Agenda

                   
Washington Legislators Forum
Russell Office Building. Room # 325
14th-15th February 2007
Final Agenda
Day 1

9.15 am        Registration

9.30 am        Welcome and Opening Remarks
(Open to Media)

        Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP
(President of GLOBE International & UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative to the Gleneagles Dialogue)

9.45 am    Opening Session 1- Statements from US Participants & German G8 Presidency (Open to Media)

Opening Remarks from:
Senator Joe Biden –  Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Jeff Bingaman – Chair Senate Energy Committee
Senator Barbara Boxer – Chair Senate Environment Committee
        Senator Olympia Snowe- Member Senate Finance Committee
       
10.15 am     Keynote German G8 Presidency (Open to Media)
        Presentation of the German G8 Presidency Priorities
 (Chancellor Angela Merkel – by video)

        Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Chief Advisor to the German Government G8 Presidency on International Climate Protection issues & Director of the Potsdam Institute
        Mr Lars Josefsson
Chief Advisor to the German Government G8 Presidency on International Climate Protection issues & CEO Vattenfall Group

11.05 am    Rt Hon David Miliband MP
        (UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
Ms Yuriko Koike
(National Security Advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister)
Commissioner Stavros Dimas
(European Commissioner for Environment)   

11.40 am    Discussion– (1 hour) (Open to Media)

        Perspectives from major emerging economies:

Congressman Mr. Ye Rutang
Former Chinese Minister for Environment Protection and current Vice Chairman of the Chinese National People’s Congress Committee on Environment & Resources Protection

12.30 pm    Lunch

1.25 pm        Session 2 – Economics of Climate Change & (45 min Discussion) (Open to Media)

Opening Remarks: Congressman Gilchrest
Keynote Speaker:
Sir Nicholas Stern
(Author of the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change
& Head of the UK Government Economic Service)
To conclude: Mr Matthias Machnig
(German State Secretary for Environment)
                     
Day 1 - Wednesday 14th February Continued…


2.30 pm        Session 3 – Corporate Leaders Panel (Open to Media)
       
Opening remarks:

Senator Joe Lieberman – Chair Senate Homeland Security Committee
&
Senator John McCain – Ranking Member Senate Armed Services Committee

2.50 pm        Corporate Leaders Panel   
(facilitated by The Climate Group and to be led by Mr Steve Howard – CEO The Climate Group)

Mr Jim Rogers – Duke/Cinergy 
Mr Roger Ferguson – Swiss Re America Corp
Sir Richard Branson - Virgin
Mr B. Mutheraman - Tata Steel
Mr Rick Lazio – JP Morgan

3.30 pm        Discussion – (1 hour)


4.30 pm        Refreshment Break
               
4.45 pm        Discussion (1 hour) on Statement to G8


6 pm        End of Formal Proceedings of First Day & Transport to the Jefferson Hotel

7.15 pm        Transport to the World Bank from Hotel


7.30 pm        Reception & Dinner
        Venue: The World Bank

        Dinner Theme: Achieving a Low Carbon Economy
           
        Keynote Speakers:
Mr Paul Wolfowitz
        (President of the World Bank)       
Mr Valli Moosa
(President of IUCN)
Sir Richard Branson
(Founder of the Virgin Group)


10.30 pm    Evening Closes - Transport to the Jefferson Hotel
              
Thursday 15th February
Day 2

8.30 am        Registration

9 am        Session 1 – Approaches to Technology Transfer and International Agreements:
(Open to Media) Opening Remarks:
        Senator Larry Craig
        (Member of the Senate Energy Committee)

9.10 am        The Asia Pacific Partnership (AP6)
Dr Paula Dobriansky
(Under Secretary, Democracy and Global Affairs US State Department)
Mr Michael Morris
(Chairman, President & CEO American Electric Power)

9.30 am        Q&A / Discussion

10 am        Bio -fuels – a new role for Agriculture
Representative Kato
(Member of the Japanese Diet)

10.15 am     Q&A / Discussion

10.30 am    A Sectoral Approach within the Cement Sector
Lord Norman Fowler
(Board Member of Holcim & Former UK Cabinet Minister of 10 years under Margaret Thatcher)

10.45 am    Discussion     

11am        CCS - Overcoming Regulatory Challenges – A Case study
Mr Roger Wicks  (Head of Energy Anglo American Plc)

11.15 am    Refreshment Break


11.30 am    Session 2 – Road to a Post 2012 Framework (Open to Media)
Opening Remarks: Congressman Gilchrest

Keynote address:
       
Speakers:
Senator Joe Biden
(Incoming Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
Hon. Eileen Claussen
(President Pew Centre on Global Climate Change & former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and Senior Director for Global Environmental Affairs at the National Security Council)

To respond:

Ms. Georgina Kessel (invited)
(Mexican Energy Minister)
Mr  Bjorn Stigson
(President World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

12.15 pm    Discussion (1 hour & 15 minutes)

1.30 pm        Lunch

                      

 



2.15 pm    Keynote Address – financing a low carbon economy
   
    Ms Kathy Sierra
    (World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development)

Session 3 - Presentation of Papers from the Market Mechanisms & Technology Transfer Dialogue Working Group (Closed to the Media)
       
        Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP – Markets Mechanisms Paper
        (Former UK Cabinet Minister for Trade & Industry)
& Mr Anders Wijkman MEP – Technology Transfer Paper
(European Parliament Rapporteur for a Post 2012 Settlement & former UN Deputy Secretary General)

2.45 pm        Discussion (1 hour)

3.45 pm        Session 4 – Presentation of Adaptation Working Group Paper

        Hon Suresh Prabhu MP – Adaptation Paper (Closed to Media)
        Former Indian Cabinet Minister for Trade, Industry and Environment

4.30 pm        Refreshments

4.45 pm        Session 5 – Presentation of Efficiency Working Group Paper

        Representative Takashi Kosugi
        (Former Japanese Cabinet Minister for Education and Science)
        (Closed to Media)


6 pm         Forum Closes - Transport back to the Jefferson Hotel


7.30 pm        Reception & Closing Dinner