Identify Risk Factors and Mitigation Opportunities Created Through Alternative Energy (2009)

AIM OF WORKSHOP The workshop is aimed at influencing the thinking of decision makers (finance, management, technology) engaged in or looking to engage in Alternative Energy businesses. The systematic deconstruction approach will show how many of the risks are concepts businesses are already familiar with and deal with in other markets. As a result of this familiarization with existing business, we hope to encourage others to capitalize on the many money making opportunities. KEY THEMES The break down will be between – Familiar Risks that exist in non-Alternative Energy businesses also (e.g. weather, natural resource, political, currency, financial, contractual etc.) New Risks that are unique to Alternative Energy businesses (e.g. technology, dependencies on other businesses and markets, market structures that are ill defined, small scale or non-homogeneous, legal, social etc.) For the risk mitigation discussion, we shall focus on selected major categories (using examples) and how these can be – Hedged using current tools (leverage products and practices from other disciplines e.g. consumer credit risk, interest rate risk, commodity risk etc.) Not Hedged as no tools exist Shared with other stakeholders Borne outright because they eliminate other bigger risks ABOUT YOUR WORKSHOP LEADER Amir Shuja is currently the global head of valuation, control at the JP Morgan Chase Chief Investment Office. We are always engaged in transfering knowledge, experienced and practices between businesses. The Energy space is seen as an area that can learn from the risk management and valuation concepts of the structured products market and this workshop is structured for that purpose.