Carbon TradeEx America, a unique forum bringing together top players from the environmental markets community, today released names of some of its speakers lined up for this path-breaking event on September 28-29, 2010 at the Chicago McCormick Place. The event will be jointly put together by Koelnmesse, Inc., the Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) and the Environmental Markets Association (EMA). Bloomberg New Energy Finance will provide content resources and has officially joined the organizers in supporting their conference program.

The speakers list reads like the "Who's Who" of the environmental industry and emission markets and can be viewed at http://bit.ly/CTA201SpeakerList.

A sampling of speakers includes David Sandalow - U.S. Department of Energy, Abyd Karmali - Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Allison Wood - Hunton & Williams, Annika Colston - Blue Source, Dirk Forrister "“ Natsource, Dr. Richard Sandor "“ Chicago Climate Exchange, Erin Craig "“ Terra Pass, Graham Stuart "“ Baker & McKenzie, James Goldstene "“ California Air Resource Board, Kedin Kilgore "“ Barclays, Kyle Danish "“ Van Ness Feldman, Miles Austin "“ Carbon Markets & Investors Association, Milo Sjardin "“ Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Nick Martin "“ America Carbon Registry and Samantha Unger "“ Evolution Markets. The conference will feature sessions with senior market makers and experts under the headings "Investment Opportunities", "Market Insight" and "Business Strategies". The "hands on" program is designed for professionals working on environmental management issues as part of their companies' strategic planning and investing, energy efficiency improvements, compliance programs, performance benchmarking and market and finance monitoring.

Carbon TradeEx has taken a leadership role by opening its platform to include RECs, SO2, NOx and GHG markets considerably broadening its base from the original Carbon only theme.

The current sponsor list can be viewed at http://www.carbontradeex.com/carbon-tradeex-america/exhibiting-at-the-show/2010-exhibitors-list.aspx. The accompanying exhibition will provide an excellent platform for networking and sponsor presentations. A few sponsorship and speaker opportunities are still available. Attendees will be professionals from industries highly impacted by environmental legislation such as utilities, manufacturers, retail, transportation as well as Emission Traders and Brokers, Financial Institutions, Corporate Representatives, Venture Capital Funds, Project Developers, Technology Providers, Research & Development Departments, Science Institutes and Universities. Supporting Organizations as of this writing include the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, the Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon Offset Providers, Coalition Center for Resource Solutions, Center for Sustainability and Excellence, Corporate Responsibility Officers Association, GHG Management Institute, International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance and the Gold Standard Foundation.

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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