Chicago / London / Cologne. - April 3, 2009 - Underscoring the Obama Administration’s eagerness to quickly move on Climate Change Legislation, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ), has agreed to deliver the keynote to over 800 attendees and 45 exhibitors during the opening of Carbon TradeEx America at the Washington E. Convention Center next week. This event presents a unique forum with 25 sessions featuring over 120 leading players from the climate policy and carbon finance community.

This industry event follows just one week after the "American Clean Energy & Security Act Bill" was proposed for discussion by the U.S. House & Commerce Committee and will add to lively discussions between senior Obama officials, representatives of the 111th Congress and the Carbon Finance Industry. Chair Sutley is a key member of the Obama administration climate team and serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President.

Chair Sutley advises the President and Vice President on national and international environmental policy matters and works to ensure that federal agencies operate efficiently and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

Other top level speakers include former New York Governor - George E. Pataki, the Chair of WWF - Bruce Babbitt, Walter Isaacson from the Aspen Institute and Carlos Pascual from the Brookings Institution. The two day conference program will offer an in depth perspective on the emerging U. S. carbon market and will feature all the leaders in the climate change arena.

The speaker line up can be viewed under:
http://www.carbontradeexamerica.com/Participants/ConferenceProgramDetails.aspx

Carbon TradeEx America is considered to be the most comprehensive combination of a conference and trade show in the U.S. connecting climate policy, carbon markets, energy security, low carbon technology, and the green economic recovery.

Show hours will be 8:30 a.m. "“ 7:30 p.m. on April 7th and 8:30 a.m. "“ 4 p.m. on April 8, 2009 at the Washington E. Convention Center in Washington, DC. Registration is available at www.carbontradeexamerica.com

Also at the Washington E. Convention Center, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) will organize their 2009 Energy Conference from April 7-8, 2009 http://www.eia.doe.gov/eia_conference_2009.html

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Koelnmesse, Inc., the Chicago-based North American subsidiary of the German trade show organizer Koelnmesse GmbH, specializes in international environmental trade shows and conferences.

Websites:
www.carbontradeexamerica.com
www.carbonexpo.com
www.koelnmessenafta.com
www.theclimategroup.com
www.cmia.net

Carbon TradeEx - Koelnmesse, Inc.

Carbon TradeEx - Koelnmesse, Inc.

Carbon TradeEx America is the largest North American industry event for the Carbon industry. In 2010 following events will be organized:

CARBON SUMMIT - January 19, 2010 in Washington DC A Carbon Market Executive Summit - The Copenhagen Debrief A 1-Day event covering the impact of the Copenhagen outcome for the burgeoning American carbon market. A gathering of the top 200 industry professionals in North America to hear from leading policy and international markets experts. Focus of the conference will be carbon legislation and the future of the U.S. legislative path as well as implications for U.S. investors.

CARBON TradeEx AMERICA - September 2010 in Chicago The 2 -Day Carbon TradeEx America is the largest North American Trade Show and Conference serving international business, finance, technology, venture capital, government communities in abatement, trading, monitoring, crediting and compliance of carbon emissions. Industry, technology and service providers in the carbon business as well as government agencies from developing countries will be among the exhibitors. Carbon TradeEx is expected to attract attendees such as Carbon Traders, Financial Institutions, Corporate Representatives, Venture Capital Funds, Project Developers, Technology Providers Research & Development Departments, Science Institutes and Universities. The 3rd edition of this event is expected to draw over 100 exhibitors and 1,000 delegates

Hosts of both events are Koelnmesse, Inc. and the Carbon Markets and Investor Association

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