Agenda – Carbon Forward Asia 2025

08.30     Registration & coffee

09.00     Welcome address

09.10     Keynote Address

Keynote Presenter:
Cindy Khoo, Managing Director, Enterprise Singapore

09.30    Southeast Asia Arriving: The emergence of new national carbon markets in the region

  • A number of countries across SE Asia are designing new carbon markets. This session takes a look at some of the most advanced and asks how they will work, who will be covered, and what the financial impact will be.

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

Panellists:
Renard Siew, President, Malaysian Carbon Market Association
Edmund Siau, Vice President, Policy & Analytics Group, GenZero
Ignatius Denny Wicaksono, Deputy Director of Business Development, Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)

10.15    Singapore’s carbon tax and the energy transition

  • A look at the Singapore carbon tax and initiatives to use crediting for energy transition

Moderator:
Sonja van Renssen, Chief Strategy Officer, Carbon Pulse 

Panellists to be announced

11.00     Coffee break

11.30     CBAM, CORSIA, Article 6 and Shipping – the growing influence of transnational carbon pricing regimes

  • Article 6, CORSIA, Shipping, CBAM explained. What are they all, how do they internationalise carbon pricing, what costs now and in the future and what reaction to expect from regional governments

Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Nuomin Han, Head of Carbon Markets, Wood Mackenzie
Kyunghwa Jeon, Founder & Director, BeFlat Services
Jay Mariyappan, Head, Carbon & Renewables, PetroChina

12.20    The role of exchanges in promoting carbon market liquidity 

  • Roundtable of experience

Panellists:
Suraphon Buphakosum, Vice President – Head of Sustainability Service Development, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
Wei Mei Hum, Head of Asia Pacific & Global Head of Carbon & Environmental Products, ACX (Air Carbon Exchange)
Ellery Sutanto, Head of Exchange, Climate Impact X

13.00    Lunch

14.00    Regional ETS deep dive afternoon

Moderator:
Vidur Nayar, Head of Environmental Trading APAC, Hartree Partners

South Korea’s ETS 

  • What it is, how it works, what is going on, where’s the money, how to get involved, and the future.

Panellists:
Jinah Choi, Team Lead, Emissions Trading Team, Ecoeye

China’s ETS

  • What it is, how it works, what is going on, where’s the money, how to get involved, and the future.

Panellists to be announced

India’s upcoming ETS 

  • What it is, how it works, what is going on, where’s the money, how to get involved, and the future.

Panellists:
Saurabh Diddi, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency

Japan update 

  • What it is, how it works, what is going on, where’s the money, and how to get involved, and the future.

Panellists to be announced

15.30     Afternoon break

16.00     Australia and New Zealand update

Moderator:
Mark Tilly, APAC Editor, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Nigel Brunel, Managing Director, Marex New Zealand 
Anton Firth, Research Director, RePutex
Elisa de Wit, Partner and Head of Climate Change, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

16.45     Outlook for a common ASEAN carbon market

  • As ASEAN carbon markets emerge there are increasing calls for a common or at least aligned approach. But is that realistic or even desirable?

Panellists:
Mai Duong, Compliance Carbon Market Analyst, Veyt
Riza Suarga, Chairman, Indonesia Carbon Trade Association
Other panellists to be announced

17.30     Close of Day One and Evening Reception 

08.00     Registration and Women in Carbon Breakfast

09.00     Welcome address

09.10    International emissions trading: COP29 and Trump. What next? 

  • A brief look at A6 decision in Baku, what remains to be decided, and what are the next steps?

Presenter:
Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW

09.30   Understanding Articles 6.2 & 6.4 of the Paris Accords

  • Panel continuing the discussion. Is everyone ready? What will the market look like in practice? 

Moderator:
Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW

Panellists:
Marshall Brown, Global Program Manager, Supporting Preparedness for Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C), Global Green Growth Institute
Bjorn Fonden, International Policy Advisor, IETA
Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives

10.10 The Project Developer Choice Cascade: CORSIA, Article 6 or just VCM?

  • Where should the private sector put its money? The driver, incentives, risks and opportunities affecting investment decisions.

Moderator:
Bill Goldie, Environmental Markets Director, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Louis Booth, Head of APAC, Sylvera 
Olivier Levallois, Founding Director, HAMERKOP
Neil McDougall, Founder & Chairman, DelAgua 

Roxanne Tan, Senior Managing Consultant, South Pole

10.50     Coffee break

11.20  How carbon rating & insurance activities are influencing projects and prices

  • From ratings to CCPs, how is buyer and project developer behaviour changing in response to ratings initiatives and insurance activities?

Moderator:
Dorjee Sun, CEO & Founder, BioEconomy

Panellists:
Sebastian Cross, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, BeZero Carbon
Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director, AlliedOffsets
Other panellists to be announced

12.00   Nature Based Solutions: the race to quality and credibility

  • Adapting to survive. Lessons learned. Also, who and how to pick?

Panellists:
Murray Collins, CEO and Co-founder, Space Intelligence
Ikarus Janzen, Chief Commercial Officer, Varaha

Alex Saer, CEO, Cercarbono
Edwin Seah, NbS Partnership Lead, SCeNe Coalition

12.50     Lunch

14:00     Finding its place: Asia and the Green Claims Directive 

  • Many APAC countries are in the process of putting together VCM regulations. The Green Claims Directive will set a defacto global standard. Where do the two meet? What does corporate claim best practice look like?

Panellists:
Cheryl Bowler, Head of Carbon Origination APAC, Vertree
Lokesh Dube, Senior Manager for Standards Development and Innovation, Gold Standard
Other panellists to be announced

14:40     Removals: Putting the Net into Net-Zero: Removals

  • There is no net-zero without removals. We discuss the removals market state of play, who is doing what, and for how much? What APAC initiatives are in this space?

Moderator:
Alvin Lee, Regional Head APAC, Puro.Earth

Panellists:
Leo Hyoungkun Park, Vice President, Capture6
Other panellists to be announced

15.20     Afternoon coffee

15.50     Decarbonising aviation: How do ETSs, CORSIA, the VCM, and SAF fit together? 

Understanding the complexities and the inter-relationship between CORSIA, SAF, ETSs and the VCM

Moderator:
Angeliki Malathrona, Country Manager, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
David Armstrong, Policy & Business Development Lead, Isometric
Other panellists to be announced

16:30     Carbon Market Price Outlook

  • We find out where carbon prices are going and why, including EU ETS, UK ETS, VCM, CORSIA, and Article 6.

Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director, AlliedOffsets
Other panellists to be announced

17.15     Close of conference 

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