Past CEEPR Workshop Agendas

Every year CEEPR hosts 2 research Workshops here in Cambridge, Massachusetts – one in the Spring and one in the Fall. These are by invitation only and attended by the Associates who support the Center, as well as by colleagues with whom we are collaborating on research, and by government and civic leaders. We cover a wide range of subjects in the energy and environment field. A sample of agenda topics and speakers is given below. We have also included agendas from the summer European Workshop that is devoted to issues in the electricity industry. This Workshop has been co-hosted by our colleagues at the Electric Policy Research Group at Cambridge University and by a rotating Associate in Europe.  

July 2009, Brussels EPRG & CEEPR Joint Annual Conference hosted by GDF-Suez Is Liberalisation Passé? United States – Richard Schmalensee, MIT-CEEPR Great Britain – Michael Pollitt, EPRG Cambridge University The Electricity Generation Gap Generation capacity in Europe by 2020 – Fabien Roques, CERA and CIRED Financing generation through long-term contracts – John Parsons, MIT-CEEPR Delivering Renewables Deployment Implementing the EU renewables directive – Karsten Neuhoff, EPRG 25% Renewable in the US – Michael Toman, World Bank Solar Power Pushing solar into the grid – Joshua Linn, MIT-CEEPR Solar power for Europe from North Africa – Till Stenzel, Hazel Capital Climate Policy Global carbon markets and mechanisms – Michael Grubb, EPRG US policy – A. Denny Ellerman, MIT-CEEPR Geopolitics of Natural Gas The future of the EU-Russia gas relationship – Pierre Noel, EPRG The future of LNG – Jean-Luc Colonna, GDF-Suez Luncheon and Dinner Speakers Geoff Bertram, Victoria University of Wellington “From the Antipodes: Climate Policy in New Zealand” Jean-Pierre Hansen, GDF-Suez “A European Energy Policy?”
Spring 2009 Efficiency, from Cars to Homes Joshua Linn, University of Illinois & MIT Martha Amram, HomeZ Water  Gerald C. Nelson, International Food Policy Research Institute Kenneth M. Strzepek, University of Colorado & MIT Natural Gas Supply Tony Meggs, MIT Christian von Hirschhausen, TU Dresden and DIW Smart Grid Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Universidad Pontificia Comillas & MIT Daniel E. Francis, American Electric Power Siting Lucas W. Davis, University of Michigan & MIT Richard A. Hornbeck, MIT Update on the Future of Nuclear Ernie Moniz, MIT John E. Parsons and Guillaume De Roo, MIT Luncheon and Dinner Speakers "The Global Crisis: Is It Over Yet?" - Simon Johnson, Sloan School MIT "Short-Term and Long-Term Challenges for U.S. Fiscal Policy" - James M. Poterba, MIT
Fall 2008 Future Scenarios for Global Energy Andrew Slaughter, Shell Henry (Jake) Jacoby, MIT Issues in the Design of a US Carbon Regime Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University A. Denny Ellerman, MIT Biofuels Xavier Gitiaux, Total and MIT John Courtis, California Air Resources Board Oil Prices and Financial Speculation Michael Masters, Masters Capital Management James Hamilton, UC San Diego Electricity Market Design Mats Nilsson, Vattenfall Hung-po Chao, ISO New England Inc. Incentive Regulation Christoph Müller, EnBW Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Universidad Pontificia Comillas and MIT Luncheon and Dinner Speakers "Perspectives on the Current Financial Crisis" - Andrew W. Lo, Sloan School MIT "Resources for the Future" - Phil Sharp
July 2008 Integrating Climate Policy & Renewables Targets Pedro Linares, Universidad Pontificia Comillas Christian Egenhofer, Centre for European Policy Studies Developments in Nuclear Technology Mujid Kazimi, MIT Noel Camarcat, EDF Carbon Sequestration Lars Strömberg, Vattenfall Xi Liang and David Reiner, EPRG Wind Power Technology João Peças Lopes, University of Porto Christian von Hirschhausen, Technical University Governance of Electricity Networks David Newbery, EPRG Jean-Michel Glachant, University of Paris IX Energy Efficiency Christophe Marchand, EDF Shaun Fitzgerald, University of Cambridge Luncheon and Dinner Speakers Bruno Lescoeur, Senior Executive Vice President, EDF "Long Term Challenges: CO2 Emissions or Resources?" - Paul Caseau, Academy of Technologies
Spring 2008 The Costs of Controlling Carbon Emission Kenneth J. Ostrowski, McKinsey & Company Richard G. Newell, Duke University Transportation and Energy William C. Wheaton, MIT Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Brown University Oil, Macroeconomics and the International Economy Olivier Blanchard, MIT Kristin J. Forbes, MIT Competitive Electricity Markets Steven L. Puller, Texas A&M University Xiaochun Zhang, North China Electric Power University John E. Parsons, MIT Emissions Allocations and Trading Meredith L. Fowlie, University of Michigan A. Denny Ellerman, MIT Contracts and Financing for New Investments Jim Matheson, Flagship Ventures John E. Parsons, MIT Luncheon and Dinner Speakers Sub Prime Lending - Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston Jesús Reyes-Heroles, PEMEX

