Below is the tentative agenda for the two days of the 37th Annual Mining Symposium. The agendas for the Health & Safety and Environmental Sessions will be finalized by the first of next week and will be e-mailed.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD
11:30 a.m. Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1 p.m. Health & Safety Session
1 p.m. Environmental Session
(agendas for each will follow the first of week)
5 p.m. Associate’s Welcoming Reception
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH
7:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Dinsmore & Shohl and
Logan Corporation
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
James O. Bunn
WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. Central Appalachian Challenges
Joe Craft, President/CEO
Alliance Coal Company
9:30 a.m. U. S. Coal Forecast 2010
Hal Quinn, President
National Mining Association
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:30 a.m. The State of the State
Governor Joe Manchin
State of West Virginia
11:15 a.m. American Energy Securities Study
Kenneth Nemeth, Executive Director
Southern States Energy Board
12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon
Sponsored by Bowles Rice and
Marshall Miller Associates
Awards Presentation by WV Office of Miners’
Health, Safety & Training
2 p.m. MSHA 2010
Joe Main, Assistant Secretary
U. S. Mine Safety & Health Administration
2:40 p.m. West Virginia’s Coal Economy
Tom Witt, WVU / Cal Kent, Marshall University
3:30 p.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
3:45 p.m. Coal Advocacy
-- Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary
-- FACES
-- Mountain Top Mining Coalition
5 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH
7 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Brickstreet and
Wells Fargo Insurance – Energy & Mining Group
8 a.m. Welcome
8:15 a.m. Congressional Activity Relating to Coal
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
9 a. m. OSM 2010
Joseph Pizarchik, Director
U. S. Office of Surface Mining
9:45 a.m. Renewable Energy –
The Gap Between the Idea and Reality
Dr. Charles Bayless
10:30 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:45 a.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky
Jackson Kelly, PLLC
11:30 a.m. West Virginia’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary
Tom Clarke, Director, Division of Mining & Reclamation
WV Department of Environmental Protection
12:15 p.m. Reclamation Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Spilman Thomas & Battle and Potesta & Associates
Awards Presentation: Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary
WV Department of Environmental Protection