Plenary Session Videos

 

 

 

Welcome and introduction
Moderator – Tony Jones
Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Robert Purves, Chairman Environment Business Australia
Dr Tony Beck, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Emissions Trading Forum
Matthew Skoien, Senior Director, Queensland Government Office of Climate Change
Councillor Ron Clarke MBE, Gold Coast City Council Mayor

Opening Plenary

The Hon Greg Combet AM MP, Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change
Vote of thanks – Oliver Yates, Head of Climate Change Practice, Macquarie Capital

State of the world in the face of climate change
Overview of international policy settings & options and how these have & will impact the development and interaction of carbon markets in different geographies
Moderator – Tony Jones
Dirk Forrister,
Managing Director, Advisory and Research Services, Natsource, USA
Robert Hill,
Chair, Australian Carbon Trust; former Australian Environment Minister; former Australian Ambassador to the UN
His Excellency Mr Fernando de Mello Barreto,
Brazilian Ambassador to Australia
Patrick Birley,
CEO, European Climate Exchange London
Sudipta Das,
Global Lead Partner, CDM, Ernst & Young, India

 

Overview of global carbon markets
What is the state of international carbon markets, including in the context of the global financial crisis? What are the market implications of the developing international framework for a post-Kyoto regime?

Moderator – Tony Jones
John Marlow, Global Head of Environmental Financial Products, Macquarie Bank, London
Seb Henbest, Manager, Australia, New Energy Finance
Geoff Pollard, Book Leader, Emissions & Power, BP Singapore
Philippe Chauvancy, Sales Director, BlueNext, France
Patrick Birley, CEO, European Climate Exchange, London
Helen Robinson, Chief Executive, Markit Environmental Registry, New York

 

The Copenhagen COP - Measures of success
What will success at Copenhagen look like? Why does Copenhagen matter & what does it mean for markets going forward?
Moderator – Tony Jones
Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute
Richard Gibbs, Head of Economics Research, Macquarie Securities
David McInnes, Group Manager, Environment & Climate Change, Linfox
Martijn Wilder, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
William Pazos, Global Head Carbon Origination & Finance, Standard Bank, Singapore
Robert Purves, Chairman Environment Business Australia, member of the Copenhagen Climate Council

 

Australian and international business leaders – business action on climate change and the carbon market
Identifying and managing business risks, liabilities and opportunities in an evolving regulatory landscape
Moderator – Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Austrade
David McInnes, Group Manager Enviroment and Climate Change, Linfox
Corinne Boone, Managing Director, Environment & Community Interface, HATCH, Canada
Antony Cohen, CFO, Better Place (electric vehicle and transportation)
Dr Martin Blake, Head of Sustainability, Royal Mail Group, London

Guest Plenary
Great minds at large ... When will policy, markets and commercial opportunities converge?
Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Austrade
Robert Hill, Chair, Australian Carbon Trust; former Australian Environment Minister; former Australian Ambassador to the UN

Australians in the carbon market
The perspectives of Australian expats working in global carbon markets of carbon market developments & trends and the global financial situation
Moderator - Martijn Wilder, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
John Marlow, Global Head Environmental Financial Products, Macquarie Bank, London
Mina Guli, Vice Chairman, Peony Capital, Beijing
Geoff Sinclair, Global Head of Carbon Sales & Trading, Standard Bank, London
Cameron Kelly, Former Legal Counsel, One Carbon, The Netherlands
Bridget McIntosh, Managing Director, Carbon Bridge, Singapore

 

Impediments and enablers to accelerating commercialisation
Role of carbon markets vs leveraging public sector finance to accelarate commercialisation of low emission technologies; how to deliver shared infrastructure and who pays; factors infl uencing bankability of projects
Moderator - Susie Smith, Principal Sustainability Advisor, Santos
Richard Featherby, Executive Director, Project Finance Advisory, Ernst & Young
Greg Allen, COO, Carnegie Corporation (marine energy)
Alistair Webb, Commercial Manager, Geodynamics (Geothermal energy)
Stephen Gale, Regional Director, Climate Change Initiatives, HATCH
Fiona Wain, CEO, Environment Business Australia
Closing Plenary
Including the presentation of three individual awards for the biggest, boldest & most exciting ideas to emerge from the 2009 Carbon Market Expo – to take to market towards Copenhagen and beyond