PRESENTED BY
American Coal Council
2008 Coal Market Strategies Conference
October 6 - 8, 2008 ~ Williamsburg, VA
Kingsmill Golf Resort & Spa
Confirmed Speakers
CEO Forum
Milton Catelin, CEO, World Coal Institute
Wick Moorman, Chairman, President & CEO, Norfolk Southern
James F. Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Foundation Coal
A distinguished panel of senior level executives share the stage & their perspectives on the global coal industry, U.S. coal supply & coal transportation, including worldwide climate change initiatives & international coal demand.
John Moura, Technical Analysis Reliability Assessments
North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
Meeting Electric Power Demand
This session examines the challenges of meeting electric power demand – including forecasts on electricity demand & generation capacity – and how utilities are responding – including considerations associated with inventory management, new coal plant development & fuel flexibility/switching.
Venita McCellon-Allen, Executive Vice President
American Electric Power - AEP Utilities West
Meeting Electric Power Demand
This session examines the challenges of meeting electric power demand – including forecasts on electricity demand & generation capacity – and how utilities are responding – including considerations associated with inventory management, new coal plant development & fuel flexibility/switching.
Trygve Gaalaas, President, Hawk Consulting Services Inc.
Optimizing Generation Fuel Options: The Economics of Fuel Switching
This session examines the challenges of meeting electric power demand – including forecasts on electricity demand & generation capacity – and how utilities are responding – including considerations associated with inventory management, new coal plant development & fuel flexibility/switching.
Bill Sammon,
Senior White House Correspondent, Washington Examiner
Luncheon Keynote Presentation: The New Political Landscape
As Senior White House Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, Sammon travels with President Bush whenever he goes and was with him on September 11, 2001 when his presidency was utterly transformed by the terrorist attacks. Sammon, who is also a political analyst for Fox News Channel, has turned this extraordinary access into a series of New York Times bestselling books chronicling the historic Bush presidency – “Stratergy: How George W. Bush is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats and Confounding the Mainstream Media,” “Midunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and the Bush Haters,” and “At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election.”
Karen Bennett, VP Environmental Affairs, National Mining Association
U.S. Coal Production Challenges:
Mine Safety, Mine Permitting & Operational Challenges
This session examines various factors affecting coal supply, including mine safety, mine permitting & operational challenges, as well as providing a prospectus on coal supply availability & pricing trends.
Dan Vaughn, Director Coal Services, ICAP United Inc.
Coal Supply & Price Trends
This session examines various factors affecting coal supply, including mine safety, mine permitting & operational challenges, as well as providing a prospectus on coal supply availability & pricing trends.
Robin Masters, Vice President, Simpson Spence & Young
Coal Transportation Capacity & Performance - International Shipping Outlook
This session examines international & domestic coal transportation and how the status of global shipping, port capacity & rail & barge is impacting coal markets.
David Host, President, T. Parker Host
Coal Transportation Capacity & Performance - Coal Vis-a-vis Other Rail Barge Commodities
This session examines international & domestic coal transportation and how the status of global shipping, port capacity & rail & barge is impacting coal markets
Ken A. Eriksen, Sr. Vice President – Transportation, Informa Economics
Coal vis-à-vis Other Rail/Barge Commodities
This session examines international & domestic coal transportation and how the status of global shipping, port capacity & rail & barge is impacting coal markets.
Jeff Liebert, Managing Director, Verdeo Group
CAIR & CAMR Status Update – Implications for Utility Operations
This session provides an update on the policy status & business operational considerations associated with environmental management mandates. Also addressed is the related issues of educating citizens & public policy makers on the advantages of coal utilization.
John Blaney, Vice President, ICF Consulting
CAIR & CAMR Status Update – Implications for Utility Operations
This session provides an update on the policy status & business operational considerations associated with environmental management mandates. Also addressed is the related issues of educating citizens & public policy makers on the advantages of coal utilization.
Randy Eminger, Vice President, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)
Dick Storm, President, Storm Technologies
Enhancing Public Perception of Coal
This session provides an update on the policy status & business operational considerations associated with environmental management mandates. Also addressed is the related issues of educating citizens & public policy makers on the advantages of coal utilization.
Dianne Wyss, CEO, FMI - Cowboy Coal
Pre-Combustion
Opportunities for Environmental Compliance
This session examines the current state of emerging markets & the business opportunities they represent for coal industry participants.
Rohan Courtney, Director, UCG Partnership
Underground Coal Gasification
This session examines the current state of emerging markets & the business opportunities they represent for coal industry participants.
Richard A. Bajura, Director, West Virginia University-
National Research Center for Coal & Energy
Coal-to-Liquids for Transportation Fuels
This session examines the current state of emerging markets & the business opportunities they represent for coal industry participants.
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