Climate Change & Business - Program Day One

CONFERENCE 2011

Day 1: Monday 1 August
8:00	Registration & coffee
8:50	Powhiri & official conference opening Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington City Council
9:30	Opening keynote address How the world's largest dairy exporter manages carbon *Andrew Ferrier*, Chief Executive Officer, Fonterra Co-operative Group
	Domestic policy update
9:50	Moderator: Martijn Wilder, Head Global Environmental Markets Practice, Baker & McKenzie New Zealand: The Emissions Trading Scheme: performance & outlook *Hon Dr Nick Smith*, Minister for Climate Change Issues: Speech Australia: Securing a Clean Energy Future: Australia's Climate Change Plan Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change & Energy Efficiency
10:30	Discussion
10:50	Morning tea in the exhibition area
	Primary market issues
11:30	New Zealand Business in 2020 Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive, BusinessNZ and Chair, Ministerial Advisory Group on Green Growth
11:50	Energy markets Session Chair: Jo Hume, Investment Analyst, CVC Managers Ltd Review of delivered energy prices, price drivers & forecast demand Implications for technology, renewables, distributed generation & demand side management Australia & New Zealand: *Dennis Barnes*, Chief Executive, Contact Energy Asia: *Gwen Andrews*, Vice President Power & Environment Policies Asia & Oceania, Alstom Power Systems
12:50	Lunch in the exhibition area
1:50	Carbon and the land based economy Session Chair: Wayne McNee, Director General, NZ Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Harry Clark, Director, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre Australian Carbon Farming Initiative & land use implications for Australia: Maya Stuart-Fox, Assistant Secretary, Carbon Farming Policy Branch, Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency NZ ETS & Land use implications for New Zealand: *Suzi Kerr*, Senior Fellow, Motu Economic & Public Policy Research
3:10	Afternoon tea in the exhibition area
3:40	The New Zealand ETS: the 5 big issues and implications for Australia Panel discussion Moderator: Simon Watt, Partner, Bell Gully Panel members: Manufacturing: *Hans Buwalda*, Environment Health & Safety Manager, Fletcher Building Trade exposed: *Ray Deacon*, Director, NZ Aluminium Smelters Transport Fuels: *Sharon Buckland*, Policy Government & Public Affairs Manager, Chevron NZ Corporate Forestry: *Greg Adlam*, Chief Executive Officer, CO2 NZ Finance: *Duncan Southwell*, BNZ Client Solutions & Advisory
5:20	Closing Remarks from Host: Colin James, Political Journalist & Analyst
5:30	Networking Drinks
7:00	Conference Dinner – Banquet Hall, Parliament Buildings MC: Vicki Treadell, British High Commissioner, Wellington Dinner speaker: Sir Richard Lambert, Former Director, Confederation of British Industry and UK Business Ambassador

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