X LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CARBON FORUM
SEPTEMBER 28-30, PANAMA CITY - PANAMA
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•Meeting room: Colibrí Violeta CDE Plenary Sessions
•Meeting room: Colibrí Violeta CDE Workstream 1 (W1): Low Carbon Technology Solutions
•Meeting room: Colibrí Violeta AWorkstream 2 (W2): Enabling the Investment Environment
DAY 1, September 28th 2016
8:30 - 09:15
Keynote Addresses
• Isabel Saint Malo, Vice-President of the Republic, Government of Panama • Daniele Violetti, Director & Chief of Staff , UNFCCC
9:15 - 10:00
Welcoming Remarks
• Daniele Violetti, Director & Chief of Staff , UNFCCC • Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Assistant Secretary General of the UN, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP • Leo Heileman, Regional Director, UNEP • John Christensen, Director, UNEP DTU Partnership • Ligia Castro, Head Environment and Climate Change, CAF • James Close, Director, Climate Change Group, WBG • Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, IETA • Juan Pablo Bonilla, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, IDB
10:00 - 10:45 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition (Press Conference in Parallel)
10:45 - 12:30
Plenary: Paris Agreement and UNFCCC Negotiations implications for LAC
Moderator: Daniele Violetti, Director & Chief of Staff, UNFCCC Panelists: • Mirei Endara, Minister of Environment, Government of Panama • Omar Ramírez Tejada, Advisor to the Executive Office on Environmental Affairs, Government of the Dominican Republic • Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Assistant Secretary General of the UN, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP • Luis Miguel Galindo, Head, Climate Change Unit, ECLAC • Daniel Bouille, President, Energy Climate Change Policies, Fundación Bariloche Contact: UNFCCC Maria Laura Vinuela ([email protected])
12:30 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
X LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CARBON FORUM Sortis Hotel, Calle 56 east, Obarrio
28-30th September 2016 – Panama City
Conference Program (This program is preliminary and subject to further changes)
14:00 - 14:45
Special Session: Official launch of the International Carbon Market Framework in Panama
Panelists: • Rosilena Lindo, Director, Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Government of Panama • Emilio Sempris, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment, Government of Panama Contact: MIAMBIENTE, Rosilena Lindo ([email protected])
14:45 - 15:00 Short Break
15:00 - 16:15
Plenary: Carbon Markets and Development: The Latin American Experience (With LEDS-LAC)
Moderator: Dirk Forrister, President & Chief Executive Officer, International Emissions Trading Agency Panelists: • Fernando Farias Ellies, Chief, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Government of Chile • Adrien de Bassompierre, Coordinator Partnership for Market Readiness, WBG • Elsa Matilde Escobar, Director, Fundación Natura • Sigurd Klakeg, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway Contacts: IETA, Lisa ([email protected]); WBG, Alexandre Kossoy ([email protected]); Celine Ramstein ([email protected])
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
16:45 - 18:00 Plenary: Carbon Pricing – State of the Art (With LEDS-LAC)
Session coordinated by the WBG/LEDS
Moderator: Ana María Majano, Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat Panelists: • Niclas Svenningsen, Manager of the Stakeholder and Relationship Management Unit, UNFCCC • Alexandre Kossoy, CPLC regional manager LAC, WBG • Louise Bedsworth, Deputy Director, Governor's Office, Government of California • Rodolfo Sirol, Sustainability Director, CPFL Energía Contacts: WBG, Alexandre Kossoy ([email protected]); Celine Ramstein ([email protected])
14:00 - 16:00
W1: NAMA Marketplace
