Facilitator of the Congress: Mr Jukka Uosukainen, Chairman UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT)

Welcoming Address: The Experience of Frankfurt am Main
Mr Werner Neumann, Director, Municipal Energy Agency, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Welcoming Address from the Chair of the Congress
Dr Terry Barker, Co-ordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Mitigation; Director, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, University of Cambridge; Chairman Cambridge Econometrics, UK

Session 1 Implications for business of recent scientific evidence on climate change
Focus on implications for new business opportunities

Chair and First Speaker: Dr Terry Barker
Economic costs and benefits of climate change, adaptation and mitigation: implications for business of recent scientific evidence

Incentives for cleaner business energy: the UK Government’s climate change policies for Industry, Business and the Public Sector.
Mrs Marie Pender, Director of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Climate and Energy: Business and Transport (CEBT), UK

Expectations of technology transfer in Copenhagen Climate Deal
Mr. Jukka Uosukainen, Chairman UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT)

Chair: discussions and closing remarks with suggestions and practical recommendations

Session 2. Business Development of Carbon Sinks and Credits
Focus on future business strategies relating to Carbon Sinks and Credits

Facilitator: Mr Mike Bess, Managing Director for North America, Europe and Africa, Camco Group, UK

Implementation and Economics of Carbon Capture and Storage
Dr Wolfgang Heidug, General Manager - CO2 Policy, Shell International Renewable B.V., Netherland

Mechanisms to commercialise new carbon sinks
Mr Pieter van Midwoud, Executive Secretary, Carbon Fix e.V., Germany

Ocean Carbon Storage
Prof Dr Ian S F Jones, Scientific Patron of the Congress, Ocean Technology, University of Sydney, Australia

Land Use and Forest Action Plan
Mr Matthias Baldus, Forest Management, Global-Woods AG

Facilitator: discussions and closing remarks with suggestions and practical recommendations

Session 3 Financing Global Decarbonisation
Focus on suggestions of legislative regulations for reducing investment risks - funding a “Marshall Plan” for global green investment during the credit crunch

Facilitator: Mr. Jukka Uosukainen

Reforming the Global Financial System to Support Decarbonisation
Dr Terry Barker

Financing Renewable Energies
Mr Mike Bess

Facilitator: discussions and closing remarks with suggestions and practical recommendations

Session 4 (two parts) Future Solutions for Clean Energy
Focus on requirements and “terms and conditions” for the further successful development of environmental business to be recognised as a near-term global priority

Session 4, Part 1: The Changing Energy Landscape

Facilitator and First Speaker: Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, German Renewable Energy Federation, Board Member: European and International Affairs, Germany 
The Changing Energy Landscape

Conditions for a successful global solar business
Mr Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, General Manager, Solar Federal Association, Germany

Consolidating the business success in global wind energy
Dr Gustav R. Grob, President CMDC and Executive Secretary of ISEO, Switzerland

Business opportunities for zero-carbon buildings: global solutions for “green” comfort in the office and home
Mr Rolf Messerschmidt, Director, Planning Company Joachim Eble Architektur, Germany

Session 4, Part 2: Future Solutions for Clean Transportation

Facilitator and First Speaker: Mr Stephen Voller, CEO, Voller Energy Group Plc (LSE: VLR), UK

Conditions for successful global emerging technologies: fuel cells and super capacitors

Environmental quality standards as bases for future business
Dr Gustav R. Grob, President CMDC and Executive Secretary of ISEO, Switzerland

Facilitators / Parts 1 and 2: discussions and closing remarks with suggestions and practical recommendations

Session 5 Roundtable: World Climate Protection Joint Strategy: development of concepts for global partnership and cooperation
Facilitator of the Congress: Mr Jukka Uosukainen, Chairman UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT)

Summary of closing remarks: suggestions and practical recommendations of each session and participants. Selection of highlights through roundtable discussions.

Among others, the following participated in roundtable discussions:

Mr Herbert Ampferer, Director Environment and Energy, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Germany

Mr Seung Choon Kim, Vice Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Frankfurt am Main

Mr Ernesto Pinto-Bazurco Rittler, Consul General; Consulate General of Peru, Frankfurt am Main

Mr Worku Erge, Consul General, Consulate General of the FDR of Ethiopia, Frankfurt am Main

Mr Ahmed Amjad Ali, Consul General; Consulate General of Pakistan, Frankfurt am Main

Ms Suman Bakshi, European Director, India Trade Co, India

Closing Address - in the form of Open Letter to Business & Government & Science
Congress Open Letter – summary of Roundtable Highlights with main focus “how business can solve the problems of decarbonising the world economy" and “what business needs from government to do so”.