Agenda
Wednesday April 1, 20097:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates, and Lisa Vioni, President, Hedge Connection
8:05 AM
Opening Remarks
Robert Lieber, Deputy Mayor, New York City
8:15 AM
Setting the Green Trading Stage for 2009
Peter C. Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates Inc.
8:40 AM
Leading Insights into the New Terrain in DC on Carbon
Bill Bumpers, Partner, Baker & Botts LLP
9:10 AM
Global Overview of Emissions & Renewable Trading
Andy Ertel, President, Evolution Markets LLC
9:40 AM
US Climate Legislation in the Context of the Bali Action Plan
Ruben Kraiem, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
10:00 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM
Session: Carbon Markets & Finance I
Jan Isaksen, Manager, Index Business, Thomson Reuters
Insights on EU ETS
Kjell Kristiansen, Director of Advisory Services, Point Carbon North America
Carbon Fund Opportunities
Jack Cogen, President and Founder, Natsource LLC
An Update of the North American GHG Traded Markets
Randy Lack, Principal, Element Markets LLC
A View from California: Insights Into AB 32
Josh Margolis, Co-CEO, CantorCO2e
Project Finance and Carbon Assets
Karen Degouve, Head of Carbon Finance, European Carbon Fund and European Kyoto Fund
Importance of Exchanges in Today's Regulatory Environment
Tanja Ilic, Vice President, Nord Pool / Nasdaq OMX
Carbon Offsets as Investment Strategy
James Rhodes, Chief Operating Officer, GE/AES GHG Services, LLC
12:00 PM
Panel: Carbon Banking
Moderator: Peter Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates
Neil Cohn, Senior Vice President, MacQuarie Bank
Eric Boonman, Head of Environmental Markets Origination
Chris Hunter, Vice President, Climate Change Capital
Kedin Kilgore, Executive Director, Co2Capital Partners
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Session: What's Hot in Renewable Energy Trading
Moderator: Arthur O'Donnell, Executive Director of the Center for Resource Solutions
REC Market Overview & Outlook for 2008
Ethan Zindler, Head of North American Research, New Energy Finance
Renewable Project Finance Credit Generation
Kristian Hanelt, Vice President - Project Finance, Tioga Energy
Retail RECS
Nate Hanson, VP, Asset Trading & Operations, NextEra Energy Services
Solar Renewable Energy Credits
Michael Flett, President & CEO, Flett Exchange LLC
3:00 PM
Session: REC Market Issues That Need to Be Resolved
Moderator: Arthur O'Donnell, Executive Director of the Center for Resource Solutions
Integration Issues with Voluntary Rec Markets
Anne Hambleton, Senior Manager, Business Development, NativEnergy LLC
Need to Upgrade the Grid for Renewable Energy
John A. Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Acorn Energy
How to Monetize REC Credits for Markets
Ken Ivanic, Vice President Environmental Markets, World Energy
The Emergence of New State RPS's and the Fungibility Between States
Jack Velasquez, Vice President of Environmental Markets, Spectron Energy
3:45 PM
Networking Break
4:15 PM
Session: The Next Nexus: Cleantech & Emissions Trading
Moderator: Jon Brock, President and Chief Operating Officer, Utilipoint
Linking Carbon and Cleantech
Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group, LLC
Cleantech VC: Alternatives to Big Ticket, Energy Technology Bets
David Kirkpatrick, Partner, SJF Ventures
Why Second Stage Investing is a Viable Strategy?
Diana Propper de Callejon, Partner, Expansion Capital
What are the Major Funds' Strategies in Cleantech?
Neal Dikeman, Founding Partner, Jane Capital
5:30 PM
Wine Reception hosted by Covington & Burling LLP
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