Moderator: Tshering Sherpa, NAMA & Registry Unit, UNFCCC Panel: • Carmen Arguello, Regional Advisor for Latin America, Green Climate Fund • Janka Clauder, NAMA Facility • Ubaldo Elizondo, Climate Change Coordinator, CAF NAMA presentations: • David Neira, Petroamazonas Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy NAMA, Ecuador • Mauricio Chacón, Livestock NAMA, Costa Rica • Maria Bertrand, Environmental Officer at the Environmental Coordinating Unit, Dominican Republic • Betsy Bandy, Director, Policy, Planning, Development and Evaluation Division Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology Contact: UNFCCC, Maria Laura Vinuela ([email protected])
19:00 – 21:00
Welcome cocktail
DAY 2, September 29th 2016
8:30 - 10:15
Plenary: Financing solutions for NDC implementation
Moderator: Amal-Lee Amin, Division Chief, Climate Change Division, IDB Panelists: • Konrad Raeschke-Kessler, Emissions Trading Authority, Federal Environment Agency (DEHSt), Germany • Marcela Palominos, Director of the Sustainable Development Area, Tax Authority, Chile • Odalys Goicoechea, Director, Direction of Environment, Ministry of Science, Government of Cuba • Doris Arévalo, Manager, Global Flows, BANCOLDEX • Ligia Castro Doens, Head, Environment and Climate Change, CAF • Carla Schuchmann, Investors-led Programs Account Manager, CDP Contacts: IADB, Susana Cárdenas, ([email protected]); CAF, Alejandro Miranda, ([email protected])
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
10:45 - 12:15
Plenary: Reducing Latin America and the Caribbean’s Carbon Footprint – Land Use Change and Forestry
Moderator: Clea Paz, REDD+ Specialist, UNDP Panelists: • Thomasz Chruszczow , Chair, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, UNFCCC • Leonardo Massai, Professor, Catholic University of Lille • Timothy J. Killeen, Expert, Agteca-Amazónica • Angel Ureña, Manager, Environment, Panama Canal Authority • Arthur Laurent, CEO, Microsol Perú Contacts: UNDP, Cayetano Casado ([email protected]); MIAMBIENTE, Rosilena Lindo [email protected]
12:15 - 13:45
Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
13:45 - 15:00
W1: Investment Opportunities in Emerging Sustainable Cities
Moderator: Daniela Carrera, ICES, IADB Panelists: • Raisa Banfield, Vice-Mayor, Panama City • Doménica Cristina Tabacchi Rendón, Vice-Mayor, Guayaquil • Francisco Maciel, CEO, CIOESTE-Consórcio Contacts: IADB, Susana Cárdenas ([email protected]); CAF, Martha Castillo ([email protected])
15:00 - 15:15 Short Break
15:15 - 16:30
W1: Aviation & Maritime transport and infrastructure in a changing climate
Moderator: Luca Brusa, Lead Stakeholder and Regional Support, UNFCCC Panelists: • Jorge Barakat, Administrator, Panama Maritime Authority. • Jaime Pérez, Environment Health and Safety Manager, Quito Airport • Gianni López, Centro Mario Molina, Chile Contacts: IADB, Susana Cárdenas ([email protected]); MIAMBIENTE, Rosilena Lindo ([email protected])
15:15 - 16:30
W2: Challenges from the agriculture sector from the climate change perspective
Moderator: Mauricio Salazar, Director, VSPF, CAF Panelists: • Jeimar Tapasco, CIAT • Albeiro de Jesús Lopera Henao, BanCO2 (CORNARE), Colombia • Mauricio Chacón, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica • Jaqueline Espinosa, ODEPA, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile • Jorge Elliot, Costa Rica Contact: CAF, Martha Castillo ([email protected])
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
17:00 - 18:15
W1: Tomorrow’s electricity
Moderator: Erika Garcia, Sustainable Energy Development & Energy Efficiency Coordinator, OLADE Panelists: • Alejandro Navarro, Center of Energy, Chile • Jorge Montero, Energy Environmental Analyst, ICE • Camilo Táutiva Mancera, Energy Advisor, Mining and Energy Unit, UPME • Gianni Lopez, Director, Centro Mario Molina Contacts: OLADE, Erika García ([email protected])
13:45 - 15:00
W2: Joint mitigation and adaptation opportunities in the Caribbean
Moderator: Ligia Castro, Head Environment and Climate Change, CAF Panelists: • Carlos Fuller, International and Regional Liaison Officer, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) • Ann Gordon, National Coordinator, National Climate Change Office, Government of Belize • Octavio Carrasquilla, Chief Executive • Paulina Olivia Palin, Senior Consultant, Aclimatisse Contacts: IADB, Susana Cárdenas ([email protected]); CAF, Maria C. Torres ([email protected])
17:00 - 18:15
W2: Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the future of CDM
