THURSDAY, JANUARY 10th
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Dinsmore & Shohl Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Andrew Jordon
WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. Appalachian Coal Markets
Kevin Crutchfield, President & Director
ALPHA Natural Resources
9:15 a.m. State of the State
Governor Joe Manchin
9:45 a.m. U.S. Energy Strategy
John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, IV, Senator
United States Senate
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. U.S. Coal Forecast
Jim Roberts, Chairman, NMA
President & CEO, Foundation Coal
11:00 a.m. American Energy Securities Study
Kenneth Nemeth, Executive Director
Southern States Energy Board
11:30 a.m. Coal by Wire: Transmission Issues
Dr. Charles Bayless, Provost, WVU/WVIT
12:00 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon
Sponsored by Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love
Awards Presentation: Ron Wooten, Director, WV
Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
2 p.m. National Mine Safety Perspective
Richard Stickler, Assistant Secretary of Labor,
Mine Safety & Health Administration
2:30 p.m. Mine Health & Safety Research
Jeff Kohler, Ph.D., Director
National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health
3 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Global Climate Change
Gene Trisko, Attorney
3:45 p.m. WV Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky, Jackson Kelly, PLLC
6:00 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH
7:30 a.m. Spilman, Thomas & Battle Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
8:45 a.m. West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Chief Justice Elliott “Spike” Maynard
WV Supreme Court of Appeals
9:15 a.m. Master Limited Partnership Transactions in the Coal Industry
Nick Carter, President
Natural Resource Partners
9:45 a.m. Eastern Coal States Coalition
Bill Caylor, President
Kentucky Coal Association
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. WV’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Randy Huffman, Director
WV DEP, Mining & Reclamation Division
11:00 a.m. Oil & Gas Issues
Nick Preservati, Attorney
11:30 a.m. Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Detection
Lawrence M. Gochioco, President
GeoNano Technology Corp.
12:00 Reclamation Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
Awards Presentation: Stephanie Timmermeyer