Agenda – Carbon Forward Turkiye 2025

08.30     Registration and coffee

09.00     Conference welcome address

Louis Redshaw, Co-Founder, Carbon Forward & CEO, Redshaw Advisors
Anil Akalin, Environmental Markets, Country President for Turkiye and GCC, Redshaw Advisors

09.10     Keynote address: Climate policy of Turkiye

Keynote speakers:
Taha Meli Arvas, CEO, Epiaş & Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkiye
Orhan Solak, Vice President of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkiye

09.40     Government climate policy

Turkiye ETS – what does this look like for the pilot and the roll-out in 2025?  A consideration of price expectations, coverage and sectors, free allocation rules and expectations, leakage, total tonnage, abatement, non-compliance, tax treatment, property rights, permitted market participants, currency, offsets, removals, exemptions, MRV, ambition. This session will also look at other carbon pricing incentives 

Moderator:
Sara Stefanini, EMEA Policy Editor, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Eyup Kaan Morali, Head of Carbon Pricing Department, Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkey
Ingo Ramming, Head of Carbon Markets, BBVA 
Taha Tasdemir, Environmental Markets Unit Manager, EXIST (EPIAS)
Jan-Willem Van de Ven, Head of the International Climate Policy and Engagement, EBRD

10.30     Coffee Break

11.00     Emissions Trading – What companies need to consider: the economic and practical ramification of the introduction of an ETS 

• From free allocation to registries. From Buying to comply to costs that get passed through. Who participates in ETSs and why? (the role of utilities, banks, brokers, exchanges etc.) 

Moderator:
Tom Lord, Head of Trading and Risk Management, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Irem Barzilay, Environmental Engineer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Investment Banking and Finance, Garanti BBVA
Ugur Gürel, Environmental Engineer, Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkiye
Daniel Besley, Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank
Stefano De Clara, Head of Secretariat, ICAP

12.00     Going up: the impacts of an ETS on power prices and the power sector 

Moderator:
Dila Küçükali, Associate, Boden Law

Panellists:
Ufuk Alparslan, Regional Lead, Ember Climate
Volkan Yiğit, Managing Partner, APLUS Enerji

13.00     Lunch

14.00     Sector session – free allocation expectations 

Moderator:
Ingo Ramming, Head of Carbon Markets, BBVA 

Panellists:
Joel Davis, Senior Consultant, NERA
Stefano De Clara, Head of Secretariat, ICAP
Onken Ugurlu, Expert, Directorate of Climate Change

14.45     Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM)  

• A look at international trade and the cost of carbon and the role and impact on Turkiye and the MENA region 

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

Panellists:
Nicolas Endress, CEO & Founder, ClimEase
Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator President, Aegean Exporters’ Association (EIB)
Bahar Ubay Guclusoy, Principal, EBRD

15.30     Afternoon Break 

16.00    International carbon pricing is already here: A focus on aviation and shipping 

Moderator:
Tom Lord, Head of Trading and Risk Management, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Serra Tukel, Arkas Maritime Group Sustainability Director, Arkas Line
Richard Wilson, Managing Director and Head of Sales, IncubEx

16.30   How carbon prices are forecasted

• What fundamentals drive levels and volatility of carbon prices?
• How is a forecast produced from the fundamentals?
• What has made accurate carbon price forecasting hard?
• Forecasts in action: what is in store for the EU Allowances price?

Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital LLP
Henry Lush, Analyst, EU Carbon, Veyt

17:15     Close of Day 1 

17.30    Evening drinks sponsored by Garanti BBVA