LYSEBU - HOLMENKOLLEN

FINANCE SEMINAR 2013NORWEA

Norwea has the pleasure of inviting you to the annual

Norwea Finance Seminar

on 30 and 31 January 2013

at Lysebu in Oslo, Norway.

This will be an exclusive opportunity for European utilities and financial investors

to meet the companies behind the most interesting wind power projects in Norway.

Aside from meeting the projects, we have also hand picked distinguished political,

financial and legal speakers.

In short, where to invest –

and how to invest!

DAY 109.00-10.00 Registration and coffee

10.00-10.15 Welcome! Øyvind Isachsen, Norwea 10.15-10.35 Future development and capacity, tba, Statnett, Norwegian TSO10.40-11.00 New Government - what then? Nikolai Astrup, The Conservative Party11.05-11.25 Europe and Norway, Janos Herman, Delegation of the European Union to Norway11.30-11.50 Norwegian licences, Per Sanderud, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate11.50-12.00 The changing energy situation in Europe – Implications for Norway, Kjell Eriksson, DNV KEMA

12.00-13-00 Lunch

13.05-13.25 Onshore wind power - a valued commodity in Norway, Anders Gaudestad, SAE Vind13.30-13.50 Why inland wind in Norway? Mark Porter, E.ON13.55-14.15 Mid-Scandinavia, Ståle Gjersvold, TrønderEnergi14.20-14.35 Norwegian portfolio as we see it, Andreas Thon Aasheim, Norwea

14.40-15.05 Coffee break

15.10-15.30 Our approach: How we invest in wind farms, Luigi Pettinicchio, HgCapital15.35-15.55 Why does the utility of Zurich invest in windpower in Norway? Philipp Wunnerlich, ewz16.00-16.20 Sales process optimization, Peter Aa. Simonsen, Simonsen og Vogt & Viig16.25-16.45 Why we haven’t invested in wind energy. Yet! Per-Arne Torbjørnsdal, E-CO

16.50-17.05 Coffee break

17.10-17.30 How to finance windfarms in Norway today, and looking into the future, Lars Vikjord, Swedbank17.35-17.55 The Norwegian economy in a global context, Erica Blomgren, SEB17.55-18.00 Concluding remarks and introduction to day 2, Øyvind Isachsen, Norwea, Kjetil Hardeng, Haavind

18.00-19.00 Networking and drinks 19.00-23.00 Apéritif and five course dinner

PROGRAM

DAY 2

08.30-09.20 Breakfast

09.30-09.40 Post day one thoughts; and introduction; Norway has the proved competence to make it happen, Øyvind Isachsen, Norwea09.45-10.45 Contracts and legal issues; full presentation on what you need to go operational; (i) regulatory and concessions, (ii) all contracts and summary of key terms and issues; from land owners, construction, turbines and PPAs and direct agreements, (iii) also including how bankability needs to be reflected in all agreements (iv) structuring, in light of Basel and Solvency regime in motion, Kjetil Hardeng, Haavind10.50-11.10 Valuation & Capital Structure Lars Ove Skorpen, Pareto Securities

11.15-11.25 Coffee break

11.30-11.50 Regulatory developments within the banking sector, Sigurd Kayser, DNB 11.55-12.15 Possibilities in the bond market, Geir Sørflaten, Pareto Securities 12.20-12.35 How to bank; brief intro, legal and commercial, Christopher A. Jensen, Haavind12.40-13.00 The role of the Norwegian Trustee in the bond market, Jo Forfang, Norwegian Trustee13.05-13.10 Final remarks, Øyvind Isachsen, Norwea

13.15-14.15 Lunch

PROGRAM

SPEAKERSØyvind IsachsenRittmester Isachsen is the Managing Director of Norwea since 2007. He has a M.Sc in International Trade from Svenska Handelshögskolan in Helsinki.

Anders Gaudestad Gaudestad is the Managing Director of Statkraft Agder Energi Vind. He has extensive experience from de-veloping renewable energy business and management consulting.

