If you’re involved in small hydro, you need to be at Small Hydro. Why? Over 14 case studies from leading IPPs, utilities and developers – find out how to overcome the challenges they faced and get first-hand experience of how to meet obstacles in your own operations 12 countries represented - whether your small hydro interest is multi-national or community focussed, uncover new opportunities and learn about new techniques from experts around the world A special focus on licensing, regulations and permitting – with so many complex processes affecting the licensing of your project, make sure you are up to date with changing regulation and expectations Funding Masterclass – Make sure you’re positioned to benefit from upcoming opportunities and avoid funding pitfalls at this dedicated session An overview of some of the newest and most exciting technologies in the industry. Find out what will save and what will make you money in plant efficiency Gain a new perspective on your challenges through input and feedback from government bodies and leading international organisations Make the most of over 12 hours of networking, including roundtables, drinks and dinner to meet with your peers and share ideas on a one-to-one level

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Successful financing and licensing strategies to
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3 great reasons to attend:
• real life case studies - discover how your peers have been tackling the
same challenges you face and learn from the solutions they’ve put in place
• regulatory focus - get insight into the regulatory processes that affect you
and how you can fast-track approval for your projects
• recession bounce back - gain access to the processes and procedures in
top financial institutions to uncover key strategies you need to get funding
Distinguished speakers include: More networking than anywhere else
Prof. tong Jiangdong, former dg of In-SHP, Make the most of 2 days of networking with your
HangzHou CHIna peers at Small Hydro 2010.
Drinks receptions: a relaxing and informal way to meet your
gaurav agrawal, executive director,
colleagues and competitors and increase your industry network
CHIrCHInd Hydro Power lIMIted
NEW Roundtables: discussion groups which bring you
don gagnon, Projects Manager, Central Hydro together with industry professionals who share your
Plant group, oPg interests. Make new contacts and ask the questions you didn’t
have time for in the conference room
Muhammad Moeen, geotechnical engineer,
Pakistan Public Private Partnership Panel Discussions: Put your questions to the experts and get
the debate going to get fresh insight into industry feeling on key
Bernhard Pelikan, President, eSHa topics
Brian yanity, electrical engineer, wHPaCIFIC, NEW The Small Hydro Networking Dinner: the first ever
InC. networking dinner will help you ensure you get the
maximum out of your experience at the conference and form new
Horst Mieneske, Chief of Party, relationships to help you develop your business in 2010.
winrock International
dr. Michael detering, Head of Hydro
asset Management, rwe
Silver Sponsors:
rafael Pardo, President, grupo Helm
dave youlan, Coo, Free Flow Power
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2. Programme Day One Thursday 15 April 2010
08:00 registration and refreshments 10:45 Morning refreshments and networking
08:50 Chairman’s opening remarks
International Perspectives
Morning Plenary 11:15 Small hydro case study: measuring the
importance of underground structures in
09:00 Small hydro in Quebec: supporting a thriving,
small hydropower projects and considering
low-impact energy source
● Pinpointing the key factors which have led to the
environmental and socio-economic constraints
success of hydropower in Quebec to ensure cost-effectiveness
● Identifying the role small hydro plays in the energy mix ● Assessing the rationale for using an underground
in the province powerhouse cavern
● Local support and government initiatives for small ● Adapting mega hydro thinking to small hydro for
hydro developments strong results
● Mapping the vision for small hydro in Quebec over the ● Safeguarding against geological eventualities and
next 5 years heavy rain
nathalie normandeau, Minister of natural resources ● Overcoming the challenges of building plant structures
and wildlife, QueBeC (tbc) underground
● Measuring the cost implications of building an
09:15 Hydro in Canada: an overview of growth, underground plant in relation to proven returns
regulations, obstacles and initiatives in this gaurav agrawal, executive director,
CHIrCHInd Hydro Power lIMIted
thriving sector
● How has small hydro developed in Canada over the last
20 years? 11:45 the development of small dams for social
● A utility’s perspective on the benefits and improvement through public-private
opportunities of small hydro partnerships
● Assessing the impact of recent regulations on the ● Working with the government to pinpoint areas of need
growth of the industry ● Getting round local climatic and social challenges to
