JF Pearson : Clean Energy Investment and Finance Summit 2008

DAY ONE / NOV.18th 2008		DAY TWO / NOV.19th 2008
0830 0850 0900 0940 1010 1050 1120 1200 1230 1400 1440 1510 1530 1600 1635 1715 1735	Registration Opening address from the chairman Investment Environment and Markets Briefing: With the breakneck expansion of China’s economy and its reliance on energy, a combination of ambitious targets supported by strong government policies may enable China to leapfrog industrialized nations in clean energy technology in the years immediately ahead. Session One / Current Status Overview Fully understanding the China energy status and the new energy law to find business opportunities • Briefing of new energy law draft • Realizing the advantages that the new law bring to clean energy investment • Addressing climate change through investment in clean technology • Analysing the energy structure: from traditional to clean Session Two / Clean Energy Development An outlook on clean energy investment and its market development • China clean energy market size • Getting the policy & regulatory conditions right for major investment • The need for institutional investors in Clean and Green energy for a sustainable future • Identifying financial risks & opportunities through clean energy investment Session Three / Panel Discussion How to attract foreign institutional investors by viable innovative projects? • Finding out what makes an attractive project, and how to acquire the best funding deal for your project • What kind of clean energy projects win the best investment in the markets? • Looking through the five criteria that foreign institutional investors filtrate for each project • Reviewing the best practices in clean energy investing One-to-One Matchmaking Opportunities This session will be pre-arranged and highly targeted to your needs, where clean energy project owners and investors would have the chance to discuss in more depth about their deals and transaction. It will add value to you as it shortens your time in searching for the right partners or potential clients, as you will be meeting with your intended organizations which you want to do business with. Session Four / Risks and Profits Underlying operational risks in clean energy project development • Over viewing the key risks and barriers associated with clean energy projects • Trying to turn the risks to advantages • Evolving financial risk management instruments that can support renewable energy projects • Existing availability of insurance for clean energy projects Session Five / Panel Discussion Building win-win partnerships between venture capital & private equity to maximize the financing result • Discovering how to meet your long-term financing needs with the innovative use of venture capital and private equity • Co-investing in a big project to maximize the profit • Figuring out the challenges and opportunities through the corporation • Involving in China’s booming clean energy market with good partners Luncheon Wind Power Project — Opportunities more than risks Briefing: Wind energy is expanding particularly rapidly in China, with production of wind turbines doubling in 2006. China is poised to pass world wind manufacturing leaders in Europe, Japan, and North America in the next three years. Session Six / Wind Power Projects Investment Potential Identifying qualified wind power projects and overcoming the challenges in entering the Chinese wind energy market • Understanding the wind industry and its key drivers • Assessing the developments of wind projects in China and the returns these projects are reaping • Overseeing the current status in wind power projects • Evaluating the pricing risks in wind power project development • Investing in China’s turbine manufacturing industry One-to-One Matchmaking Opportunities This session will be pre-arranged and highly targeted to your needs, where clean energy project owners and investors would have the chance to discuss in more depth about their deals and transaction. It will add value to you as it shortens your time in searching for the right partners or potential clients, as you will be meeting with your intended organizations which you want to do business with. Session Seven / Project Introduction Session Eight / Project Introduction Solar Energy — Money! Money! Money! Breifing: Solar energy is clean, safe, infinite, and inexhaustible. It will have an immeasurable impact on the future of the human race, as the market is discovering. It is a prerequisite to making wise investments in China's solar future. Session Nine / Case Study Opportunity in solar technology investment Chinese polysilicon maker posts the largest US IPO of a Chinese mainland company in recent memory, after only a year in business. Investment Director from LDK Solar will show you their experience in raising money. Session Ten / Project Introduction Session Eleven / Project Introduction End of the day one conference	0830 0850 0900 0940 1020 1040 1110 1150 1210 1410 1450 1510 1540 1620 1640 1700	Registration Opening address from the chairman Carbon Trade — Future trends Briefing: China held 60 percent of the total US$2.3 billion CDM market in developing countries in the first three quarters of Year 2007. Facing dim prospects for its ambitious energy saving targets, China is pushing hard for CDM projects in the energy efficiency, clean energy, and renewable energy sectors. Session One / Carbon Finance Perspectives on carbon financing within the context of clean energy project development • Reducing carbon footprint & emissions trading • Factoring in policy risks and the prospects for carbon trading beyond 2012 • Examining the developments of carbon markets in China and the returns it achieves • Reviewing the opportunities and risks in carbon trading Session Two / Panel Discussion Applying carbon trade as a long-term corporate financing strategy • How do local companies use carbon financing to raise money for the project’s early stage • What criteria do carbon funds use in determining whether to play in the project market as credit purchasers or project investors? • What type of projects will private equity consider in the current voluntary market? • Finding potential carbon projects and seeking a method to increase total turnout Session Three / Project Introduction One-to-One Matchmaking Opportunities This session will be pre-arranged and highly targeted to your needs, where clean energy project owners and investors would have the chance to discuss in more depth about their deals and transaction. It will add value to you as it shortens your time in searching for the right partners or potential clients, as you will be meeting with your intended organizations which you want to do business with. Biomass Project — Next booming market for investing Briefing: Utilizing high technology to convert biomass energy into clean fossil fuel to replace energy sources, the biomass power industry receives great attention from the government, and is wooed by more and more investors. Session Four / Evaluating biomass projects Finding new deal making opportunities emerge in biomass • Identifying a profitable biomass project • Fossil fuel plant conversions and traditional biomass to power project • Assessing the impact of carbon reduction on biomass projects • Developing mechanisms to support pilot projects which require debt but still have technology risk Session Five / Project Introduction Luncheon Coal Bed Methane Project — Government is encouraging your investing! Briefing: A potential China play for the risk-taking small-cap investor is China’s coal bed methane industry. There are a handful of publicly traded foreign firms that have been actively making inroads in the sector that could prove to make some big money in the future. Session Six / Coal Bed Methane Market Investment and Development Trends in China • Utilizing coal resource in a more efficient and clean manner • Investing opportunities and challenges in the developing CBM technologies in China • Initiatives in driving forward CBM • A whole process overview: Exploring, developing, producing and selling Clean Tech Project — Small projects & Big turnouts Breifing: Chinese cleantech venture capital investment is expected to rise dramatically in 2007 to US$580 million and will surpass US$720 million in 2008. China is a promising marketplace for clean technologies investing. Session Seven / Clean Tech Market Analyze Developing innovative clean technologies to keep pace with the evolution of clean energy industry • Exploiting the hottest new technologies poised for growth • An overview of clean tech market characteristics and the investment project pipeline • Recognizing the complexities of raising capital in the clean tech sector • Realizing the benefits of capitalizing on solutions that reduce waste, pollution and use of resources, while competing on price and performance One-to-One Matchmaking Opportunities This session will be pre-arranged and highly targeted to your needs, where clean energy project owners and investors would have the chance to discuss in more depth about their deals and transaction. It will add value to you as it shortens your time in searching for the right partners or potential clients, as you will be meeting with your intended organizations which you want to do business with. Session Eight / Investing Opportunities Finding profitable clean tech projects in this growing market • Envisaging opportunities and challenges involved • Pioneering proper investing channels in clean tech market • Listing for local energy companies—How to breakthrough development bottleneck by using international capital Session Nine / Project Introduction Session Ten / Project Introduction End of the conference