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June 19, 2003

Sunday, June 22, 2003
16.00 –18.00 Registration Boardroom
Monday, June 23, 2003
08.00 – 18.00 Registration Salon II/III Foyer

12.00 – 13.30 Informal Opening Lunch Salon III
All participants

13.30 – 15.30 Concurrent Sessions

Technical Group Workshop:
Emerging Issues in Carbon Capture and Storage
Stakeholders and Technical Groups
Policy Group Workshop:
Current Situation and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Storage
Stakeholders and Policy Groups

Old Dominion Room

Salon I

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break Salon III
16.00 – 18.00 Charter Consensus Discussion
Two Designated Country Representatives

Stakeholders Session: A Stakeholders Dialogue
Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups

Old Dominion Room

Salon I

Welcome and Introduction

Stakeholders’ Role – Moving Forward

International Legal Issues, Including Intellectual Property Rights, Liability and Territorial Boundaries

Employment and Economic Development Aspects

Commercial Considerations: Risk Management

Transitional and Developing Economies –
Private Sector Perspectives

Closing Remarks

Jack Gerard
President and CEO
National Mining Association, United States

Barbara McKee
Director, Office of Coal and Power Import Export
Department of Energy, United States

Australia, Speaker TBD

Representative from United Mine Workers Union, TBD

Representative from Schlumberger, TBD

India
Russia
China
South Africa
Brazil

Jack Gerard
President and CEO
National Mining Association, United States

18.00 – 20.00 Opening Reception Salon III
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
07.30 – 08.45 Continental Breakfast Salon II/III Foyer

09.00 – 10.00 Ministerial Opening Ceremony
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Salon II/III
Welcoming Remarks

Keynote Address

Jim Connaughton
Chairman
White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
United States

Paula J. Dobriansky
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
Department of State, United States

Spencer Abraham
Secretary of Energy, United States

10.00 – 11.00 Challenges and Goals
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Salon II/III

Claude Mandil
Director
International Energy Agency, France

Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri
Chairman
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, India

Daniel Yergin
Chairman
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), United States

11.00 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 12.00 Active Sequestration Projects
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Salon II/III

The Sleipner Project

Odd Sverre Haraldsen
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway

The Weyburn Project

Graham Campbell
Director General
Office of Energy Research and Development
Natural Resources Canada

12.15 – 13.45 Private Ministerial Luncheon Old Dominion Room

12.15 – 13.45 Luncheon
Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Salon I
Welcome Remarks and Introduction

Luncheon and Keynote Address

Barry Worthington
Executive Director
United States Energy Association (USEA)

Senator Lamar Alexander (Invited)

13.45 – 14.00 Break Salon I Foyer
14.00 – 16.00 Concurrent Sessions
Ministerial Discussion
Ministers Plus Two Country Representatives

Stakeholders Session: A Stakeholders Dialogue
Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups

Salon II/III

Salon I

16.00 – 16.30 Break Salon II/III Foyer

16.30 – 17.00 Updates from Policy, Technical and Stakeholders Groups
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups

Salon II/III
17.00 – 18.30 Ministerial Roundtable
Remarks Regarding a Path Forward
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups

Salon II/III
18.30 – 20.00 Ministers’ Reception
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups

Salon I
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
07.30 – 09.00 Continental Breakfast Old Dominion Room

09.00 – 09.15 Board Buses for Charter Signing Ceremony at Mayflower Hotel

Ritz-Carlton Lobby
09.15 – 09.45 Travel to Washington, D.C.
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Round-trip transportation provided to/from Ritz-Carlton for all participants

10.00 – 11.00 Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Charter Signing Ceremony
Ministers, Stakeholders, Policy and Technical Groups
Colonial Room, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

11.00 – 11.30 Return Travel to Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner

11.30 – 15.30 Concurrent Sessions and Working Lunch
Technical Group Organizational Meeting
Technical Group (Two per Country)

Policy Group Organizational Meeting
Policy Group (One per Country)

Old Dominion Room

Plaza Room

14.30 – 14.45 Break Old Dominion Room

14.45 – 15.30 Organizational Meeting Closing Plenary
Policy and Technical Groups
Reports of Policy and Technical Groups
Carl Michael Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Technical Groups Workshop
Moderators:
June 23, 2003


