date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 16:16:16 -0400 from: "Kyle W. Danish" subject: Invitation: "International Emissions Trading - Details Matter" to: You are cordially invited to a presentation at COP-5 sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund and by EPRI, a nonprofit research organization that is the world's leader in developing science and technology solutions for all segments of the global energy industry: INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING DETAILS MATTER Outstanding Issues in Need of Analysis November 1 19:30 - 21:00 Hotel Maritim (room will be announced) In this session, experts from the private sector and from NGOs who have in-depth experience with existing emissions trading systems will discuss their views on the following key topics: * compliance issues associated with trading; * impact of diverse domestic implementation programs on the international emissions trading program; * supplementarity. Speakers will include: Joe Goffman -- Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund Carlton Bartels -- Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald Anne Petsonk -- International Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund Dale Heydlauff -- Senior Vice President, American Electric Power Robert Nordhaus -- Member, Van Ness Feldman Contacts: Kyle Danish (kwd@vnf.com) Rich Rosenzweig (rhr@vnf.com) Van Ness Feldman, P.C. 1050 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007-3877 phone: (202) 298-1800 fax: (202) 338-2416