Agenda – Carbon Forward Conference London 2023

08.00     Registration and Coffee

09.15 Opening

09.30   How can the EU achieve zero emissions in the EU ETS by 2040?

• The EU ETS cap is set to hit zero in 2040. With the EU’s 2040 target-setting process underway, this panel will discuss the market’s course and whether legislators should add new sectors, incorporate carbon removals, or allow the import of international credits.

Moderator:
Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital Management

Panellists:
Dr. Helen Bray, Vice President Policy, Puro.earth  
Julia Michalak, EU Policy Director, International Emissions Trading Association
Ioana Petcu, Advisor – Climate Change, Union of the Electricity Industry – Eurelectric
Ingvild Sørhus, Manager EU Carbon Analysis, Veyt
Sam Van den plas, Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch

11.00    Coffee and Networking Break

11.30  The CBAM files – what CBAM means to operators in the EU ETS

• Find out the latest on emissions reporting requirements underway from October in the EU’s pioneering carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), how the measure will affect EU and UK companies, and Britain’s own CBAM dilemma.

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

Panellist:
Adina Georgescu, Energy & Climate Change Director, Eurometaux (European Metals Association)

12.00    Aviation & shipping

• Unpacking the obligations and opportunities for both sectors in the EU ETS and the implications for international obligations under ICAO’s CORSIA and the IMO GHG Strategy respectively.

Moderator:
Mariko O’Neil, Associate European Carbon, BloombergNEF

Panellists:
James Milne, Key Account Manager, DNV
Martin Crawford-Brunt, CEO, Lookout Marine
Michael Evans, Group Sustainability Insights Manager, International Airlines Group

13.00     Lunch and Networking

14.00    Industry decarbonisation pathways, including CCfDs

• How Europe’s heavy industries are honing their decarbonisation plans, tapping new areas of collaboration, target governmental support, and even the voluntary carbon market to future-proof operations.

Moderator:
Steve Fawkes, Managing Partner, ep group

Panellist:
Andrew McDermott, Deputy Chief Executive, British Ceramic Confederation
David Phillips, Head of Capital Markets & New Market Strategy, Aker Carbon Capture

14.45    UK ETS in focus 

• Assessing what the British government’s ETS cap adjustment plans will mean for prices, when removals can enter the market, and whether British industry can do without a border measure.

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

Panellist:
Charlie Lewis, Deputy Director Emissions Trading, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero UK
Michael Testa, European Carbon and Pricing analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights

15.30     Coffee and Networking Break

16.00  Carbon Analyst showdown: our annual forecaster head-to-head

• Join us as we put the analysts’ forecasts under scrutiny in our annual carbon price debate. Find out what they think the major price influences will be over the next 10 years and unpick key trends.

Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Serafino Capoferri, Commodity strategist, Macquarie Group
Marcus Ferdinand, Chied Analytics Officer, Veyt
Trevor Sikorski, Head of natural gas and emissions, Energy Aspects
Lewis Unstead, Analyst– EU Carbon and Power markets, ICIS

17.30     Close of day 2

08.00     Registration and Coffee

09.00  Keynote – David Antonioli, Unplugged 

How can voluntary carbon markets overcome credibility questions?

David Antonioli, Environmental markets expert

09.15  Scaling the VCM

Lessons learned since the TSVCM (the IC-VCM) was formed in 2020 and how this has impacted the VCM. How can the VCM now prosper and grow?

Bill Winters, CEO, Standard Chartered

09.20 The Market integrity debate: how the standards must rise to the challenge

• ICVCM and the carbon crediting programmes go head-to-head to debate the crucial issue of carbon credit integrity and quality.

Moderator:
Ben Garside, Director and Co-founder, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Pedro Barata, Associate Vice President for Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonization, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Owen Hewlett, Chief Technical Officer and member SBTi Technical Committee, Gold Standard
Annette Nazareth, Chair, Integrity Counsel for the Voluntary Carbon Market
Tommy Ricketts, Co-founder & CEO, BeZero
Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer, Verra

10.25    Women in Carbon

Empowering and amplifying the voices of women in the carbon industry

Presenter:
Camille Petre, Co-Founder, Women In Carbon

10.30     Coffee and Networking Break

11.00    Making corporate claims: what is best practice and what are the practical realities

• Why the need for VCMI and SBTI. Are there any other codes of practice. What should corporates pay the most attention to?

