ICAP-IETA High-Level Carbon Pricing Dialogue Speaker & Moderator List. 8:00-13:00 EDT, 24 September 2014 Latham & Watkins LLP, New York City

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1 ICAP-IETA High-Level Carbon Pricing Dialogue Speaker & Moderator List 8:00-13:00 EDT, 24 September 2014 Latham & Watkins LLP, New York City Aimee Barnes Deputy Secretary for Border and Intergovernmental Relations Aimee Barnes was appointed Deputy Secretary for Border and Intergovernmental Relations by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in December Previous to her position with the California Environmental Protection Agency, Aimee was a partner at Allotrope Partners, where she worked on early stage low carbon investment opportunities. From , she worked as an international climate change policy analyst at the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs, helping to establish their Directorate of Energy and Climate Change. Aimee advised the Directorate on international climate change policy, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Prior to that, Aimee served as a policy advisor to the United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change in their Strategy Directorate from 2009 to From 2007 to 2009, Aimee was the senior manager for U.S. regulatory affairs at EcoSecurities, and from she worked as the coordinator of California advocacy and Latino outreach and as a senior land attorney assistant at the Natural Resources Defense Council. In this position she worked on environmental policy advocacy in California, and supported the launch of NRDC s bespoke Spanish language website, La Onda Verde. Aimee holds a degree in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College, and a Master of Public Administration degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs. David Cadman President of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability and member of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change As President of ICLEI, Mr. Cadman has represented Local Government internationally at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and the Conferences of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate

2 Change and the UN Convention of Biological Diversity. Representing the Local Government community, ICLEI s municipal membership, but also as motivational speaker, he has spoken at countless international congresses and conferences worldwide. David Cadman was Councillor of the City of Vancouver BC, Canada, for three terms. He was first elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005 and He served for six years as a Councillor with the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE). He represented Vancouver on the Greater Vancouver Regional District and Metro Vancouver Board of Directors, serving on both the Land Use & Transportation; and Environment & Energy committees. He also served on the Translink Board of Directors where he chaired the Finance Committee. He represented Vancouver as a board member of the United Nations-initiated International Association of Peace Messenger Cities. David W. Cash Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts David W. Cash was appointed on March 26, 2014 as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) by Governor Deval Patrick and his Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Richard K. Sullivan Jr. Dr. Cash brings to MassDEP a wealth of experience in environmental, energy and regulatory sectors. He most recently held the position of Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) where he helped lead efforts to modernize the grid, expand the deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy, and empower customers in their energy decisions. Prior to his work at the DPU, Dr. Cash was the Undersecretary for Policy in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). He was one of the architects of clean energy legislation and implementation in the first term of the Patrick Administration, including the Green Communities Act, the Global Warming Solutions Act, the Green Jobs Act and the Clean Energy Biofuels Act. As part of this work, he led the Secretariat's effort in developing the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for Prior to working for the Commonwealth, Dr. Cash was a research associate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Lecturer in Environmental Science and Public Policy. He also taught science in the Amherst, Massachusetts public schools from He received a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard in 2001, and a B.S. in biology from Yale University in 1987.

3 Paul Dickinson Executive Chairman of the Carbon Disclosure Project Paul Dickinson is the Executive Chairman of the Carbon DisclosureProject (CDP), an independent non-profit organization providing primary corporate climate change information. CDP serves as a system through which organizations and businesses disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies. CDP subsequently uses this data in order to help shape financial and policy decisions with the mission of motivating investors, corporations, and governments to prevent dangerous climate change. This goal is accelerated by CDP s initiatives to unify corporate CEO s, investors, and political leaders to take action against climate change. As the only global climate change reporting system, CDP is an essential resource in making effective policy decisions. Paul Dickinson is also founder and Chair of EyeNetwork. Europe s largest video conference booking service, and prior to founding CDP, founded and built Rufus Leonard, into a multimillion turnover corporate communications company. Paul is also an established author including Beautiful Corporations (2000 Financial Times Prentice Hall). Amy Ericson U.S. Country President, Alstom Ericson was appointed Alstom's U.S. Country President in September 2013 and oversees the company's engagement with U.S. policy stakeholders while directly supporting its pursuit of new business opportunities in the areas of thermal and renewable power generation, rail transit, and electricity transmission and distribution. Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres was appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon in 2010, and was reappointed for a second three year term in July Ms. Figueres has been involved in climate change negotiations since Initially a member of the Costa Rican negotiating team, she was also a member of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism.

4 Dirk Forrister President and CEO of IETA Dirk Forrister is President and CEO of IETA. Previously, he was Managing Director at Natsource. Earlier in his career, Mr. Forrister served as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force in the Clinton Administration. Prior to that, he was Assistant U.S. Secretary of Energy for Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; and legislative counsel to Congressman Jim Cooper. He was also Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Barbara Hendricks Federal Environment Minister for Germany Barbara Hendricks is the Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety since December She has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 1994, and was a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance from 1998 to Dr. Hendricks was a member of the Executive Committee of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) from 2001 to 2013, and served as the Federal Treasurer of the Party in She holds a PhD in history. David Heurtel Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Fight against Climate Change, Quebec First elected in 2013, David Heurtel has been the Québec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Fight against Climate Change since April He is also a member of the Québec Treasury Board and the Economic and Sustainable Development Committee, making him a key player in advising the government on transitioning to a green economy and to a society more resilient to climate change impacts. Prior to his political career, Mr. Heurtel was President and CEO of the Montréal Olympic Park from 2011 to He previously held management positions in the fields of culture,

