Agenda – Carbon Forward Asia 2025

08.00     Registration and coffee

09.00     Conference welcome address

Louis Redshaw, Co-founder, Carbon Forward Events

09.30     COP 28 round-up and what we need to achieve at COP29

• What happened and what direction does it set us off in, if any?

Presenters:
Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW
Tennant Reed, Director – Climate Change and Energy, Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)

10.00    Asia-Pacific emissions trading markets Part I

• The lowdown on the regional cap and trade regimes. What do they look like, who can get involved and what are the opportunities?

Moderator:
Stian Reklev, Director & Co-founder, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Sangsun Ha, Executive Director, Ecoeye Co
Vidur Nayar, Head of Environmental Trading APAC, Hartree Partners

10.30    Asia Pacific emissions trading markets Part II: China

• After almost seven years on the backburner, the offset scheme supplying the world’s biggest compliance market is about to restart. What can we expect from it, and how will the relaunch impact the international market?

Moderator:
Stian Reklev, Director & Co-founder, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Duong Thi Thuy Mai, Compliance Carbon Market Analyst, Veyt
Katherine Hung, Founder & CEO, Timing Carbon Asset Management Co.
Yutong Song, Analyst of Carbon Research, LSEG

11.00     Coffee and networking break

11.30    Asia Pacific emissions trading markets Part III: Australia

• The Australian market is quickly developing under the new Safeguard Mechanism. What can we expect from this new compliance regime and what are the prospects for future international linkages via International Units?

Moderator:
Mark Tilly, Senior Correspondent, Carbon Pulse

Presenter:
Hugh Grossman, Managing Director, Energy and Carbon Markets, RepuTex

12.00    Asia Pacific emissions trading markets Part IV: Emerging ASEAN Markets

Half the ASEAN countries are in the process of establishing domestic carbon markets (including countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia). What problems are they facing, what support are they receiving, and is there a pan-ASEAN solution at the end of it?

Moderator:
Mark Tilly, Senior Correspondent, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Lien Duong, Associate Professor, Curtin University
Wei Mei Hum, Head of Asia Pacific & Head of Carbon & Environmental Products, ACX
Riza Suarga, Chairman, Indonesia Carbon Trade Association

12.30    Asia Pacific emissions trading markets Part V: India

• Does India’s ETS deserve the “next big thing” tag? Government policy on emission reduction projects, what domestic demand is there, where does this fit in with Article 6 and what effects on the regional and global carbon markets.

Moderator:
Sandeep Roy Choudhury, Director & Co-founder, VNV Advisory Services

Panellists:
Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives Climate Group
Jatin Kapoor, Head of Climate Transactions, Emergent Ventures (EVI)

13.15     Lunch and networking

14.15     CORSIA

• What are the rules, where will supply come from, what will it cost airlines to comply?

Moderator:
Genevieve Soh, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Climate Impact X

Panellists:
Michael Evans, Group Sustainability Insights Manager, International Airlines Group (IAG)
Mun Ching Yap, Chief Sustainability Officer, AirAsia

14.45     Perspectives from the world’s most traded carbon markets

• Why do multiple markets setting out to achieve the same thing have multiple prices? What drives a successful ETS and what aspects of efficient carbon markets are realistic in the various Asian markets?

Panellists:
Louis Redshaw, CEO & Founder, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets
Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW

15.15     Coffee and networking break

15.45     Going global: International shipping exposed to the EU ETS

• What, why, how and who?

Moderator:
Ipshita Chaturvedi, Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Panellists:
Bill Goldie, Head of Voluntary, Redshaw Advisors
Mariko O’Neil, Carbon Analyst, BloombergNEF
Lucy Palairet, Director, Carbon Market Development, Standard Chartered Bank

16.30     Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms are spreading

• The EU’s CBAM has spawned a plethora of new carbon border measures. From the UK to the US to Australia. International trade is destined to include a cost of carbon but are exporters ready?

Moderator:
Dan Maleski, Environmental Markets Advisor, CBAM Lead, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Frank Jotzo, Professor, Australian National University
Ariel Perez, Partner and Head of Environmental Products, Hartree Partners

17.30     Close of day one

18.00     Evening drinks sponsored by ACX