Green Power Conferences slated for Barcelona, NYC, Brussels

Concentrated Solar Power Congress
Barcelona, 5-6 February 2008

As Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) continues to gain momentum in Europe's southern region, Green Power Conferences will host the inaugural CSP Congress in Barcelona.

The inaugural CSP Congress will focus on investment opportunities in CSP and analyse what factors make new projects attractive to investors, providing a platform for financiers and project developers to meet and do business.

In addition, the event will examine global policy and finance mechanisms necessary to support market growth, key steps to overcome market barriers, latest technological developments and case studies from Europe, the US, North Africa and the Middle East.

Amongst the guest speakers will be representatives from the European Commission, California Energy Commission, International Energy Agency, Abengoa, Iberdrola, Ausra, Solar Millenium, Consortium Cobra-Sener, Abu Dhabi Energy Vision, DLR, Deutscher Bundestag, TREC, KfW, Novatec BioSol, Epuron and CIEMAT.

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Feb 08

Voluntary Carbon Markets New York
New York City, 5-6 February 2008

Until recently, the Voluntary Carbon Markets have been largely unmonitored and the size was unclear. However according to recent research, the market grew exponentially in 2006 with approx US$91 million of carbon traded. This growth is expected to continue throughout 2007.

According to a recent survey, 60% of all trade in the OTC voluntary carbon market took place in the USA. With no mandatory scheme, the voluntary carbon market plays an important role for companies and individuals who are trying to reduce the impact of their carbon footprint now.

Following on from the successful European edition, Voluntary Carbon Markets New York is the only event to focus on the US voluntary carbon markets. The event will provide an in-depth overview of this exciting market, look at the attempts to standardize the market, the risks of investing in the market, the future developments of the market in terms of its relationship with a future mandatory market.

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Feb 08

Biodiversity Finance
New York City, 5-6 February 2008

Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Financial Sector

A major problem facing the global community is the continuing loss of biodiversity. This loss is the result of insufficient investments being made in biodiversity conservation and over investment in activities that further the loss of biodiversity. Stopping the loss of biodiversity thus requires a combination of improving existing financing mechanisms, developing new mechanisms to finance the conservation of biological diversity, and reviewing policies and practices that encourage the loss of biodiversity. This conference will focus on the financing mechanisms element of this challenge.

Traditionally most agencies responsible for biodiversity conservation have been in the public or the NGO sectors. However we are now starting to see the entrance of the financial sector and wider corporate world into biodiversity investments. This event will look at the role of biodiversity assets, their value and case studies of the new financial mechanisms that are developing as they move into the mainstream.

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Mar 08

World Biofuels Markets Congress

Brussels, 12-14 March 2008


Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, is confirmed to address the World Biofuels Markets Congress. The World Biofuels Markets Congress has grown rapidly into Europe’s largest biofuels congress and annually attracts all the major companies from the entire global biofuels value chain to Brussels.

2007 saw Al Gore address over 1300 participants from 58 different countries. For 2008 in addition to the Commissioner, attendees will hear from Vinod Khosla, an ex founder of Sun Microsystems and leading US venture capitalist, industry pioneer Jeff Broin (CEO Poet Energy), leading biofuels plant developer Giuseppe di Carpegna (CEO, Desmet Ballestra Oleo) and leading next generation scientist Per Falholt (CSO at Novozymes). With 5 pre-congress conferences and 4 highly focused streams, the event is the largest, annual gathering of international biofuels industry experts.

The congress also features Europe’s largest dedicated biofuels equipment and services networking exhibition with over a 100 companies exhibiting. To learn more about the event and the opportunities available to speak, sponsor, exhibit or attend please visit http://www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com

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April 08

Corporate Climate Response – Sustainable Manufacturing Summit
Cutting emissions from design, operations, suppliers and consumption
Chicago, April 8-9 2008

How can manufacturers grow their business while reducing their total carbon emissions? How can you get smaller suppliers involved in your sustainability initiatives? How can you label the carbon intensity of individual products, and will your customers demand this? These are just some of the critical questions that will be answered at our upcoming Sustainable Manufacturing Summit on April 8-9 at the Congress Plaza in Chicago.

