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Session 1 (Geostrategy) will be chaired by Gerald Doucet, Secretary General of the World Energy Council
Session 2 (Technology) will be chaired by John Wright, Director, Energy Transformed Flagship, CSIRO (Australia)
The carbon footprint of World CTL 2008 will be assessed.
Session 4 (Associated Industries) will be chaired by Alexander Landia, Chairman of the Board of SUEK (Russia)
The list of organizations represented at the Conference is available - see "Attendance"
The list of represented organizations is available on Attendance.
The panel « Downstream Industries » (at the end of Session 1) is canceled
World CTL 2008 will host the World CTL Award ceremony - see “Program” and “World CTL Award”

The 2008 World CTL Award has been granted to Dr. Sadao Wasaka for his scientific work in CTL processes and his contribution in NEDO’s international cooperations.
The ceremony will take place on April 4, 2008 in Paris, in the course of the conclusion of World CTL 2008.
The 2008 World CTL Award will be presented to Dr. Sadao Wasaka by Yves Chauvin, 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dr. Sadao Wasaka is an Executive Director of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and is in charge of the development of clean coal technology such as coal gasification, coal beneficiation or coal liquefaction.
He started his business career with Mitsui Mining Company in 1976, and since then he has been actively engaged in the development of clean coal technologies. In particular, he has devoted over 30 years to the development of direct coal liquefaction.
After joining NEDO in 1995, he contributed to the development of the NEDOL Process, an advanced direct coal liquefaction process developed exclusively in Japan.
He received a doctorate degree in engineering from Kansai University in 2004 based on his research related to coal liquefaction and the NEDOL Process.
The World CTL Award is granted to an eminent personality who has contributed substantially to the understanding and development of CTL.