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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Second Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening

July 19, 2023

Agenda

11:30 am: Opening Remarks 

• Chairman Rostin Behnam

• Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson

• Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero

• Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger 

11:50 am: VCMs Market Overview: Kyle Harrison, Head of Sustainability Research, BloombergNEF

12:10 pm: Division of Enforcement Remarks: Ian McGinley, Director, CFTC Division of Enforcement

12:15 pm: U.S. Federal Government 

Moderator: Chairman Behnam

• Carol A. (Annie) Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. 

Department of Transportation

• Sean Babington, Senior Advisor for Climate, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture 

• D. Wilson Ervin, Counselor, Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Molly Peters-Stanley, Negotiator, U.S. Department of State

1:00 pm: 30-minute break 

1:30 pm: Private Sector Standards, Initiatives, and Credit Ratings

 Moderator: Nat Keohane, President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions 

• The Honorable Annette L. Nazareth, Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Chair of the 

Integrity Counsel for the Voluntary Carbon Market

• Pedro Barata, Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonization, 

Environmental Defense Fund

• Hugh Salway, Senior Director, Market Development and Partnerships, The Gold Standard 

Foundation

• Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer, Verra 

• Flavia Rosembuj, Program Manager, Partnership for Market Implementation, Climate 

Change Group, World Bank

• Samuel Gill, Co-founder and President, Sylvera

• Ronan Carr, Chief Research Officer, BeZero Carbon

• Bella Rozenberg, Senior Counsel/Head of Regulatory and Legal Practice Group, International 

Swaps and Derivatives Association
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2:30 pm: Spot Exchanges & Marketplace: 

Moderator: The Honorable Dan M. Berkovitz, Former CFTC Commissioner

• Russell Karas, Head of Commodities, Xpansiv 

• Daniel Scarbrough, President and Chief Operating Officer, Incubex, TVCM

• Julien Hall, Pricing Director, Climate Impact X

• Thomas McMahon, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, AirCarbon Exchange

• Corli Le Roux, Senior Specialist, United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

3:10 pm: 15-minute break 

3:25 pm: Derivatives Exchanges: 

Moderator: The Honorable Dan M. Berkovitz, Former CFTC Commissioner 

• Vincent McGonagle, Director, CFTC Division of Market Oversight

• Mike Kierstead, Head of Environmental Products, Intercontinental Exchange

• Peter Keavey, Managing Director & Global Head, Energy & Environmental Products, CME

Group

• Caroline Gentry, Director, Environmental Markets, Nodal Exchange

4:00 pm: Market Participants: 

Moderator: Sasha Mackler, Executive Director, Energy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center

• Dr. Lorenzo Bernasconi, Head of Climate and Environmental Solutions, Lombard Odier Asset 

Management (USA) Corp.

• Tom Colebatch, Managing Director, Commodity Markets and Finance, Macquarie Group

• John P. Battaglia, Managing Director/Global Head, Carbon Markets, BGC Environmental 

Brokerage Services, L.P.

• Dirk Forrister, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Emissions Trading 

Association 

• David Tenny, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance of Forest Owners 

• Todd Phillips, Fellow, Corporate Power, Roosevelt Institute

• Jonathan Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Direct

• Kari S. Larsen, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on behalf of the Futures Industry 

Association 

5:00 pm: Chairman Adjourns Convening