NOVEMBER 13-14, 2013
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
CONFERENCE DETAILS
2013 Conference Details Coming Soon!
We know your time is valuable, so we have created a two-day conference that:
• Offers an intimate atmosphere in which industry leaders can network and
freely discuss challenges and opportunities in the financing of new energy
projects.
• Caters to specialists charged with financing renewable energy projects,
assessing risk and exploring innovative funding mechanisms.
• Provides access to exceptional speakers in our keynote luncheon, plenary
session and six conference sessions.
The Financial Forum is co-located with POWER-GEN International, the largest conference and exhibition for the power generation industry. The Financial Forum combines the learning and networking experiences of an industry leading conference with the opportunity to do business one on one with the world’s top engineering, procurement and construction firms as well as hundreds of original equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
See what you missed! 2012 Conference Details below.
2012 luncheon keynote
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FINANCIAL FORUM LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Richard Kauffman |
Richard Kauffman joined the U.S. Department of Energy in September 2011, as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Prior to joining the Department, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Good Energies, Inc., a leading investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Richard was also a partner of Goldman Sachs where he chaired the Global Financing Group and served as a member of the firm’s Partnership Committee, Commitments Committee and Investment Banking Division Operating Committee. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he served as vice chairman of Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities Business and co-head of its Banking Department. Richard has also served as the chairman of the board of Levi Strauss & Co., as well as on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Brookings Institution and the Foreign Policy Association. He has been a lecturer in finance and financial accounting at the Yale School of Management and a teaching fellow in foreign policy at Yale College. Richard is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Richard earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Stanford University, a master’s degree in international relations from Yale University and a master’s in public and private management from the Yale School of Management. |
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2012 Plenary Session
PROJECT FINANCING: THE BIG PICTURE
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Room: S330E
Moderator: Russell Ray, Managing Editor, Power Engineering magazine
Session Description: Panelists will explore the financing options and strategies that work best in today’s market. We’ll also be talking about liquidity issues, risk and return expectations, new development possibilities, and the financial and regulatory barriers to overcome in today’s tight financial market. Are there emerging new sources of financing for energy projects? What are the risks associated with certain technologies and what risks worry lenders the most? We will attempt to answer these and many other questions over the course of this session.
· Timothy Kemper, CPA, Regional Managing Partner – South/Central Region, Reznick Group P.C.
· John Marciano, Esq., Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
· John Ravis, Principal, Scully Capital
· Edward Kayukov, Partner, Milbank
2012 Conference Details
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Session: REGULATORY, PERMITTING & SITING ISSUES: EFFECT ON FINANCE
Room: S330E
Chair: Henrietta Gurri McBee, Vice President Energy Sector, HDR Inc.
Session Description: Regulatory, permitting & siting of projects such as gas pipelines, transmission & distribution and generation. Topics shall include air and water compliance, emission reduction credits, streamlining public and private land use (NEPA, EIS); interconnection queue issues and public involvement.
• Brenda Gilbert, Program Manager Renewable Energy and Sustainability, BEC Environmental Inc.
• Marie Schnitzer, Vice President of Consulting Services, AWS Truepower LLC
• Joyce Pickle, Environmental Scientist, HDR Engineering Inc.
Session: FINANCING TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
Room: S330F
Chair: Matthew Fellmeth, Reznick Think Energy
Session Description: Insight and techniques into financing technology advances; topics to include emerging solar, wind and small scale LNG.
• Sharon Heaton, Managing Director, Wellford Energy Group
• Jian Yang, VP Finance, Urban Green Energy (UGE)
• Jeff Pierson, Senior Vice President, Prudent Energy Corp.
• William M. Conlon, P.E., Ph.D., SVP, Engineering, AREVA Solar
• Kirt Montague, CEO, Plum Energy LLC
• Taite McDonald, Senior Advisor - Government Initiatives, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Session: DEAL STRUCTURES IN ENERGY PROJECTS
Room: S330G
Chair: Edward Kayukov, Milbank, Partner, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Co-chair: Paul Maxwell, Director, Energy, Navigant Consulting
Session Description: Topics to include storage, fuel cells, solar module and solar thermal technology, offshore wind, biomass and small scale LNG.
• Martin Torres, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Timothy Kemper, Renewable Energy Practice Leader, Reznick Group P.C.
• Kristian Hanelt, Senior Vice President, Renewable Capital Markets, Clean Power Finance
Thursday, December 13, 2012
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Session: FINANCING TRENDS FOR ENERGY PROJECTS
Room: S330E
Chair: Ed Feo, Leucadia Energy
Co-chair: Elizabeth Kaiga, Director, Strategy & Client Development, Reznick Group, P.C.
Session Description: This session will address emerging trends related to the financing of energy projects, and explore innovative funding mechanisms including:
• The emerging role of sovereign wealth, infrastructure and pension funds as long term equity: Are they natural owners in the energy financing space?
• New sources and products in senior debt availability: Are the banks still in business? And what role for the capital markets and private placements?
• Is mezzanine finance reborn in the power sector?
• Export credit agencies: in a global economy driven by exports, what are the ECAs offering?
• Alternative equity structures: Master Limited Partnerships, REITS and IPOs.
- Ralph Cho
- Chris Diaz, Partner, Seminole Financial Services LLC
- Yuri Horwitz, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sol Systems LLC
- Todd Grenich, CEO, Eco Power Capital
- Michael Madia, Managing Director & Operating Partner, Guggenheim Infrastructure
Session: ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF ENERGY PROJECT RISKS
Room: S330F
Chair: Barry Worthington, Executive Director, U.S. Energy Association
Co-chair: Kenneth Bean, Sr. VP, Infrastructure Development and Asset Management, Pace Global, A Siemens Business
Session Description: Topics include legislative and policy changes; regulatory, offtaker, technology, public acceptance, natural gas and price risks.
• Mark Eisenhower, Managing Director, Pace Global, a Siemens Business
• James O. Jones, Power Generation Business Lead, SWCA Environmental Consultants
• John Mizroch, Managing Member, J.F. Mizroch LLC
• Barry Worthington, Executive Director, U.S. Energy Association
Session: FINANCING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
Room: S330G
Chair: Paul Maxwell, Director, Energy, Navigant Consulting
Co-chair: Henrietta G. McBee, VP Regional Energy, HDR Engineering
Session Description: The session will focus on different types of financings for distributed energy projects. Topics will include project size, regulatory impacts of net metering vs. whole sale, community solar and wind, credit risk, economies of scale, and combined heat & power (CHP).
• Elias B. Hinckley, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
• Ray Henger, Chief Financial Officer, OwnEnergy Inc.
• Kristian Hanelt, Senior Vice President, Renewable Capital markets, Clean Power Finance
• Ben Cook, Director, Structured Finance, SolarCity
