Keynote presentations from:
	Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner, California Energy Commission	Strategic Event Partner: The California Energy Commission
	Terry Tamminen, Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger
	Allen Alley, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor's Office, State of Oregon

         

Supporting Organizations:
         

Keynote Plenary

• US market activity, current scenario and future outlook
• Assessing the impact of government legislation and policy in growing the clean energy market

Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Developments in the international context

• Tracking key drivers and future trends in the international energy landscape
• Developing a Western North America and Pan Asian carbon trading floor

Allen Alley, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor’s Office, State of Oregon

Global Carbon Debate

• Analysis and insight from leading experts on the global carbon markets
• What is happening on the international level?
• How can the US learn from the example of EU ETS?
• Factors shaping future market design
• International developments outside the US
• Predicting future price trends and analyzing supply and demand factors

Panel moderator: Richard Saines, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, USA
Veronique Bugnion, Managing Director, Point Carbon, USA
David N. Reschke, Noble Carbon Credits, Canada
Ian Carter, Policy Coordinator, North America, International Emissions Trading Association IETA, Canada

Policy Development Debate

• A look at the current systems under development eg. Western Region Climate Change Initiative and those already in place such as RGGI.
• What are the essential elements for effective policy and regulation?
• Do command & control taxes work?
• Addressing leakages and linkages in GHG abatement programs
• Is cap and trade emissions trading the most effective method?
• What is the best way to distribute allowances?
• Key challenges for implementing programs

Panel moderator: Thomas D. Peterson, Executive Director, The Center for Climate Strategies, USA
Angus Duncan, Oregon Carbon Allocation Task Force, USA
Doug Scott, Chair, Illinois Climate Change Advisory Group, USA
Josh Bushinsky, Western Policy Coordinator, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, USA

12.40

1.00

Interactive Q&A with session speakers

Networking Lunch and Exhibition Visit

Carbon Trading & Investment Debate
A session which examines the investor perspective and looks at how to access investment opportunities across the wider carbon market.

• How and why are investors and financiers driving the global carbon markets?
• How should policy be developed to attract finance and accelerate change?
• Where do opportunities for investors lie?
• What impact will future development of the US cap and trade market mechanism have on investment?
• Developing successful strategies in carbon financing

Panel:
Gia Schneider, Vice President, Credit Suisse, USA
Imtiaz Ahmad, VP, Morgan Stanley, UK
Blake Schaefer, Director, Global Environmental Finance, Stark Investments
Pat Concessi, Global Climate Change & Sustainable Resources Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmastu

Carbon Offset Projects
A session which will assess the role of offset projects in the market and the potential for future development.

• What examples are there of successful GHG offset projects?
• What percentage are renewables playing?
• What are the key challenges in determining the quality of offset projects?
  What are the merits of different kinds of offsets?
• Understanding the concept and implication of additionality

Roger Williams, VP - Portfolio Development, Blue Source
Jeff Horowitz, Vice Chairman, Equator Environmental
Jonathan Shopley, Executive Director, The CarbonNeutral Company

Day Two: Wednesday, September 12

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Steve Gutmann, Senior Commercialization Manager, EcoSecurities

CCS & Technology Debate
A technical session examining the potential of CCS in achieving significant emissions reductions.

• What is being done to develop new technologies such as Carbon Capture & Storage?
• Is the technology ready? What changes are needed in regulatory and policy frameworks to support the growth of these technologies?
• Can Coal be “clean” and at what cost?

Barbara McKee, Director CSLF, Chair IEA Working Party on Fossil Fuels & Director of Clean Energy Collaboration, DOE, USA
George Peridas, Science Fellow, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
Arthur Lee, CSLF Stakeholder; Principle Advisor, Global Policy & Strategy, Chevron, U.S.A

Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry Debate
A panel discussion which will focus on the agriculture and forestry sector’s capacity for GHG mitigation and carbon sequestration.

• How can adaptation to climate change and sustainable forestry practices be integrated?
• What is the latest research into the effectiveness of using forestry sinks?
• Overcoming the sustainability challenge

Len Eddy, Managing Director, Agcert International, Canada
Mark Nechodom, Climate Science Policy Coordinator, USDA Forest Service
Doug Wickizer, Chief Environmental Protection and Regulations, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, USA

12.45

1.00

Interactive Q&A with session speakers

Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit

Corporate Investment & Voluntary Markets Debate
Our panel will explore the necessary steps that companies must take to prepare their businesses for climate regulation.

• Incorporating carbon within your corporate strategy
• How can companies and organizations prepare?
• Voluntary vs mandatory markets – impact on bottom line?
• Assessing the business sense behind carbon neutrality

Lisa Jacobson, Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, USA
Nathan Clark, Director, Offset Projects/Economist, Chicago Climate Exchange, USA
Ricardo Bayon, Director, The Ecosystem Marketplace
Cameron Brooks, VP - Resource Development, Renewable Choice Energy
Mike Bess, General Manager North America, Europe and Africa, Camco International, UK

Post 2012 Debate
A discussion centered on the possible scenarios for what will follow the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol.

• What key areas will be changed to bring in the US, India and China?
• Technology Push + Market Pull?
• Forecasting changes in the energy mix across the global market
• The importance of increased energy efficiency – how will this be achieved?
• Promoting and mobilizing the use of clean technologies in the developing world

Meg Gottstein, Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission
Ned Helme, President, CCAP, Center for Clean Air Policy, USA
Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
Frank T. Princiotta, Director of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

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Venue

Hilton Hotel
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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