• Clean coal policies and regulations driving throughout US and Europe
• Understanding the implications of clean coal initiatives on coal and power companies
• How are international coal producers and power companies reacting to clean coal initiatives: stage of developments and future trends
• Technology readiness – how it impact the embracement of the clean coal initiatives 

• Latest developments in policies and legislations to promote adoption of clean coal across Asia
• Find out the stage of developments in moving towards a carbon neutral environment in Asia
• How Asian coal producers and power generators are reacting to the green initiatives?
• What are the challenges faced by regulators, coal producers and power generators in Asia?
• How realistic it is for Asia to fully embrace clean coal initiatives and what is the possible timeline?   

• Understanding the importance and business drivers in adopting green initiatives for the coal mining industry
• Compliance with Kyoto Protocols: What are the challenges and constraints and key strategies in overcoming the difficulties?
• Experience and key lessons learnt

• How can government and industry as a whole incentivise the coal mining industry?
• What is needed to make clean coal initiatives a reality: deployment on a scale and timeframe necessary to meet the shared dilemma of climate and energy security
• How can coal producers work together with the various stakeholders in moving towards a zero emissions environment?

• A look at the current state of the CDM
• What have been the achievements of the CDM EB?
• What are the status and developments in the area of CDM methodologies designed for project activities aimed at efficiency improvements and installation of low emission power plants
• Will it be able to continue to play an important role in the overall market mechanism?  

• Possible structures, risk allocation and securitisation models in financing large scale projects
• Understanding the challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of the lenders and the borrowers
• Selection criteria and risks and returns analysis
• Key case studies in Asia

• How will climate change policies affect power plant investment decisions?
• Costs of supercritical, ultra supercritical, IGCC and CCS compared to CCGT, nuclear
• What's the impact of CO2 pricing on economics of coal versus alternatives  

• CLP’s experience with emission control strategies
• Risk management strategies and operational issues
• Looking ahead: what are the likely developments  

• RWE’s Projects in Germany & the UK: project background and the rationale behind engagement in CCS
• Which are the power generation technologies being deployed?
• C0² storage opportunities in the region
• What are the necessary frameworks needed to make the projects viable?

• Goals of the FutureGen alliance: putting in place a technologically viable, investor confident, publicly acceptable zero emission coal-fired electric generating facility
• Updates on the current state of the project and what has been learnt so far?
• Challenges and key issues facing full scale industrial implementation

• What is the state of global IGCC deployment?
• The narrowing price gap and inherent advantages of IGCC
• IGCC as an answer to the problems and challenges facing clean coal technology
• Facilitating CO² sequestration: comparing the costs versus risk involved 

• What are the opportunities present in meeting current emission regulations?
• State of technology development of CCS and why commercial incentives are necessary: An industry led approach alongside host authorities
• The CO² value chain – challenges, experiences and lessons learnt from Sleipner, In salah, Snøhvit, Halten CO² and Mongstad CO². 

• A proposal for the commercial implementation of pre-combustion carbon capture
• What are the lessons learnt so far?
• How to address concerns regarding environmental performance of C0² storage and how can this be guaranteed  through regulations and common practise 

• Climate change issues: what are the prospects for post 2012
• Balancing climate change considerations and the need for low-cost efficient energy production: what are the key issues and considerations involved
• Clean coal, zero emission and new technologies: how can these be used as part of the solution to combat climate change

This round table discussion session is an open moderated session where delegates are divided into groups to discuss a topic chosen. This session aims to bring out issues/problems/ideas, etc from individual delegate. Moderated by key industry experts, the round table discussion will ensure debate and discussion on thought-provoking and controversial issues with industry peers. You can select to participate in any of the following round table discussions and you have the freedom to move around different discussion groups to maximise your learning experience.

1) Identify the business opportunities stemming from a carbon trading environment in Asia

2) Understand how current and future emission laws and regulations are impacting businesses in Asia?

3) Impact on the oil, gas and power industries with the move towards renewable energy

4) Creating energy efficiency in your business: what are the available solutions and technologies?

5) Practical ways to reduce the carbon footprint and becoming a green corporation

6) Investing in green energy: what are the potential returns, risks and challenges?   

The purpose of the workshop shall be to provide an insight into the development of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects: How to deal with regulations, legal matters, validation and verification of the project, project financing and the implementation of risk management and mitigation strategies.

As 3C is the investment advisor to the carbon fund Climate Change Investment I SICAR, the workshop leader will also explain the pricing of CERs from a buyer’s perspective and provide information regarding the appropriate price models for project owners.