Carbon Markets :: Carbonmarkets Africa 2007

Green Power Conferences :: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conferences and Exhibitions

The Pavilion Conference Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Tuesday 13th – Thursday 15th November 2007

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Expert speaker panel includes:
	Peter Lukey, Chief Directorate: Air Quality Management & Climate Change, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
	Johan van den Berg, Chief Executive Officer, CDM Africa Climate Solutions
	Marba Visagie, Deputy Director: Environment, Department of Trade and Industry

A limited number of subsidised Project Host/Developer Passes are availalbe from $199.
These passes are designed to encourage new entrants into hosting Carbon/GHG mitigation projects in Africa. These passes are only available on application and subject to approval of Green Power Conferences. Click here to apply.

Carbon Markets Africa Conference: Agenda

Awareness of the Clean Development Mechanism process and other greenhouse gas mitigation measures is growing fast in Africa. African business both large and small is becoming more receptive to the potential for good returns from projects in a wide range of sectors, from renewable energy to landfill gas capture to industrial energy efficiency. This is not to mention the potential of voluntary and reforestation projects, which can bring great benefits to social development and the preservation of biodiversity.

DAY ONE: Wednesday 14th November

08.15	Registration, Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
08.50	Chair’s Opening Remarks Chairs: Dean Cooper, Managing Director, Parallax, Chairperson, The PACE Centre Dr Manny Singh, General Manager, CEF
Session 1 – Keynote Session: Carbon Mitigation in Africa
08.55	Welcome Address: Climate Change - Threats & Opportunities What can the CDM do for Africa? How will the pending emissions cap under the Air Quality Act affect the CDM? Mitigation versus adaptation The benefits of an additional carbon income Peter Lukey, Chief Directorate: Air Quality Management & Climate Change, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
09.10	The World Carbon Markets and the Opportunities for South Africa What’s happening in the World Carbon Markets? What is the view from and of Africa? South Africa – how can we capitalize on the opportunities? Deven Pillay, Head of Carbon Markets, CEF
09.35	DTI’s Climate Change Response Strategy Promotion of CDM projects Cleaner Production and interventions to encourage the Environmental Industry to organise themselves as a recognised industry sector. Marba Visagie, Deputy Director: Environment, Department of Trade and Industry
10.00	Carbon Market Snapshot How is the market structured and how is it developing globally? Can Africa replicate the success of Brazil and China Johan van den Berg, Chief Executive Officer, CDM Africa Climate Solutions
10.25	Interactive Discussion with Session Speakers Supporting the transition to a low carbon economy Why should Africa reduce its emissions when other countries have had a free ride? Are the opportunities in carbon real? Is it just greenwash? Is there really such a thing as carbon neutrality?
10.35	Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit
Session 2 – Policy & Regulation
11.30	How to Get the Best Out of Your DNA Could there be a super-DNA? Stef Raubenheimer, Chief Executive Officer, South South North
11.55	Policy Initiatives to Boost African Participation in the CDM Will there be a legislative push to get South Africa to clean up its act? Can Africa be a carbon market leader? Sustainability assessment of CDM projects Karen Holm Olsen, Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, UNEP Risø Centre
12.20	Implementing Municipal CDM Projects in South Africa The path through the Municipal Finance Management Act and Supply Chain Management Regulation Andrew Gilder, Environmental Legal Consultant, Imbewu
12.45	Panel Discussion: Potential of Programmatic CDMs and Bundling in Africa Is this the solution for the high number of small-scale projects which are currently too small for CDM status? Could they help to cut emissions in parts of Africa that have so far missed out on private sector investment? Is support from governments at local and regional level key to promoting large scale programmes? Dr Geoffrey Stiles, Principal, Marbek Resource Consultants Africa Thomas Camerata, Managing Partner, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd Emily Tyler, Senior Associate, Climate Change Division, Genesis-Analytics
13.20	Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
Session 3 – Carbon Finance: Investing in CDM in Africa
14.30	Panel Discussion: Accessing and Understanding the Different Financing Options Who determines the price of carbon for projects in Africa? How can you record CER assets in your book? How can the window for investment be kept open? Adam Gordon, Project and Infrastructure Finance, Investec Bank Sylvain Goupille, Carbon Finance, BNP Paribas Karan Capoor, Carbon Finance, World Bank Adam Raphaely, Emissions Broker, TFS Energy
15.05	Mitigating Financial Risks and What are Banks Looking For? Marisa Bester, Carbon and Renewables Finance, Standard Bank
15.30	Tradable Renewable Energy Certificates (TRECs) An additional revenue stream The overlap between carbon credits and green attributes Jason Schäffler, Managing Director, Nano Energy
15.55	Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit
Session 4 – Project Development
16.30	Key Success Factors What can you expect from a CDM project? Henk Sa, Country Director: South Africa, EcoSecurities
