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2009 Conference Program Details
Carbon TradeEx America proudly presented the leading Carbon conference program in North America. The three conference tracks “Policy Forum - Market Insights - Emerging Opportunities” consisted of 25 sessions and 110 senior level speakers. The program was designed to bridge aspects of climate, energy, and economic policies at domestic and international levels.
April 7th, 2009: The Emerging Market for Carbon in the United States
KEYNOTE
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Keynote | 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote address from Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality | | Speaker Confirmed: - Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
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PLENARY SESSIONS
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Plenary 1 (following opening keynote) | 9:00 - 10:30 | Our Climate, Our Economy: prospects for a green recovery | Our Climate, Our Economy: prospects for a green recovery
Further Readings: National Journal Energy & Environment Connecting climate change and economic recovery Hearing Before The Commission On Security And Cooperation In Europe: “Green And Mean: Can The U.S. Economy Be Both Climate-Friendly And Competitive?” Cap and Trade's Economic Impact A New Era of Responsibility Renewing America’s Promise American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A U.S. Innovation Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation How Energy Efficiency Can Ensure the Green Recovery Will Leave No One Behind Not Sky-high The Green Collar Economy How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems A Green Global Recovery? Assessing US Economic Stimulus and the Prospects for International Coordination Green and Mean: Can the New US Economy be both Climate-Friendly and Competitive? Is a Green Recovery Possible? The Economic Costs of a Market-based Climate Policy A Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy Competitiveness and Climate Policy: Avoiding Leakage of Jobs and Emissions | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Abyd Karmali, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Managing Director
- Alison Taylor, The Siemens Corporation, Director, Government Affairs-Environment
- Branko Terzic, Deloitte Services LP, Regulatory Policy Leader – Energy & Resources
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| Plenary 2 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Getting the Details Right: elements of an effective, efficient, and sound U.S. carbon market. | Possible pathways to regulation and oversight of the American carbon market.
Further Readings: Carbon Market Conundrum: How To Build a Better Safety ValveWhy tax is still a four-letter wordThe Debate Zone: Carbon Tax V. Cap and TradeGregg Easterbrook's Website Economic Stimulus: The Case for “Green” Infrastructure, Energy Security and “Green” Jobs Investing in Climate Change 2009Global Climate Change Regulation Policy Developments: July 2008- February 2009Getting Back to Basics: Why Nuisance Claims Are of Limited Value in Shifting the Costs of Climate ChangeGlobal Warming: The Ultimate Public Nuisance | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - William A. Pizer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Environment, US Treasury Department
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POLICY FORUMS
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Session P-1 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Future directions for U.S. energy and climate policy. | The right energy policy mix for a carbon-constrained economy.
Further Readings: The Green Energy Economy: What it will take to get there (03/20/09, Energy Issue Cover Story) U.S. News Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Energy Policy (03/19/09) Gauging the Prospects for Nuclear Power in the Obama Era (03/27/09) Lessons Learned from the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Debate (03/16/09) Captain of the Green Team: Returning to government as the first White House czar Power Player - An article from the National Journal 1/31/09 by Margaret Kitz Time to re-engage - The re-engagement of the US is vital Waxman-Markey bill welcomed by US market New US bill aims to fix carbon price path National Journal Energy and Environment Blog In Search of the Climate's Tipping Point The Climate of Opinion: State Views on Climate Change and Policy Options A U.S. Innovation Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means Hearings on Policy Options to Prevent Climate ChangeUsing Economics to Fuel Responsible Energy Consumption Decisions | Speakers Confirmed To Date: |
| Session P-2 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Breaking Boundaries: perspectives on regional carbon markets. | Progress to date with regional carbon market policies, and prospects for national integration.
Further Readings: The Complexities Of Carbon Cap-And-Trade Policies: Early Lessons From The States Designing A Cap-And-Trade Program For The Midwest Climate Change 101-State Action Learning from State Action on Climate Change Toward A Constructive Dialogue On Federal And State Roles In U.S. Climate Change Policy Federalism in the Greenhouse Defining a Role for States in a Federal Cap-and-Trade Program Climate Policy In The State LaboratoryLegal challenge unlikely to halt RGGI – expertsWashington state’s WCI participation in questionWhy tax is still a four-letter word | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Franz Litz, World Resources Institute, Senior Fellow
- Patrick Hogan, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Regional Policy Coordinator
- Brian Turner, California Air Resources Board, Assistant Executive Officer for Federal Climate Policy
- Brian Prusnek, Climate Change Capital, Vice President - Strategic Policy Group
Session Chair
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| Session P-3 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | "C" Change?: Prospects for Climate Legislation in the 111th | A discussion of current legislative proposals and possible outcomes.
