynko, Partner, Clayton Utz - Yuen Hee Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore DNA, National Environment Agency - Nattan Kitvorawat, DNA of Thailand, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization Effectively generating carbon finance for REDD projects The use of REDD activities in a post 2012 regime is increasingly likely. However many questions remain about how best to integrate REDD activities in the current and future market mechanisms, or how to create new structures that would allow effective project finance into these activities, whilst addressing persistent difficulties such as permanence, local economic effects, national and regional targets, project boundaries, leakage, etc. Moderator: Leslie L Durschinger, Founder, Terra Global Capital LLC Speakers: - Josh Dowse, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank - Rey Guarin, Emissions Broker, TFS Green - Part of Tradition - Michael V. Galante, Head of Forestry Development, Equitech,Thailand - Norini Haron, Head of the Techno-Economics Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment - Dorjee Sun, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Conservation - Nur Masripatin, Secretary of teh Forest research and Development Agency, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia* 12:45- 14:00 Lunch break at the Trade Fair area 14:00- 15:00 Japan: implementing its GHG targets The Japanese market has had an important voluntary emissions reduction programme for a number of years. Recently, the government has also started experimentalwork on a national tradingprogramme, though considerable debate still surrounds the initiative. This session will look at the developments around the Japanese market in general and the new policies affecting private and public sectors as Japan finalises its plans to achieve their commitment under the Kyoto Protocol and considers the future beyond 2012. Moderator: Yoshinori Kozu, Manager, Natsource, Japan Speakers: - Masazumi Hirono,, Deputy General Manager, Tokyo Gas - Olga Gassan-zade, Director, Point Carbon, Japan - Hiroyuki Kakita, General Manager, Environmental Products Department, Environmental Products Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Olga Gassan-zade, Director, Point Carbon , Japan - Kozo Bando, General Manager, CDM/JI Group, Environmental Engineering Division, Kajima Corporation CDM in the Asia Pacific: Project Registration This session will look at the overall risks that should be considered when developing and implementing a CDM project, and the actions that can be taken to minimize a project’s delivery and performance risk and improve its rating, in particularreducing or eliminating the gap between the predicted levels of CERs in the PDD and the actual number that is issued. Moderator: Areista Ningrum, Programme Officer, CDM Registration and Issuance Unit, UNFCCC Speakers: - Mark Leslie, SE Asia - Pacific Regional Manager, AES - Sven Kolmetz, Head of Carbon Management Service, TUV SUD - Kumar Singam, Business Development Manager, South-East Asia, Camco, China - Josefin Hedbrandh, CDM Transaction Specialist, Asia Pacific Carbon Fund, Asia Development Bank - Kar Wong, Managing Director, Advanced Holdings Towards Zero Emission Technologies: CCS and renewable energies The role of carbon trading in facilitating innovation and deployment of new technologies is frequently misunderstood. This panel discussion will look at how trading systems and offsets are producing opportunities for low carbon projects around the world, and providing a carbon premium for technology investment. It will also consider complementary polices and measures needed to accelerate this process. Moderator: David Lunsford, Polocy Manager, Emissions Trading, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Speakers: - Michael Renner, Senior Researcher, Director, Global Security Project, World Watch Institute - Birger Bartholomaeussen, Senior Advisor, Vestas Wind Systems Asia Pacific - Mien Tan, Director, Seawind Asia - Andrew Mingst, Manager, Carbon Markets, Chevron* - Angela Hing, SPOC Solutions, Singapore* 15:15- 16:15 New Zealand: its influence on the development of ETS in Asia Several lessons can be learned through New Zealand’s experience in swiftly erecting an emissions trading scheme. Daunting timetables and scoping barriers could become more prominent as a burgeoning global carbon market tries to cap difficult-to-manage sectors from the onset. Breakthroughs and pitfalls will be analyzed throughout this session with a focus on further implications and take-away messages for Asia-Pacific countries. Moderator: Rob Fowler, Managing Director, Abatement Solutions - Asia Pacific Speakers: - Joanna Silver, Executive Director, TZ1, New Zealand Exchange - John Carnegie, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Genesis Energy - John Scott, Senior Analyst , The Treasury, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand - Marcus Chee, Director, Business Council for Sustainable Development, Malaysia - Kyoungsik Choi, Global Environment Team, Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO)* - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan* - Hoang Manh Hoa, Climate Change Senior Officer, Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (Secretariat of Viet Nam CDM DNA) Secondary CERs: market or markets? This session will tackle questions such as: Is fungibility a reality or could we anticipate a permanent split between different methodologies? Will pressure from stakeholders, with increasingly varied demands to use CERs for offsetting, to meet national regulatory requirements, and to help drive development outcomes, have an impact on the specifications of markets? Moderator: Andrei Marcu, Board Member, IETA Speakers: - Assistia Semiawan, Senior Environmental Specialist, PT PLN Persero - Paul Wilden, Managing Director & Head of APAC Sales, Global Corporate Trust, The Bank of New York Mellon - Garth Edward, Head of Emissions Markets, Citigroup - Daniel Barry, Deputy Director Global Carbon, Gazprom Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Asia Energy Efficiency is widely considered to be a very significant contributor to reducing overall emissions, and projects based on energy efficiency improvements, during a time of rising energy costs, ought to be the easiest to devise and finance. However to date, the number of projects built on energy efficiency activities has been remarkably limited. This session will look at the barriers that are encountered in project creation and in achieving a bankable product, and will offer ideas on how these are to be overcome in order to have a larger participation of energy efficiency projects in the CDM. Moderator: Edwin Khew, Chairman - SEAS, CEO - IUT Global Speakers: - Nic Frances, Chairman, Cool nrg International - Manuel Soriano, Team Senior Member, Asia-Pacific Office, Bangkok, UNDP - Kishor Rajhansa, Programme Officer, Methodologies, UNFCCC - Mike Allen, Chairman, ReEx Capital Asia - Johnson Control* 16:15- 16:45 Coffee break and visit to the Trade Fair 16:45- 18:45 Closing plenary & Synthesis: Future and New Carbon Regimes - Asia Pacific's role This session will be looking at the current CDM and the many possible directions it could go depending on the outcome of the international negotiations. Will Asia continue to be a dominant provider of emissions credits under the most plausible scenarios for the development of the GHG market? What role should Asia-Pacific interests be taking in developing the policy alternatives and helping ensure negotiating outcomes that allow the power of the market to play its full part? Moderator: Sri Jegarajah, Market Reporter, CNBC Asia Pacific Speakers: - Rajesh Kumar Sethi, CDM Executive Board Chair, DNA of India, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Goverment of India - Lee Solsbery, Technical Director, ERM, Singapore - Henry Derwent, President and Chief Executive Officer, IETA - James Graham, Strategy Director, Camco - Nick Rowley, Director and Former Senior Adviser to Tony Blair, Kinesis - Kevin Conrad, Coalition for Rainforest Nations, Papua New Guinea - Binu Parthan, Deputy Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and Karan Capoor, Senior Financial Specialist, The World Bank * Training Sessions Plenary Sessions National & Regional Market Initiatives Stream Project Implementation Stream Offset Mechanisms & Technology Stream * Speaker invited, pending confirmation. The program is regularly updated and subject to change. 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