17.05	How the South African Corporate Sector is Engaging in CDM Which companies are leading in this respect? What are some of the perceived barriers? Emily Tyler, Senior Associate, Climate Change Division, Genesis-Analytics
17.30	Close of Day One & Networking Drinks
DAY TWO: Thursday 15th November
08.50	Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
09.10	Chair’s Opening Remarks Daniele Violetti, Team Leader, CDM Registration and Issuance, UNFCCC Secretariat
09.15	Putting CDM into Context Catalyzing CDM activity in Africa Daniele Violetti, Team Leader, CDM Registration and Issuance, UNFCCC Secretariat
Session 5 - Carbon Project Case Studies Case studies from industry project hosts showing the diverse applications of the CDM mechanism, examining them to find the key success factors. There will be a selection of small and large scale projects at different stages in the certification process, from planning to the issuance of CERs.
09.40	Sasol Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project Nitrous Oxide is an undesired by-product gas from the manufacture of nitric acid. This project involves the installation of a secondary catalyst to abate N2O inside the reactor once it is formed. Dr Johannes Louw, General Manager: Fertilizers, Sasol Nitro
10.05	Carbon and Cooking Voluntary Gold Standard methodology for improved cooking stove programs, being implemented across Africa. Tom Morton, Managing Director, Pioneer Carbon
10.30	Interactive Discussion with Session Speakers
10.45	Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit
11.45	N2O Abatement Project at Nitric Acid Plant No. 11 at African Explosives Ltd. Catalytic reduction of N2O emissions. Leon Aucamp, Nitrates Business Manager, AEL Nitrates
12.10	Programmatic CDMs and Energy Efficiency Projects Within the Mining Industry Mike Goldblatt, Director, PDG
12.35	Interactive Discussion with Session Speakers
12.50	Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
Session 6 – Voluntary Markets and Forestry
14.15	Financing Voluntary Emission Projects and their Market Value Can Voluntary Emission Reductions be priced the same as Certified Emission Reductions? tCERs, lCERs and VERs: Which will make the race? Quality in the voluntary market Thomas Camerata, Managing Partner, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd
14.40	Afforestation and Reforestation Activities Applicability of methodologies in Africa? Roselyne Mariki, Carbon Offset Manager, Green Resources Limited
15.05	Panel Discussion: How Can the Voluntary Market Help Sustainable and Social Development? Integrating carbon offset projects with social and biodiversity conservation goals Can the voluntary market make a difference? Can carbon projects finance sustainable development in Africa? Is Kyoto is fulfilling its social as well as environmental goals? Grant Little, Project Manager, EcoSecurities Jeunesse Park, Chief Executive Officer, Food & Trees for Africa Matthew Hatchwell, European Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society Dr Sascha Lafeld, Managing Director, 3C Group – The Carbon Credit Company Joanna Durbin, Director, Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
15.40	Networking Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit
Session 7 – Future Developments & Opportunities
16.10	How Can Africa Gain More of a Share of the Carbon Mitigation Market? Will simpler registration and qualification increase the number of projects? What incentives will drive people to get involved in the carbon market? Where will the larger scale projects in Africa come from? CCS possibilities in Africa – a tool to limit greenhouse gas emissions Dr Tony Surridge, Senior Manager: Advanced Fossil Fuel Use, South African National Energy Research Institute
16.35	Africa’s position post Bali up to 2012 What are the short term barriers & long term opportunities? Can there be large investment in projects during this period? How can developing countries participate in cutting emissions after 2012? Daniele Violetti, Team Leader, CDM Registration and Issuance, UNFCCC Secretariat Harmke Immink, Senior Carbon Advisor, Promethium Carbon Wiseman Khumalo, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Reductions South Africa Yogesh Narsing, Executive Director, Yard Capital Nicola Steen, Senior Vice President - Transaction Specialist, CantorCO2e
17.00	Closing Discussion with Session Speakers
17.15	Close of Conference
PRE DAY: Tuesday 13th November The Project Developer Coaching Seminar: Developing Successful CDM Projects This in-depth one day seminar will provide project developers with the expertise and knowledge to successfully enter the carbon market. Combining expert presentations with practical case study analysis our seminar will serve as an excellent introduction to anyone wanting to further their knowledge or embark on a CDM project.
09.00	Registration & Refreshments
09.30	Key challenges to entering the market Learning to identify and design a successful CDM project Sources available for raising finance How to analyse the financial risk factors Session led by TFS Energy
10.45	Networking Refreshment Break
11.15	Developing CDM projects in Sub Saharan Africa How to take a project through the CDM process Assessing the success to date and potential for improvement of current models
12.30	Networking Lunch
14.00	Trading credits: a step-by-step guide Buying and selling carbon credits Will the carbon credits make the investment worthwhile? Future market projections for trading CERs between annex 1 and non annex 1 countries Session led by EcoSecurities
15.15	Networking Refreshment Break
15.45	Understanding legal implications for CDM projects The legal framework for ensuring registration of your CDM project Overcoming legal barriers to project success Session led by Andrew Gilder, Environmental Legal Consultant, Imbewu
17.00	Close of Seminar