Further Readings: House Climate Bill Aims to Please Environmental and Business Interests National Journal Energy & Environment Blog A Cap And Trade Calamity? In Search of the Climate's Tipping Point The Climate of Opinion: State Views on Climate Change and Policy Options The United States Needs a Tougher Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for 2020 Economy-wide Cap-and-Trade Proposals in the 110th Congress House Climate Bill Aims to Please Environmental and Business Interests | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Debbie Boger, World Resources Institute, Director of U.S. Climate Policy
- Bryan K. Mignone, The Brookings Institution, Director of Research, Energy Security Initiative
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| Session P-4 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | What Role for Offsets? | Experts examine the potential fit of offsets within emerging carbon regimes in the U.S.
Further Readings: Ensuring Offset Quality white paper Getting Credit for Going Green Greenhouse Gas Offsets in a Domestic Cap-and-Trade Program Outside the Cap: Opportunities and Limitations of Greenhouse Gas Offsets
| Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Graeme Martin, Shell Energy North America, Manager of Business Development, Environmental Products
- Timothy Juliani, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Senior Markets & Business Fellow
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MARKET INSIGHTS
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Session M-1 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Scaling Carbon Finance: What Next? | The state-of-the art in carbon finance, and where the market is headed.
Climate’s Impact on Securities Disclosures | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Chris Cundy, Environmental Finance, Deputy Editor
Session Chair
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| Session M-2 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Carbon Trading; Tools & Techniques for Success | The emerging interaction between carbon and other energy commodities, and the role of exchanges in the market.
Advance notes from Mr. Walsh click here to download
Background materials from Mr. LaRosaclick here to download | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Michael Walsh, Chicago Climate Exchange, Executive Vice President
- Mike Ferguson, Spectron Environmental, Senior Vice President - Environmental Products
- Christine Cordner, Platts Emissions Daily, Senior Editor--US Carbon Markets
Session Chair
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| Session M-3 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | The Green Collar Economy: Can climate and energy policies create 5 million jobs? | Climate policy as a spur to job creation.
Further Readings: The Truth About All Those Green Jobs (03/25/09, Liz Wolgemuth, Energy Issue) Defining the climate opportunity Manufacturing Climate Solutions Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment Green Recovery: A program to Create God Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Econmoy The Green Collar Economy How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Memo To Candidates: Green-Collar Jobs Means Standing Up for People and the Planet A Green Global Recovery? Assessing US Economic Stimulus and the Prospects for International Coordination Creating Jobs With Climate Solutions: How Agriculture And Forestry Can Help Lower Costs In A Low-Carbon Economy Another Way to Keep Good Jobs at Home: Cap Emissions!Defining the climate opportunity Economic Stimulus: The Case for “Green” Infrastructure, Energy Security and “Green” Jobs Investing in Climate Change 2009Global Climate Change Regulation Policy Developments: July 2008- February 2009 | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Anne Kelly, CERES, Director of Governance Programs
- Marcy Lowe, Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness, Research Associate
- Kate Krebs, The Climate Group, Director of Sustainable Resources
Session Chair
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| Session M-4 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Competitive Climate Strategy: Harnessing the carbon market for business advantage | Profiting from corporate participation in the carbon market.
Further Readings: Climate Business Business Climate Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Winners And Losers_In A Carbon Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy For U.S. Foreign Policy Business strategies for climate change Perspectives on Corporate Finance and Strategy Climate change and supply chain management Adapting to climate Change: A Business Approach Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change Adapting to Climate Change: A New Frontier for Business A business path to BaliConsumption, Happiness, and Climate Change | Speakers Confirmed To Date: |
EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES
| SESSION | Time | Title | Description | Speakers |
| Session EO-1 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Commercializing Carbon Capture and Storage Technology | Challenges facing wide-spread deployment of CCS, and the potential contribution of the carbon market.
