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Capitalizing on the growth of the North American voluntary carbon market
New York City, USA, 22-23 January 2009
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Introduction l Why attend? l Agenda l Seminar l Speaking Opportunities l Sponsorship l Partners l Venue l Register
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The inaugural Voluntary Carbon Markets USA conference took place in New York in February 2008 and brought together carbon market experts to discuss the current status of the voluntary carbon market, the latest developments in standardization and attempts to bring transparency to the market. Emphasis was placed on the opportunities within the market to foster innovation and creativity, and the reasons behind people’s involvement in the market, be it for CSR reasons or pre-compliance.
Voluntary Carbon Markets USA 2009 will build on the success of VCM USA 2008 and provide a unique insight into the industry a year on. Has the voluntary market achieved credibility and transparency through the establishment of several standards, registries and other market mechanisms? The event will also take a close look at the new demands consumers are putting on their offset partners of choice and what companies are doing to communicate their carbon neutral activities to their target audience.
“Extremely well organised, the speakers were both informative and entertaining” Carbon Zero at Voluntary Carbon Markets USA 08.
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The only event to focus solely on the US voluntary carbon market
- Find out how a future compliance market will affect the voluntary market
- Learn from practical voluntary offsetting case studies
- Understand consumer requirements
- Benefit from a series of interactive panel discussions
- Prepare your business for climate regulation
Plus benefit from:
Here’s who you’ll meet
- Project Developers & Hosts
- Bankers & Finance
- Government & Municipalities
- Analysts & Research
- Carbon Consultants
- Project Verifiers
- Carbon Brokers
- Press
Amongst those companies who benefitted from this excellent learning and business networking opportunity in 2008 were senior executives from The Bank of New York Mellon, 3 Degrees, Alcoa Power Gen, APX, Bonneville Environment Foundation, The Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Chevron Corporation, Chicago Climate Exchange, Clifford Chance, Climate Change Capital, Consulate of General Sweden, Dow Chemical Company, EcoSecurities, Equator Environmental, Gold Standard, IMG, McKinsey & Co, KPMG, The Walt Disney Company, USDA Forest Service, The World Green Exchange and many more.
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| 08.30 |
Registration, Welcome Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
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| 09.00 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks |
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Session 1: The Timeline for the US Compliance Market and its Impact on the Voluntary Market
Will there be a market down the line for voluntary credits? What meaning will impending mandatory caps have? Speakers will debate the role and future of the voluntary market. |
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Keynote Address - America’s Commitment to Climate Change
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Panel Discussion: The Timeline for the US Compliance Market and Its Impact on the Voluntary Market
- How do I make sure that the actions I am taking now count in a compliance market?
- How is the market impacted by the new administration?
- Is the flexibility of the voluntary market a strength or a weakness?
- How can sustainable growth of the market be ensured?
- How can we stop double counting?
Gary Gero, Acting President, The Climate Registry
Janet Peace, Director Markets & Business Strategy, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Margret Kim, Senior Advisor - International Climate Change, California Air Resources Board |
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RGGI: Lessons Learnt and Projections for the Future
- How will RGGI evolve under a federal emissions reduction scheme?
- First phase of the RGGI auction and pricing
- What will the timeline be?
- What impact will the compliance market have on the voluntary market?
Jonathan Schrag, Executive Director, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) |
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| 10.50 |
Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit |
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Session 2: Current Status of the Voluntary Market
This session will give an up-date on the current size and shape of the market and inform about current trends in the US and worldwide.
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- How has the market grown and what is its size?
- Where does it sit in the regulated market and has its role changed?
- What types of projects are predominant?
Milo Sjardin, Head - North America, New Carbon Finance
Justin Felt, Carbon Project Manager North America, Point Carbon |
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| 12.10 |
Q&A Session with Speakers |
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| 12.30 |
Networking lunch break & exhibition visit |
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Session 3: The Voluntary Standards and Registries – Bringing Credibility to the Market
A series of presentations followed by questions from the audience on the different voluntary standards and registries in existence today.
- What have the efforts of standardizing the market come to?
- Does a variety of standards confuse or add diversity to the market?
- Quality and transparency: how do you ensure consumer confidence?
- To what extent does the voluntary market allow for greater innovation and creativity than the compliance market?
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Overview of the Voluntary Standards and Registries in the Marketplace
Kate Hamilton, Carbon Project Manager, The Ecosystem Marketplace |
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Panel Discussion: Have Standards and Registries Given Credibility to the Voluntary Market?
Kate Hamilton, Carbon Project Manager, The Ecosystem Marketplace
Nathan Clark, Director Emission Offset Projects, Chicago Climate Exchange
Jasmine Hyman, Marketing Director, Gold Standard |
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Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit |
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Session 4: Producing, Selling, Buying: The Credit Lifecycle in the Voluntary Market
This session will examine key issues to keep in mind when producing voluntary offset credits and what buyers are looking for. What attracts corporate buyers to certain VERs?