● Utilising governmental and utility support for small put in place effective strategies for development
hydro ● Overcoming the logistical issues of planning 12 small
● Exploring the potential for developing long-term hydro projects across 4 provinces
relationships and increased involvement from leading ● Pairing hydropower generation with local
utilities irrigation needs
don gagnon, Projects Manager, Central Hydro Plant Muhammad Moeen, geotechnical engineer,
group, oPg PaKIStan PuBlIC PrIVate PartnerSHIP
09:45 Small hydropower development (SHP) in a 12:15 demonstrating the ‘bankability’ of
green power and competitive era refurbishment and small hydro projects -
● New environmental issues facing SHP development getting local and international buy-in for a
● Adopting appropriate, orderly and competitive unique project
development strategies to grow small hydro capacity ● Mapping the local challenges caused by post-Soviet
● New achievements in SHP adoption and development infrastructure
in China ● Exploring the concept of project finance and
● Case studies on SHP successes in China independent energy production in a government-led
Prof. tong Jiangdong, former dg of In-SHP, organisation
HangzHou CHIna ● Collaborating with international partners to achieve
funding objectives
10:15 Case study: a community driven small ● Examining the objectives of the Rural Energy
hydro project - an example of social and Programme and how this has been achieved
environmental integration ● Exploring how experiences in sourcing funding for this
● The community based IPP business model project can be applied elsewhere
● Working with local authorities, regulators and Horst Mieneske, Chief of Party,
waterways users to ensure licensing for a plant in a wInroCK InternatIonal
Historic Regional Park
● Designing a plant to meet the needs of local 12:45 Lunch and networking
community and tourism while maximising energy
generation.
● Entrepreneurial spirit: securing funding for a
community-led small hydro project
Reviewing the challenges thrown up by the project and
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3. Programme Day One Thursday 15 April 2010
Stream A: Small hydro financing Stream B: Technology
14:15 early funding: pinpointing the support, 14:15 utilising effective collaboration between
investment and incentives available to small developers and civil & mechanical engineers
hydro projects globally to implement new technologies for low head
● Mapping governmental incentives and identifying the systems
drivers for these initiatives ● Identifying the key challenges faced in implementing
● Key criteria for accessing government funding – how to low head systems
best position yourself to benefit from tax breaks and ● Where has low head been most successful?
grants Pinpointing critical elements for success
● Exploring the role of venture capital and private equity ● Measuring the impact of low heads and very low
in the development of small hydro heads on the rest of the project – ensuring thorough
● Assessing the opportunity for acquiring private backing preparation during design
for your project ● Charting the development of low head technologies
● Getting the bank perspective – identifying optimal over the last 5 years and predicting how this is likely to
conditions for bank investment evolve by 2010
rob Mcleese, President, aCCeSS CaPItal CorP wayne Krause, Ceo, Hydro green energy
14:45 alternative financing strategies for small
hydro power projects in europe 14:45 the application of turgo Impulse turbines in
● Financial characteristics of small hydro power projects small hydro projects
● Timing, structuring and attracting financing ● Turbine selection options for medium to high head
● Alternative equity strategies projects
● Successful portfolio management to ensure ongoing ● Comparison of Turgo, Francis and Pelton units
financial support ● Features of a Turgo machine
gideon overwater, Managing Partner, ● Where do Turgo units have an advantage over other
InternatIonal Hydro turbines?
● Using modular designs to reduce costs
15:15 getting a bank’s perspectives on financing Bruce Sellars, Hydro Sales Manager, gilkes
small hydro deals in the current climate – key
factors to ensure success 15:15 using new technologies to overcome climatic
● Reviewing the state of global markets in general to and regional challenges when implementing
understand the impact of recent fluctuations on your small-scale hydro projects
region ● Identifying technologies robust enough to cope with
● Establishing financial institutions’ attitudes to small sub-zero temperatures
hydro in the current climate ● Analysing the results of hydrokinetic pilot projects
● Describing ideal investment opportunities and recently deployed in the watershed
comparing them to current market trends ● Finding the right balance between expenditure on
● Promoting your project as a complete package and technology and cost management across the pilots
ensuring you provide all relevant information upfront Brian yanity, electrical engineer, wHPacific, Inc.