Further Readings: Why Clean Coal Is Years Away (03/17/09, Energy Issue) Stimulus Debate Could Clarify How Much Obama Supports Clean Coal (01/09/09) What is carbon capture and storage? Development of a Policy Framework For CO2 Carbon Capture and Storage in the States Coal Initiative Report: State Options for Low-Carbon Coal Policy Coal Initiative Report: A Trust Fund Approach to Accelerating Deployment of CCS: Options and Consideration Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage Capturing King Coal Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale Liability And Financial Responsibility Frameworks For Carbon Capture And Sequestration Carbon Capture and Storage: Assessing the Economics Carbon Capture and Storage | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Jon Sohn, Climate Change Capital, Vice President, US Market Development
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| Session EO-2 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Taking Credit: deriving carbon value from green building strategies. | A look at the relationship between green building investments and the carbon market. | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Sally Wilson, CBRE, Senior Vice President - Global Director of Environmental Strategy
- Andre de Fontaine, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Markets and Business Strategy Fellow
- Robert Watson Chairman, CEO & Chief Scientist, EcoTech International
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| Session EO-3 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Farmers, Foresters and the Carbon Market: capitalizing on "growth" opportunities. | Reaping benefits from the switch to a low-carbon economy through biofuels, forestry, and agricultural carbon offsetting strategies.
Further Readings: Agriculture’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Agricultural and Forestlands: U.S. Carbon Policy Strategies Why Climate Change is Transforming the Forest Products Business Creating Jobs With Climate Solutions: How Agriculture And Forestry Can Help Lower Costs In A Low-Carbon EconomyCorn Futures: Consumer Politics, Health, and Climate Change | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Sally Collins, USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, Director
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| Session EO-4 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Got Renewables?: The role of solar and wind energy and prospects for a US National Grid. | Emerging wind and solar technologies and the financing, infrastructure and policies needed to bring them to the grid
Further Readings: Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts To Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens Wired for Progress 2.0 - Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid Harnessing Nature's Power Deploying And Financing On-Site Renewable Energy McKinsey on Electric Power and natural Gas Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts To Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid | Speakers Confirmed To Date: |
April 8th, 2009: The Emerging Market for Carbon in the United States
PLENARY SESSIONS
POLICY FORUMS
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Session P-5 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The US and China: towards low-carbon economies. | Outlining scenarios for cooperation between the US and China on climate and energy related policies, including technology transfer and intellectual property rights.
To view Mr. Gerald Page's PowerPoint background presentation, click here
Further Readings: China, US eye border carbon tax China’s Clean Revolution A Roadmap for U.S. - China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change Roadmap for a U.S.-China Partnership on Climate Change Chin's green revolution Revised Emissions Growth Projections for China: Why Post-Kyoto Climate Policy Must Look East Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change China’s Balancing Act: Economic Growth, Climate Change And The Environment Preventing The Tragedy Of The Co2 Commons Leveling the Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and US Climate Policy Design Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Coal?China’s Booming Energy Efficiency Industry China, US eye border carbon tax China: Stimulus Package Carbon Markets and “the future of wind in China” from Equinox | Additional Further Readings:
China’s Energy Security and the Climate Change ConundrumPublic Participation with Chinese CharacteristicsChina: Climate Change Superpower and the Clean Technology Revolution
Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Robert Jones, Beijing American Chamber of Commerce Clean Tech Forum, Chair
- Jing Su, American Council on Renewable Energy, US-China Program Director
- Margret Kim, California Air Resources Board, Senior International Climate Policy Advisor & China Program Director
Session Chair
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| Session P-6 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Creating a Pan-American Carbon Market. | The benefits and challenges of linking Americas carbon markets.
Further Readings: North America Climate Change Action by State and ProvinceThe path to US participation | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Steve Schleimer, Barclays Capital, Director of Energy & Environmental Regulation
- Gray Taylor, Bennett Jones LLC, Chair, Climate Change & Emissions Trading Group and Corporate Law Partner
Session Chair
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| Session P-7 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2013: Architectures for a Global Carbon Market | Institutional options for the post-2012 carbon markets.
