08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome address
Presenter:
Louis Redshaw, Co-founder, Carbon Forward & CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets
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.
Moderators:
Stian Reklev, Co-Founder & Director, Carbon Pulse
Sonja van Renssen, Chief Strategy Officer, Carbon Pulse
Panellists:
Mai Duong, Compliance Carbon Market Analyst, Veyt
Pamela Lee, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Sustainability Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Renard Siew, President, Malaysian Carbon Market Association
Edmund Siau, Vice President, Policy & Analytics Group, GenZero
Riza Suarga, Chairman, Indonesia Carbon Trade Association
Ignatius Denny Wicaksono, Deputy Director of Business Development, Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)
Ivy Yuwei Yin, Market Specialist – Energy Transition & Carbon, S&P Global Commodity Insights
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 and Net Zero Markets
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 and the benefits that exchanges bring to carbon markets
Moderator:
Mark Tilly, APAC Editor, Carbon Pulse
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.
Panellist:
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.
Panellist:
Xuewan Chen, Senior Research Specialist, London Stock Exchange Group
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.
Panellist:
Saurabh Diddi, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India
Japan update
- What is going on, where’s the money, how to get involved, and the future.
Panellist:
Machika Kubo, Managing Consultant, Climate Advisory, South Pole
15.30 Afternoon break
16.00 Australia and New Zealand update
- We examine how Australia and New Zealand’s governments have managed and overseen their respective carbon market regimes, covering the good, the bad, and the ugly. We also explore some of the key issues and dynamics driving these markets now and in the future.
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
- Five national and regional carbon trading groups across Southeast Asia have pledged to push for closer cooperation across the ASEAN emissions market. What is there to benefit, what is realistic to achieve in terms of market alignment, and is it even desirable?
Moderator:
Charis Yeap, SE Asia Regional Lead for Green Finance and Carbon Pricing Mechanisms, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Panellists:
Mai Duong, Compliance Carbon Market Analyst, Veyt
Natalia Rialucky Marsudi, CEO, Fairatmos and Deputy Chair for Intra ASEAN Affairs, AACM
Edmund Siau, ACCF Co-lead Representative, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association
17.30 Close of day one and evening reception
08.00 Registration and Women in Carbon Breakfast
Presenter:
Celine Schulze, Chapter Lead Singapore and SouthEast Asia, Women In Carbon
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 one of the many VCM standards?
- 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
Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director, AlliedOffsets
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 pressures?
Moderator:
Dorjee Sun, CEO & Founder, BioEconomy
Panellists:
Sebastien Cross, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, BeZero Carbon
Olivier Levallois, Founding Director, HAMERKOP
Alex Pillay, Head of Underwriting, Kita
Mikela Waldman, Market Engagement Manager, The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)
12.00 Nature-based solutions: The race to quality and credibility
- REDD+ has been in for a rough ride and has been excluded from the ICVCM’s CCPs. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater, more stringent methodologies and new standards should help nature based projects re-establish credibility. What are the lessons learned at the standards agencies and what does the future hold?
Moderator:
Fiona Thia, Account Executive, Sylvera
Panellists:
Murray Collins, CEO and Co-founder, Space Intelligence
Alex Saer, CEO, Cercarbono
Edwin Seah, NbS Partnerships Lead, SCeNe Coalition
Komal Sinha, Senior Director, Government and Policy Engagement, Verra
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/should corporate claim best practice look like?
Moderator:
Bill Goldie, Environmental Markets Director, Redshaw Advisors
Panellists:
Cheryl Bowler, Head of Environmental Origination APAC, Vertree
Lokesh Dube, Senior Manager for Standards Development and Innovation, Gold Standard
Shruti Singh, Sub Group Co-lead, Carbon Markets Workstream, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association
14:40 Removals: Putting the Net into Net-Zero
- 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:
Stephanie Chiang, Senior Research Analyst, CCUS, Wood Mackenzie
Leo Hyoungkun Park, Vice President, Capture6
Ikarus Janzen, Chief Commercial Officer, Varaha
15.20 Afternoon coffee
15.50 Decarbonising aviation: How do ETSs, CORSIA, the VCM, removals and SAF fit together?
- Understanding the complexities and the interrelationship between CORSIA, SAF, ETSs and the VCM
Moderator:
Angeliki Malathrona, Country Manager, Redshaw Advisors
Panellists:
David Armstrong, Policy & Business Development Manager, Isometric
Michael Evans, Group Sustainability Insights Manager, International Airlines Group (IAG)
Rueban Manokara, Global Lead, Carbon Finance and Markets Taskforce, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
16:30 Global carbon price outlook
- We take a look at where carbon prices all over the world are going and why, including EU ETS, UK ETS, VCM, CORSIA, US markets, Asian carbon markets, Article 6
Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets
Panellists:
Mai Duong, Compliance Carbon Market Analyst, Veyt
Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director, AlliedOffsets
Trevor Sikorski, Head of Natural Gas and Emissions, Energy Aspects
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