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Preliminary Program

 

updated November 2, 2005

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2005

INTRODUCTION TO EMISSIONS TRADING WORKSHOP

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Workshop Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Introduction to Emissions Trading Workshop Sessions

(Separate registration required)

5:00PM - 7:30PM

Conference Registration

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Wine & Cheese Welcome Reception
Sponsored by United Power
Open to all delegates
Spouse/Guest Registration Required

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Conference Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:30AM - 5:30PM

Exhibits Open

8:30AM - 1:00PM

Morning Plenary Sessions

8:30 - 8:45 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Gary Payne, Chair, EMA Board of Directors

8:45AM - 10:00AM

Session 1 - Major Trends in GHG Markets

Session Chair - Kedin Kilgore, RNK Capital LLC

 

Diane Wittenberg, President, California Climate Action Registry
Robert Beck, Executive Director, National Coal Council
Felicia Marcus, Executive VP, Trust for
Public Land

10:00AM - 10:20AM

Break

10:20AM - 11:20AM

Session 2 - Major Trends in Renewable Energy & RECS

Session Chair - David South, Pace Global Energy Services, LLC

 

Dan Lieberman, Director of Clean Energy Policy Design and Implementation, Center for Resource Solutions

11:20AM - 11:40AM

Break

11:40AM - 1:00PM

Session 3- Clean Air Interstate Rule / Clean Air Mercury Rule

Session Chair - Bob Larson, Environmental Systems Corp.

 
Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, US EPA
Michael Durham, President & CEO, ADA-ES
Meghan McGuinness, Environmental Scientist,
US EPA

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Luncheon Keynote International GHG Market Developments
 

Neil Eckert, Chairman, European Climate Exchange

2:30PM - 5:30PM

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

2:30PM - 3:45PM

Session 4A - Update on RECS
Session Chair - Jeff Fort, Sonnenschien, Nath and Rosenthal


Jeremy Weinstein, Senior Counsel, PacifiCorp and Co Chair-EMA/ABA/ACORE RECS Contract Committee

John Melby, Vice President, APX

Bill Ross, Director of Renewable Markets and

Structured Power Company, Cantor Fitzgerald

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Session 4B  - Carbon Market Developments

Session Chair - David Oppenheimer, Natsource

 

Mike McCormick, Policy Director, California Climate Action

Registry

John Palmisano, Energy and Communication Solutions

David Palmer, VP of Engineering, Organic Recovery Solutions

3:45PM - 4:15PM

Break

4:15PM - 5:30PM

 

Session 5A - RECs in Project Finance

Session Chair - Prabhu Dayal, President, C Trade

 

Lenny Hochschild, Director, Renewable Energy Markets,

Evolution Markets

Carrie Plemons, Director, PPM Energy

Dan Kalafatas, Director, 3Phases Energy

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Session 5B - Update on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

(RGGI) in the Northeast

Session Chair - Martin Coyne, Platts

 

Steven Fine, Director, ICF Consulting

Peggy Duxbury, Vice President-Government & Environmental Affairs, Calpine Corporation

Richard Cowart, Director, The Regulatory Control Project

 

6:00PM - 7:30 PM

Chairperson's Reception
Open to all registered delegates
Spouse/Guest Registration Required

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Conference Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:00AM - 12:30PM

Exhibits Open

8:45AM - 9:00AM

Annual EMA Business Meeting (Open to all members)

9:00AM - 12:30PM

Morning Breakout Sessions

9:00AM - 10:30PM

Session 6A - GHG Project Development Meets the Market
Session Chair - Susan Wood, AgCert International


Dr. Mark C. Trexler, President, Trexler Climate + Energy Services, Inc.
Steve Messner, Director, 3S Environmental

Richard Merrill, Regional Director-Air Quality Services, Shaw

Environmental
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Session 6B - NOX Market Update and Analysis
Session Chair - Kevin Wanttaja,
Salt River Project

 

Vincent M. Albanese, Senior Vice President-Air Pollution

Control, Fuel-Tech N.V

Gabrielle Stevens, Environmental Scientist, US EPA

Paul Tesoriero, Vice President, Evolution Markets

10:30 - 11:00AM

Break

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Session 7A - North American GHG Actions: Part 2 -

Case Studies & Projects
Session Chair - Joe Wisniewski, Environmental Synergy, Inc.


Jeff Williams,  Manager, Corporate Environmental Initiatives,

Entergy
John Kinsman, Director- Air Quality Programs, Edison Electric Institute
John Rogers,
Senior Fellow, Carbon Sequestration Program,

The Conservation Fund

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Session 7B SO2 Market Update and Analysis

Session Chair - Lorena Riedl, Cypress Integrated Energy, LLC


Chris MacCracken, ICF Consulting

John May, Director Business Development,

Environmental Systems Corp.and Heather Eades, Sr. Risk Management Analyst, Dominion

Dr. Salil Pradhan, Cinergy Corporation

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Luncheon Keynote

Trends in Environmental Control and Regulation

Carol Coy, Deputy Executive, South Coast AQMD

12:30 - 2:00PM

Afternoon Plenary Session

2:00 - 4:00PM

Session 8 - Where Will Emissions Markets be in Ten Years?

Session Chair - Josh Margolis, Cantor Fitzgerald

 

Jack Broadbent, Chief Executive Officer/Air Pollution Control

Officer, Bay Area AQMD

Ralph Cavanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council

Carol Coy, Deputy Executive, South Coast AQMD

Curt Kaminer, Portfolio Manager, Millennium Environmental

Group, Inc.

John Palmisano, Energy and Communication Solutions

Fran Pavley, Assemblymember, CA State Assembly

Bill Quinn, California Council of Environmental and Economic Balance

Gabrielle Stevens, Environmental Scientist, US EPA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Continental Breakfast (Workshop participants only)

9:00AM - 5:00PM

POST-CONFERENCE: RISK MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Risk Management for Emissions Traders
Workshop Sessions (Separate registration required)

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