Workshops Session Videos

 

 

 

 

Pre-Expo workshop: Background briefing on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), policy and market developments
This workshop is designed to provide participants with an introduction to the carbon market, including:
Chair: Brett Janissen, Executive Director, AETF
Brett Janissen, Executive Director, AETF – Fundamentals of emissions trading and the CPRS
Geoff Leeper, Deputy Secretary, Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority (ACCRA) Group, Australian Government Department of Climate Change
Ilona Millar, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie – Background to lead up to Copenhagen – what’s on the table?
Richard Doyle, Division Director, Macquarie Bank – Finance market issues for the Australian CPRS – Observations regarding how business needs to engage with this evolving market in the lead-up to Copenhagen

 

 

 

 

Pre-Expo Workshop: The Clean Development Mechanism and The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
In the lead-up to the CPRS this workshop provides an in depth overview of the rules governing the Clean Development Mechanism and the Creation and sale of CERs (by Baker & McKenzie) and on accessing the CER market and structuring CDM deals (by
Macquarie Bank)

This will be followed by a roundtable discussion involving experienced participants in the CDM market who will share their
experiences:

Chair: Martijn Wilder, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Richard Doyle, Division Director, Macquarie Bank
Sudipta Das, Global Lead Partner, CDM, Ernst & Young, India
Michael Wiener, Director Operations, Perenia
Arek Sinanian, National Technical Executive, Climate Change, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Garth Taylor, Trade Commissioner for ASEAN, Austrade, Kuala Lumpur

 

 

Australia’s National Authority for the CDM and JI and the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units (ANREU) -
an information session hosted by the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change

The information session will explain the National Authority’s role in approving participation in CDM and JI projects as well as the operation of the ANREU
Karen Gould - Director, International Emissions Trading Section, Department of Climate Change
Nick Linacre - Director , Carbon Market Operations Section, Department of Climate Change
Angela Hudson - Assistant Director, Allocations Section, Department of Climate Change

 

WS1.1
Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)

Australia’s CPRS – a practical look at assessing carbon footprint and managing emissions reduction liabilities
Chair: Lorraine Stephenson, Oceania Climate Change Leader, Ernst & Young
Richard Doyle, Division Director, Macquarie Bank
Damien Lockie, Faculty of Law, Bond University
Dan O’Sullivan, Manager, Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development & Innovation
Anne Casamento, Manager - Carbon Market

 

WS1.2
‘Global green new deal’- opportunities and risks for investors

Climate change opportunities and risks for investors - tackling climate change and rebuilding economies with targeted investment
Chair: Fiona Wain, CEO, Environment Business Australia
Geoff Sinclair, Global Head of Carbon Sales & Trading, Standard Bank
David Tow, CEO, Perenia
Julian Poulter, Business Director, The Climate Institute
Peter O’Meara, Managing Director, Carbon Alliance
Bo Nilsson, Manager, ABB

WS1.3
Removing legacy carbon from the atmosphere
Part 1 - Forest establishment & avoided deforestation
Chair: Andrew Grant, Managing Director, CO2 Australia
Rodrigo Sales, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr David Brand, Managing Director, New Forests
Peter Balsarini, CEO, Carbon Conscious
Peter Cosier, Executive Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Jason Howes, Associate Director, Macquarie Capital

 

WS2.1
Clean Development Mechanism

Generating & managing CDM compliance offsets under the CPRS
Chair: Martijn Wilder, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Sudipta Das, Global Lead Partner, CDM, Ernst & Young, India – CDM project developer perspective
John Marlow, Global Head of Environmental Financial Products, Macquarie Bank, London 
Noel Peters, Climate Change Manager, Australia & New Zealand, DNV Climate Change Services

 

WS2.2
Carbon market infrastructure

In developing carbon markets trading must be supported by infrastructure including registers, trading platforms, exchanges and brokers
Chair: Ken Edwards, Founder, Nextgen
David Krsevan, Manager, Energy & Environmental Markets, Australian Securities Exchange
Patrick Birley, CEO, European Climate Exchange, London
Alexa Paton, Evolution Markets, London
Vincent Cornes, CEO, Envex Philippe Chauvancy, Sales Director, BlueNext, France
Sascha Bloemhoff, Commercial Director, Climex, Amsterdam
Philippe Chauvancy, Sales Director, BlueNext, France

 

WS2.3
Removing legacy carbon from the atmosphere

Part 2 - Soil carbon and biosequestration Negotiating a broader inclusion of soil and
biosequestration of carbon in international mechanisms and trading schemes

Chair: John White, Executive Director, Ignite Energy Resources
Tony Lovell, CEO, Soil Carbon (rangeland management)
Professor Leigh Sullivan, Director, Plantstone (phyto silica carbon)
Dr Brian Keating, Director, CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship, CSIRO (landscape carbon)
John Ridley, CEO, Ocean Nourishment (ocean sinks)

 

WS3.1
Cleaner fossil fuels

Cleaning up the abundant supply – the latest technologies; and how carbon markets will drive investment in cleaner fossil fuel projects
Chair: Vanessa Guthrie, Vice President - Sustainable Development, Woodside
Andreas Walewski, Director (Corporate), Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers (coal gasifi cation technology)
Tony St Clair, Agri Business Manager, MBD Energy (carbon capture and biomimicry storage)
Peter Hanley, Division Director, Macquarie Capital
Andrew Beatty, Partner, Baker and McKenzie
Martin Oettinger, Process Manager, ZeroGen
Stuart Booker, Assistant Under Treasurer, Commercial Division, Queensland Department of Treasury

 

 

WS3.2
The voluntary market

Experiences from market players – the future of the voluntary market after the introduction of the CPRS; how will voluntary markets operate within the context of developing compliance markets?
Chair: Corinne Boone, Managing Director, Environment & Community Interface, HATCH, Canada
Jochen Gassner, Director Climate Neutral, First Climate Group, Germany
David Sag, Founder & Executive Director, Carbon Planet
Freddy Sharpe, CEO, Climate Friendly
Ann Smith, GM Technical, carboNZero, New Zealand
Adrian Ward, Senior Manager, Carbon and Renewable Advice & Trading, Ecofund Queensland

 

 

WS3.3
Energy efficiency

The environmental and economic benefi ts from systemic energy effi ciency; what are the
opportunities and limitations for investment in energy effi ciency within the context of developing carbon markets?

Chair: Darren Bilsborough, Director Sustainability, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Jon Jutsen, Founder, Energetics
Peter Dormand, City Energy & Resource Manager, Newcastle City Council
Peter James, ESD Manager, Arup
Brendan Bateman, Partner, Clayton Utz