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EMS Agenda
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
09:00 - 17:00 Introduction to Emissions Trading Workshop
Oak Alley (4th Floor)
New Trading Simulation will be unveiled including CO2, SO2 and NOx trading! This workshop is the course for professionals who need to understand the fundamentals of the emissions markets and how they operate. Introduction to Emissions Trading is a constantly changing course that reflects the current state of knowledge in the evolving emissions marketplace. It requires no prior trading knowledge. This workshop will give you the knowledge and experience you need to succeed in today's growing emissions markets. Places at the workshops are strictly limited to maximize the opportunity for interaction between students and the highly experienced industry-based instructors. Register today to guarantee a place. (Separate Registration)
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception
Lagniappe and Deck, 2nd Floor
Network with other event participants at the opening Welcome Reception at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. This event is included in the event registration fee, but guests will need to be pre-registered to attend.
Monday, April 26, 2010
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast and Conference Registration
Bayside Foyer
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Keynote "The Big Picture"
Bayside ABC
Tom Lewis, CEO, The Green Exchange
09:00 - 09:30 Recipient of the 2010 John H. Dales Memorial Leadership in Environmental Markets Award
Dr. Richard Sandor, Chairman and Founder, Chicago Climate Exchange
09:30 - 10:30 Election Year Cap & Trade Politics: The “Art of the Possible” for Allowance Market Restructuring in 2010
Moderator: Thaddeus Huetteman, Power Energy & Analytic Resources, Inc.
Frank Maisano, Senior Principal, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Mark Wilson, Counsel, International Emissions Trading Association
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 - 12:30 Carbon Markets: A Blueprint for International and
Regional Markets & Eventual Integration
The inter-related dynamics of the climate policy debate and ongoing multilateral negotiations are rapidly changing in 2010. Rather than moving toward global carbon market convergence, as we look forward the incompatibility of various market-based climate regimes appears to be expanding at all levels of government. This panel will discuss the current state and future roadmap prospects for regional and international market integration, and offer insights on the near- and long-term impacts that various policy developments could have on market participants.
Moderator: Cameron Prell, Williams Mullen
Michael Walsh, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange
Jake Colvin, Vice President, Global Trade Issues, National Foreign Trade Council
William Whitesell, Director of Policy Research, Center for Clean Air Policy
Micah Brill, Associate, ICF International
12:30 - 14:00 Luncheon Keynote
Oak Alley (4th Floor)
Andrew Ertel, President and Chief Executive, Evolution Markets
14:00 - 15:30 GHG and Environmental Market Risk Management Strategies
Bayside ABC
This session will address risks associated with not getting a greenhouse gas rule in place, revised OTC oversight and compliance cost and a Regulatory outlook for environmental markets.
Moderator: Jeff Fort, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Wishart Robson, Nexen
Kedin Kilgore, Barclays Capital
Jonas Monast, Co-Director, Climate Change Policy Partnership, Nicholas Institute, Duke University
15:30 - 16:00 Networking Break
16:00 - 17:30 Renewable Energy Credits/National RPS
This session will provide insights into the renewable energy market and will cover issues of why people buy, market opportunities and state and regional compliance issues.
Moderator: Greg Pool, Wal-Mart
Orrin Cook, Manager, Green-e Marketplace, Center for Resource Solutions
Jay McCall, Vice President, Origination and Trading, 3Degrees
Francis Hodsoll, VP, Engineering and Asset Strategies, Pace Global
Jack Velasquez, Vice President, Environmental Products, Spectron
18:00 - 19:30 Chairman's Reception
The Royal House 441 Royal Street (4 Blocks from Sheraton)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast and Conference Registration
09:00 - 10:30 Track 1: Market Mechanics
Can Cap & Trade Exist Under the Clean Air Act?
Bayside A
Moderator: Allison Wood, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Doug Austin, Government Affairs Manager, Institute for Clean Air Companies
Bruce Braine, Vice President, AEP
Kyle Danish, Attorney, Van Ness Feldman
09:00 - 10:30 Track 2: Emerging Markets
Offsets
Bayside BC
Pending legislation in the U.S. contemplates as many as two billion tons of annual offset credits, roughly split between international and domestic offsets. Offsets that are counted are described in the protocol for the specific offset program. The offsets must be credible to the offsets markets. This session discusses challenges of creating offset markets, including defining protocols and measuring GHG emissions.
Moderator: David “Max” Williamson, Andrews Kurth
David Antonioli, CEO, VCS Association (invited)
Harold Buchanan, Managing Partner, CE2 Capital
Carrie Lee, Stockholm Environment Institute
Mark Perlis, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 - 12:30 Track 1: Markets Mechanics
Corporate Strategic Approaches to the Next Decade
Bayside A
Moderator: Gary Payne, Dominion
Brent Dorsey, Entergy (invited)
Jeff Shumaker, International Paper
Scott Weaver, Manager, Strategic Policy Analysis, American Electric Power
11:00 - 12:30 Track 2: Emerging Markets
Forestry
Bayside BC
Current emissions standards and protocols may not fully reward forest owners for preserving existing forests. This session discusses standards for crediting carbon in existing forests, incentives for project development and the need to attract privately-funded emission reduction projects
Moderator: Eron Bloomgarden, President, Environmental Markets, Equator
Marisa Meizlish, Director, New Forest Advisory
Nick Martin, Chief Technology Officer, American Carbon Registry
Sarah Mack, President, Tierra Resources LLC
Scott Deatherage, Partner, Environmental Law Section, Thompson & Knight
12:30 - 14:00 Luncheon Keynote: Harnessing Environmental Markets to Restore the
Louisiana Coastline
Oak Alley
Louisiana’s coastal wetlands provide critical ecosystem services to the State including protection from dangerous storm surges. This luncheon keynote will examine how the State of Louisiana’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) is utilizing environmental markets to assist in its efforts to restore this critical coastline.
Steve Mathies, Executive Director, Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration
14:00 - 15:30 Energy Efficiencies: How or will this play in the market?
Bayside A
Moderator: Gary Helm, Conectiv Energy
Brian Jones, MJ Bradley & Associates
Bill Orthwein, Department of Energy
Austin Whitman, Climate Change Capital
Alex Hernandez, Managing Partner, Carbon Solutions America
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