Moderator: Thomas Forth, Advisor to BMUB, BMUB Panelists: • Carlos Fuller, SBI Chair, CCCCC • Ivana Cepon, Executive Director, PFS • Aki Kachi, International Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch • Andrei Marcu, Senior Advisor, Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS • Eduardo Calvo, CDM EB Chair, Government of Perú Contacts: UNFCCC, Maria Laura Vinuela ([email protected]); IETA, Lisa Spafford ([email protected])
DAY 3, September 30th 2016
8:30 - 9:45
Plenary: Transparency and national MRV Systems
Moderator: John Christensen, Director, UNEP DTU Partnership Panelists: • Tshering Sherpa, Programme Officer NAMA & Registry Unit, UNFCCC • Omar Ramírez, Advisor to the Executive Office on Environmental Affairs, Government of Dominican Republic • Andrea Meza, Director for Climate Change, MINAE, Government of Costa Rica • Chizuru Aoki, Lead Environmental Specialist, GEF Contact: UNEP DTU, David Jannis Joachim Ryfisch ([email protected])
9:45 - 10:00 Short Break
10:00 - 11:15
W1: Corporate Carbon Management in the Private Sector: Towards Low Carbon Development in LAC
Moderator: Yamil Sánchez, Director, Protection of Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment, Panama Panelists: • Camilo Sánchez, Sustainability Regional Manager for South America, Cemex • Juan Antonio Fábrega, Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Cerveceria Nacional Panama (SABMiller) • Christian Dannecker, Director for Latin America, South Pole • Juan Antonio Licea, Technical and Manufacture Director, Nestlé Central America Contacts: CAF, Camilo Rojas ([email protected])
10:00 - 11:15
W2: Making the Links: Mitigation, Finance and Innovative Technology Solutions
Moderator: Katie Sullivan, Director, The Americas & Climate Finance, IETA Panelists: • Eduardo Piquero, Chief Executive Officer, MexiCO2 • Soffia Alarcon, Director, Carbon Trust, Mexico • Sebastián del Valle, Origination Head of Global Environmental Products, Allcot, Guatemala • Marta Moneo, CTCN Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNEP • Alexey V. Spirin, Head of Greenhouse Gases Emissions Regulation Section, HSE Department, UC Rusal Contact: IETA, Katie Sullivan ([email protected])
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
11:45 - 13:00
W1: Energy Efficiency: From Commitment to Implementation with PPP and Networks
Moderator: Jorge Asturias, Project and Studies Director, OLADE Panelists: • Mark Lister, Energy Efficiency Specialist, UNEP DTU Partnership • Haydee de Mendoza, Inteligencia de Mercados, Bandesal - Banco de Desarrollo de El Salvador • Martín Villareal, Responsable de Ingeniería y Certificación, Thermaflex • Gustavo Mañez, Director of Climate Change, UNEP
Contact: OLADE, Erika García ([email protected])
11:45 - 13:00
W2: Removing barriers to doing business: Successful business fighting climate change
Moderator: Cayetano Casado, Climate Change Specialist, UNDP Panelists: • Carola Mejía, Servicios Ambientales SA • Miguel Bolinaga, General Manager, AES Panama • Paola Delgado, Lead Economist, WWF • Katrhyn Gagnon, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada • Ramón López, Oficina Española de Cambio Climático, Government of Spain Contact: UNDP, Cayetano Casado ([email protected])
13:00 - 14:30 Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
14:30 - 15:45
Plenary: Looking ahead: What capacities are needed to implement NDCs?
Moderator: Miriam Hinostroza, Head of Low Carbon Development Programme, UNEP DTU Panelists: • Orlando Rey, Ministerial Advisor on Climate Change, Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, Government of Cuba • Monica Araya, Director & Founder, Nivela • Yamil Bonduki, Coordinator, Low Emissions Capacity Building Programme, UNDP • Dirk Forrister, President & Chief Executive Officer, IETA • Daniel Bouille, President, Energy Climate Change Policies, Fundación Bariloche Contact: UNDP, Cayetano Casado ([email protected])
15:45 - 16:30
Closing Ceremony
• Luca Brusa, Lead Stakeholder and Regional Support, UNFCCC • Jorge Asturias, Project and Studies Director, OLADE • Venkata Putti, Programme Manager, WBG • John Christensen, Director, UNEP DTU Partnership