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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”
Brian Ricketts joined the IEA in July 2005 as coal analyst, working in the Energy Diversification Division of the Long-term Cooperation and Policy Analysis Office.
After six years in aerospace engineering, Brian joined Alstom where he was responsible for dynamic modelling of power systems. He joined UK Coal as project engineer on a new coal-fired IGCC power plant and subsequently led UK Coal’s lobbying activities, most notably on the EC Large Combustion Plants Directive. He has advised government on coal markets and all matters relating to clean coal technologies.
Brian is a chartered mechanical engineer and holds a Masters degree in business administration from the Open University.