The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China would like to inform you about the Renewable Energy Finance Forum China, which will be held on Wednesday 29th and 30th of March 2007, at Kerry Centre, Beijing:  China's Renewable Energy finance conference China renewable energy markets are poised to become the biggest in the world.

The NDRC estimates that its recently announced targets will require an investment to the level of $179bn by 2020, whilst some analysts are even more bullish and suggest this figure could reach $267bn.Attend the event to:Hear from the top players in the Chinese Renewable Energy Market?Additional networking features: Local NDRC Forum and CDM Marketplace?Where, when, and how to invest?

Agenda

Registration
Day 1 - Thursday, 29 March 2007

07:30 Registration and coffee
08:00 Exhibition opens
09:00 Opening Remarks Torsten Merkel, Conference Manager, Euromoney Energy Events 

SESSION 1: POLICY TRENDS AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK Chair Li Junfeng, Secretary General, CREIA

09:10China energy consumption: Supply and demand trends?Trends in the renewable energy regulatory framework and incentive schemes?Role of domestic and foreign capital?New legislation on QFII standards?

Establishment of a Renewable Energy Fund Keynote Speakers:Shi Lishan, Director of Renewable Energy Division, Energy Bureau, NDRCAn Fengquan, Director of Planning Division, National Energy Leadership OfficeWu Haijun, Deputy Director of EconomicDevelopment Division, Ministry of FinanceGao Guangsheng, Director General, Office to National Climate Change Coordination 

10:30 Extended Networking Break 

START OF PARALLEL SESSIONS:

Sessions 2 and 3 will be run as parallel streams enabling delegates to attend the session of most interest to themSESSION 2A: CHINA SOLAR MARKET

11:15 Co-Chairs:Amy Zhang, CFO, SuntechSven Hansen, CIO, Good Energies?Venture capital and private equity investment strategies and exit options?Equity markets perspective on Chinese solar companies?

Where to list: Shanghai vs. Hong Kong vs. overseas Speakers:Timothy Chang, Managing Director, Citigroup Venture Capital ChinaSanjeev Chaurasia, Vice President, Global Renewable Energy Effort, Credit SuisseVincent Chan, Managing Director - North Asia, JAFCO AsiaFrank Haugwitz, Technical Consultant, GTZ   SESSION 2B: CHINA WIND MARKET11:15 Chair: Shi Pengfei, Vice Chairman, China Wind Energy Association?Price, growth and technology trends in the Chinese wind market?

Will there be a turbine overcapacity in the mediumterm in China?What implication does the change from a sellers to a buyers?market have for foreign manufacturers in China?Company presentation: Goldwind - expansion and funding going forward?

Cost benefit analysis of investing in China, license management and IP protection Speakers:Wu Gang, CEO, GoldwindLi Longsheng, Vice Chair, China Energy Conservation Investment CorporationPaulo Soares, CEO, Suzlon China.

Wu Yundong, Chairman, WindeyWeipingPan, China Representative, Garrad Hassan

12:45 Networking LunchSESSION
 
3A: SOLAR INVESTMENT FORUM

14:15 Co-Chairs:Amy Zhang, CFO, SuntechSven Hansen, CIO, Good Energies Speakers:Jifan Gao, CEO, Trina SolarKevin Wei, CFO, SolarfunCharles Bai, CFO, Renesola Solar   SESSION

3B: WIND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE14:15 Chair: Shi Pengfei, Vice Chairman, China Wind Energy Association?The shift from low-cost to high-yield projects?

Analysis: Foreign capital vs. domestic capital, repatriation of investments?How will state-owned utilities finance projects going forward??Private developers: Strategies, risks and potential returns?Case studies Speakers:Zhang Yan, President, Datang Jilin Wind PowerAnton Rohner, General Manager Asia, Roaring 40sYu Wuming, President, Xinjiang Wind EnergyIan Irvine, Technical Director, Sgurr Energy>Peter Corne, Managing Director, Shanghai, Eversheds15:45 Networking Break SESSION 4: PROJECT EXECUTION Chair KK Chan, Managing Director, CLP Renewables16:15?Domestic banks: Due diligence process and finance criteria?What can international project finance banks offer the Chinese renewable finance markets?