5 communications and public affairs both in Québec including within the Just For Laughs group and in the United States. Charles O. Holliday Jr. Chairman of Bank of America Mr. Holliday is chairman of Bank of America and former Chairman, former Chief Executive Officer and a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont). He is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and Chairman of the Business Roundtable's Task Force for Environment, Technology and Economy. Nathaniel Keohane Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund Nathaniel Keohane is a Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund, where he leads EDF s International Climate program and helps to shape the organization s advocacy for environmentally effective and economically sound climate policy. Nat s areas of expertise include U.S. and international climate and energy policy, the economic impact of climate change, the benefits and costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the design and performance of cap- and- trade programs and other policy instruments. Rachel Kyte Vice President and special envoy for climate change of the World Bank Group Rachel Kyte is the World Bank Group's vice president and special envoy for climate change. She oversees work on climate change adaptation, mitigation, climate finance, and disaster risk and resilience across the institutions of the World Bank Group, including IBRD, IDA, IFC and MIGA. The climate group is focused on ensuring that all Bank Group operations integrate climate change and take into account the opportunities that inclusive green growth presents. The group is also an advocate for global climate action.

6 Joe Martens Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State As Commissioner of DEC since March 2011, Joseph Martens leads the agency in implementing its core statutory mission to protect public health and the environment. In doing so, Commissioner Martens led the agency s response in the aftermath of the 2011 summer storms and Superstorm Sandy in This work continues through DEC s partnerships with state, local and federal governments to expedite recovery efforts and help communities restore and rehabilitate the state s waterways. In addition, Commissioner Martens oversees implementation of the NY Works Program to repair, rebuild and enhance DEC s flood control projects and dams and to support important coastal erosion projects. Commissioner Martens has also streamlined agency processes to further Governor Cuomo s efforts to grow jobs and support sustainable economic growth. Commissioner Martens serves as co-chair of the governor s Energy Highway Task Force. From 1998 through 2010, Commissioner Martens served as president of the Open Space Institute, directing and overseeing land acquisition, sustainable development, historic preservation and farmland protection. Mr. Martens served Governor Mario Cuomo as Deputy Secretary for Energy and the Environment from and as Assistant Secretary from He was Chair of the Board of the Olympic Regional Development Authority and is currently an ex-officio member of the Authority. Commissioner Martens studied resource economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and received an M.S. in Resource Management from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University. Jorma Ollila Chairman of Shell Jorma Ollila is Chairman of Shell. He has been Advisory Partner of Perella Weinberg Partners LP since June 30, Ollila served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ipsilon Networks. He served as the President of Nokia Mobile Phones from 1990 to 1992 and Senior Vice President of Finance of Nokia from 1986 to He served as Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Corporation from 1992 to June 1, 2006.

7 Seong-Kyu Yoon Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea Seong-Kyu Yoon is the Korean Minister of Environment since March Prior, he was the President of the National Institute of Environmental Research from 2005 to 2008, and led a number of departments at the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy from 2001 to Before taking a position of the Minister of Environment he also served as a Deputy Administrator at the Korea Meteorological Administration and was a Research Professor at the Hanyang University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering. Jared Snyder Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change, and Energy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Jared Snyder is Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change, and Energy at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He is a nationally recognized attorney who served as Chief of the Affirmative Litigation Section of the Environmental Protection Bureau for the State Office of the Attorney General. Tine Sundtoft Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway Tine Sundtoft is Minister of Climate and Environment since October She was Regional Director of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise in and The County Commissioner of Vest-Agder County Council from 2005 until she became minister. She also served as the Secretary General of the Young Conservatives in , political advisor to the Conservative Party Parliamentary Group, Conservative Party group leader at the Aust-Agder County Council, and the deputy member of the Parliament in She holds MBA degree from the BI Norwegian Business School.

8 Laurence Tubiana Special Representative of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, France Laurence Tubiana is the French Ambassador for climate change negotiations, and the special representative of Laurent Fabius, the French minister of Foreign affairs and International development, for the Paris Climate 2015 conference (COP21). A globally recognized specialist of climate change and development issues, Mrs Tubiana founded in 2001 the Institute for sustainable development and international relations (Iddri) and has authored over a hundred papers, reports and books on these topics. She has also advised Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on sustainable development issues from 1998 to 2002, and held the position of Director of global public goods at the Ministry of Foreign affairs from 2009 to In addition, Mrs Tubiana currently chairs the Administrative council of the French Development Agency (AFD), co-chairs the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and is a member of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board. Jo Tyndall New Zealand s Climate Change Ambassador and head of delegation to the United Nations climate negotiations Jo Tyndall has been New Zealand s Climate Change Ambassador and head of delegation to the United Nations climate negotiations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since July Currently she holds a Vice President position on the Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, representing the regional grouping of Western European and Other States. Prior to her role as Climate Change Ambassador, Jo Tyndall was Director of the Broadcasting Unit in the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. From 1999 to 2006, she was Chief Executive of the broadcasting funding body, NZ On Air. She has also served as Chief Executive of two screen industry organisations - the Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA) and Project Blue Sky (1994 to 1999). Jo Tyndall began her career as a multilateral trade policy specialist with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

9 Jacob Werksman Principal Adviser to DG-CLIMA Director General, European Commission Jacob Werksman is Principal Adviser to DG-CLIMA Director General Jos Delbeke and joined the Commission in April He is an international lawyer, specializing in international environmental law and international economic law. For over fifteen years, he has provided legal advice to governments and taught and published widely on the international legal dimensions of climate policy, including on the design of compliance mechanisms, climate finance and on the relationship between carbon markets and international trade.