PROGRAM & SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS

 

Day 3: Thursday August 12

9:00	International Policy: What’s working? Session Chair: Erwin Jackson, Deputy CEO, The Climate Institute The power of complementary measures: policies beyond carbon pricing that are driving significant emissions reductions Professor Ralph Sims,Director, Centre for Energy Research,Massey University NZ China: low carbon domestic policy progress –opportunities for Australian & New Zealand business Robert Hansor, Director Climate Change & CSR Asia, Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Developments in North American climate change policy Elizabeth Zelljadt,Senior Analyst, Point Carbon Thomson Reuters North America After Copenhagen what relevance do the international climate negotiations now have for Australia, New Zealand and their major Asia Pacific trading partners? Anthony Hobley, Partner and Head Global Climate Change and Carbon Finance, Norton Rose & Board Member, Carbon Markets & Investors Association
10:30	Morning Tea
	Stream 1: CARBON MARKETS	Stream 2: BUSINESS CASE FOR ACTION
11:00	Pricing carbon Session Chair: Jennifer Lauber Patterson, Head Environmental Treasury Solutions, National Australia Bank International & domestic carbon market status Michael Wiener, Director of Operations, Perenia Carbon Maintaining carbon market confidence & reputation Alastair Cameron, Senior Associate, Buddle Findlay Domestic scheme price controls & interaction with international markets Nigel Brunel,Head of Futures, Equities & Carbon, OMFinancial Carbon market governance – ensuring transparency for future adaptation, REDD & CDM spending Paul Curnow, Partner, Baker & McKenzie & Chair Australia –NZ Working Group, Carbon Markets & Investors Association	Cleantech rising stars Session Chair: Dr Marc Newson, Oceania Cleantech Leader, Ernst & Young   Where are the funding challenges Commercialisation progress Addressing market barriers Technology panellists -       GRANEX TM: Utilising low-to-medium grade heat resources for power generation – recovered waste, geothermal and solar thermal heat Stephen de Belle, Managing Director, Granite Power -       Algae: flue gas capture project updates Tony St Clair, Agri Business Manager, MBD Energy Ltd -       Smart grid: local and international trial results Tim Rourke, CEO, GE Energy Australia & New Zealand -       Solar thermal: linear fresnel reflector project plans for Australia Phil Hayes-St Clair, General Manager Corporate Affairs, Transfield Holdings
12:30	Lunch
1:30	NZ ETS Implementation experiences Session Chair: Stuart Frazer, Director, Frazer Lindstrom   Industry allowance allocation rules Stuart Calman, Director, Climate & Risk, Policy Division, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand Market establishment – who is trading, managing the supply/demand balance Geoff Rousel, Global Head Commodities, Carbon & Energy Trading, Westpac Insitutional Bank Industry response Forestry industry case study Peter Weir, Environment Manager, Ernslaw One Ltd & Chair, Environment Committee, New Zealand Forestry Owner’s Association Broader business perspectives John Carnegie, Manager - Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, Business NZ	The case for energy efficiency Session Chair: Rob Murray-Leach, CEO, Energy Efficiency Council   Acting on energy efficiency Patrick Denvir, Principal Consultant, Energetics The Australian Carbon Trust’s partnership approach: getting the incentives right Cath Bremner, Chief Operating Officer, Australian Carbon Trust Case study: 530 Collins St, Melbourne  Delivering energy conservation via an energy performance contract for a 20 year old commercial office retrofit Solution provider: Simon James, General Manager Energy & Environment, Honeywell Building Solutions, South Asia Pacific  Building owner: Bruce Precious, Office & Industrial Sustainability Manager, General Property Trust

3:00	Afternoon Tea
3:30	Voluntary carbon action Session Chair: Dave Sag, Founder & Executive Director, Carbon Planet The future of voluntary carbon reporting Professor Ann Smith, General Manager Technical, carboNZero programme Domestic offset market trends & predictions Joel Fleming, Founding Chairman, Climate Friendly Australian National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) implementation update Tas Sakellaris, Assistant Secretary, Land & Markets, Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency Case study NAB’s approach to delivering carbon neutrality: opportunities & challenges Rosemary Bissett, Head of Sustainability Governance & Risk and Alison Read, Associate Director, Environmental Finance Solutions, National Australia Bank Bissett/Read presentation	Land use Session Chair: David Eyre, Senior Policy Manager, NSW Farmers Federation On-farm emissions management issues and strategies Clayton Wallwork,Trustee, Carbon Farming Group, New Zealand  Soil carbon; can it deliver? Mark Dangerfield, Technical Director, Green Collar Climate Solutions Forestry: getting the incentives right Peter Clark, Chief Executive Officer, PF Olsen Valuing land based carbon & water rights Graham Jennings, Chief Executive Commercial & Agribusiness, Westpac
5:00	Closing Remarks Rod Oram, Business journalist Release of Conference Communiqué
5:30	Close