Where are the opportunities for international private equity investors?Emergence of non-recourse finance goingforward Using carbon value beyond 2012 to enhance project returns?Outlook: The effect of carbon credits as collateral in project finance transactions on terms and returns Speakers:Ye QIU, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Banking DepartmentChina Merchants BankAndrew Aldridge, Principal Carbon Funds, Climate Change CapitalSun Hao, Investment Officer, IFC ChinaSebsatian Meyer, Azure InternationalTakashi Hongo, Director General and Special Advisor for Kyoto Mechanism, JBICShen Yiyang, UNDP/ Standard Chartered  17:30 Close of Day One18:00 Networking Evening Reception

Day 2 - Friday, 30 March 200707:30 Exhibition opens and morning coffee08:00 Networking BreakfastDelegates will have the opportunity to introduce themselves to their fellow conference attendees using a roving microphone, enabling them to make additional business contacts.  

SESSION 5: UTILITIES?RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGIES Chair - Joseph Jacobelli, Senior Director, Head of Asia Pacific Utilities, Equity Research, Merrill Lynch09:00 Keynote Speech:Stefan Robertsson, Group Director - Corporate Finance and Development,CLP Holdings 

09:20  Achieving the 2010 5% renewable energy portfolio target?Utilities?strategies to develop and finance renewable energy generation capacity?State of the grid: Review of plans to absorb the renewable energy load, and rationale for the new grid code regulation Speakers:Prof. Dai Hui Zhu, State Power Research CenterZhao Shiming, CEO, Huaneng NewEnergy Group
 
10:30 Extended Networking Break CONTINUATION OF PARALLEL SESSIONS: Sessions 6 and 7 will be run as parallel streams enabling delegates to attend the session of most interest to them SESSION 6A: BIOMASS, BIOGAS, ENERGY FROM WASTE AND HYDRO

11.15 Chair: Simon Littlewood, CEO, London Asia Capital Private equity investment opportunities in China bioenergy sector?Project finance, and logistics and feedstock supply?Biomass boilers - price and market trends?Carbon credit potential in the bioenergy and hydro space?
 
Linking carbon finance with bioenergy and hydro project finance?SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Case studies Speakers:Chen Xiaoping, Chief Executive Officer, China Everbright InternationalAnders Brendstrup, Vice General Manager, Dragon Power Co. Ltd.Yue Yuan Sun, General Manager, CLP Huaiji HydropowerAijuan Wang, Head of China Business, Power, Mott MacDonald Group

SESSION 6B: CDM MARKETPLACE

14:15 With the support of the NDRC, CREIA, The World Bank and Easy Carbon, this session will assemble relevant carbon project developers from all over China. Credit buyers will have the opportunity to meet sellers of carbon credits to discuss current opportunities on a case by case basis.
 
12:45 Networking Lunch  SESSION 7A: ALTERNATIVE FUELS

14.15 Chair: Conrad Hai-Li Buecheleres, General Manager, Choren-CNOOC?Funding requirements of the Chinese alternative fuels sector going forward?Commercialisation of domestic cellulosic ethanol technologies, non-traditional biodiesel crops and coal-to-liquids Speakers:Wang Mengjie, Director, China Centre for Rural Energy Research and TrainingYong-Wang Li, CEO, China SynfuelsTerry Han, SCGP Licensing Manager, Shell Gas & PowerDaniel Zhu, President, China, Transpacific Resources SESSION 7B: MEET THE PROVINCIAL NDRCs

14.15 Representatives of provincial National Development and Reform Commissions from Yuannan, Qing Hai, Inner Mongolia, HeBei and Zhe Jiang will outline their framework and approach towards investment in renewable energy manufacturing and renewable energy projects in their respective provinces. 

This Forum will be hosted by CREIA. 15:45 Networking BreakSESSION 8: CDM OPPORTUNITIES Chair - Chris Raszkowski, CEO, Azure International16:15 Keynote Address:?Outlook: The effect of carbon credits as collateral in project finance transactions on terms and returns?Legal issues and structures to combine CDM and project finance?Assessing carbon value after 2012 for compliance and voluntary markets?Developing insurance products for the CDM

MarketSpeakers:Seiichiro Nishida, Deputy Chairman, Clean Energy Finance Committee, Mitsubishi SecuritiesAndrew Tan, Partner, Baker & McKenzieSascha Lafeld, CEO, 3CLin Wei, CEO, Easy CarbonLuci Mortimer, Global Manager, CDM & JI Business, TFSDr. Duan Maosheng, Global Climate Change Institute, Tsinghua UniversityJames Graham, General Manager, Camco International 

18:00  Close of Conference

 

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