Moderator:
Bill Goldie, Sales Director, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:
Scarlett Benson, Beyond Value Chain Mitigation Lead, SBTi
Leigh Hudson, Sustainable Fuels and Carbon manager, International Airlines Group
Mark Kenber, Executive Director, VCMi
Murray Sayce, Global Head, Sustainability Assurance Services

11.45  Investor roundtable – where can value be found in today’s market? 

• Investors continue to have keen interest in VCM projects. What are they looking for and where do they expect the value to be in the coming years?

Moderator:
Adrian Rimmer, Director Sustainable Finance & Investment, LSEG

Panellists:
Cynthia Conner, Director of Carbon Offsets Policy, Chevron New Energies
Andrew Dreaneen, Head of Natural Capital & Liquid Alternatives, Schroders
Erica Vertefeuille, Vice President, Pala Investments

12.30     Lunch and Networking Break

13.30  What happened to VCM standardisation?

Join our panel to discuss the latest developments and initiatives related to VCM product standardisation

Moderator:
Peter Knowles, Commercial Director, Net Zero Markets

Panellist:
Peter Keavey, Managing Director, Global Head-Energy and Environmental Products, CME Group
Bill Pazos, Co-founder and Co-CEO, ACX
Ellery Sutanto, Head of Exchange, Climate Impact X

14.15   Sovereign risks: royalties, taxes, export blocks, how host governments are impacting the VCM

• This session explores how market participants are taking opportunities as governments advance their climate action

Moderator:
Paddy Gourlay, Correspondent, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:
Euan McDougall, Chief Operating Officer, DelAgua Group
Greg Murray, CEO, Koko networks
Lydia Sheldrake, Director of Policy & Partnerships, VCMi

15.00    Coffee and networking break

15.30   Are the VCM and the emerging market for removals compatible?

The cost of high quality carbon removals credits is high. Discover more about what removals are available, what capacity there is to produce them and how they might compete in a voluntary market dominated by cheaper avoidance credits.

Moderator:
Andrew Shebbeare, Manging Partner, Counteract

Panellist:
Andrew Glass, Head of Sales and Partnerships, Viridios AI
Eli Mitchell-Larson, Co-Founder, Carbon Gap
David Stead, Head of Technical Carbon Removal, Hartree Partners
Paulien Veen, Senior Consultant, Perspectives Climate Group

16.15    VCM Analyst showdown

• In an oversupplied market, demand is all important to price evolution. With IC-VCM potentially splitting the market in two, (bifurcating) there are more variables than ever. Our expert panel will unpack what is in store for VCM market participants

Moderator:
Karim Kanji, Executive Director Product Development and Markets, Net Zero Markets

Confirmed panellist:
Dana Agrotti, Low Carbon Markets Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Patrick Kuehn, Head of Sales and Marketing, Allied Offsets
Guy Turner, CEO, Trove Research
Paula VanLaningham, Director of Carbon Research, LSEG

17.15    End of Conference and final networking session 

Day One – Wednesday 11^th October

14:00 – 15:00    BeZero Carbon Workshop: Recognising & removing barriers to bringing projects to market 

Presenter:
Kirti Ramesh, Director of Carbon Ratings, BeZero Carbon 

Workshop outline: 
This workshop hosted by BeZero aims to identify what barriers stakeholders face in bringing projects to market. Its interactive format will bring together key players from across the credit value chain to solve for these barriers. 

15:00 – 15:45         S&P Global Workshop – Is quality a simple premium? When does the pursuit of quality create new uncertainty, and impact prices? Lessons from recent developments in the Carbon market

Presenters:
Silvia Favasuli, Managing Editor Voluntary Carbon Markets, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Marie-Louise du Bois, Head – Carbon Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Alice Mason, Global Market Engagement, Leader Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights
TBC, Xpansiv CBL

Workshop outline:
The Voluntary Carbon Market has undergone significant disruption in the past year: Trade has moved from the most competitive standardized products to the most fungible and granular. Most recently, even previously agreed standards, such as the CORSIA, have become contested. Join us for a discussion around the complex role that quality plays in carbon markets today.

16:00 – 16:45    Climate Impact X workshop: Standardisation and financialisation of the VCM: benefits and challenges.

