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Carbon: Pre-conf - Tue 7Oct
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| Pre-conference Masterclass B |
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9.01am | Introductory course to carbon market, trading and financing
Through this course, you will gain insight into policy, legislation and regulation as well as detailed explanations as to how carbon markets
work. Ultimately this 1-day course will provide those attending with an integrated framework for developing, trading and financing projects within
the CDM and JI markets. The workshop is targeted at companies who are new to the carbon markets and are currently looking at developing carbon projects to generate new revenue stream.
Key topics to be addressed include:
1. An Introduction to the carbon financing and trading
• What are environmental financial markets?
• What is carbon trading?
• What is carbon finance?
• How does it impact my company?
• What is the impact on technology choices?
• What are renewable energy credits, renewable fuel standards and renewable portfolio standards?
• Why is this market so complex?
• Status of the new green business model for hedge funds, vc and private equity
2. Policy and Regulation
3. The clean development mechanism and joint implementation
• How do the clean development mechanism and the joint implementation work?
• Discussion will focus on how to take advantage of this opportunity, the project cycle and marketing potential.
• Structural problems with the Clean Development Mechanism.
• Problems and additional risks: Types of projects and methodologies.
• Case studies, including examples of non-Kyoto countries participating in the Clean Development Mechanism.
4. Conclusion: What's next?
• Post 2012 issues and how they are relevant to different industries
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Carbon: Day 1 - Wed 8Oct
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8am | Registration & welcome coffee and tea
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8.45am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| PLENARY SESSION I
CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS |
Keynote Addresses
Global Outlook for Clean Energy: Implications and prospects for Asia’s clean energy industry
This session provides fresh insights and industry perspectives on global clean energy development. It will highlight the drivers, challenges, opportunities and investment requirements to address climate change and promote clean energy development. This
will eventually zero in on implications and prospects for Asia. Each keynote speaker is given 20 minutes to deliver their presentations and a live interview will follow to stimulate a no holds barred discussion.
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9am | New Initiatives to Advance Clean Energy Opportunites in Victoria, Australia
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Providing an overview of Australia's response to the climate change challenge with a particular emphasis on the leading role the State of Victoria is taking. This will include details of the Commonwealth Government's activity and the success to date of initiatives under the Victorian Government's $370 million Energy Technology Innovation Strategy.
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Victoria's actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be discussed, with focus on a major solar photovoltaic demonstration project and the new opportunities for large scale pre-commercial demonstration of sustainable energy in the State.
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The State's activities, to date, in the area of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The future opportunities for deployment of CCS will be outlined, including content on grant funding from the Victorian and Federal Government, the State and Federal legislative framework, Victoria's energy and carbon storage resources, carbon storage regulatory policy and the State's investment climate.
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| | Dale Seymour, Deputy Secretary - Energy, Resources and Major Projects, Department of Primary Industries, VIC
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9.20am | Industry address
How to tackle the climate and energy challenge: Neste Oil's view on renewable diesel business
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9.40am | International policy address
Regulatory development in EU raising the share of renewable energy use to 20 percent by 2020: Prospects for clean energy players in Asia
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10am | In conversation with global experts
Live Interview with CNBC’s Former News Anchor
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| | Dale Seymour, Deputy Secretary - Energy, Resources and Major Projects, Department of Primary Industries, VIC
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10.30am | Morning refreshments
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| PLENARY SESSION II
ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REGULATORY SUPPORT |
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11am | Straight talk from Asian regulators
Fast-tracking clean energy development in Asia through
supportive regulatory regime
• Understanding regulatory developments in Asia to push for the development of clean energy industry
• Reviewing carbon financing regulatory milestones in Asia
• Assessing various incentives, mechanisms and innovative strategies to encourage more investments in clean energy in the region |
| | A. KOHILAN PILLAY, DEPUTY MINISTER, Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
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12pm | Networking lunch
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| POLICY LANDSCAPE GOVERNING ASIA AND THE GLOBAL
CARBON MARKET |
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1.30pm | International regulatory keynote
Essential CDM project assessment, verification and approval guidelines
• Changes in the Scientific and Methodological Assessment of Contributions to Climate Change proposal and its impact on your carbon project
• Key consideration factors in preparing project activity report and programme of activities (PoA)
• How to ensure smoother project verification and approval process?
• International Transaction Log (ITL): How can ITL meet the objectives of Kyoto Protocol and the impact of ITL on the carbon trading market
• What are the ITL requirements for national registries? |
| | Mr Conor Barry, Programme Officer, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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2pm | Dialogue with Asian Designated National Authorities
Assessing latest regulatory and policy developments in Asia:
Understanding how policy changes will affect the application and development of your carbon project:
• Identifying effective strategies and incentives to ensure Asia remains as a key CDM market
• How can Asian governments encourage active participation of private sector in the carbon market?