● Securing ongoing relationships with financial Brian Hirsch, Ph.d, Senior Project leader – alaska,
institutions to promote consistency and secure funding natIonal renewaBle energy laBoratory
Parker weil, Managing director, Co-Head of americas
energy & Power, Boa MerrIll lynCH
15:45 Afternoon refreshments & networking
16:15–17:00
Roundtable Discussions
This year we asked over 40 industry experts how we can make Small Hydro 2010 even better than last year. The answer
was simple: more interactivity. As well as new panel discussions throughout the conference, we're introducing
discussion roundtables to ensure you get open, honest feedback from your peers.
So how does it work?
These closed discussion forums are your chance to share opinions, ask questions and debate issues away from the public
forum of the conference room. Each table is led by an expert who will get the discussion started and brings together up to 15
attendees with a shared interest. With no set agenda, it's a great way for you to address your own priorities and find out how
your peers are tackling the challenges you face.
17:00 End of conference day one

4. Programme Day Two Friday 16 April 2010
08:30 registration and refreshments Case study: leveraging internal competencies to
08:55 Chairman’s opening remarks create a portfolio of small hydro plants
11:15 Case study: leveraging internal competencies to
Small Hydro Case Studies create a portfolio of small hydro plants
09:00 Small hydro case study: developing the first ● Site selection and identifying the most promising projects
public-private partnership in independent ● Mapping local regulations and obtaining the relevant
hydroelectricity production in Quebec permits and licenses
● Hydromega: company structure and drivers for new ● Negotiating with EPC contractors and creating watertight
collaborations contracts
● Exploring the circumstances for the collaboration and ● Power purchase agreements – getting the best deal for
how initial discussions came about your portfolio
● Laying the foundations for co-operation and negotiating ● Pinpointing future opportunities in the region
responsibilities for the project rafael Pardo, President, gruPo HelM
Sharing profits and outcomes of the deal
regulations
●
● Investigating opportunities for more deals of this kind in
the market 11:45 regulatory change in europe: an overview of
Jacques Boily, Project Manager, HydroMega recent developments and assessing how they
are impacting small hydro in the region
09:30 utilities panel: another perspective on power ● A history of small hydro in Europe
trades – position yourself for a successful and ● Explaining how centralised, national and local regulators
long-term collaboration interact to set licensing demands
● What do utilities want? Mapping their drivers and ● Examining the impact of each of these on individual small
objectives in putting together a deal hydro projects
● How do typical power purchase deals match up to ● Critical strategies to overcome discrepancies in
utilities’ overall objectives? requirements and drive plant development forward
● What elements of a power purchase deal are non- Bernhard Pelikan, President, eSHa
negotiable and which parts can be discussed further?
● Changes to power purchase agreements over the past 5 12:15 Smoothing the way: examining the strategies
years employed by the uS army engineering corps to
● Exploring the potential for developing long-term minimise the demands of the licensing process
relationships and increased involvement from leading ● Explaining the role of the USAEC in US waterways, dams
utilities and hydro
dr. Michael detering, Head of Hydro ● Uncovering the rationale for USAEC’s call for tenders to
asset Management, rwe develop their sites across the US
don gagnon, Projects Manager, ● Challenges identified by the USAEC in the licensing process
Central Hydro Plant group, oPg ● Supporting developers in overcoming licensing challenges
– strategies put in place to ensure smoother regulatory
Senior representative from BC Hydro (tbc) process
● Assessing successes and roadblocks of the scheme to date
10:15 Morning refreshments and networking and ongoing revisions to streamline applications
Kamau Sadiki, national Hydropower Business Program
South american Small Hydro Manager operations, uS arMy CorPS oF engIneerS
10:45 Small hydro case study: developing in latin 12:45 regulations overview: discussing the objectives
america – identifying the opportunities and of key global regulators and establishing key
mitigating the risks strategies for licensing applications
● Pinpointing the key factors which make Latin America a Canada – Paul norris, President, ontarIo waterPower
good location for small hydro development aSSoCIatIon
● Mapping the projects currently underway in the region uS – Kamau Sadiki, national Hydropower Business
and identifying sites under local and international Program Manager operations, uS arMy CorPS oF
development engIneerS
● Reviewing how much of the Latin American market
europe – Bernhard Pelikan, President, eSHa
potential is currently under development and where the
future opportunities lie
● Local government reactions to local and foreign 13:15 Lunch and networking
development and incentives for small hydro
● Highlighting specific local challenges and how they can
be overcome
Joel Jeangrand, President, PeMBerton Power CorP

5. Programme Day Two Friday 16 April 2010
Programme Day Two
Cost Management Silver Sponsors:
14:30 Innovative technologies = more cost effective + BPr is a renewable energy expert with over 40 business
offices in Canada, France, United States, South Africa
less maintenance + better performance and Jamaica. We specialise mainly in Hydro, Wind, Solar
● An numerous successfully completed small hydro facility and Geothermal. With our experience and creativity we
examples develop innovative approaches, saving time and money
● Latest in intake design and sediment exclusion technologies for our clients with whom we develop long term partnerships. www.bpr.ca
● Latest in stream gauging and hydrological assessment
● Soil restraint versus anchor blocks - buried penstocks for
small hydro www.gilkes.com
● Keys to successful development of small hydro - lessons
learnt
Sam Mottram, HydroPower Specialist, www.knightpiesold.com
KnIgHt PIeSold ConSultIng
15:00 Panel discussion: prioritising your projects for exhibitors:
cost reduction – where can significant savings
be made and where must high expenditure be
channelled?
