Technical Conference of Energy Models Users'Group: Global and Regional Energy Modeling, April 4-7, 2005: Summary and Proceedings

April 4 - 7, 2005
Location:Taipei, Taiwan

April 4, Morning

8:30 – 9:00         Registration

9:00 – 9:10         Opening: Dr. GianCarlo Tosato , Conference Committee Chair

9:10 – 9:30         Welcome Speech
                             Dr. Rong-i Wu , Vice Premier, Executive Yuan
                             Dr. Jiunn-rong Yeh , Executive Director
                             National Sustainable Development Council, Executive Yuan
                             Dr. Juu-en Chang ,Minister, TEPA

9:30 – 9:50         Welcome and Introduction of ETSAP
                             Speaker: Dr. Hertsel Labib , Chairman of ETSAP

9:50 - 10:15        Keynote Speech
                             Speaker: Dr. Robert Dixon, Council on Environmental Quality
                             Executive Office of the United States President

10:15 – 10:40    Coffee Break

                      Special Topics

10:40 – 11:05     Private Financing for Certified Emission Reductions
                              Owen Carroll , SUNY Stony Brook and Magnet Group, US
                              John Lee , Brookhaven National laboratory, US

11:05 – 11:30     Regional Energy and Environmental Issues In Central America
                              Marco Gonzalez , Central American Commission on Energy and Development, CA

11:30 – 11:55     Technology dynamics, Energy Scenarios and Social perspectives
                              GianCarlo Tosato , IEA/ETSAP, Project head,Italy

11:55 – 12:20     The Effect of Carbon Tax on CO2 Emission and the Economy of Taiwan -  An Application of DGEMT Model                       
                              Chi-Yuan Liang , Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

12:20 – 12:45     CARIBELATE: An Organizational Template for Incubation and Diffusion of GHG Emissions Reduction Technologies
                              Edward Linky , US Environmental Protection Agency 
                              John Lee , Brookhaven National laboratory, US

12:45 – 14:15     Lunch (Host: TEPA)

April 4, Afternoon  Global and Regional Modeling

14:15 – 14:40     Energy Policy Analysis Using MARKAL in the ASEAN Region
                              Hugh Bannister , EPSAP, Australia

14:40 – 15:05     Regionalization of US DOE MARKAL
                              Paul Friley , Firas Barazi, and John Lee,
                              Brookhaven National laboratory, US

15:05 – 15:30     Modelling of Regional Energy Collaboration in the Nordic Countries
                              Erik Ahlgren , Anna Krook Riekkola, and Thomas Unger, Sweden

15:30 – 15:55     NE-MARKAL: An Energy/Economic/Environment Framework for Exploring
                              Regional Policy Options in the Northeast United States  
                              Gary Kleiman and Ren-Tseng Young
                              Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, US

15:55 – 16:20     Coffee Break

16:20 – 16:45     Recent developments of World MARKAL/TIMES Scenarios Done at GERAD 
                              Maryse Labriet , Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Canada

16:45 – 17:10     Integrated Energy Planning and GHG Emission Reduction in Central America: Development of a Regional MARKAL Model
                              Ta-hsiung Lin, Soon-Ching Ho, Hui-Chen Chien,TEPA Taiwan, JamesLu and  
                              Marsha Tsai, ITRI, John Lee and Vatsal Bhatt, and Ann Reisman
                              National Laboratory, US

18:00 – 20:00     Welcome Dinner (Host: TEPA)

April 5, Morning National and Local Modeling

9:00 – 9:25          The strategies of TEPA for Climate Change and the role Markal Model plays
                              Fung-Luh Yeh, Soon-Ching Ho, Hui-Chen Chien , TEPA Taiwan

9:25 – 9:50          An Assessment of the China Power-Generation Sector 
                              Socrates Kypreos and Robert Krakowski , 
                              Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

9:50 – 10:15       Analysis of Taiwan's Future Energy Structure under the Clean Energy
                              Development Goal, Bureau of Energy, Taiwan

10:15 – 10:40     A Model Analysis of Energy Network in Zero Emission Industrial Park
                              Shimazaki Yoichi , University of Yamanashi, Japan

10:40 – 11:05     Current MARKAL Applications in Taiwan Jhy-Ming Lu, Miao-Shan Tsai, 
                              Kuei-Lan Chou and Yu-Feng Chou , ERL, ITRI,Taiwan

11:05 – 11:25     Coffee Break

11:25 – 11:50     A Portfolio Approach in Local Energy Planning: The Case of New York City
                              John Lee, Vatsal Bhatt, Edward Linky, and Owen Carroll , US.

11:50 – 12:15     An Economy-wide Analysis of Policy Responses of Taiwan to Stabilize CO2 Emissions
                              Shih-Hsun Hsu, Han-Pang Su, Hsing-Chun Lin, and Du-Hwa Li, TaiwanUniversity,
                              Taiwan

12:15 – 12:40     MARKAL Modeling in Vietnam

12:40 – 14:00     Lunch (Host: TEPA)

April 5, Afternoon National and Local Modeling (Continued)

14:00 – 14:25     MARKAL Modeling in Cambodia

14:25 – 14:50     MARKAL Modeling in Myanmar 

                       Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning

14:50 – 15:15     Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                              Luis Ake , Belize

15:15 – 15:40     Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                              Fernando Alvarado , Costa Rico

15:40 – 16:05     Coffee Break

16:05 – 16:30     Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                              Salvador Rivas , El Salvador

16:30 – 16:55     Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                              Gerardo Salgado , Honduras

16:55 – 17:20     Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning Carlos Mansilla , Guatemala

19:00                    Welcome Dinner (Host: BOE)

April 6, Morning  Modeling Tools

9:00 - 9:25            Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                               Marina Stadthagen , Nicaragua

9:25 – 9:50           Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning 
                               Eduardo Reyes , Panama

9:50 – 10:15         Issues in Energy and Environmental Planning
                               Tumentsogt Tsevegmid , Mongolia

10:15 – 10:30      Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:35      Mathematical Tools for Economic Programming Energy Models 
                               GianCarlo Tosato, IEA/ETSAP and. Alain Haurie , Switzerland

11:35 – 12:30      Panel Discussion: Issues on Modelling Needs and International Cooperation,
                               Concluding Remarks

12:30 – 13:30      Lunch (Host: TEPA) April 6, Morning

13:30 – 15:30      Optional Site Visit to Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) (Host: ITRI)

19:30 – 20:30      Farewell Dinner (Host: ETSAP)

April 7                   Invitation Only Meetings

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