The summit will bring together over 250 sustainability professionals to share their strategies on carbon management. This unique forum provides the opportunity to find out how top manufacturers and their customers are lowering their carbon emissions and developing new strategies for a carbon-constrained world.

With sessions focusing on climate-friendly product development and sustainable supply chains, our program covers carbon reduction at every stage of the manufacturing process from design through to consumption. Through a series of case studies and panel presentations, we will showcase the top corporate innovators in sustainable manufacturing. Attendees will walk away with real-world examples from leading companies that have invested significant time and resources in responding to the challenge and opportunities presented by climate change.

The Sustainable Manufacturing Summit takes a detailed view of the relationship between climate response and the manufacturing process by offering unparalleled access to the companies and experts emerging as leaders in this area.

Detailed program available soon.

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Apr 08

Carbon Markets Americas
São Paulo, 15-16 April 2008

Carbon Markets Americas is Latin America’s leading congress and exhibition for all stakeholders in the region’s carbon markets, including: project hosts and developers, carbon credit buyers, government and municipalities, regional DNA’s, consultants, verifiers, lawyers, carbon brokers and media.

Over 350 senior executives from across the region have attended the previous Carbon Markets Americas.

Due to popular request, Carbon Markets Americas 2008 has been expanded to include 2 streams of high level content, a series of in depth focussed seminars and a bigger exhibition.

“This seminar is the most important in Latin America” Votorantim Cimentos

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Apr 08

BioPower Generation
Delivering efficient, cost effective power generation from biomass
Germany, April 2008

The Bio Power Generation Forum has been designed to bring together representatives from industry and government to address ways to expand the market for power generation from large scale biomass.

The event will look at how to overcome specific challenges that utilities face in delivering efficient, cost effective power generation from biomass, including: regulation, cost, conversion efficiency, supply logistics and feedstock availability.

Expert speakers from across Europe and the US will provide in-depth case studies of successful project deployments and analysis of the latest technological developments for biomass gasification, direct fired and co-fired systems.

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May 08

Corporate Climate Response
London, 20-22 May 2008

The 6th Corporate Climate Response event will bring together companies, regulators and other experts to discuss the best solutions for companies looking to mitigate their carbon footprints. It will attract over 200 delegates from across the Europe whose responsibility is to implement climate change solutions for their organisations.

Featuring:
Carbon Reduction Commitment 101:
An introduction to the UK’s new mandatory carbon trading scheme, 20 May

This one-day workshop will cover all the basics of the UK's new carbon trading scheme from coverage criteria to implementation. How do you know which sites qualify for the scheme? How will the CRC fit in with existing carbon markets? How will the auditing process work? How will landlord-tenant issues be resolved? Top corporate speakers will be joined by Defra staff and other experts to answer these questions and discuss the practicalities of this new mandatory carbon trading system.

Climate Change and the Food Industry, 21-22 May
This two-day event will look at the top climate change issues affecting food retailers, producers and manufacturers. Topics covered include carbon labelling, food transport, consumer and producer response, and packaging. It will also take an in depth look at product life cycle analysis from production through to waste.

Sustainable Manufacturing Summit, 22 May
This summit will take a look at how major UK and European manufacturers are responding to the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change. With sessions focusing on climate-friendly product development and sustainable supply chains, our program covers carbon reduction at every stage of the manufacturing process from design through to consumption. Attendees will walk away with real-world examples from leading companies that have invested significant time and resources in responding to the challenge and opportunities presented by climate change.

Detailed program available soon.

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Info from GreenPowerConferences.com

stablished in 2003, Green Power Conferences was the first to offer professionally organised events focusing on the sustainability sector. Over the last four years, we have welcomed over 4000 delegates from 76 countries and built a global database of 110,000+ contacts. Our expertise lies in producing high quality, interactive conferences that provide ample networking opportunities for delegates and partners alike.

Each event is developed by a team of market research professionals who ensure our events provide in-depth discussions and the latest industry updates in these fast-moving sectors. With a global portfolio of 30 events, Green Power Conferences is helping to accelerate the uptake of sustainable business practices from Rio to Hong Kong. We also walk the talk, by offsetting all our commercial activities through renewable energy projects around the world.