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Carbon Markets Asia

Hong Kong, June 13th-14th 2006

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June 13th 2006

08.30	Registration & Morning Coffee

09.00	Chairman's Opening Remarks Abyd Karmali, Managing Director Europe, ICF Consulting

	Keynote Session: State of the Market
09.15	How are the Carbon Markets developing both Globally and across Asia? Where and how are the CER’s coming to the market? How will Carbon Markets develop in the next 24 months? How is European EU ETS market impacting on CDM Project Developments? Speakers: Zheng Shuang, EnergyResearch Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, China Marc Stuart, Founder & Director, EcoSecurities Arne Eik, Senior Analyst, Point Carbon Anthony Hobley, Director of Legal Services, Climate Change Capital

10.35	Questions & Discussion
10.45	Networking Refreshment Break

	Climate Change, Carbon Markets & Risk Management
11.15	What are the key risks of climate change? What are the key carbon project risks: implementation risks, technical risks, political risks, What are the key contractual risks, sellers breaking forward contracts, counterparty risks, non-compliance etc? How to mitigate the risks for CDM carbon projects? Speaker: Gary Guzy, Marsh Panellists: Anthony Hobley, Director of Legal Services, Climate Change Capital Warren Diogo, Marine & Energy Practice, Marsh Somak Ghosh, Country Head, Infrastructure & Advisory Finance, Yes Bank Kishan Khoday, UNDP

	Carbon Project Finance
12.15	Role of commercial projects and other project financiers Impact of CDM on project financials Public-Private Carbon Finance Partnerships Panellists: Dr. Bindu Lohani, Director General Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank Pierre Cazelles, Project Manager, Asean Carbon Equity Fund David Carew, Managing Director, Sindicatum Vikram Widge, Carbon Finance Unit, IFC

13.15	Networking Lunch Break

	Carbon Buyers & Pricing Panel
14.30	The dynamics of Public and Private buyers What is the role of governments in CER supply and pricing? What is the role of project participants, credit enhancement etc? Off take contracts and the development of unilateral projects? What are the factors affecting pricing? What are the CER price forecasts? Impact of Oil & Gas markets Pricing CDM AR (afforestation/reforestation): tCER’s & ICER’s Impact of Carbon portfolio management & diversification? Speaker: Lucy Mortimer, TFS, UK Panellists: Hitoshi Kurihara, Director General, Japan Carbon Finance Limited Vikram Widge, IFC, USA Laurent Segalen, Director - Investment Funds, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank Kedin Kilgore, RNK Capital LLC, USA Neil Cohn, Managing Director, Natsource, USA

15.30	Networking Refreshment Break

	Project Development Key Success Factors
16.00	Ownership of CER’s Time to market Approvals, ongoing compliance Structuring deals Panellists; Marc Stuart, Founder & Director, EcoSecurities Alex Westlake, Chief Operating Officer, CAMCO International A Representative, MGM International

17.00	Close of Day One

June 14th 2006

09.00	Chairman's Introduction Edwin Alders, Executive Director, IETA

	Carbon Project Asian Update & Case Studies
	What was the methodology, baseline & monitoring plan? What were/are the barriers to successful project implementation? Additionality & Sustainability Criteria Potential for replication?
09.15	Project Case Study Speaker: Alex Westlake, Chief Operating Officer, CAMCO International, China

09.35	Palm Oil Methane Speaker: Vernon Tan, Byun & Co., Singapore

09.55	Thailand Cement Manufacture Case Study Speaker: Ben Atkinson, Founder, Agrinergy, UK

10.15	Questions & Discussion
10.25	Networking Refreshment Break

11.00	LFG/Biogas Projects in the Philippines Speaker: Dr Roberto C. Yap, Managing Director, CaFiS -- carbon finance solutions, The Philippines

11.20	Forestry Carbon Sinks Speakers: Andrew Grant, Managing Director, CO2 Australia Limited

12.00	Overview from Korea Speaker: Gyungae Ha, Center for Climate Change Mitigation Projects, Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO), Korea

	Legal and Tax Issues
12.20	What are the transaction costs for developing a Carbon Project? What avenues are open for bundling smaller projects? When will the ITL International Transactions Log and emissions registries enable CER transfer? How to ensure the enforceability of contracts? Legal remedies for default Speakers: Josh Carmody, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Australia

12.40	Questions & Discussion
12.50	Networking Lunch Break

	Monitoring, Verification and Ongoing Transaction Costs
14.00	What are the key points and initial requirements for verification? What are the ongoing transactional costs for monitoring?

	Carbon Trading & Developing Regional Carbon Exchanges
14.40	Where, how and when will the CER’s be traded? How liquid is/will the market be? What infrastructure is lacking: national registries, ITL etc? What are the options for linking to the EU ETS? Yuvaraj Dinesh Barbu, Asia Carbon Exchange Mark Fogarty, CEO, Greenbank Capital

15.20	Networking Refreshment Break

	New Innovative Methodologies
15.50	How can CCS and LULUCF be further developed with the Kyoto Mechanisms? How to address the issues of permanence, reservoir integrity, long term guarantees & failure mechanisms What other industrial meths and Energy Efficiency projects are there? How can the methodology panel stimulate and meet the demand for new innovation?

	Post 2012, Technology Push + Market Pull and the Next Steps
16.10	How are regional emissions trading schemes developing and can they be linked into regional emissions trading schemes? How can technology provide solutions? What can be learnt from the Kyoto Protocol for improving the market mechanisms? How to combine AP6 and Kyoto Mechanisms? Addressing the concerns in Asia? Panellists Takashi Hongo, Special Advisor, Japanese Bank International Cooperation, Japan Rob Fowler, NSW Greenhouse Gas Office, Australia Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, ICF Consulting, UK

16.45	Close of Conference

Event Sponsors
TFS is one of the leading brokers in the emissions and energy markets in Europe and Asia. With its HQ in London, the CDM and JI team – alongside the European Environmental Products team - is well placed to utilise this expertise within the TFS network of offices which span from Frankfurt, New York, and Sydney to Tokyo and Santiago. Our team of experienced energy-market brokers in London are dedicated to providing comprehensive support to an extensive client base, from the straightforward brokerage of Emissions Allowances within the EU ETS, to more complex structures and market advice for CDM and JI transactions. With many years of practical experience in the environmental markets, and excellent relationships with a wide range of clients, consultants, agents and specialists in the legal and environmental profession

MGM International is a project development, investment and comercialization firm whose objectives are the identification, design, negotiation, execution and monitoring of CDM projects that contribute to reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions. Our company has a multidisciplinary staff based in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, India, Japan, Mexico and the United States, that brings togheter the often unusual combination of top academic credentials and years of practical experience that maake projects happen. MGM has wide experience in successfully developing methane and other greenhouse gases CDM projects worldwide. MGM International was voted by key carbon market players "Best CDM/JI Project Developer" at Carbon Market Insights. Carbon Market Awards 2005, Amsterdam.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is a global investor and advisor committed to developing a sustainable private sector in emerging markets. Given IFC's experience with projects in developing countries, IFC is well positioned to assist project sponsors with participation in the rapidly growing market for 'carbon credits'.

Event Partners






Venue
	Excelsior Hotel 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel: + 852 2837 6840 Registered delegates, speakers and press will be sent accommodation booking forms for reduced rate accommodation at the Excelsior.

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