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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”
Fred Palmer is Senior Vice President of Government Relations of Peabody Energy
He joined Peabody in February 2001 and is responsible for advancing state and federal policies related to the production and use of coal. Prior to joining Peabody Energy, he served for 15 years as chief executive officer of Western Fuels Association, Inc. He most recently served as counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Shook Hardy & Bacon, a Kansas City-based law firm.
Fred is a 2004 recipient of the Erskine Ramsay Medal Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, is a member of the National Coal Council's (NCC) Executive Committee and is Chairman of NCC's Coal Policy Committee. Fred is also Peabody's representative on the Board of Directors of the FutureGen Alliance.