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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities

As a sponsor, you will benefit from:

Networking with an international audience of carbon professionals
Extensive profiling on the website, brochure and e-marketing campaign
Extensive on-site branding at the event

A range of sponsorship opportunities are available (gala dinner, cocktail reception, bag, lanyard, badge sponsor etc) which offer excellent branding to help promote your company to a targeted group of industry executives.

Contact ben.leighton@greenpowerconferences.com to discuss your sponsorship and/or exhibition requirements.

Partners

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Endorsers

Endorsed by:

www.saee.org.za

The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) is one of 67 international chapters of the American Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).

As a chapter of the AEE, the SAEE is committed to the following objectives whilst increasing the profitability of organisations:
• An increase in energy efficiency
• The utilisation of innovative energy service options
• The enhancement of environmental management programmes
• Upgrades to facility operations that result in energy optimisation; and
• The improvement of equipment performance whilst conserving energy.

The primary function of the SAEE is to promote the energy industry associated with demand-side management (DSM) and energy efficiency in Southern Africa.

www.carbon.org.za

The Promoting Access to Carbon Equity (PACE) Centre is a South African based not-for-profit organisation. PACE is focused on applying relevant local experiences to ensure that the carbon offset market is used as an effective tool to fight poverty. PACE therefore pays specific attention to the development of high quality Voluntary Carbon Trading and Clean Development Mechanism projects in the Southern Africa Region.

PACE operates a “Credible CarbonTM ” facility which ensures that CDM and voluntary carbon offset projects in Southern Africa:

adhere to the principles of the “Gold Standard”, thereby ensuring a verifiable contribution to greenhouse gas mitigation
produce a locally relevant development impact
provide investors with a favourable project development environment
deliver quantifiable poverty alleviation benefits

A key aim for PACE is to build local capacity within Southern Africa to ensure that the agenda for development from carbon income is driven by local needs rather than solely by the interests of international carbon buyers. To achieve this aim, PACE brings:

on the ground experience and ability to ensure that CDM and carbon off-set projects are locally relevant
knowledge of local stakeholders and a working relationship with the South African DNA
ability to link carbon offset and CDM projects with local economic development and poverty alleviation
close contact to players in the relevant international carbon markets