The EU ETS: Perspective and Lessons
Washington DC, January 2008

Allocation in the EU ETS
A. Denny Ellerman, MIT
Barbara Buchner, International Energy Agency
David Harrison, NERA
The EUA Market: Who is Trading?
Anais Delbosc, Raphael Trotignon and Emilie Alberola,
Mission Climat
Philippe Ambrosi, IBRD
CO₂ Price Effects on EU Industry
Neil Walker, University College
Julia Reinaud, International Energy Agency
CO₂ Price Effects on the German Power Sector
Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut
Jean-Yves Caneill, Electricité de France
CO₂ Price Effects Outside the EU-ETS: Domestic and Foreign Offsets
Christian de Perthuis and Benoît Leguet, Mission Climat
Abyd Karmali, Merrill Lynch
Containing CO₂ Costs: The Safety Valve Revisited
Mort Webster, MIT
William A. Pizer, Resources for the Future

Fall 2007

Electricity Congestion
Henrick Gåverud, Swedish Energy Agency
Paul L. Joskow, MIT
Integrated Oil and Gas Markets
Romain Lacombe and John E. Parsons, MIT
Jose Villar, Energy Information Agency
Liquidity in Energy Market
Jeff Harris, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Dean L. Wilde, DC Energy
US Climate and Energy Policy
A. Denny Ellerman MIT
William B. Bonvillian, MIT
Regulating Energy Markets
Lucas W. Davis, University of Michigan
Matthew White, Wharton
Renewables at Scale
John Reilly, MIT
Chien Wang, MIT
Luncheon Speaker
"Sarbanes Oxley" - Ryan LaFond, MIT
Dinner
Paul's Going Away


7th Joint Cambridge-MIT Electricity Policy Conference
London, September 2007

EU Competition Policy
EU Energy Sector Inquiry - Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive, Ofgem
Energy sector competition policy: unbundling – David Newbery, EPRG
Integrating Electricity Markets
Strengths and weaknesses of Independent System Operators without ownership unbundling -Paul Joskow, MIT
Market integration: the Benelux case - Bert den Ouden, CEO APX
Security of gas supply – politics and policies
Does Europe Need an External Energy Policy? - Pierre Noel, EPRG
Addressing UK gas security of supply - Christof Rühl, BP
Reducing the carbon intensity of electricity
The Future of Coal, with special reference to carbon sequestration and storage - Howard Herzog, MIT
Technology policy to support the development of low-C technologies - Karsten Neuhoff, EPRG
Meeting the investment challenge facing energy networks
Future structure and regulation of transmission networks in Europe - Yves Smeers, CORE, Catholic University of Louvain
Regulating network investment and quality of service - Michael Pollitt, EPRG
The future of climate policies and emissions trading
Post 2012 framework ETS/Kyoto interaction - Michael Grubb and Karsten Neuhoff, EPRG
Evolving US policy towards carbon caps and climate change - Denny Ellerman, MIT
Luncheon and Dinner Speakers
"Economics and energy policy" - Jean Tirole, IDEI, Toulouse
"The prospects for effective climate change policies" - Sir Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics


Spring 2007

US State GHG Limitation Programs
A. Denny Ellerman, MIT
Dan Richard, formerly Pacific Gas and Electric
Renewables in the MIT Energy Initiative
Paul D. Sclavounos, MIT
Jefferson W. Tester, MIT
China Electricity Consumption
Richard S. Eckaus and Malcolm O. Asadoorian, MIT
Richard K. Lester, MIT
Estimating Oil Reserves
David Elliott, Alberta Securities Commission
John E. Parsons, MIT
Energy Efficiency
Leon R. Glicksman, MIT
Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University
NOx Regulations
Praveen Amar, NESCAUM
Katherine C. Martin and Paul L. Joskow, MIT
Luncheon and Dinner Speakers
"New Ways of Looking at the Earth" - Christopher N. Hill, MIT
"Bridging the Gap between Technology and Practice" - Rebecca M. Henderson, MIT


Fall 2006

Smart Trading - Time Differentiated NOX Regulations
Katherine C. Martin, MIT
Arnico K. Panday, MIT
Carbon Emissions Trading and National Allocations
A. Denny Ellerman, MIT
Leigh S. Raymond, Purdue University
Carbon Capture Technologies for Electric Generation
Bruce H. Braine, American Electric Power
Howard J. Herzog, MIT
Developing Corporate Strategy in the Face of Uncertain Carbon Regulations
Charles Rossmann, Southern Company
Gunnar Lundberg, Vattenfall
Paul L. Joskow, MIT
Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US
Michael Greenstone, MIT
Ted Gayer, Georgetown University
Hedging Oil and Gas Prices
Leonid Kogan, MIT
John E. Parsons, MIT
Luncheon and Dinner Speakers
"New Developments in Management Education" - Richard Schmalensee, MIT
"Latin America to the Left" - Roberto Rigobon, MIT