Thursday 26 March

STRATEGIES & TECHNOLOGIES PLENARY SESSIONS
 
8:50 a.m. Welcome remarks by Serge Perineau, President, World CTL 2009
9:00 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
  • CTL fuels and Energy Security: political vision and leverage
    Joe Manchin, Governor, West Virginia (USA)
    Introduction by Bruce Watzman, Senior Vice President, National Mining
    Association (USA)

Industry testimonies
  • Role of the Industry in Energy Security: Peabody Energy’s approach
    Fredrick Palmer, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Peabody Energy (USA)
  • The Shenhua CTL plant: from the political decision to liquid fuels in the pipes
    Zhang Wenjiang, Assistant President, Shenhua Group (China)
10:30-11:00 a.m. Morning Networking Break
11:00 a.m. Prospects for Commercial Development of CBTL in the United States
Chair: Richard Bajura, Director of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy,
West Virginia University (USA)
  • CBTL and Short to Long Term Energy Planning
    John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Citizens for Affordable Energy (USA), former President, Shell Oil (USA)
  • Affordable, Low-Carbon Diesel Fuel from Domestic Coal and Biomass
    Thomas Tarka, Energy Systems Senior Analyst, National Energy Technology Laboratory, United States Department Of Energy (USA)
  • Prospects and Policy Issues
    James Bartis, Senior Policy Researcher, Rand Corporation (USA)
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch
LUNCH KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dave Freudenthal, Governor, Wyoming (USA)
Introduction
by Paul Lang, Senior Vice President, Mining Operations, Arch Coal (USA)
2:00 p.m. TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Richard Bajura
  • Comparative study of Liquids production technologies
    James Katzer, Process Evaluation Coordinator, National Research Council Panel (USA)
  • Co-processing: prospective on the 2030 refinery
    Pierre Marion, Senior Economist, Institut Français du Pétrole (France)
  • Underground Coal Gasification
    Keith Allaun, Vice President, Corporate Development, Linc Energy (USA)
  • Hybrid Nuclear-CTL System
    Charles Forsberg, Executive Director, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Massachusetts Institute
    of Technology (USA)
4:00- 4:30 p.m. Afternoon Networking Break
4:30 p.m. COAL AND OIL INDUSTRIES PANEL
Moderator: Richard Bajura
  • Pete Bartlett, Vice President, Chevron Business Development, (USA)
  • Robert Beck, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
    National Coal Council (USA)

  • Pierce Riemer, Director General, World Petroleum Council (United Kingdom)
  • Steven Winberg, Vice President, Research & Development, Consol Energy (USA)
6:00 p.m. Conference Reception