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Day One: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
8.30
Registration and coffee
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Bede Boyle, Convenor, AustCoal Consulting Alliance
9.15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
King Coal’s renaissance continues
  • Fuels for the new millennium
  • Queensland’s long-term natural advantage

Michael Roche, Chief Executive, Queensland Resources Council
9.50
Responding to the challenges of these volatile times
  • Forecasting future demand and supply of thermal and coking coal
  • Pricing outlook
  • Structural characteristics and long term prices

Alex Tonks, Analyst, Citi Investment Research
10.30
Morning refreshments
11.00
FOB Cost and Export Price Squeeze
Dr Don Barnett, Managing Director, MINEC Pty Ltd
11.40
Exploration initiatives - a foundation for the future
  • Geophysics coverage
  • Coal borehole data
  • Coal and coal seam gas overview

Peter Green, Manager, Energy Geoscience, Geological Survey of Queensland, Mines & Energy, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland
12.10
Northern Energy’s Elimatta thermal coal project
Keith Barker, Managing Director, Northern Energy Corporation
12.50
Lunch
1.50
Developing the Galilee Basin
  • Unlocking the Galilee Basin
  • Overview of the resources
  • Coal infrastructure investment
  • The Alpha Coal project

Paul Mulder, General Manager – Coal, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd
2.30
The proposed Galilee Coal Project
Peter Lynch, Chief Executive Officer, Waratah Coal
(Invited)
3.00
Rail access improvements
  • Maximising the potential of the supply chain
  • Discussing regulations affecting export infrastructure

Representative, Queensland Rail
3.30
Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain An update
Mario Chetcuti, Manager DBCC Implementation, Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain
4.00
Afternoon refreshments
4.20
Coal to Syngas and SNG - Carbon Energy’s UCG demonstration at Kogan, Surat Basin
  • Coal resource characteristics
  • Syngas production results
  • Syngas markets and utilisation options
  • UCG - the leading clean coal technology

Cliff Mallett, Technical Director, Carbon Energy
4.40
ROUND TABLE
Queensland - an ideal site for underground coal gasification
  • Queensland – the opportunity for UCG
  • Examining benefits and advantages of UCG
  • UCG - better energy recovery
  • Commercialisation and future for UCG in Australia
  • Past UCG production history and experience

Cliff Mallett, Technical Director, Carbon Energy Justyn Peters, General Manager Government & Environmental Affairs, Linc Energy
Dr Len Walker, Managing Director, Cougar Energy Andrew Haythorpe, Managing Director, Liberty Resources
5.30
Conclusive remarks
End of day one
 
Day Two: Thursday, 16 July 2009
8.30
Coffee
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
9.10
Aquila Resources presence in Queensland
Stephen Pilcher, General Manager Coal, Aquila Resources
9.50
The impact of Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on coal producers and generators
Bede Boyle, Convenor, AustCoal Consulting Alliance
10.40
Morning refreshments
FOCUS ON: COAL SEAM GAS
11.10
Encouraging the development of QLD’s burgeoning CSM industry
  • Defining the export value of CSG to the state
  • Surat Basin: the new economic powerhouse in Queensland
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  • Future Queensland CSM infrastructure development requirements

Mal Hellmuth, Executive Director LNG Projects, Department of Infrastructure and Planning
11.50
PANEL DISCUSSION
“Coal Seam Gas is powering ahead in Queensland. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry”
Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson in February 2009
  • CSG production review and outlook
  • Production versus cost
  • Maximising the value of CSG resources
  • Opportunities: locally and export

Al Mueller, VP Operating Services, Arrow Energy
Duncan van der Merwe, Managing Director, CSM Energy
John De Stefani, CEO Commercial, Bow Energy
1.00
Lunch
INDUSTRY TRENDS AND PRODUCTION CHALLENGES
2.00
Positioning for the future – improving mine economics and productivity
Ron Willis, Coal & Energy, AMC Consultants
2.40
Tackling mining costs – Outsourcing new capital equipment
Robin Levison, Managing Director, Industrea Limited
3.20
Coal handling and preparation plants: Providing innovative solutions to Queensland coal operations. Adding value to your mine
Ron Scott, General Manager Client Relationships, Sedgman
4.00
Chinese investment in the Australian resources – a new source of funding
Speaker to be advised
4.30
Closing remarks from the Chair and close of conference
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