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Successful Project Development - Avoiding Pitfalls and Overcoming Barriers
- How do you create projects that will be accepted by the mandatory and voluntary markets?
- How do I appropriately validate my project and verify my emissions?
- What responsibility for sustainable benefits of offsets lies with the seller?
Michael J. Carolan, Sexton Energy and Carolan & Associates*
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Panel Discussion: Trading VERs - What are Buyers Looking For?
- American vs. international credits
- Consumer attractive credits vs. those producing real additional credits
- What are the motivations for buyers to purchase voluntary credits?
Richard M Domaleski, Chief Executive Officer, World Energy
Björn Fischer, Managing Director US, First Climate
Hugh Strange, Co-Director of Energy Initiatives, News Corporation |
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| 5.10 |
Chairman’s closing remarks and discussion |
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| 5.30 |
Close of Day One & Networking Drinks |
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| 08.30 |
Registration, Welcome Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
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| 09.00 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks
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Session 5: Finance and Investment
This panel discussion will be looking at the issues involved in investing and financing of voluntary offset projects. What projects attract investors and how are the risks addressed that come with it. |
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- Pricing offsets and their risks
- How can standardization help to minimize financial risks?
- How do you value offsets?
- How do you overcome credibility challenges?
- What types of offsets attract the most investment?
Ricardo Bayon, Partner and Co-Founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
Radha Kuppalli, Director, New Forests |
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| 10.40 |
Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit |
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Session 6: Carbon Offset Programs and How to Reach Your Target Market
A wide range of organizations, companies and even cities have made carbon neutrality their aim through offsetting their emissions themselves, or by offering this service to their customers. This session will provide practical examples of carbon offset programs in action and showcase what companies are doing to communicate their activities to their consumers. |
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- How were the programs received by the target market?
- What were the key success factors and main barriers?
- How effective is carbon labeling or trademarks?
- What factors do companies or individuals take into account when purchasing offsets?
- What do you need to bear in mind when you are defining carbon neutrality and sustainability criteria?
- What avenues of communication work best when conveying your green message?
Erik Blachford, Chief Executive Officer, TerraPass
Mike Rigby, Director, co2balance |
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Networking lunch break & exhibition visit |
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Session 7: Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use Offsets
Forestry related projects form a substantial part of the voluntary market and are popular with customers. However there are a number of underlying issues which need to be addressed to secure credibility and real carbon reductions from these credits. This interactive panel discussion will look at the validity of forestry projects, the benefits and risks involved and if this type of offset should be expanded to encompass a wider biodiversity offset market. |
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- What is being done to address issues of quality and permanence?
- How do agricultural, forestry and land-use credits compare to other voluntary credits?
- Will an increase in forestry standards improve credibility or hinder innovation?
- Should we consider wider offset opportunities and link the voluntary market to promoting biodiversity?
Leslie L. Durschinger, Principal, Terra Global Capital
Sarah Hines, Presidential Management Fellow, USDA Forest Service
Robert Coulter, Senior Marketing Director, Emissions Credit Corporation
Zoe Kant, Carbon Finance Specialist, The Nature Conservancy
Dave Krog, Chief Executive Officer, AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation |
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Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit |
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Session 8: Project Trends and Future Market Directions
This session will look at how projects are developing and what the future holds for the voluntary market. What emerging areas of growth are seen? What types of projects are popular and which are in decline? What will the market look like in a year’s time?
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- Opportunities and barriers
- How will business incorporate the voluntary market into their corporate strategies?
- Project aggregation and the role of project portfolios
- Will pricing of VERs change?
- Will the voluntary market facilitate technological innovation?
Ron Luhur, Carbon Markets Specialist, Environmental Defense Fund
Simon Petley, Chief Executive Officer, EnviroMarket |
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| 5.00 |
Chairman’s closing remarks and discussion |
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Close of Conference |
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Following the success of last year’s Biodiversity & Ecosystem Finance event in New York which was attended by over 100 participants from 19 countries, Green Power Conferences will once again bring together the corporate and finance communities with the biodiversity and ecosystem industry to drive this critical early stage market forward in this interactive one day seminar co-located with the Voluntary Carbon Markets conference.
Many companies still have trouble seeing the bottom line relationship of Biodiversity & Ecosystem services. A key solution to these challenges is to utilise the market forces that are often blamed for biodiversity loss and make biodiversity and ecosystem services a valuable business proposition. In both the environmental and business communities, there is a growing recognition of the potential to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services on a commercial basis.
