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Day One, Tuesday 21 April
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8am | Registration and refreshments
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8.30am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| | Mr. François Nguyen , Senior Policy Advisor - Electricity Markets , International Energy Agency
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| THE BIG PICTURE |
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8.45am | Global keynote: The worldwide state of inadequate reserve
margins and security of supply
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A global energy outlook – everyone has the same problems
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The implications of a global decrease in reserve margins
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Where to from here: evaluating a global energy plan
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Africa is not alone in this energy crisis – who should we learn from?
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| | Mr. François Nguyen , Senior Policy Advisor - Electricity Markets , International Energy Agency
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9.10am | Keynote address: The state of South Africa’s power supply – the fight to secure it and build reserve margins
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Cutting through the red tape: what needs to be done?
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Future challenges: what’s the new threat to electricity supply?
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Where does Eskom sit on the curve of global trends?
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Highlighting the vision for securing supply into the future
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9.35am | Keynote address: The third energy revolution – are we
pursuing all our energy options?
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Eradicating energy poverty: the role of PPPs
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Finally offering more realistic returns when investing in Africa
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The global value of carbon and curbing greenhouse emissions
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Establishing rules of energy trading and investment
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Africa’s pivotal role in the global energy market
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| | Mr Edouard Dahomé, Director of Decentralized Solutions Department, International Generation Projects, EDF
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10am | Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition opening
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| IPP's |
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11am | Panel discussion: IPP investment and the route to developing the wholesale electricity market
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Expanding capacity: IPP’s as the right hand of generating companies
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Implementing changes to drive competition
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Can supply quality and reliability be maintained over the long-term
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Co-generation and growth into an IPP
Speaker to be advised, Sekoko Resources |
| | Mr Stephen Meyer, General Manager, Kelvin Power Station, Aldwych International, South Africa Mr Rod Warnes, Senior Manager Turnkey Power, Barloworld Power (Pty) Ltd
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| NUCLEAR POWER IN AFRICA |
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11.40am | Panel discussion: The life cycle of electricity generation
technologies – is nuclear the long-term solution?
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The coming of age for nuclear energy and its role in Africa
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The cost of nuclear vs. future baseload supply options?
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Regulation and global nuclear energy partnerships
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| | Mr Edouard Dahomé, Director of Decentralized Solutions Department, International Generation Projects, EDF Mr. Gert Claasen, Manager: International Marketing & Localization, Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Dr Rita Bowser, Regional Vice President - South Africa, Westinghouse Electric Company
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12.20pm | Networking lunch sponsored by:
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| SECURING SUPPLY & THE RIGHT ENERGY SOURCE MIX |
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1.45pm | The importance of a balanced power portfolio
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2.10pm | Case study: The potential for the continued use of coal generation and unique opportunities for low quality process off-gases
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An exploration of available technologies including IGCC and supercritical steam cycle
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Looking at these technologies from technical, economic and
maturity view points
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The feasibility of implementation of electrical generation and
co-generation using low quality off-gases
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2.25pm | Power Producers panel discussion: The right energy source
mix for optimal operational efficiency and investment
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The African energy system over the next 50 years
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The right energy source mix – can we decrease our reliance on coal?
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Increasing output with less impact on costs and the environment
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Rural electrification – the route for growth within utilities
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| | Mr. Jimmy Omona, Hydro mechanical Specialist/Consultant, Uganda Electricity Generation Company
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3.15pm | Networking, refreshments and exhibition viewing
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4pm | Case study: Increasing manufacturing capacity in constrained environments
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| REGULATION |
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4.20pm | Ministerial debate: What is being done by government to drive opportunities and sector investment?
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Reviewing the future impact of current lack of maintenance
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Constrained transmission lines and a distribution sector in chaos
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Decisions in time of crisis: have they been the right ones?
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Where in Africa can competition be introduced?
Speaker to be advised, Ministry of Energy, Ghana |
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5pm | Panel discussion: Regulation as an enabler to secure energy supply and open the door to competition
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Will regulators and utilities ever speak the same language?
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Are independent regulators truly independent?
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Nurturing an environment for IPP’s to relieve generation pressures
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A transparent tariff framework – the pricing debate
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5.30pm | Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of day one
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5.45pm | Official cocktail function
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Day Two, Wednesday 22 April
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8.30am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| FINANCE AND INVESTMENT |
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8.45am | Panel discussion: Foreign direct investment – channelling
funds into the right projects for higher returns
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What makes an African investment attractive?
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ROI: is it monetary or the search for resources?
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How does Africa compare with other emerging markets?
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Energy market dynamics – uncertain or opportunistic times?
