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Day One, Tuesday 26 February 2008
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08.30 | Registration and welcome coffee
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| GLOBAL ENERGY CHALLENGES |
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09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
Dr. Robert K. Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President, The White House
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09.10 | Energy Policies and Technology Perspectives for a New Millennium
• Global and regional statistical trends in power generation including fuels, technologies and policies
• Global and regional trends in power plant efficiency and operations
• New and emerging power plant technologies: fossil (coal and gas), renewable and nuclear (even though NZ is a nuclear free zone)
• Greenhouse gas emissions profiles and carbon capture and storage technologies
• Scenarios and strategies for a sustainable energy future in the power sector: a view to 2050
Dr. Robert K. Dixon
NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change
Executive Office of the President, The White House
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09.40 | The New Zealand energy market: thinking big
• Dealing with an overburdened system, patchwork regulation and insufficient incentives for continued investment
• Market opportunities – assessing the appetite of the industry
• Bundling retail offerings – does it pay-off?
Murray Jackson, Chief Executive, Genesis Energy
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10.40 | Strategies for ensuring growth and excellence in the energy sector
Keith Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Energy
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11.00 | Morning Tea
Morning Tea presentation: Richard Aitken, Group Chief Executive, Beca
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| WHERE’S THE FUEL? |
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11.10 | Panel discussion:
Drivers shaping New Zealand’s energy industry
• How will the energy industry look in five years time – major sectors, renewables, investment flows?
• Current and future investment hotspots
• How will technology players influence the development of the sector?
• Corporate responsibility as a driver for the energy industry
Gerald Doucet, Secretary General, World Energy Council
Murray Jackson, Chief Executive, Genesis Energy
Dr. Robert K. Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President, The White House
Keith Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Energy
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12.00 | Meeting the challenges of power generation in a carbon constrained environment
• The role of geothermal energy
• Moving towards a renewable future – renewable generation options
• Security of supply and renewable generation
• Managing demand peaks and the role of thermal generation
David Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer, Contact Energy
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12.30 | Exploring and championing the future of the coal industry – ensuring growth and sustainability
• Overview of the developments in the New Zealand coal industry – growth, investment trends and outlook
• Recent developments and business directions
• Adopting an action based culture – action, progression and results
• Dealing with a changing climate
Don Elder, Chief Executive Officer, Solid Energy
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13.00 | Lunch
Lunch presentation by Chris Raine, Country President and Managing Director, Alstom in Australia and New Zealand
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14.10 | Q&A session
This session will be part of the interactive dialogue that takes place through the course of the days proceedings: a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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| TRANSMISSION NETWORKS – HOW VULNERABLE IS NZ? |
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14.20 | A stock take of the transmission planning process
• Expanding the electric grid for renewable energy
• The challenge of transmitting power to remote areas
• Major projects under consideration and how renewable energy resources are being considered in fuel source planning
• Reinforcing and smartening the power grid
Tim George, General Manager Grid Investment, Transpower New Zealand Ltd
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14.50 | Executive panel discussion:
Fuel scenarios – opportunities and risks
• Oil; gas; coal; nuclear; renewables; and carbon credits – how these markets are evolving
• Evaluating the changing direction in energy sources
• Supply and demand fundamentals for key energy markets
• Discussing the National Energy Strategy
Murray Jackson, Chief Executive, Genesis Energy
David Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer, Contact Energy
Keith Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Energy
Don Elder, Chief Executive Officer, Solid Energy
Mike Underhill, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
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15.20 | Unconference
The sum of the expertise of the people in the audience is greater than the sum of expertise of the people on stage. This session is driven and created by the audience; let us know whom in the audience you’d like to hear and on what topics and we’ll make it happen. Email ayusha.tyagi@terrapinn.com
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15.40 | Speed Networking
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16.10 | Afternoon tea
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16.30 | Executive panel discussion:
Assessing the robustness of energy infrastructure
• Availability of capital – is setting up more infrastructure funds the answer?
