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Conference:

Day 1

16 February 8:30am - 5:30pm

Day 2

17 February 8:30am - 5:30pm

Day 3

18th February 8:30am - 5:30pm

Four pre-conference workshops
15 February 2010

A: Strategies for hedging price risk in the electricity market
B: Wind and solar energy integration
C: Driving investment in distributed generation
D: Smart grids

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Mr Don Elder,
Chief Executive Officer
Solid Energy

Don did his BE (Hons) at Canterbury University and his Ph.D. in Engineering at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He worked in the UK, the US and NZ from 1986 to 1990 then from 1990 to 2000 was Vice-President of one of Canadas premier engineering firms. He returned to NZ as CEO of Solid Energy in May, 2000. Don is a Director of ASB Bank, and has a number of past and current directorships of companies and business organisations in New Zealand, Canada and internationally. He is Chair (from November 2008) of the World Coal Institute, the global organisation of the worlds major coal producers. He is a Fellow of IPENZ.

Appearing:

Day Two Wednesday 17 February 2010

9.30am

Taking a leadership role on energy option development

Mr Don Elder,

Chief Executive Officer,
Solid Energy

10am

Panel discussion: NZ energy strategy in review: Are governance arrangements delivering the certainty and confidence necessary for stakeholders to invest in market development?

Identifying the right options to meet NZ’s energy needs
Deciding where to prioritize research spend and emerging opportunities for NZ
Why are we seeing a chronic shortage of supply and how do we develop supply security?
Free market Vs deregulated options: implications, challenges and benefits
Are current market structures appropriately regulated?
Do current governance arrangements adequately support the pursuit of energy security?

Mr Bill Heaps,

Managing Director,
Strata Energy Consulting Limited

Mr Don Elder,

Chief Executive Officer,
Solid Energy

Mr Mike Underhill,

Chief Executive Officer,
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

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