Agenda and Presentations
Fossil Fuel Divestment
Bob Litterman, Kepos Capital
Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA
Moderator: Lee Wasserman, Rockefeller Family Fund
How Campaigners Use Financial Analysis
Rebecca Newberry, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
David Ortiz, El Puente
Sharif Jamil, Waterkeepers Bangladesh
Moderator: Sandy Buchanan, IEEFA
Facts, Opportunities and Action: The climate movement looks forward
Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club
Tom “Smitty” Smith, Public Citizen
Ashish Fernandes, Greenpeace
Moderator: Larry Shapiro, Rockefeller Family Fund
China’s Energy Future
Lo Sze Ping, WWF China
Michelle Chan, Friends of the Earth
Lauri Myllyvirta, Greenpeace
Moderator: Tim Buckley, IEEFA
U.S. and Global Natural Gas Demand
Tony Yuen, Citigroup
Bruce Robertson, IEEFA
Moderator: Cathy Kunkel, IEEFA
India’s Energy Future
Vandana Gombar, Bloomberg
Gireesh Shrimali, Climate Policy Initiative
Joe Athialy, CENFA
Moderator: Tim Buckley, IEEFA
Wind Project Finance Training
Jérôme Guillet, Green Giraffe
Risks for U.S. coal plants in the next 4 years: market forces and regulatory developments
Eric Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project
David Schlissel, IEEFA
Moderator: Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club
Are natural gas pipelines being overbuilt?
Cathy Kunkel, IEEFA
Christophe Courchesne, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Moderator: Carrie LaSeur, Baumstark Braaten
Overcoming obstacles to renewables
Warren Lasher, ERCOT
Nick Steckler, Bloomberg
Shannon Fisk, Earthjustice
Karl Rabago, Pace Energy and Climate Center
Moderator: Anna Sommer
Renewable energy and debt in Puerto Rico
Ruth Santiago, El Puente
Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA
Tomas Torres, ICSE-PR
Moderator: Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA
Coal mine reclamation
Joe Pizarchik, former OSMRE
Dan Cohn, WORC
Moderator: John Smillie, WORC
The role of state banks and international financial institutions in coal development in Indonesia and Kosovo
Yulanda Chung, IEEFA
Visar Azemi, KOSID
Moderator: Simon Nicholas, IEEFA
Responses to high penetration of renewable energy in Europe
Gerard Wynn, IEEFA
Tom Murley, HG Capital
Moderator: Sara Ahmed
Challenging demand for new natural gas pipelines
Natalie Karas, Environmental Defense Fund
Lena Moffitt, Sierra Club
Moderator: David Wooley, Keyes Fox & Wiedman
Coal bankruptcies
Sheldon Stone, Amherst Partners LLC
John Smillie, WORC
Dan Cohn, WORC
Moderator: Sarah Brennan, Robertson Foundation
Energy and Water
Jenni Monet, journalist
Donna Lisenby, Waterkeeper Alliance
Moderator: Tonya Bonitatibus, Savannah Riverkeeper
Using Divestment to Fight the New-Build Pipeline of Coal Projects
Heffa Schücking, Urgewald
State of the U.S. electric utility industry
David Schlissel, IEEFA
Julien Dumoulin-Smith, UBS Investment Research
Moderator: David Schlissel, IEEFA
Just Transition: examples from the U.S. and Europe
Sanjeev Kumar, Change Partnership
Rebecca Newberry, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
Moderator: Suzanne Mattei, New York Trial Lawyers Association
Disruptive Energy Futures
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
Building Bridges with Investors and Renewable Energy Developers
Philip Ripman, Storebrand Asset Management
Jérôme Guillet, Green Giraffe
Moderator: Yulanda Chung, IEEFA
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and Columbia Law School brought together environmental advocates and attorneys from around the world for a three-day training program in New York City. The conference covered current developments in the coal, natural gas, renewable energy, and electric utility industries. It is designed to provide advocates and attorneys with the skills to understand and engage in the financial aspects of current debates on fossil fuels.
Conference materials:
- Agenda (Tuesday agenda due to Blizzard)
- CLE reading materials and an energy acronym list can be found here
- Webinars (Topics include: Understanding Project Finance and Coal Power Transaction; Power Plant Data Mining; and How to Read a 10-K)