Further Readings: Designing the Post-Kyoto Climate Regime: Lessons from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Breaking the Climate Deadlock A Global Deal for Our Low-Carbon Future Architecture of a Global Climate Change Agreement Breaking the Climate Deadlock: The Briefing Papers Towards a Global Compact for Managing Climate Change Policies for Developing Country Engagement Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: a Political AnalysisLinkage of Tradable Permit Systems in International Climate Policy Architecture Building On Kyoto: Towards A Realistic Global Climate Agreement Leveling the Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and US Climate Policy Design Hearings on Policy Options to Prevent Climate Change Climate Change: Competitiveness Concerns and Prospects for Engaging Developing Countries Measurement, Reporting And Verification In A Post-2012 Climate AgreementThe Clear Path: Rewarding Early Actions By Emerging Economies To Limit Carbon Principles for a Post-2012 International Climate Change AgreementSpeakers Confirmed To Date: - Janet Peace, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Vice President
- Michael Wara, Stanford University, Assistant Professor, Stanford Law School Faculty Fellow, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
- Jill Duggan, DEFRA, Head of International Emissions Trading
- David Monsma, The Aspen Institute, Executive Director, Energy and Environment Program
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MARKET INSIGHTSM
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Session M-5 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Cracking the code: breaking down barriers to investment in the US low-carbon economy. | What is needed to unlock investment in low-carbon technologies?
Further Readings: Carbon capture and storage investment updateInstitutional investors warm to clean energyInstitutional investors warm to clean energyMeeting Obama’s Standards: US Climate/Energy Bill Takes ShapeWaxman-Markey Proposal: Ambitious but with Concessions | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Michael Schwartz, Duke Energy, Senior Vice President, Commercial Policy & Strategic Initiatives
- Milo Sjardin, New Carbon Finance, North America Head
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| Session M-6 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | The Evolving Offset Market: Maximizing Current and Prospective Opportunities. | The value and function of international offsets in the US market ahead of, and beyond, 2012.
Further Readings: Corralling the cowboys | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Martin Berg, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Vice President, Carbon Emissions
- Cizuca Seki, First Climate, Manager, Program Orientation
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| Session M-7 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | The EU ETS: separating myth from reality | Trading and carbon credit acquisition strategies for Phase 3 of the EU ETS, including market strategies of the power sector.
Further Readings: Emissions Trading in the European Union: Its Brief History The European Union’s Emissions Trading System in perspective USCAP Blueprint For Legislative Action, Eu Emissions Trading System Side-By-Side Clearing the air on EU’s carbon marketYear of the bear | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Mark C. Lewis, Deutsche Bank, Managing Director, Commodities Research
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EMERGING OPPPORTUNITIES
| SESSION | TIME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKERS |
| Session EO-5 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | International Forestry and Carbon | The role of forestry offsets in the context of international climate policy.
Further Readings: International Forest Carbon in Congress: A Survey of Key Congressional Staff Conserving the Climate: Scalining-up Global Markets for Forest Carbon Climate Change: Financing Global Forests Beyond Carbon Financing: the role of sustainable development policies and measures in redd How to Include Terrestrial Carbon in Developing Nations in the Overall Climate Change Solution Trees In The Greenhouse Why Climate Change Is Transforming The Forest Products Business Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in non Annex 1 countries The Forest Carbon Dialogue | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Bruce Braine, American Electric PowerVice President, Strategic Policy Analysis
- Anna Lehmann, Sindicatum Carbon Capital Ltd. Senior Climate Change Officer
- Jeff Horowitz, Avoided Deforestation Partners, Founder
Session Chair
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| Session EO-6 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Smart Tech: using information technology to enable the low carbon economy | Scaling, and financing, GHG emissions reductions through ICT solutions.
Further Readings: The Internet's Hidden Energy Hogs: Data Servers (03/24/09, Enery Issue) SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age: United States Report Addendum How IT can Cut carbon emissions Data centers: How to cut carbon emissions and costs A smarter shade of Green | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Stephen Harper, Intel Corporation, Global Director Environment and Energy Policy
- Kathleen Hogan, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, US EPA, Director
Session Chair
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| Session EO-7 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Certification Standards and Payments for Ecosystem Services. | Harnessing the financial markets to conserve biodiversity and promote climate objectives.
Further Readings: Guidelines for Identifying Business Risksand Opportunities Arising from Ecosystem Change Ecosystem Services: A guide for decision makers | Speakers Confirmed To Date: - Joanna Durbin, The Climate Community & Biodiversity Alliance Director
- Steve Ruddell, WWFUS, Director of Forest Carbon Projects & Standards
- Roger Sedjo, Forest Economics and Policy Program, Resources for the Future, Senior Fellow and Director
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