Weather Risk Management Association

2007 European Meeting, Zurich Switzerland: Agenda

Presentation

Opening Remarks
Juerg Trueb, Swiss Re - Download Presenentation (ppt - 4.94 MB)

Index Panel
David Riker, Storm Exchange - Download Presenentation (ppt - 4.94 MB)

Weather / Emissions
Guy Turner, New Carbon Finance - Download Presenentation (ppt - 1.15 MB)

Data/Climate Presentations
Mark Liniger, MeteoSchweiz - Download Presentation (ppt - 3.5 MB)
Francesco Holecz, Sarmap - Download Presentation (pdf - 25 MB)

Index Based Weather Cover Panel
Marcel Staeheli, Swiss Re, Moderator, Sidney Rostan, IXIS & Dan Tomlinson, Galileo
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Jean Christophe Garaix, Paris Re - Download Presentation (ppt - 179 KB)

Relative Value Panel
Brian O’Hearne, Swiss Re - Download Presentation (ppt - 1.15 MB)

Global Data Availability
Maryam Golnarghi, World Meteorological Association - Download Presentation (ppt - 1.15 MB)

Michela Beltracchi, IETA
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New European initiatives dedicated to weather risk management
Dominique Lapeyre, METNEXT - Download Presentation (ppt - 653 KB)

Schedule of Events

WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN MEETING
3rd—5th OCTOBER 2007
Swiss Re, Centre for Global Dialogue, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

WEDNESDAY, 3rd October

2:00 pm
 Board Meeting Board only
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
 Registration and Opening Cocktail Reception  

THURSDAY, 4th October

8:30 am—9:15 am
 Continental Breakfast  
9:15 am—9:30 am
 Opening Remarks Juerg Trueb, Swiss Re
9:30 am—1030 am
 Index Panel
CME Europe
Powernext
Custom indices 		Felix Carabello, CME
Philippe Chauvancy, Powernext
David Riker, Storm Exchange
10:30—11:00 am
 Networking Break  
11:00—11:45 am
 Gas Panel
-How Leading Gas Companies are managing their weather exposure 		Gearoid Lane, Centrica
11:45 am—12:30 pm
 Weather / Emissions
- Overview of European regulatory framework and update
- Fundamental drivers for EUA prices
- Weather derivatives as hedging instruments		 Guy Turner, New Carbon Finance
12:30 pm— 1:45 pm
 Lunch  
1:45 pm— 2:30 pm
 Data/Climate Presentations
Mark Liniger, MeteoSchweiz – “Exceptional European warmth of autumn 2006 and winter 2007 and its probability of recurrence
"Francesco Holecz, Sarmap - "The role of Earth Observation for agricultural applications"		  
2:30 pm—3:30 pm
Index Based Weather Cover Panel
-Developments in this rapidly growing field		 Marcel Staeheli, Swiss Re, Moderator
Sidney Rostan, IXIS
Dan Tomlinson, Galileo
Jean Christophe Garaix, Paris Re
3:30 pm— 4:00 pm
 Networking Break  
4:00 pm— 5:00 pm
 Relative Value Panel
-Investor interest
-Weather as a non-correlated asset
-Weather and commodities 		Peter Brewer, CUMULUS Weather Fund
Guillame Legal, Coriolis Capital
Brian O’Hearne, Swiss Re
5:00 pm— 5:15 pm
 Closing Remarks for the day Gearoid Lane, WRMA President
6:00 pm
 Apero and Dinner  

FRIDAY, 5TH OCTOBER
8:45 am — 9:15 am
 Continental Breakfast  
9:15 am — 9:45 am Michela Beltracchi, IETA  
9:45 am —10:30 am
New European initiatives dedicated to weather risk management Dominique Lapeyre, METNEXT
Philippe Chauvancy, Powernext
10:30 am — 11:15am
Global Data Availability
WMO Data Project		 Maryam Golnarghi, World Meteorological Association
Introduced by Warren Isom, Willis Re
11:15 am—11:30 am
 Closing Remarks Gearoid Lane, WRMA President

For questions please email: Tami Howe at thurley-howe@kellencompany.com