AGENDA
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| DAY ONE – October 15 | |
| 08.30 – 08.40 | CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION Jerry Butler, Chairman, Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum |
| 08.40 – 9.00 | PRIME MINISTER'S WELCOME ADDRESS The Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister, Jamaica |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | HARNESSING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL OF THE CARIBBEAN
A high-level panel comprising leading energy experts will define opportunities and obstacles for increased production of renewable energy across the region. To include the preliminary findings of a major new study undertaken by the World Bank. Confirmed Speakers: • Thomas Scheutzlich, Principal Advisor, CREDP-GTZ – St. Lucia • Christiaan Gischler, Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank • Franz Gerner, Caribbean Task Team Leader & Senior Energy Economist, The World Bank – USA • Joseph Williams, Programme Manager, Energy, Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) – Guyana • Jerry Butler, Chairman, Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (Moderator) • Andrew Dowdy, Deputy Director, Regional Economic Policy, US Department of State - USA |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | FINANCING CARIBBEAN RENEWABLES |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | LUNCH Energy Innovation Contest - GVEP International, GTZ, IDB and the Korean Government: Awards Ceremony. Hosted by: Sarah Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP International) Pablo Rosenthal, Senior Advisor in RE/EE for IDB and GTZ |
| 13.30 – 14.45 | THE REGULATORY SESSION: DEFINING INNOVATIVE ENERGY POLICY THAT DRIVES INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLES A high level panel will present and debate real-world solutions to the Caribbean's regulatory bottle-neck and to the over-riding need to drive investment into the region. • How to define long-term renewable energy objectives and strategy framed in policy • How to implement long-term incentive and sanction schemes that work • Structuring power purchase agreements (PPAs) • Feed-in tariffs (FITs) vs. alternative support schemes Confirmed Speakers • Mark Lambrides, Division Chief, Energy & Climate Change, Organization of American States (OAS) (Moderator) - USA • Vernon L. Lawrence, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Grenada Electricity Services; Chairman, CARILEC - Grenada • David Ehrhardt, Chief Executive Officer, Castalia Strategic Advisors – USA • Catherine York, Managing Director, Americas, SunEdison – USA • John Cahill, Former Chief of Staff to Governor George E. Pataki and Former Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation of New York State; Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP; CEO, Pataki-Cahill Group |
| 14.45 – 15.45 | CASE-STUDY: HEMISPHERIC BIOFUELS COOPERATION Brazil is a global leader in the production and use of sugarcane based ethanol or ethyl alcohol. What can the Caribbean learn from Brazil's long-term solution-based approach to the oil crisis which hit Brazil in the 1970s? • The case-study will also study the implications for the Caribbean of the US/Brazil biofuels initiative, which includes cellulose-derived biofuels • Consistent with the Summit of the America's call for a Hemispheric Energy and Climate Partnership, the US and Brazil are working closely with the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis to foster a biofuels industry. • This panel will analyse the success of this initiative to date, and prospects for the future now the program has been expanded to include Jamaica, Guatemala and Honduras. Confirmed Speakers: • Matthew McManus, Division Chief, Energy Producer Country Affairs, US Department of State - USA (Moderator) • His Excellency Alexandre Rubem Milito Gueiros, Brazilian Ambassador to Jamaica • Judy Siegel, President, Energy and Security Group (ESG) • Onil Abreu Tabar, Executive Officer of Alternative Sources and Rational Energy Use, National Energy Commission, Dominican Republic • Dr. Gary Jackson, Manager, Renewable Energy, PCJ - Jamaica |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| PART 2: RENEWABLE ENERGIES The last session of Day 1 and all of Day 2 will be organized by ENERGY TYPE. Each panel will present in detail on the latest global technologies and their applicability in the Caribbean. Each will also address key regulatory, financing and maintenance issues specific to the region. |
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| 16.15 – 17.30 | I. BIOMASS Confirmed Speakers: |
| 17.30 – 17.45 | CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS JIGAR SHAH CEO, The Carbon War Room; Former CEO, & Founder, SunEdison |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | CLOSING MINISTERIAL ADDRESS HON. JAMES ROBERTSON Minister of Energy & Mining, Government of Jamaica |
| 18.00 – 19.30 | GALA RECEPTION Hosted by: WRB Enterprises |
| 19.30 | DAY ONE CLOSE |
| DAY TWO – October 16 | |
| 08.00 – 08.05 | CCAA WELCOME Anton Edmunds, Executive Director & CEO, Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA) |
| 08.05 – 08.20 | OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI Former Governor of the State of New York; Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP; Founder & Chairman, Pataki-Cahill Group |
| 08.20 – 09.20 | II. SOLAR Topics to be covered will include: • Analysis of latest global technologies and their applicability in the region • PV vs. CSP for the Caribbean • Storage issues; solar as an on-grid energy source • Key regulatory and financing issues Confirmed Speakers: • Dr. Indra Haraksingh, UWI; President, Caribbean Solar Energy Society (Moderator) – Trinidad & Tobago • Dr. Larry Kazmerski, Executive Director, Science & Technology Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - USA • Henk de Beijer, CEO, De Beijer RTB B.V., Adviser to Netherlands Government – Netherlands • Dr. Christian Holter, Chief Executive Officer, S.O.L.I.D. - Austria • Asier Aya, PV Division Director, Abengoa Solar, Inc. - USA |
| 09.20 –10.20 | III. WIND Topics to be covered will include: • Analysis of success of regional wind farms to date • Recent developments in large-scale wind turbines • Performance, cost, and maintenance issues • Onshore vs. offshore for the Caribbean • Key financing and regulatory issues Confirmed Speakers: • Nicole Spencer, Director, Energy Policy, Council of the Americas – USA (Moderator) • Henk Hutting, Chief Executive Officer, NuCapital – Netherlands • Pierre Pesnel, Global Head Business Development, Vergnet - France • Martinho António Carvalho Soares, Project Manager, Vestas |
| 10.20 – 11.20 | IV. GEOTHERMAL |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.40 – 12.40 | V. WASTE TO ENERGY |
| 12.40 – 13.40 | VI. HYDRO, TIDAL, OCEAN Confirmed Speakers: |
| CONFERENCE CLOSE | |