• Privatising government owned assets
• Increasing regulatory certainty to boost investor confidence
• Infrastructure challenges ahead
Tim George, General Manager Grid Investment, Transpower
Stephen Selwood
, Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development
Richard Krogh, Chief Operating Officer, Babcock and Brown Infrastructure
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17.00 | Delivering efficiency in governance and regulation of the electricity industry
• National Energy Strategy
• Improving the quality and reliability of key infrastructural services
• Key directions moving for 2008 on competition issues, electricity price monitoring, network issues and security of electricity supply
• MED’s vision for renewables, distributed generation supply and demand integration
David Smol, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development
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17.20 | Q&A session
This session will be part of the interactive dialogue that takes place through the course of the days proceedings: a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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17.30 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of the conference day
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17.40 | Cocktail party sponsored by Gentrack Velocity
James docking, Managing Director, Talgentra
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19.00 | Conference gala dinner sponsored by QBE
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Day Two, Wednesday 27 February 2008
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08.30 | Welcome coffee
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09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
Peter Droege, Asia Pacific Chair, World Council for Renewable Energy
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| SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DRIVERS |
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09.10 | Global sustainable energy scenarios to 2050
• Elements of energy sustainability (WEC’s 3 As Availability, Accessibility and Acceptability)
• Drivers of global and regional energy demand
• The impact of climate change on energy policy and influencing energy choices
• Supply tensions with different scenarios for renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear
Gerald Doucet, Secretary General, World Energy Council
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| THE NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY |
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09.40 | Ministerial address:
The National Energy Strategy: implications and challenges
• Here and now: energy policy and regulation issues for 2008
• Delivering a complete energy ecosystem
• Evaluating the changing direction in energy sources
• The year ahead: challenges and opportunities
• Pricing and billing: policy directions
Hon David Parker, Minister for Energy, NZ
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10.10 | The global move to a renewable world
- The logic of the energy transition
- Means of shifting urban infrastructure from fossil fuelled to renewable
- merging renewable urban development and infrastructure features
- From sustainable to survivable development: the outlook for life in cities
Peter Droege, Asia Pacific Chair, World Council for Renewable Energy
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10.30 | Morning tea
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11.00 | A time for action – a new strategy, more money and some big goals
The recently released New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy set some big goals around increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy supply which will benefit us all as individuals, businesses and as a country.
- The role for government and the opportunities for you
- How we can work together to develop our diverse renewable energy resources
Mike Underhill, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
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11.30 | Trends and market developments in the energy sector: an OEM’s perspective
• Wind, the IGCC and carbon constraints,
• Energy efficiency and alternative fuels
• Supply and demand challenges
Mike Hill, General Manager, Asia Region, Power Generation, GE Infrastructure
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| DISTRIBUTION |
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12.00 | Innovative and sustainable solutions for energy delivery in a new era
• The role of ground-breaking technologies and business models for effective electricity delivery
• Distribution challenges for New Zealand
• Going above and beyond sound investment in infrastructure: How environmental stewardship is driving energy efficiency and effective management of demand
Clive Bull, GP Strategic Initiatives Manager, Vector
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12.20 | The asset investment cycle for electricity distribution
• The looming ‘wall of wire’ facing the distribution sector
• Impact of poor quality regulation on trust owned electricity distribution
• Debt and private finance – challenges in securing private sector investment
Nigel Barbour, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Powerco
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| THE PATHWAY TO A CARBON MARKET |
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12.40 | Commerce Commission Update
Michael Clarke, General Manager, Commerce Commission NZ
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13.00 | Lunch
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14.00 | Achieving success with the Emissions Trading Scheme – learnings from Australia
• Carbon trading in Australia
• Size
• Project types
• Policy development
• National trading Scheme
• Carbon Sinks: The CO2 Australia experience
Andrew Grant, Managing Director, CO2 Australia
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14.30 | The role of big business in developing a low-carbon economy
• Working with the government to generate a level playing field
• Potential reactions and repercussions to carbon regulation
• Who takes the lead: government, corporations or the public?
• Impact of a comprehensive carbon trading regime on New Zealand
Andrew Grant, Managing Director, CO2 Australia
Rob Whitney, Chief Executive Officer, CRL Energy
Jeff Troon, Chief Executive Officer, Venture Southland
Simon Young, Managing Director, The Karo Group
Ivan Albertini, Senior Industry Director, Oracle
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15.00 | Distributed generation – improving reliability and addressing energy security concerns
• Making distributed generation an integral part of New Zealand’s energy system
• Addressing pressing energy problems including power blackouts, power quality issues and transmission bottlenecks
• Delivering distributed generation benefits to the consumers, the grid and the environment
Bill Heaps, Managing Director, Strata Energy
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15.30 | Interactive Round Table Discussions
Roundtable one: Being green – addressing environmental issues. Is NZ leading the way?
Ivan Albertini, Senior Industry Director, Oracle Utilities
Roundtable two: Fairview Power – integrating a high efficiency gas turbine power plant with carbon capture and storage
Phillip Solomon, Project Development Manager, GE Infrastructure
Roundtable three: Energy efficiency; the quickest, cheapest and cleanest way to extend our world’s energy supplies
Wayne Inger, Energy Efficiency Manager, Schneider Electric
Roundtable four: Germany leads the world in renewable energy technology. New Zealand sets the example using renewable energy. Time to share knowledge and expand opportunities
Monique Surges, Chief Executive Officer, NZGBA, German Trade Representative / Repräsentanz der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Roundtable five: Developments in renewable energy generation
Torsten Pedersen, Regional Sales Manager - Asia Pacific, Siemens New Zealand
Brett Hewitt, Siemens New Zealand
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16.00 | Afternoon tea
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| THE ENERGY MARKETS |
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16.20 | Market power in the wholesale electricity market – what’s the evidence regarding purchasers?