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| | Mr. Tom Butler, Principal Investment Officer , International Finance Corporation Mr Yusuf Macun, Director and Head of Power & Utilities Project Finance, Africa, HSBC Bank Plc
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9.25am | Doubling your revenue: growing the bottom-line through
income management and rural infrastructure investment
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Electricity for the poor: investment into rural & slum prepaid meters
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How do you involve the private sector in such a project?
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Building profits while delivering service to isolated communities
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9.50am | Multilateral funding institutions: the business case for why Africa should lend from the global piggy bank
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What are the options for infrastructure financing?
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Mobilising loans and their pay back periods
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Building the trust through constant and effective communication
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| | Mr. Tom Butler, Principal Investment Officer , International Finance Corporation
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10.10am | Financing the nuclear project
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10.30am | Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition viewing
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11.15am | Panel discussion: Is utility reform and domestic capital enough to boost growth? How can additional capacity be financed?
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Hybrid finance models – where do they fit?
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The search for higher returns: the role of infrastructure funds
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How much cash actually gets invested into Africa power?
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The impact of the global credit crunch on project finance
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| | Mr. Youssef Arfaoui, Senior Investment Officer: Infrastructure Financal Division, Private Sector Department , African Development Bank
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11.55am | Case study: The legal approach to public sector finance
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| ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES |
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12.15pm | Case study: Sustainable solutions for renewable
and opportunity fuel energy
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12.30pm | Networking lunch and exhibition viewing
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2pm | Case study: Grand Inga – can it really be a model for clean energy while satisfying the regions’ climbing electricity demands?
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A focus on hydro power: is Africa’s hydro potential underexploited?
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Grand Inga: reality, just talk or another white elephant?
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Optimising the social and environmental aspects
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Are PPPs the solution to mobilise the US$ 80 billion required?
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2.25pm | Panel discussion: The “boom” in renewable energy sources –
evaluating the cost of infrastructure and growing the bottom line
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Obstacles: is the current expense worth the long-term benefit?
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Using technology, appropriate financing and market maturity to
determine the feasibility of renewables
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Which renewable source is the fuel for the future of African energy?
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| TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION |
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3.10pm | Understanding technological requirements to better manage
the current energy challenges in SADC
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Load management technological selection for a capacity constraint environment
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Full accounting cost & its impact on the electrical energy consumers
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Sustainability of the solutions
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3.25pm | Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition viewing
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4.10pm | Panel discussion: Interconnectivity and grid reliability: risk planning and maintenance to avoid the next power crisis
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Investing in the network to ensure decreased transmission losses
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Limited regional back-up: driving interconnectivity to avoid outages
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Rural distribution issues: cable theft and lack of infrastructure
Solving the challenge of informal connections and maintaining infrastructure
Speaker to be advised |
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| EAST AFRICA REGIONAL UPDATE |
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4.50pm | East Africa regional update: how different is East Africa to the rest of the continent?
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Exploring generation options to find the right energy source mix
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Transmission & distribution upgrades to ensure cross boarder trade
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A regional plan for a sustainable future through consistent supply
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| | Mr. Jimmy Omona, Hydro mechanical Specialist/Consultant, Uganda Electricity Generation Company
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5.30pm | Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of day two
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7.30pm | Africa Energy Awards 2009
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Day Three, Thursday 23 April
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8.30am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| | Mr Mike Cary, Fellow and Council Member, SAIEE, South Africa
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| POWER POOLS |
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8.45am | Panel discussion: Mutually beneficial agreements for power
sharing
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Funding power pool operations to cater for peak demand time sharing
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Synergy – sharing resources to ensure supply
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Security of supply – do the risks outweigh the benefits?
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How does the country benefit? A win-win for all
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| | Mr. Kamu Karekaho, Regional Project Manager , Nile Basin Initiative, Regional Power Trade Project Eng Joseph Njoroge, CEO and Chairman of the Eastern Africa Power Pool, Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited
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| INNOVATION |
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9.10am | Case study: Meeting electricity supply demands with
alternative energy sources: a South American case study
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9.35am | The energy supply chain
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10.15am | Morning refreshments and networking
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10.45am | The Economics of Temporary Power – Bridging the Gap
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Recognising there is a problem and acting quickly to make a difference.
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Why it is critical to avoid load shedding.
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The true cost? The cost of unmet demand.
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| | Mr Robin James, Director – Southern & Eastern Africa, Aggreko International Power Projects
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| SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL UPDATE |
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11.10am | Southern Africa regional update: what’s on the cards for the African region with the highest energy demand?
