Carbon Market Design: Issues and Opportunities
Agenda
January 31-February 1, 2011
CFTC Public Hearing Room
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC |
| Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| Morning Session |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Continental breakfast and check-in |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome remarks |
Kitty Smith (bio)
USDA, Economic Research Service, Administrator
|
| 9:10 a.m. |
Kickoff speaker |
Richard Sandor (bio)
Environmental Financial Products, Chairman and CEO;
Chicago Climate Exchange, Founder |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Carbon Markets Marketing (abstract | presentation) |
Jim Kharouf (bio)
Environmental Markets Newsletter, Editor |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Lessons from Existing Environmental Markets for the Design of Climate Policy (abstract | presentation) |
Dallas Burtraw (bio)
Resources for the Future, Senior Fellow |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Morning break (coffee and snacks) |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Implementation of Regional Carbon Markets in the United States |
Jonathan Schrag (bio)
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc., Executive Director |
| 11:30 a.m. |
The Role of Exchanges in Global Environmental Markets: Confidence, Stability,
Transparency (abstract) |
Tom Lewis (bio)
Green Exchange, CEO |
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Q&A will immediately follow |
| Noon |
Catered lunch onsite |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Moderating Price Volatility (abstract | presentation) |
Andrew Stocking (bio)
Congressional Budget Office, Analyst and Market Design Economist |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Participation in the Carbon Market (presentation) |
Albert S. “Pete” Kyle (bio)
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, Charles E. Smith Chair Professor of Finance |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Discussion of Moderating Price Volatility and Participation in the Carbon Market (presentation) |
Matthew Harding
Stanford University Department of Economics |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Alternatives to Quantity-based Climate Policy (abstract | presentation) |
Peter Cramton (bio)
University of Maryland, Professor of Economics |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Discussion of Alternatives to Quantity-based Climate Policy |
Henrik Hasselknippe
Green Exchange |
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Q&A will immediately follow |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Workshop ends for the day |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner reception at Vapiano’s, 1800 M St, NW (by invitation) |
| Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
| Morning Session |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Oil Prices and the Carbon Market (abstract | presentation) |
Perry Sadorsky (bio)
York University, Schulich School of Business, Associate Professor of Economics |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Discussion of Oil Prices and the Carbon Market |
Nela Richardson
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Agricultural Carbon Credits: Lessons Learned from the AgraGate Experience (abstract | presentation) |
Dave Miller (bio)
Iowa Farm Bureau, Research and Commodity Services, Director |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Tradeoff Between Permits and Offsets (abstract) |
Adele Morris (bio)
Brookings Institution, Fellow |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Discussion of Agricultural Carbon Credits: Lessons Learned from the AgraGate Experience and Tradeoff Between Permits and Offsets (presentation) |
John Horowitz
Economic Research Service |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Regulatory Perspective on Carbon Markets |
Eric Juzenas
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Senior Counsel to the Chairman |
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Q&A will immediately follow |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Workshop closes |