• The conditions for efficient nodal pricing
• When might purchasers exercise market power?
• Examining the data on purchaser market power
• Do retailer-generators behave differently from other purchasers?
Carl Hansen, Chief Executive, M-co
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| DEMAND MANAGEMENT |
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16.40 | Executive panel discussion:
Electricity demand response – reducing the risk of supply shortages
• Stabilising prices when supply is constrained
• Minimising risk of shutdowns and layoffs due to high spot prices and pressured networks
• Making transmission networks more stable – improving security and continuity of supply
Bill Heaps, Managing Director, Strata Energy
Ross Fraser, Chairman, Energy Response
Gareth Wilson, Manager, Electricity Energy and Communications Branch, Ministry of Economic Development
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17.10 | Utility leadership in renewable energy development
• Factors driving certain electric utilities invest in renewable well beyond requirements or their peer companies?
• Factors driving utilities to aggressively seek renewables and incorporate these resources into their portfolios?
• Energy leaders views on their companies’ outlook and treatment of renewable energy resources
Mike Underhill, CEO, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Rob Whitney, CEO, CRL Energy
Jeff Troon, CEO, Venture Southland
Paul Ravlich, Managing Director, Siemens New Zealand
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17.40 | Q&A session
This session will be part of the same interactive dialogue that takes place through the course of the days proceedings: a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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17.50 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of conference day
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18.00 | Networking drinks
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Day Three, Thursday 28 February 2008
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08.30 | Welcome coffee
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09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
Bill Heaps, Managing Director, Strata Energy
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| OIL AND GAS OUTLOOK |
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09.10 | Energy’s global outlook – bridging the demand and supply gap
• Meeting the world’s energy needs
• Global economics, energy and fuel by demand
• Penetration and impact of high efficiency technology
• The outlook for energy to 2030
Nick Hannan, Chairman, Chevron New Zealand
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09.50 | Shaping the oil and gas landscape – overcoming economic and political barriers
• Economical and political factors driving the price of oil globally
• How are these factors going to change in the short-term and long-term?
• How will oil figure in tomorrow’s ‘greener’ energy markets and the wider global economy?
David Salisbury, Chief Executive, New Zealand Oil and Gas
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10.30 | Security of supply – plotting a path for indigenous gas supply
• The state of New Zealand’s thermal energy reserves
• Examining upstream strategies to ensure thermal energy security
• How can New Zealand achieve energy security?
Thompson Jewell, Chief Executive Officer, Austral Pacific Energy
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11.00 | Morning coffee
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11.30 | Executive panel discussion:
Positioning the New Zealand oil and gas sector for growth
• Tui Oil Field developments
• Possible pathways and future prospects
• Strategies to ensure future oil and gas supplies capable of meeting future growth and satisfying economic demands
David Salisbury, Chief Executive, New Zealand Oil and Gas
Nick Hannan, Chairman, Chevron New Zealand
Thompson Jewell, Chief Executive Officer, Austral Pacific Energy
Chris Stone, Executive Director, Rockpoint Corporate Finance
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| DEPLOYING CAPITAL – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES |
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12.10 | Investment themes in a rapidly evolving energy sector
- Investment fundamentals five years on from the Maui redetermination
- The fusing of climate change and energy policy
- The semantics of baseload generation
- The value of option-firming in the current environment
John Kidd, Head of Research, McDouall Stuart Securities
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12.40 | Lunch
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| ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OPTIONS: CSM, CSG AND METHANOL |
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13.40 | Forces driving domestic and global uptake of methanol
• Global demand growth and global gas shortages
• Emergence of energy-related demand and changing industry dynamics
• Upward pressure on industry cost structure
• Near term opportunities in energy markets
• Methanol and responsible care
Phil Watson, Commercial Manager, Methanex Corporation
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14.10 | Q&A session
This session will be part of the same interactive dialogue that takes place through the course of the days proceedings: a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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14.20 | Afternoon tea
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14.50 | The role of biofuels in a low carbon and energy constrained economy
• Is New Zealand in prime position to be a biofuels leader?
• Balancing biofuels with feedstock concerns
• Implications of biofuels uptake for power companies
Paul Quinn, Managing Director, Biodiesel New Zealand
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| BIOFUELS AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE |
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15.40 | Q&A session
This session will be part of the same interactive dialogue that takes place through the course of the days proceedings: a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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15.50 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of the conference
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