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updated February 14, 2003

EMA International Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Trading Conference
March 2-4, 2003
Sheraton Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Preliminary Program

* Speakers and topics subject to change
Sunday, March 2, 2003
8:30 am – 7:00 pm Registration Open
9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET 101-Introduction to Emissions Trading (pre-conference workshop, separate registration required))
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception

Monday, March 3, 2003
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am Opening and Welcome
  • Dan Chartier, President, Emissions Marketing Association
  • Peter Zapfel, European Commission
9:30 am – 10:30 am Industry Case Studies (Experience to date on inventories, measurement protocols, costs of managing ghg issue, organizational issues, etc.)
  • Jean Claude Steffens, Tractebel SA
  • Garth Edward, Shell Trading
  • Bruno Vanderborght, Holcim
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Accession Countries Activities (speaker names pending)
  • Ivan Mojik, Head, Department of Air Protection, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia
  • Ellina Levina, Consultant, Center for Clean Air Policy
  • Robert Chatham, Director - Environmental Health & Safety, PSEG Global Inc.
  • Paul Bodnar, Partner, Vertis Environmental Finance (Hungary)
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Perspectives from the NGO Community
  • Stephan Singer, WWF
  • Christoph Bals, German Watch
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm Market Expectations for GHGs
  • Abyd Karmali, Vice President, ICF Consulting
  • Atle Christiansen, Partner, Point Carbon
  • Jonathon Pershing, International Energy Agency (IEA)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Implementing the Proposed EU Emissions Trading Directive / Linking Markets
Moderator - John Molloy, TFS Environmental Services
  • Daniel Radov, NERA
  • Jaap C. Jansen, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
  • Dirk Forrister, Natsource-Tullet
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception

Tuesday, March 4, 2003
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:15 am Russia & Ukraine – Update on Current Activities
Moderator – John Palmisano, Eco-Energo Trade
  • Vslevolod Gavrilov, Ministry of Economy for the Russian Federation
  • V. Shevchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety, Ukraine - Invited
  • John Palmisano, Eco-Energo Trade, Report on EMA Cooperative Agreement
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 am Where Are We Going?
  • Nigel Baker, Swiss Re (Insurance Industry Perspective)
  • James Cameron, Baker & McKenzie, (Legal Industry Perspective)
  • Rob Bradley, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe (NGO Perspective)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm Business Opportunities & Implementation Part I
  • Jos Cozijnsen, ECOFYS
  • Jan-Willem Van De Ven, Essent
1:40 pm – 3:00 pm Business Opportunities & Implementation Part II
  • Gayle Jackson, FondElec Group
  • Adriaan Korthuis, CERUPT/ERUPT
  • Paul Clements-Hunt, UNEP Finance Initiative
  • Karen McClellan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
3:00 pm Conference concludes


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