Conference Agenda

SPEAKER BIOS

Monday, November 21

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Registration - Promenade

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - East/State Rooms

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary Session - Grand Ballroom
Today's Technologies, Tomorrow's Potential

Master of Ceremonies
Mark R. Maddox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Keynote Addresses

   The National Energy Bill
   Speaker TBD   

   Topic TBD
   The Honorable Chuck Hagel, United States
   Sentate (Invited)

   Tomorrow's Promise
   Frank Alix, Chairman and CEO, Powerspan Corp.

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Break - East/State Rooms

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Panel Session 1 - Economic Stability - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Thomas Altmeyer, Vice President, Federal Government
      Affairs, Arch Coal, Inc.

      Robert Beck, Executive Director, National Coal Council

   Speakers:

• High Energy Costs and the Manufacturing Sector--Is Coal The Answer?
     Speaker TBD
• IGCC Incentives Strategy
     Mike Mudd, Manager, Generation and Development,
     American Electric Power
• Financing for New Coal Power Plants
     Peter Rigby, Director, Utilities, Energy, and
     Project Finance, Standard and Poor's

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Colonial Room
   Master of Ceremonies:
   Jackie Bird, Director, Ohio Coal Development Office

   CO2 Credits and Their Affect on Existing Fleets
   Richard Sandor, Chairman and CEO, Environmental
   Financial Products, Chicago Climate Exchange

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Panel Session 2 - Energy Security - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Carl Bauer, Director, National Energy Technology
      Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

      Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States
      Energy Association

   Speakers:

• Energy, Environment and Security: Can These
  Be Resolved Successfully In The Year 2005?
     General Richard Lawson, Ret., Chairman
     Energy, Environment and Security, Ltd.
• Homeland Energy Security
     Edward Badolato, Executive Vice President for
     Homeland Security, The Shaw Group (Invited)
• Liquid Fuels and Natural Gas--Domestic
  Perspective in a World Market
     Speaker TBD

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Break - East/State Rooms

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Panel Session 3 - Transition to Sustainable Energy Future - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Robert Bessette, President, Council
      of Industrial Boiler Owners

      Michael Parr, Senior Manager, Government Affairs,
      DuPont

   Speakers:

• Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
     Justin Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary
     for International Affairs, Office of Fossil
     Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy
     Steve Chalk, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
     Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Methane to Markets
     Speaker TBD

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Poster Session and Reception - East/State Rooms

Tuesday, November 22

7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Registration - Promenade

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - East/State Rooms

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Session I - New Coal Power Technologies Leading to Zero Emission Coal - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Victor Der, Director, Office of Clean Energy Systems,
      U.S. Department of Energy

      Lee Spangler, Director of Special Programs,
      Montana State University

   Speakers:

• FutureGen
  Speaker TBD
  


• Clean Coal Power Initiative
     Kenneth Markel, Director, Major Demonstration
     Projects, National Energy Technology Laboratory,
     U.S. Department of Energy


• Gasification
     Stu Dalton, Director, Fossil/Emissions Control,
     Electric Power Research Institute


• Hydrogen
     David Gray, Director, New Energy Systems
     Analysis, Mitretek

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Break - East/State Rooms

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Session II - Existing Power Plants: Improving Performance With New Technology - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Thomas Feeley, Technology Manager, Innovations for
      Existing Plants Program, National Energy Technology
      Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

      C. Lowell Miller, Director, Office of Sequestration,
      Hydrogen and Clean Coal Fuels, U.S. Department
      of Energy

   Speakers:

• Innovations for Existing Plants
     Thomas Feeley, Technology Manager, Innovations
     for Existing Plants Program, National Energy
     Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
• Multi-Pollutant Technology
     Phil Boyle, President, Powerspan Corp.
• Development and Demonstration of Hg Control Technology
     Jean Bustard, Chief Operating Officer,
     ADA-Environmental Systems

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Luncheon - Colonial Room
   Master of Ceremonies:
   Robert Beck, Executive Director, National Coal Council

   Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle--Making It
   Happen
   James Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Cinergy

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Session III - Sequestration Capture and Storage R&D: Challenges and Opportunities - Grand Ballroom

   Co-Chairpersons:
      Ben Yamagata, Executive Director, Coal
      Utilization Research Council

      William Fernald, HQ Senior Program Manager for
      Domestic Sequestration Activities, Office of
      Sequestration, Hydrogen and Clean Coal Fuels, U.S.
      Department of Energy

   Speakers:

• Topic TBD
     David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center,
     Natural Resources Defense Council
• New Sequestration Activity in China
     S. T. Hsieh, Director, Tulane University, U.S.
     China Institute
• Regional Partnerships
     John Litynski, Project Director, Environmental
     Project Division, National Energy Technology
     Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
• Carbon Management Through Advanced Combustion Technology
     Woodrow Fiveland, Director, Combustion and
     Environmental Technologies, ALSTOM, Inc.

3:30 p.m.

Conference Closing - Grand Ballroom