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A focus on the performance of the region
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Improving efficiency and reliability of service
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Strategic planning to supply the growing regional power demand
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The role of renewables in a coal driven region
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11.50am | Case study: “Bridging” the power gap
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The evolution of power plant construction
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Today’s construction challenges in the power sector
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Ensuring the next generation
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| | Mr. Des Muller, Head of Power Developments, Group Five Infrastructure Developments
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12.15pm | Networking lunch
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| DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT |
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1.30pm | How to address the enormous energy saving potential in
office lighting
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Combating climate change and saving energy through lighting
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A saving of 13.3 million tons of CO2 when changing over to the
latest technology
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Business saving energy during leisure time
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A focus on technologies that save and light up the business
environment
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1.55pm | Panel discussion: Power producers driving energy efficiency to ensure the balance between demand and supply
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Is energy effi ciency viewed as a long-term solution to inadequate supply?
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Saving to secure supply: how does this help the power producer?
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Building reserve in the system to help in time of crisis; how can
every player contribute?
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| | Mr Derek Batte, Senior Manager - Operations, National Energy Efficiency Agency
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2.40pm | Afternoon refreshments and networking
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| WEST AFRICA REGIONAL UPDATE |
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3.15pm | West Africa regional update: Examining the challenges and
growth areas within West Africa
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Future projects: improving electricity supply to improve living conditions
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The West Africa Power Pool – is collaboration enough assurance
to attract fi nance for future regional electricity demand?
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An inside look at what is deterring foreign investment
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Restructuring: the impact on the region through a competitive
market
Speaker to be advised
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4pm | Outcomes-Based document wrap-up
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4.10pm | Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference
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Workshop 1, Monday 20 April
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| Growing leadership capacity in the
power sector to ensure sustainability |
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8.30am | Registration and refreshments
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9am | Masterclass Commences
Leadership is fast becoming a core competitive advantage, yet insufficient investment in this area, coupled with ill-considered design methodologies render leadership growth a hit-and-miss affair in many organisations. The power sector is constantly changing and new challenges require modern day insight into selecting, retaining and growing the key leadership talent in your organisation.
Your workshop leader:
Dr Morne Mostert, Managing Director, Leadership Options
Morne is an international leadership specialist with over 14 years of experience in this field. His clients include blue-chip companies and government departments and agencies. His Ph.D. research has developed an innovative approach to leadership development known as Systemic Leadership Learning (SLL Theory). He is a member of the academic council of the Da Vinci Institute.
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9am | What is leadership and why is it important?
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10.30am | Morning refreshments and networking
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11am | Selecting the right leaders
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Matching organisational requirements to leadership profiles
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Creating a unique organisational leadership blueprint
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Practical case studies discussed
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12.30pm | Networking lunch
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1.30pm | Systems thinking as a development approach
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Recent approaches to development
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The value of systems thinking for leadership development
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Systemic Leadership Learning
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Practical case studies discussed
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3pm | Afternoon refreshments and networking
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3.30pm | Leadership development and talent retention
in practice
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Strategic leadership succession
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Retaining key talent in a changing environment
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Practical case studies discussed
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5.30pm | Q & A and end of workshop
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Workshop 2, Friday 24 April
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| Carbon Credit Commercialisation –
navigating the increasingly difficult
commercialisation process |
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8.30am | Registration and refreshments
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9am | Masterclass commences
A comprehensive overview on the expectations that the project developer should have from their carbon credit developer as well as clear insight into what really generates a carbon credit. Project developers will be exposed to the expectations that buyers have of project developers, and will start to build up the framework for effective pricing discovery and selling strategies. A one day interactive, case study driven workshop and Q&A
Your workshop leader
Peter Oldacre, Managing Director, Camco, South Africa
Peter has over a decade’s experience in Derivatives trading and Private Equity Fund management prior to joining Camco in 2006. Other than his role as Managing Director of Camco, Peter is the Director responsible for the origination, generation and placement of carbon credits for the
African Continent.
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9am | Identifying the right projects
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Specific guidelines for identifying projects with the chance of generating carbon credits as well as a ranking structure
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Why don’t all projects qualify for carbon credits?
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Checklist of risks and risk mitigation techniques
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10.30am | Morning refreshments and networking
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11am | Generating the carbon credit
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Welcome to the paper trail
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If this is not your core business, you will not be ready to begin the process
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Best practice and professional standards
Commercialising the carbon credit
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12.30pm | Networking lunch
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1.30pm | Carbon Credit and project operational and
financial risk
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Checklist of criteria to achieve best practices and what a carbon credit buyer is looking for
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Primary and secondary market
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Offsetting using carbon credits
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The pricing structure of the carbon credit
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3pm | Afternoon refreshments and networking
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3.30pm | A step by step guide to carbon business in
Africa
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5pm | Q&A and end of workshop
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