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Securing Private Funding for the Future

• Why do private investors invest? Understand this to develop a persuasive case to secure future funding
• Discover the factors necessary to prove that your project is commercially viable to private investors.
• Understand the importance of working with private investors to achieve success with your EGS project

Charles Baron, Climate and Energy Change Lead, Google.Org

Reliance on Government Funding for Future Projects?

• Gain an Overview of current US government funding initiatives to discover where the contracts are available
• Analyse the patterns in EGS government funding over the years to evaluate how heavily government is to invest in the future
• Discover alternative worldwide government initiatives which can be applied to US Government support in the future

Subir Sanyal – President – GeothermEx Inc

• Water - Not an afterthought
• Tale of Two Rosettes
• Recent Developments

Kathleen Callison , Attorney at Law, Law Office of Kathleen Callison PS

• Listen to the theoretical background for CO2-based geothermal energy to investigate the potential benefits of using this over an H20 system
• Hear the description of the project site to understand the limitations which may affect your future project
• Listen to Greenfire’s strategy for testing the technology including a description of progress to date to understand why this option is so attractive for EGS development

• Listen to the background of the Raft River Project to understand which factors need to be considered when planning your EGS project
• Hear the successes and challenges to date to apply these to your current and future EGS strategies
• Learn about the future plans for Raft River to understand how close EGS is to commercial viability

• Understand the technical and economic targets to make EGS economically viable
• Learn about the physics that affects the development of an EGS reservoir to apply to your current project
• Gain an historical view to the development of EGS technology to put in perspective the rate at which EGS development is likely to proceed in the future
• Listen to the scaling up scenarios of EGS technology which can produce in excess of 100MWe

Roy Baria – Technical Advisor – EGS Energy

• Listen to the latest EGS developments in Australia to discover how to avoid potential pitfalls in your own projects
• Discover how the Australian corporate sector looks towards innovative methods to knock down financial barriers and how you can adopt similar methods
• Examine the EGS technical projects in Australia and learn from their more successful models

• Update of geothermal developments in New Zealand
  
• Status of the New Zealand "Hotter and Deeper", EGS geothermal research programme
• Looking forward to deep geothermal science drilling in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (NZ) and IPGT collaboration

Dr Greg Bignall, Senior Scientist Geothermal Resources Group, Wairakei Research Centre, GNS Science

• Hear about the successes and challenges of the Calpine Corporation EGS project to learn about the benefits of upgrading your geothermal plant
• Get exclusive updates on the current testing which is being carried out on site to understand the developments being made in the industry
• Listen to the benefits of developing EGS technology as an upgrade to your existing geothermal plant to maximise profits

• Hear about the evolution of the conventional geothermal plant from the first utility to run such a project to understand the challenges commonly faced with new renewable projects
• Listen to the challenges experienced over the years and learn about how these were overcome to apply similar strategies to your EGS project
• Gain an insight into the strategies put in place which made conventional geothermal energy a success – learn how this can be applied to EGS

Monte Morrison, Country Manager and Vice President of Operations, Magma Energy Corporation

• Learn about the latest technology to improve the performance of EGS wells.
• Understand how various drilling methods can reduce the costs for your EGS project
• Gain vital insight into new novel drilling and well completion technologies that have been created to reduce your EGS development costs and risk

• Understand the need for new technology research, development and demonstration for the effective deployment of EGS power plants.
• Discover how to mitigate the high risks and costs of exploration to ensure that your EGS project becomes a commercially viable  venture in the future
• Hear about the latest methodologies for producing fractures that are interconnected to successfully control the flow of water.
• Access the latest drilling technology which can withstand high temperatures to ensure successful execution during deep formation EGS projects.

Panel Chairman - Will Hobbs, Research Engineer, Southern Company , Louis Capuano Jr – Chief Executive Officer – ThermaSource LLC, others to be announced

• Discover what Oil & Gas companies look for in site selection and understand the elements that minimize their development risk but give a solid rate of return on investment
• Understand the Oil & Gas technologies which have been transferred to the EGS industry to reduce seismicity
• Get top tips on how to mitigate risks involved in exploration and drilling to reduce the costs and risks during your EGS projects

• Use the Oil & Gas industry to compare the cost reductions achieved with economies of scale to make informed predictions on the growth of EGS as a source of energy
• Learn from Oil & Gas' experience in effective extraction methods which can attract private investment to your project
• Learn the strategies which were put in place to make the Oil &  Gas industry the multi-billion dollar industry it is today to ensure your EGS projects makes huge profit in the future

• Hear about the latest resource assessment and what this means for EGS development opportunities in the US
• Learn how to plan and execute a successful site selection to ensure you reduce the risks of seismicity during your project
• Understand the conditions which are necessary  on site to develop a successful EGS project

• Water Issues
• Induced Seismicity
• Permits and Permit Issues

Organised by Kathleen Callison

Participants: Linda Christian, Planning and Environmental Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, Ivan Wong , principal seismologist and vice president of URS Corporation in Oakland and Corrie Clark, Environmental Systems and Policy Analyst, Argonne National Labs

• Understand groundwater flow and low temperature geothermal systems and apply this knowledge to your EGS project
• Analyse the rehabilitation of wells for low temperature geothermal systems and how best to avoid water cooling during the injection process
• Learn about the groundwater issues to consider when rehabilitating wells to ensure that your project generates enough revenue to offset costs

• Hear about the public response to the Newberry EGS project to understand the positive and negative views of EGS
• Understand the reasons for the response so that you mould a successful social economic strategy for your project.
• Get top tips and lessons learnt which will provide you with solid advice to ensure that new EGS ventures are successful from a social aspect. 

• Understand the need for developers to increase community ties  in order to gain confidence with current projects
• Learn how to plan an effective socio-economic strategy to maximise support for your EGS project
• Discover which key stakeholders you should be working with and what they can do to help you push your project forward.

Organised by Al Waibel , Consultant and Owner, Columbia Geoscience