Erica BlomgrenBlomgren is the Chief Strategist of SEB in Norway. She is focusing on the Norwegian krone and interest rate markets in addition to a broader view on Scandinavian markets.

Per-Arne TorbjørnsdalTorbjørnsdal is the Senior Vice President at E-CO Energi.

Peter Aall SimonsenSimonsen is partner in Simonsen og Vogt & Viig. He is head of the Bank-ing & Finance department. In addi-tion he is working with energy law, especially in relation to projects.ts.

Philipp WunnerlichBusiness Development Manager at ewz in the department of Renewable Energy Asset Management. Working with market development and new investments in renewable energy.

Andreas Thon AasheimAasheim is the Senior Finance Advi-sor of Norwea since 2010. He has a M.Sc. in finance from from Han-delshøyskolen in Bergen.

Luigi PettinicchioJoined HgCapital in 2008. Previ-ously worked at Goldman Sachs and at McKinsey & Company. Worked on the acquisition and financing of the 44MW Ytterberg and 52MW Åmliden Swedish wind farms.

Ståle GjersvoldHe is the new Chief Executive Of-ficer in TrønderEnergi. He has held various leading positions in Statoil and other companies related to oil industry in Norway and abroad.

Lars VikjordVikjord is the Global Head of Ener-gy Sector at Swedbank. Prior to join-ing Swedbank, Vikjord was Head of Corporates Norway in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Mark PorterPorter is the Chief Executive Officer of E.ON Wind Sweden.

Per SanderudSanderud is the Director General of the Norwegian Water Eesources and Energy Directorate (NVE) since 2011. He has also been the President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

János HermanHerman is Ambassador and leader of the European Union’s delegation in Norway.

Nicolai AstrupAstrup has been a member of Parli-ment for the Conservative party since 2009. Astrup is a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.

SPEAKERSLars Ove SkorpenSkorpen is the Director of Power and Renewable Energy of Pareto Securities.

Sigurd KayserHe is Senior Vice President in the Energy Division of DNB Bank with main focus on Power & Renewable business. He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry

Erik SkjelbredSkjelbred is the head of public affairs in Statnett, the Norwegian TSO. He has broad experience from 30 years in the energy industry

Jo ForfangForfang is the legal director of Nor-weagian Trustee

Geir Sørflaten Sorflaten is Partner in Pareto Secu-rities with focus on fixed income and debt advisory.

Christopher A. JensenHe is an associated partner in Haavind and specialized within the capital markets and M&A. He has extensive experience from cross-border transactions.

Kjetil HardengHardeng heads Haavind´s corpo-rate department. He does domestic and cross border M&A and JV, and has been involved in several wind energy projects in Norway.

Norwea has the pleasure of inviting you to

Registration

For registration press

here

Contacts: Andreas T. Aasheim | +47 9593 5890 | Aasheim@norwea.no

Kjell ErikssonEriksson is responsible for develop-ment of DNV KEMA’s services in Scandinavia. He has more than 25 years of international experience from oil, gas and energy.

The Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA) is the voice of the Nor-wegian wind and ocean energy industry. NORWEA has, since it was established in 2006, promoted the utilization of renewable energy from wind in Norway. We are ideally situated in the heart of Oslo ensuring close proximity to Norwe-gian decision makers. With approximately 130 members: developers, contrac-tors, electricity providers, wind turbine manufacturers, component suppliers, research institutes, finance and insurance companies, lawyers, consultants and research institutions, NORWEA represents the entire value chain of the indus-try. We are the industry’s key meeting place for wind and ocean energy aca-demics, political discussions and industrial collaboration.

NORWEAs lobbying helps create a suitable legal and financial framework with-in which members can successfully develop their businesses.

NORWEA analyses, formulates and establishes policy positions together with the wind and ocean industry on key issues.

NORWEA produces a large variety of information tools and manages cam-paigns aimed at raising awareness about the benefits of wind and ocean renew-able energy, dispelling the myths about wind and ocean energy and providing easy access to credible information.

NORWEA organizes numerous regular events: conferences, seminars and workshops, together with and for the industry.

This makes NORWEA the most powerful and successfull network for wind and ocean energy in Norway.

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