Panellists:
James Cooper, Head of Origination, Environmental Products, EMEA, Mercuria
Natalia Gorina, Commercial Director Global Carbon, Louis Dreyfus Company
Ana Haurie, Chief Executive Officer, Respira

Workshop outline:
Climate Impact X, a global marketplace, auctions house and exchange for quality carbon credits, is bringing together carbon market participants and thought leaders to unpack opportunities in standardisation and financialisation of the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Featuring speakers from Louis Dreyfus Company, Mercuria and Respira International, the session will cover key price drivers and pricing patterns in the VCM; the role of price benchmarks in market evolution and growth; as well as a lookahead at market developments that could impact supply, demand and price, amongst others.

16:45 – 17:30     CFRN Workshop: ITMOs & REDD+ Sovereign Carbon Credits 

Federica Bietta, Managing Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Kevin Conrad, Executive Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations

Workshop Outline:

Many tropical rainforest countries such as Suriname, Honduras, Belize and others, are winning their battle against deforestation at national scale under UNFCCC REDD+. PA Article 6.2 has created the opportunity for voluntary cooperative approaches for countries and private sector entities seeking to increase their mitigation ambition when implementing their NDCs and net zero goals, including through the transfer of Internationally Transferrable Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs). Yet few financial institutions and corporations are aware of ITMOs and the first UNFCCC units that are eligible, UNFCCC REDD+ sovereign carbon credits.

A workshop to learn about ITMOS and REDD+ sovereign carbon credits

Day Two – Thursday 12^th October

9:45 – 10:30    Renoster workshop: Choosing the Best Nature-Based Carbon Offsets

Presenter:
Saif Bhatti, Founder and CEO, Renoster

Workshop Outline:
What to Look For and Where to Find Nature-Based Carbon Offsets

12:00 – 13:00    Futurestechs workshop: Technical Analysis methods for trading EUAs

Presenter:
Clive Lambert, Founder and Director, Futurestechs

Workshop outline:
The Futurestechs methodologies in brief:
Candlestick charts
Market Profile
Methods for identifying Support and Resistance levels
Trend recognition

14:45 – 15:30    EEX and IncubEx workshop: Integrating the maritime sector into the EU ETS – when and how? A practical guide

Presenters:
Ellen de Vocht, Senior Political and Regulatory Affairs Advisor, European Energy Exchange
Richard Wilson, Managing Director and Head of sales, IncubEx

Workshop outline:
State of play and next steps – sectors, timelines, and secondary rules
Trading and options – how to start trading and what are your options
Q&A – come armed with the questions you need answers to.

Day Three – Friday 13^th October

11:00 – 11:45    EKI Energy Services Workshop: Recent developments in India 

Presenter:
Naveen Sharma, Whole Time Director, EKI Energy Services

Workshop Outline:
India has adopted legislation that sets up a domestic voluntary market with a view to transition to a mandatory ETS over time. It has also taken steps to clarify its role in the international voluntary as well as the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 market. A presentation followed by a Q&A.

13:30 – 14:15        Perspectives Climate Group workshop: Economic opportunities from carbon crediting for CCS projects

Presenters:
Paulien van Veen, Senior Consultant, Perspectives Climate Group
Irina Alund, Principal Consultant, Carbon Limits AS

Workshop outline:

The NL+ project aims to develop a carbon removals business model and to support commercial viability and sustainable growth of a CCS-value chain through carbon finance. This project, on top of a commercial enabler, is a way to demonstrate environmental integrity of carbon removal using CCS, and a means to develop best practices among industry.

The CCS+ initiative develops a methodology framework for CC(U)S activities, that can identify eligible carbon capture and storage projects (including CDR activities DAC and BECCS), quantify their emissions reduction and/or removal and states required MRV practices for which the project can receive carbon certification for every tonne of CO2 (permanently) stored. The certificates can be traded on the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

The NL+ Project will develop the project description documentation for registration with the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) operated by VERRA, to be able to generate carbon credits. In addition, this project will be a first of its kind and aims to share its learnings for others to follow.

14:15 – 15:00      Climate Impact Partners workshop: Climate Commitments of the world’s largest companies: What do corporates really want?

Presenters:
Alex Watson, Director of Product Marketing, Climate Impact Partners
Cassie Beyfuss, Portfolio Manager, Climate Impact Partners
James White, Senior Sustainability Executive, Climate Impact Partners

Workshop Outline:
Climate Impact Partners recently released its annual research into the climate commitments and actions of the Fortune Global 500. Find out what corporates are really looking for and what this research means for those delivering carbon projects on the ground. At this workshop, Climate Impact Partners will present the findings and share insights from its team.