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 11^TH

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