PACE – Making Carbon Work for the Poor
pace@carbon.org.za

FTFA : Food & Trees for Africa endorses Carbon Markerts Africa
www.trees.co.za/

FOOD & TREES FOR AFRICA develops, manages and promotes greening, carbon offset, sustainable natural resource management and food security programmes that contribute to poverty alleviation, improved environments, capacity building and skills development. Since 1990 FTFA has distributed millions of trees and helped to set up thousands of natural food gardens for the poor and underserved in South Africa.

www.foundation-development-africa.org

THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA, a private not-for-profit organisation, is actively involved with initiating and facilitating business and other processes conducive to sustainable development in Africa - with the emphasis on sustainability. These processes include the promotion of networking opportunities; business opportunities; investment opportunities; promotion of special projects; dissemination of business information; joint venture initiatives and a range of value added services - all to serve AFRICA!

www.hedon.info

CarbonSIG is the HEDON Special Interest Group for those working on cooking and carbon. CarbonSIG currently connects over 160 members from around the world through information, discussion and action around improved household energy and carbon mitigation and adaptation. Members benefit from an email discussion list and have access to other online resources.

The service is free to use so why not register for HEDON now via the link below, then selecting ‘Subscribe’ for the Cooking and Carbon Special Interest Group (CarbonSIG):

www.hedon.info/goto.php/JoinTheNetwork

The HEDON Household Energy Network is an international forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector.

HEDON also publish Boiling Point, a technical journal for those working with household energy in developing countries. It deals with technical, social, financial and environmental issues and aims to improve the quality of life for poor communities living in the developing world

HEDON is coordinated by Eco Ltd, a private consultant firm based in London, which aims to empower local communities and organizations to secure appropriate and sustainable energy to meet local needs. Eco is specialized in project design and development, impact monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management and communications in the carbon/sustainable energy sector.

CarbonSIG: www.hedon.info/goto.php/CarbonSIG
Boiling Point: www.hedon.info/goto.php/BoilingPoint
Eco: www.ecoharmony.com

www.britishchamber.co.za

The British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa (British Chamber) which grew from the South Africa Britain Trade Association (SABRITA - formed in 1965), is principally involved in the advance of bilateral trade and investment between the United Kingdom and southern Africa. It aims to assist southern African companies to expand their markets. The British Chamber's membership is based upon those with business interests in both regions.

Whilst the British Chamber is committed to assisting its members to develop their businesses, a great deal of the British Chamber's time is spent with governments in both regions emphasising the importance of bilateral trade and assistance to its members. In this sphere, the British Chamber has important links with the SA, UK and EU governments, business chambers and a variety of associations in southern Africa & the UK.

www.reeep.org

Modern energy services are key components in the economic and social development of Southern Africa. Backed by national governments, financial and business professionals and NGOs, REEEP is uniquely placed among international initiatives to drive the integration of renewable energy and energy efficient systems (REES) into national and global energy policy. REEEP-SA is building up a growing network of Southern African NGOs, experts and companies in the sustainable energy network through activities such as supporting the development and dissemination of innovative financing mechanisms through REEEP-funded projects and events, collecting and collating information on important Southern African case studies as a basis for networking, information exchange and political capacity-building.

Who you will meet

Expected Attendance at the Event:

We expect 50-80 attendees to the pre-seminar and 120-180 for the main conference. The projected breakdown of attendees is as follows.

Industry Area	%
Industry Project Developers/Hosts	18
Finance – Buyers/National Funds/Utilities/ Risk Management	17
Government/Municipalities/Associations/Non-Profits	15
Consultants/Analysts/Research Institutes/Universities	15
Carbon Consultants/Developers	14
Verification/Lawyers	5
Carbon Brokers/Exchanges	4
Alternative Energy Producers	4
Press	4
DNAs & CDM Promotion Offices	3
Equipment Manufacturers	2

Geographical Area	%
South Africa	35
Rest of Africa	30
Europe	15
Asia & Middle East	10
Rest of the World	10

Venue

Pavilion Conference Centre,

First Floor, BMW Pavilion

Cnr. Portswood & Beach Road

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Tel: +27 (0)21 419-7661

info@thepavilion.co.za

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