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Day One, Wednesday 1 April 2009
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08.00 | Registration and welcome reception
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08.45 | Opening remarks by chair
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08.50 | Welcome address by
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| DESTINED FOR GROWTH – THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF THE CLEANTECH SECTOR |
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09.00 | Opening keynote presentation:
Government Leadership in catalysing the growth of Australia’s dynamic Cleantech industry
• Australian Government climate policies to drive investment in low emissions technologies
• Creation of new cleantech industries, jobs and export markets
• Why public/private partnership will be critical to the deployment of new clean technologies
• How will the Australian Government help Australian companies develop a competitive edge to capture a share of the global cleantech market? |
| | Hon Peter Garrett, Minister Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth Government of Australia, Australia
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09.20 | Keynote presentation:
President Obama and the future of Cleantech
• What the new US Administration means for global Cleantech developments?
• The new President’s $150 billion cleantech plan
• Creating the environment for economic growth through innovative Cleantech policies
• How cleantech investing can generate above average returns, create jobs and wealth and improve the world’s environment |
| | Mr Tom Soto, Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners, United States
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09.50 | Keynote presentation:
Capital funding solutions for the development of the
Cleantech Sector
• The role of banks in financing the needs for capital hungry cleantech companies and projects
• Mobilising capital to fund carbon productivity improvements across the economy
• Risks and opportunities arising from the physical impacts of climate change
• Evolving regulatory carbon frameworks
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| | Mr Sean Lucy, Director, Head of Carbon Solutions Group, National Australia Bank, Australia
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10.10 | Keynote presentation:
Urgency in confronting the climate crisis through Cleantech
• The need to accelerate the investment in and deployment of cleantech
• Technological solutions that can help to stabilise the Earth’s atmosphere
• Roadmap to cutting global Greenhouse gas solutions
• The coming clean energy revolution
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10.30 | Q&A between keynote speakers and the audience
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10.45 | Morning tea and coffee
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| AUSTRALIAN SUPERANNUATION FUND ALLOCATIONS TO RI ALTERNATIVES |
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11.15 | Institutional investor presentation:
The role of Super Trustees in advancing sustainable development
- What is the fiduciary obligation of trustees to address long-term risks such as climate change for their beneficiaries?
- What is the Australian Asset Owners Climate Change Initiative?
- What needs to happen to unlock more investment into cleantech and sustainable infrastructure?
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11.35 | Institutional investor panel discussion:
Challenges and opportunities in Cleantech investing for super funds
- How will allocations to Cleantech private equity and sustainable infrastructure change?
- Where do cleantech investments fit within the investor portfolio?
- Where are the risks for super funds when investing in Cleantech?
- What are the cleantech investment options open to Australian investors today?
- Global Cleantech fund manager research and key findings
- What criteria's do fund managers have to fulful in order to recommend to superfunds?
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| | Moderator: Ms. Louise O'Halloran, Executive Director, Responsible Investment Association of Australia, Australia Ms. Helga Birgden, Head of Responsible Investment, Asia-Pacific, Mercer Investment Consulting, Australia Mr Kristian Fok, Deputy MD, Senior Consultant, Frontier Investment Consulting, Australia Mr David Atkin, Chief Executive Officer, Cbus Superannuation, Australia
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12.45 | Networking lunch
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14.00 | Case-study:
The Investors Group on Climate Change – institutional investor approaches to addressing climate change
- Why are investors interested in climate change
- Potential Earnings Impacts from Climate Change for Key Australian Sectors
- What evidence is there that Australian investors are doing something
- How are funds preparing their investment portfolios for the introduction of carbon trading
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| CLEANTECH FUNDS & INVESTMENT PRODUCTS |
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14.20 | Capital markets panel discussion:
Options available for institutional investments into Cleantech Funds?
• What are the funds available to invest in?
• What is the performance track record of existing funds?
• Are mainstream Private equity and venture capital fund managers likely to create new Cleantech Funds? |
| | Moderator: Mr Mark Nydam, Managing Director, Pacific Corporate Group AM, USA, United States Mr Zeb Rice, Managing Director, Angeleno Group, United States
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15.15 | Afternoon tea and coffee
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| LEADING THE REGION IN INNOVATION AND CLEANTECH INVESTMENTS |
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15.45 | Industry leaders panel discussion:
Is Australia capitalising on the investment potentials of the Cleantech wave?
• The current climate for Cleantech in Australia
• What can key players in the Cleantech sector do to capitalise on this economic opportunity?
• Executing the vision of transforming Australia into a Cleantech superpower |
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17.30 | Networking Cocktails
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19.00 | Close of Day One
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Day Two, Thursday 2 April 2009
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08.00 | Registration and welcome reception
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08.45 | Opening remarks by chair
ACCESSING RETURNS BY INVESTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Cleantech products and services can today be developed anywhere in the world, deployed anywhere in the world and merged and acquired anywhere in the world. Cleantech is truly a global market. There are significant commercial opportunities to access in the huge markets of India and China and there is global sustainable dev elopment imperative to transfer technologies from developed to developing economies. |
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09.00 | Opening keynote presentation:
Implications of policy changes in driving Cleantech business opportunities
• Approaching the challenge of climate change with optimism rather than pessimism
• Options for a local and global response to climate change
• Government policies to encourage the development of the great technologies of the future such as clean energy, green cars and clean coal |
| | The Hon Greg Hunt, MP Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Commonwealth Government of Australia, Australia
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09.20 | Keynote presentation:
Identifying global clean energy investment trends for
Australia
• Implications of investment trends on the development of Australia’s Cleantech industry
• Beyond 2009: forward trends in global clean energy
• Preparing your organisation for the new investment stage
• Identifying opportunities and resolving key challenges |
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09.40 | Panel discussion:
Key drivers behind global Clean Technology transfers
• Environmental and economic drivers
• Understanding who is investing in Cleantech and why?
• Leading countries and advocates of clean tech transfers
• Opportunities and challenges for Australia to become a Cleantech hub
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| | Rajnesh Trivedi, Vice-President,Sustainable Investment Bank, Yes Bank, India, India
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10.30 | Morning tea and coffee
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| CLEANTECH INVESTMENT SHOWCASE |
The Cleantech Forum Investment Showcase™ provides a platform for pre-screened companies seeking investment to present their investment rationale and describe the market conditions across a range of Cleantech sub sectors. Selected by the AustralAsian Cleantech Advisory Panel some of Australia’s most innovative companies will cover the following Cleantech areas
• Energy Generation
• Energy Storage
• Energy Infrastructure
• Energy Efficiency
• Transportation
• Water & Wastewater
• Air & Environment
• Materials
• Manufacturing/Industrial
• Agriculture
• Recycling & Waste
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15.30 | Networking tea and coffee
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| VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF CLEANTECH |
The landscape and market for clean technologies are evolving rapidly, influenced by; the policies of a new US President-elect, negotiations for an
international climate agreement, the globalisation of cleantech, the fallout of the global financial crisis, the entry of billions of people in the developed world
into the market economy and the continued march of sustainability into mainstream of public opinion and consumer sentiment.
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16.00 | Open forum between speakers and delegates
• What key developments will happen over the next 12 months?
• What are the revolutionary technologies coming onto the radar?
• What does the future look like?
• Who are the key actors in the Cleantech Revolution? |
| | Mr Tom Soto, Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners, United States
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17.30 | Networking cocktails
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19.00 | Close of conference
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