Confirmed speakers include:
Ricardo Bayon, Founder and Head of Research, EKO Asset Management Partners
Becca Madsen, Biodiversity Programme Manager, The Ecosystem Marketplace
Radha Kuppalli, Director, New Forests
Courtney Lowrance, Vice President, Environmental & Social Risk Management, Citi Group
George Kelly, Director of Business Development and Founder, Environmental Banc & Exchange and Vice President, National Mitigation Banking Association
Diana Glassman, Founder, EBG Capital
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8.45 Registration & Welcome Coffee
Each session leader will lead an in depth 40 minute presentation and discussion session allowing for the key information to be shared and lots of Q&A to take place
The Biodiversity & Ecosystem Challenge
What are biodiversity & ecosystem services and why should they be important to the financial services and corporate sectors? Understanding the opportunities as well as the risks. |
The Need for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Measurements & Data
The need to develop practical indicators for measuring negative impacts and positive contributions to biodiversity. Why are monitoring and evaluation systems so urgently required? Finding agreed standards, methods and indicators. |
12.25 Networking Lunch Break
Opportunities and Developments in Industry
What sectors and businesses can take advantage of these services? Understanding the roles of those companies that impact biodiversity and ecosystem services directly; those that impact it in their supply chain and those whose business directly relies on the biodiversity or ecosystem service in question. |
What Stage Have Finance Sector Investments Reached?
How do we develop the finance sectors involvement further? Understanding the risks and opportunities for financial institutions? What returns on investment can be generated? |
5.25 Close of Seminar |
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If you are involved in the Voluntary Carbon Markets value chain and would like to submit a speaking proposal (proposed topic, biography and company profile) then please contact Dana Vogel.
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The Voluntary Carbon Markets event offers an integrated solution of brand positioning, business development and face-to-face networking opportunities with senior decision makers.
Connecting you with the right people
With a proven track record of delivering high calibre project developers, Voluntary Carbon Markets provides the perfect environment for you to do business with project developers under one roof.
First class business opportunities
Our sponsorship and exhibition packages are designed to help you meet your business objectives. If you are looking to win prospective clients, strengthen existing relationships or enhance your company profile, we will help you do so in a cost effective manner.
Contact Santosh Sarma for further details
Tel: +971 4 813 5213 | Mobile: +971 50 880 1671 | Fax: +44 207 900 1853
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Global sponsor
First Climate is one of Europe’s leading carbon asset management companies. With 13 offices on four continents and more than ten years’ experience in the market, it is one of the few intermediaries to cover the entire carbon credit value chain. First Climate develops, finances, and implements CDM, JI, and VER projects, purchases the resulting carbon credits, and customizes trading solutions for companies subject to the EU ETS. As investment advisor to several institutional investors, First Climate structures and develops carbon funds and related products. In the voluntary market, the company provides VERs verified according to the highest international standards. First Climate is one of the main sponsors of the Gold Standard Version 2.
Endorsed by:
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is an active global partnership that structures policy and regulatory initiatives for clean energy, and facilitates financing for sustainable energy projects.
Backed by national governments, businesses, banks and NGOs, REEEP is uniquely placed to contribute to international, national and regional policy dialogues. The partnership has funded more than eighty high quality projects in forty countries that remove market barriers to clean energy, primarily in the developing world.
www.reeep.org
With nearly a thousand member companies, the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York belongs to the largest international German Chambers of Industry and Trade. Its head office is located in New York City.
Your contact for Renewable Energies is Sebastian Göres
www.gaccny.com
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) was established in 1990 supported by Environment Agency (currently Ministry of the Environment) of Japanese Government for the promotion of international cooperation in a non-governmental position.
OECC envisions through the direction of environmental issues and the incorporate movements in political, economic, and social field under the progress of international mutual dependence in the 21st century. And then, OECC is to contribute to promote the conservation of global environment in terms of research study, personnel training and supporting non-government activities under the international cooperation with many countries.
Many of activities are funded and achieved in line with the environmental policy of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), etc. These accomplishments are thus utilized for policy making of international environmental cooperation and execution of environmental cooperative projects.
www.kyomecha.org / www.oecc.or.jp
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy is a broad-based business organization representing the energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas industries. The Council is comprised of over 50 members, including clean energy companies, utilities, retailers, energy end-users and trade associations. Council members represent industry solutions such as advanced batteries, biomass, biogas, combined heat and power, fuel cells, geothermal power, hydropower (including new waterpower resources such as ocean, tidal and in-stream hydrokinetic), recycled energy, solar power, wind energy, and supply-side and demand-side energy efficiency. Please see www.bcse.org for more information.
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Green Power Conferences consistently work in strategic partnership with industry leading organisations and trade publications. Our international and targeted marketing campaigns ensure excellent marketing exposure for our partners
If you would like to partner with us, please contact Maria Augestad ;
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