hamilton to talk at coal & energy conference

2nd annual Victorian Coal & Energy Conference

The 2nd annual Victorian Coal & Energy Conference 2011 will discuss the future for the Victorian coal industry in equipping industries for a carbon constrainted world.

30-31 March 2011 | Century Inn, Traralgon VIC

* Mr Geoff Gay, General Development Manager, TRUenergy
* Dr Jack Hamilton,Chief Executive Officer, Exergen
* Charlie Speirs, Director, Clean Coal Victoria, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
* Allan Blood, Chairman, Latrobe Fertilisers Holdings
* Len Walker, Managing Director , Cougar Energy Limited
* Ted Waghorne, Principal Mining Engineer, GHD
* Tony St Clair, Agribusiness Manager, MBD Energy Limited
* Senior Representative, Environmental Clean Technologies Limited
* Robert Annells, Chairman, Lakes Oil NL
* Peter Malpas, Director of Research, Braemar Seascape
* WITH Michael Priestnall, Founder, Cambridge Carbon Capture (UK)
* Chris Osborne, Geologist, Clean Coal Victoria, Minerals and Petroleum Division, Department of Primary Industries
* Allison Jones, General Manager Economic Sustainability, Latrobe City Council

Topics to be discussed including:

* Future for the Latrobe Valley coal industry
* Victorias future as Eastern Australias energy hub
* Equipping the Latrobe Valley for a carbon constrained world
* Vision for Carbon Neutral Energy from Victorian Brown Coal
* CO2 reduction initiatives
* Planned project and port expansion
* Transport strategy
* Unlocking export potential & low emission coal use
* Plans & development for UCG & CCS in the Latrobe Valley
* Dual Gas, Oxyfuel and Gasification
* Using brown coals greatest weakness to transform it to high value, high energy density coal and oil products
* Partnership opportunities
* Community, environmental and economic perspective & considerations
* Policy, regulation & taxation
* Clean coal technology & the skills to deliver cuts in greenhouse gas emissions