Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre 30-31 October 2008
2 Sep 2008
The Australian Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator the Hon Penny Wong will address the inaugural Carbon Market Expo Australasia on the Gold Coast 29th-31st October.
She will be joined by Hon Andrew McNamara MP, Queensland Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation; Her Excellency Rt Hon Helen Liddell, British High Commissioner to Australia (and former British Energy Secretary); Nicholas Johnson, CEO, Barclays Capital Australia; Sean Lucy, Head, Carbon Solutions Group, nabCapital; Tim Flannery, Professor, Macquarie University & Chairman, Copenhagen Climate Council and a host of eminent global carbon market practitioners representing firms such as Baker & McKenzie, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Climate Change Capital & Camco.
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