Clean Energy Conference 2017
“Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in a Hydrocarbon Economy”
June 08th – 09th, 2017
Day 1 - Thursday June 08th, 2017:
7:00am – 8:30am
Registration
Opening Ceremony – Yara Auditorium, Arthur Lok Jack, GSB
8:30am – 8:35am
Welcome remarks: Dr. Thackwray Driver, President/Chief Executive Officer,
Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
8:35am – 8:45am
H.E. Arend Biesebroek, Ambassador, European Union Delegation
8:45am – 9:05am
Sponsor’s Remarks:
 Mark Loquan, President,
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
 Surindranath Ramsingh, Chief Executive Officer, PowerGen
SESSION ONE
State Perspectives on Renewables and Energy Efficiency
9:05am - 9:25am
Selwyn Lashley Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries,
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
9:25am - 9:40am
Vashti Jitman, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Utilities
9:40am – 10:00am
Courtenay Mark, AGM Engineering, Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission
10:00am – 10:20am
Dr. Keron Niles, Business Unit Manager, Research and Policy Economic
Development and Advisory Board
10:20am – 10:40am
Nadra Nathai-Gyan, Chairman of the Board,
Environmental Management Authority
10:40am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
SESSION TWO
Natural Gas, Energy Efficiency and the Bridge to Renewables
11:00am – 11:20am
Luis Bertran, Secretary General, International Gas Union, Spain
11:20am – 11:40am
Joseph Dutton, Policy Advisor E3G, London
11:40am – 12:00pm
Christopher Narine Thomas, Chairman Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy
Committee, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
T&T Roadmap to Renewable Energy
12:00pm – 12:20pm
Ioannis Stefanou, Senior Non-Key Expert in Renewable Energy and Development
Cooperation, EU Technical Assistance Facility (EU TAF)
12:20pm – 12:50pm
Q&A
Lunch
12:50pm – 1:50pm
SESSION THREE
Trends and Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:
International perspectives
1:50pm – 2:10pm
2:10pm – 2:30pm
2:30pm – 2:50pm
Peter Richards, Vice President Marketing and Communications, Lloyd’s Register
Chuck Faulkner, General Manager Efficiency One Services, Nova Scotia
Rosemary Lall, Programme Officer, Energy, Environment and Disaster
Management, UNDP
Floris Vermeulen, Investment Officer, European Investment Bank
Q&A
2:50pm – 3:10pm
3:10pm – 3:20pm
3:20pm – 3:40pm
Coffee Break
SESSION FOUR
Developing Carbon Markets in the Caribbean
3:40pm – 4:00pm
4:00pm – 4:20pm
4:20pm – 4:40pm
Tamara Bujhawan, Managing Director, Mora Carbon Limited
Gary Clyne, CEO Carbon Asset Developer Associates, Grenada
Kishan Kumarsingh, Head, Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit,
Ministry of Planning and Development
Q&A
4:40pm – 5:00pm
Conference continues tomorrow at UTT Campus, Point Lisas.
Day 2 - Friday June 09th, 2017
7:30am – 8:00
Registration - University of Trinidad and Tobago Energy Campus, Pt Lisas
8:00am – 8:05am
Welcome Remarks: Dr Thackwray Driver, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
8:05am - 8:15am
Wrap up and summary of day 1 - Ioannis Stefanou, Senior Non-Key Expert in
Renewable Energy and Development Cooperation, EU Technical Assistance
Facility (EU TAF)
SESSION ONE
Projects and Initiatives for a Clean Energy Future
8:15am – 8:35am
Ronni Ayoung, Facilities Manager RGM Ltd
Devanand Ragbir, LEED AP for Savannah East & Trinidad and Tobago Green
Building Association
8:35am – 8:55am
Andre Escalante, Managing Director, Energy Dynamics
8:55am – 9:15am
Jeffrey Chen, Responsible Energy Manager, Massy Energy
9:15am – 9:35am
Marcia Maynard, Manager Energy Industry Development, National Energy
9:35am – 9:55am
Curtis Mohammed, President, NGC CNG Company Ltd
9:55am – 10:15am
Lydia Singh, Living Building Challenge Ambassador
10:15am – 10:40am
Coffee Break
10:40am – 11:00am
Dr. Curtis Boodoo, Program Leader NETD Electrical / Electronic Engineering
Utilities Engineering
11:00am – 12:00noon Working session - Ioannis Stefanou, Senior Non-Key Expert in Renewable Energy
and Development Cooperation, EU Technical Assistance Facility (EU TAF)
12:00noon – 1:00pm
Lunch and Screening of IAMovements’ Small Change
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tours: UTT Energy Campus ; Pt. Lisas Industrial Estate ; PowerGen