Robert Kane
Manager, Global Climate Change/Carbon Sequestration Issues
Department of Energy, United States

Kailai Thambimuthu
Chairman, Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program
International Energy Agency (IEA)
and
Senior Research Scientist,
CANMET Energy Technology Research Centre, Canada

Presentations:
Overcoming the Technical Challenges
Angel-Perez Sainz
Head of Unit, Energy Production and Distribution Systems
Energy Directorate, European Commission

Stimulating Innovation
Dr. Takashi Ohsumi
Leader, CO2 Sequestration Study Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), Japan

Case Study: Application of New Technologies for Carbon Sequestration
Hanne Lekva
Manager, New Energy
Statoil, Norway

Emerging Issues in Carbon Capture and Storage
Peter Cook
Director
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies,
Australia

Sequestration in the Power Industry
Gurgen Olkhovsky
General Director
All-Russia Thermal Engineering Institute, Russia

The Role of Sequestration in Emerging Economies
Roger Wicks
Executive Vice President
Global Strategy, Marketing and Sustainable Development
Anglo Coal, South Africa

Speaker-Participant Dialogue
Moderator:

Dan Reifsnyder
Director, Office of Global Change
Department of State, United States


Policy Groups Workshop
Moderators
June 23, 2003

Vicky Bailey
Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs
Department of Energy, United States

Shi Dinghuan
Director General
Ministry of Science and Technology
People’s Republic of China

Presentations
Commercialization and Economic Development Perspective
Dr. Jeff Chapman
Export Promoter
Department of Trade and Industry, United Kingdom

Regulatory Perspective
Sergio Garribba
Commissioner
Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas, Italy

Financial Perspective
Gerald Doucet
Secretary General
World Energy Council, United Kingdom

Industrial Perspective
Andy Lloyd
Mining Executive – Energy Services
Rio Tinto Limited, Australia

Environmental Perspective
David Hawkins
Director of Climate Center
Natural Resources Defense Council, United States

Speaker-Participant Dialogue
Moderator:


Harlan Watson
Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative
Department of State, United States

Stakeholders Session
June 24, 2003


Overview
Jim Connaughton
Chairman
White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
United States
(Invited)

Public Education – Lessons Learned
(Dialogue)
Australia,
Canada
Norway

Stakeholder Commentary
Australia
Canada
Colombia
European Union
Italy
Japan

Eduardo Andrade
Director for Business Development
Techint, Mexico
and President Mexican Association of Electric Power Producers (AMEE)

Norway
United Kingdom

Synthesis and Discussion
Natural Resources Defense Council
United Mine Workers Union (invited)
United States Energy Association (USEA)

Concluding Remarks
Barry Worthington
Executive Director
United States Energy Association (USEA)

Technical Group Meeting
June 25, 2003


Convene and Welcome
Robert Kane
Sequestration Issue Manager, Office of Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Session Objectives and Expected Outcomes
Robert Kane
Sequestration Issue Manager, Office of Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Introductions and Delegate Perspectives
Technical Group Delegates

Review of Policy Group Functions
Robert Kane
Sequestration Issue Manager, Office of Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Working Lunch/Discussion
Technical Group Delegates

Selection of Vice Chair
Review of Issues Emerging from Forum
Discussion of Any Issues Not Addressed During Forum
Consensus on Issues
Potential Areas for Multilateral Collaboration
Prioritization of Issues

Date and Venue of Next Meeting
Technical Group Delegates

Consensus Summary/Next Steps
Technical Group Delegates

Adjourn
Robert Kane
Sequestration Issue Manager, Office of Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States


Policy Group Meeting
June 25, 2003


Convene and Welcome
Carl Michael Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Session Objectives and Expected Outcomes
Carl Michael Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Introductions and Delegate Perspectives:
Policy Group Delegates

Review of Technical Group Functions
Carl Michael Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States

Working Lunch/Discussion
Policy Group Delegates

Selection of Vice Chair
Review of Issues Emerging from Forum
Discussion of Any Issues Not Addressed During Forum
Consensus on Issues
Prioritization of Issues

Date and Venue of Next Meeting
Policy Group Delegates

Consensus Summary/Next Steps
Policy Group Delegates

Adjourn
Carl Michael Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Department of Energy, United States


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