The Timetable For the 2008 held Conference

Preliminary Program for APEx Members

Sunday 12 October 2008
05:30 p.m. Cocktail reception
07:00 p.m.
Monday 13 October 2008
08:00 a.m. Registration and morning coffee
08:30 a.m. Keynote address

- NEMMCO Chairman
- President – APEx
08:45 a.m. Session 1 – Part 1: Asia Pacific Markets situation:

- Overview of the Asia – Pacific markets
- The Australian market evolution
- The Philippines market
- The Vietnamese market
- Discussion and closing remarks.
10:45 a.m. Morning tea
11:00 a.m. Session 1 – Part 2: North and South America Markets situation:

- Overview of the North American and Canadian markets
- The Californian market situation
- The Status of Canadian Markets
- Overview of the Central and South American market
- Discussion and closing remarks
13:00 p.m. Lunch.
02:15 p.m. Session 1 – Part 3: European Markets situation:

- Development and implementation of a coordinated model for regional and inter-regional congestion management in Europe.
- The new Irish Market
- The market coupling experience in Europe
03:30 p.m. Afternoon tea
04:00 p.m. Session 1 – Part 4: European Markets (continued)

- Importance of intraday and adjustment markets
- Governance, regulation and market integration in Europe
- Harmonisation within a merger of two Spot PX´s – Experiences of Powernext and EEX
- Discussion and closing remarks
05:00 p.m. End of the sessions
07:00 p.m. Evening Function
Tuesday 14 October 2008
08:30 a.m. Session 2 – Integration of Gas and Electricity:

- Development of the gas market in Europe
- Gas and electricity integration in New England and in the rest of USA
- The New Zealand gas market situation
- Challenges in integrating gas and electricity market in Asia – Pacific – a case study from Korea Gas
- Panel and closing remarks
10:30 a.m. Morning tea
11:00 a.m. Session 3: Integration of physical market and financial market risk management – this could cover the liquidity of financial markets, the impact of physical operation on financial markets, the difference between the financial markets around balancing or gross physical pools etc.

- The experience in Australia
- Capacity payment organized as a financial coverage: the Colombian experience
- Summary of the capacity payment approaches in USA
- Panel and closing remarks.
01:00 p.m. Lunch
02:15 p.m. Session 4: Renewable energy and emissions trading – integration of renewable energy on physical operation and financial trading

- Systems services implications of the wind power
- Wind developments in North America
- The New Zealand situation
- The Irish situation
- Renewable producers participation in the electricity market
- The California emission trading situation
- Panel and closing remarks.
04.00 p.m. Afternoon tea
04:20 p.m. Australian Energy Market Commission
04:50 p.m. Closing of the event
05:00 p.m. APEx Annual General Meeting
07:00 p.m. Evening Function
Wednesday 15 October 2008
09:00 a.m. Industry Conference
12:30 p.m. Lunch
01:30 p.m. Conference end and optional visit to NEMMCO

Timetable and Deadline

Early Registration: Before 13 August 2008
Late Registration: After 13 August 2008 Accommodation: 8 September 2008