Conference Day Two: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

8:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

9:00 Evaluating The Future Of Forestry Offsets As Carbon Traded Projects

• Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)
• Creating forestry offsets and policy designs
• Negotiating the contracts and valuation processes
• Determining the permanency of forestry space, carbon credit valuation, and what makes forestry additional

Connie Best Managing Director Pacific Forest Trust

Phil Covell Manager, Business Development Facility Forest Trends

10:00 Updates From The American National Standards Institute On Accreditation Of Validation/Verification Bodies

• Detailing the Pilot Accreditation Program for Greenhouse Gas Validation/Verification bodies
• Discussing compliance issues with TCR - CCAR- CCX- VCS protocols

Reinaldo Figueiredo
Program Director, Product Certification Accreditation
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

10:30 Verifying Projects And Valuing Carbon Credits With New Technologies

• Examining the quantification tools and procedures
• Utilizing technologies in project validation
• Understanding the carbon credit rating process
• Reducing risk and calculating your emissions

Michael Carim Environmental Specialist- GHG Management First Environment

Hewson Baltzell President and Co-Founder Innovest Strategic Value Advisors

11:45 Procuring And Valuing Carbon Offsets In The Carbon Trading Markets

• Exploring the opportunities for carbon credits in regulatory and voluntary markets
• Determining the factors and qualifications for offset accreditation
• Understanding the certification process on how to create an offset in the voluntary systems
• Quantifying emissions reductions from offset projects
• Debating additionality and the different standards that currently are in place

Ron Luhur Carbon Markets Specialist Environmental Defense Fund

Joel Levin Vice President – Business Development California Climate Action Registry

Wiley Barbour Executive Director Environmental Resources Trust

1:30 Identifying The Challenges And Developments With Carbon Capture And The Sequestration Process

• Evaluating how you can contract risk reduction in sequestration projects
• Exploring the sequestration processes: CCS, EOR, soils, forestry
• Updating the status of CCS, technologies, and timeframes for project launches

Mark Taylor Lead Analyst, Carbon Capture & Storage New Energy Finance

John Hodges Founder and President SunOne Solutions

Annika Colston Vice President, Emissions Reduction Projects Blue Source

2:30 Defining Energy Efficiency In An Emissions Cap And Trade Program

• Measuring, verifying, and certifying energy projects with a CDM-like protocol
• Trading White Certificates in state and regional voluntary marketplaces
• Mandating carbon emission auction monies to efficiency programs

Steve Heins
Vice President of Communications and Governmental Affairs
Orion Energy Systems, Inc.

3:45 Reviewing CDM/ JI Project Developments

Jie Zhang
Associate Programme Officer in Clean Development Mechanisms Sub-Program
UNFCCC

4:30 Keynote Address: The Future Of Carbon In Commodity Trade And Finance

Commissioner Bart Chilton
Commodity Futures Trading Commission

5:00 Close Of Conference

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