● Taking an objective view of your project and identifying key
Natural Resources
areas of expenditure Canada
● Highlighting the key areas where cost cutting initiatives have
worked in previous projects
● Identifying key investments which will result in long-term
savings
Media Partners:
● Reviewing failures in cost-saving and pinpointing areas which
International water Power & dam Construction
should not be touched
Launched in 1949, International Water Power
Jacques Boily, Project Manager, HydroMega & Dam Construction has established itself
Joel Jeangrand, President, PeMBerton Power CorP as the leading monthly international publication serving the needs of
those involved in dam construction and the hydroelectricity industries.
Sam Mottram, HydroPower Specialist, Independently published it offers a highly respected, unrivalled,
KnIgHt PIeSold ConSultIng in-depth, quality editorial to its readers. A top quality, unbiased,
information service, with a circulation of over 4000, International
15.30 Networking break Water Power & Dam Construction offers its readers and advertisers an
unrivalled penetration into the marketplace.
16:00 Competing interests for waterways – how can they
Modern Power Systems provides in-
be married together? depth independent coverage of power
● Clarifying the key stakeholders in global waterways and plant and transmission and distribution
mapping out their key objectives technology. Widely read throughout the world of electricity generation, it
● Identifying the technologies which can enable waterways to specialises in presenting key engineering and commercial developments
be effectively used by different parties in an authoritative but accessible style. From advanced power plant and
● Examining the extent to which waterways stakeholders relate transmission design to repair and maintenance case studies, Modern
to the objectives of small hydro developers Power Systems is unrivalled as a platform for exploring cutting edge
developments in the power industry www.modernpowersystems.com
● Demonstrating the circumstances under which small hydro
has been embraced by communities and waterways users
Alternative Energy eTrack globaldata’s Alternative Energy eTrack
● Key actions you can take to improve buy-in for your project is the new, interactive desktop tool
Paul norris, President, ontario waterpower association designed for executives & analysts active in or supplying services to
the alternate and renewable energy industries. The database covers
16:30 exploring the role of hydrokinetics – how can renewables, carbon emissions & trading, hydrogen & fuel cells, coal
flow-based technologies compliment small hydro to gas, gas to Liquids, Biomass to liquids and Nuclear industries.
projects to maximise revenue from your site? Subscribers receive access to news & deals, company profiles, opinions
● Explaining the facts and usage of hydrokinetic technology and research reports fully integrated with innovative desktop tools for
to date easy search, browse, and data access www.alternativeenergyetrack.com
● Revealing the successes and extent of hydrokinetic use
globally official website:
● Detailing the benefits of hydrokinetic technologies for
water technology provides the latest
small hydro developers
in news, views and project information
● Assessing the regulatory and licensing implications of from the water industry internationally,
hydrokinetic projects covering industrial and municipal wastewater treatment and water
• As stand alone developments supply and transmission.Water Technology reaches leading engineers
• In conjunction with small hydro plants and technologists in the water utilities sector and uses its global network
• Summarising lessons learned from current case studies of journalists to cover the pressing issues busy professionals need to
know about to keep on top of this demanding industry.
dave youlan, Coo, Free Flow Power
www.water-technology.net
17:00 End of conference

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