Plenary Sessions

Is the future regulatory landscape for climate change a threat or an opportunity for UK and European businesses?

Chair
- Mike Kelly, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, KPMG

Panel
- Patrick Birley, CEO, European Climate Exchange
- Paul Dickinson, CEO, Carbon Disclosure Project
- Philippe Chauvancy, Director, BlueNext
- Mark Kenber, Policy Director, The Climate Group

Will cap and trade carbon markets deliver the carbon savings needed from business? Are credible, price-stable, global carbon markets a realistic proposition?

Chair
- Henry Derwent, Chairman, IETA

Panel
- Emmanuel Fages, Senior Analyst, Orbeo
- Neil Cornelius, Head of European Energy Markets, ICF International
- Andreas Arvanitakis, Senior Analyst, Point Carbon
- Harshika Patel, Head of Environmental Markets Sales and Structuring, Barclays   Capital

Will the Carbon Reduction Commitment significantly reduce carbon emissions or could it become more of a business burden than climate benefit? This session will be followed by the interactive session, ' Your toolkit to the CRC - All you need to know'.

Chair
- Daniel Waller, Knowledge Leader, AEA

Panel
- Harry Morrison, General Manager, The Carbon Trust Standard Company
- Niall Mackenzie, Head of National Carbon Markets, DECC
- Dr Bernd Leven, Senior Manager - Energy & Carbon Strategy, BT
- Tom Bainbridge, Partner, Nabarro

This session is free to attend for all visitors. To reserve your place, please register for the plenary session online.

Is the UK's early commitment to ambitious emission reductions and progressive carbon policy driving opportunity for UK businesses in the new global low carbon economy? This session will highlight some of the of international business opportunities emerging across specific sectors of the economy as global markets transition to a low carbon future.

Chair - Michael Ward, Director Low Carbon, UK Trade & Investment

Panel

- Mike Short, Vice-President R&D, O2-Telefonica
- Vicky Elliot, Head, Climate Change Projects Office
- Ram Ramchander, Chief Operating Officer, Greenstone Carbon,
- Bruce Duguid , Head Of Investor Relations, Carbon Trust

When will the low carbon economy become a reality? What will be the impact on business? Will the benefits to business exceed the burdens?

Chair
- Peter Young, Strategy Director, Enviros, Chairman of Aldersgate Group

Panel
- Adrian Wilkes, Chairman, Environmental Industries Commission
- James Cameron, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Climate Change Capital
- David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change
- Nicholas Schoon, Editor ENDS Report 
- Owen Lomas, Partner, Allen & Overy

Will new business and investment opportunities through carbon finance, projects and markets enable the development of a low carbon economy?

Chair
- Jonathan Shopley, Chair, ICROA; MD, The Carbon Neutral Company

Panel
- Anthony Hobley, Head of Climate Change & Carbon Finance, Norton Rose
- Dr Coos Battjes, Former Vice President - Energy Trading, Credit Suisse
- Abyd Karmali, MD, Head of Global Carbon Emissions, Merrill Lynch
- Sak Nayagam, Climate Change Lead, Accenture

How much will direct carbon reductions from UK and EU businesses contribute towards the establishment of a low carbon economy? This session will also include the interactive session 'Your toolkit to the CRC - All you need to know'.

Chair
- Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent, Financial Times

Panel
- John Curtis, Head of Global Sustainability & Climate Change, ERM
- Rhian Kelly, Head of Climate Change, CBI
- Mike Mason, Founder, J.P Morgan
- Robin Oakley, Head of Climate and Energy, Greenpeace

How will the technologies for renewable energy facilitate the future low carbon revolution?

Chair
- James Wilde, Director of Insights, Carbon Trust

Panel
- Dr Grant Bourhill, Director of Delivery, Energy Technologies Institute
- Jeff Chapman, Chief Executive, Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- Alex Marshall, Energy Correspondent, The ENDS Report
- Dr Michel Girard, Director, Canadian Standards Association