• Discussing various approaches in developing cost-efficient and balanced cap-and-trade climate policies
• Evaluating the contribution of voluntary programmes in supporting Asia carbon market development and the potential of generating GHG-mitigating projects in Asia |
| | Mary Ann Lucille L Sering, Undersecretary for Administration, Finance & Legal, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines Mr Conor Barry, Programme Officer, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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2.45pm | Afternoon refreshments
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| STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENTS OF CARBON PROJECTS ACROSS ASIA |
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3.15pm | Strategies in developing carbon project in China
• Understanding the key challenges in developing a successful carbon projects in China
• Collaboration and partnership strategies
• Assessment, validation and risk management insights |
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3.40pm | Strategies in developing carbon project in India
• Understanding the key challenges in developing a successful carbon projects in India
• Collaboration and partnership strategies
• Assessment, validation and risk management insights |
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4.10pm | Strategies in developing carbon project in Malaysia
• Understanding the key challenges in developing a successful carbon projects in Malaysia
• Collaboration and partnership strategies
• Assessment, validation and risk management insights |
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4.10pm | Developing carbon projects in the waste management sector
• Understanding project viability, risks and risks mitigation strategies
• Discussing financing, technological and legal expertise requirements
• Assessing how new technologies can be stimulated in the current market
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| | Mr Qi Wenjie, Chairman of Directors, Clean Energy and Environmental Engineering
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4.25pm | Project developers panel
Effective strategies for mitigating delivery and performance risks of a CDM project
• Identifying the embedded risk factors of a CDM project and strategies in mitigating the risks
• Understanding how you can better assess the quality of a CDM project, reliability of project owner, etc.
• How to reduce the gap between the predicted level of CERs in the PDD and the actual number issued |
| | Dr K K Chan, Managing Director & Head of Investment, Greater China, Climate Change Capital
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5pm | Chairman’s summary & close of day one
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5.30pm | Welcome cocktails
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Carbon: Day 2 - Thu 9Oct
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8.50am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| PLENARY SESSION
FINANCING AND INVESTING IN ASIA’S QUEST FOR CLEAN
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT |
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9am | Investors panel: Assessing investors’ appetite for clean energy projects, companies and technologies
• Understanding the mix of environmental, social and commercial considerations in clean energy investment
• Assessing clean energy investment prospects in Asia and identifying critical evaluation criteria
• Safe guard your investment: Return evaluation, risk assessment and exist options |
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10am | Capital and debt raising options for clean energy projects in Asia
• Evaluating the different tried and tested options in Asia
• How can project owners ensure their projects are bankable?
• Reaching out to investors in Asia, Middle East, US or Europe – Where is your best bet?
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10.30am | Morning refreshments
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| PRICING, TRADING AND EXCHANGE OF CARBON CREDITS |
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11am | Carbon credits pricing and its future trends
• Evaluating current and future supply/demand of carbon credits and its impact on CERs pricing
• Assessing current pricing mechanisms and the limitations
• Identifying the best pricing strategies for buyers and sellers
• How to manage price volatility through future contracts? |
| | Mr Marcelo Labre, Global Head of Quantitative Analytics and Methods, Standard Bank Plc
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11.30am | Carbon credit buyers and sellers panel: Identifying key pricing and trading challenges facing carbon credits buyers and sellers and assessing the development of Asia as a carbon trading hub
• Challenges in selling CERs: Understanding the impact of current regulations and the readiness of the market in Asia and globally
• How can you effectively source for CERs in Asia as a buyer?
• Examining reliability, credibility and legality matters in carbon trading
• The development of a speculative and derivative trading market: How is Asia emerging as a carbon trading hub, what is the future, and understanding the impact on carbon credit buyers and sellers
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12.15pm | Carbon exchanges panel:
Evaluating the development of carbon exchange regionally
and globally
• Creating a transparent carbon exchange platform that links sellers in Asia with global buyers
• Assessing the development of carbon exchange in different Asian countries and comparing them to Europe and US
• Where is the market heading and what can buyers and sellers expect in the next 3-5 years? |
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1pm | Networking lunch
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| PLANNING & DEVELOPING NEW CDM PROJECTS |
Carbon financing has given rise to a substantial number of clean energy, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Asia.
The following sessions will bring together potential and existing project owners across Asia to share their strategies in planning and developing carbon projects in their respective sectors.
• Understanding project viability, risks and risks mitigation strategies
• Discussing financing, technological and legal expertise requirements
• Assessing how new technologies can be stimulated in the current market
• Future CDM development plans
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2pm | Developing carbon projects in the energy and power sector
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2.45pm | Panel discussion: Developing carbon projects in the industrial manufacturing sector
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3.15pm | Afternoon refreshments
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3.45pm | Developing carbon projects in the agriculture sector
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4.15pm | Panel discussion: Earning carbon credits through curbing fugitive emissions
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5pm | Chairman’s closing remarks & close of conference
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Carbon: Post-conf - Fri 10Oct
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| Post-conference Masterclass D |
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9.01am | Forecasting carbon prices
Agenda
This workshop is designed for traders, analysts and modelers who require in-depth understanding of price drivers and price forecasting for the different trading schemes that exist in Asia. This workshop assumes that the attendee has a basic understanding of carbon markets.
Key topics to be addressed include:
1. Fundamentals and market observations
• What determines the price of carbon?
• Supply from CDM/JI
• Banking beyond 2012
• Understanding of different emissions trading schemes in Asia and globally
• Allocations and distributions
• Different participants, different objectives
2. Scenario analysis and models
• Exploring time dynamics
• Early demand vs. delayed supply
• The impact of auctions
• Borrowing from the future
• Demand/supply sensitivities
• How price dependent is CDM/JI?
• Fuel switching across time and space
• Price scenarios
• Upside/downside limitations
• Dealing with uncertainties |
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