Date: October 23-24, 2008

Venue: Huainan city, Anhui Province , P. R. China.

Theme: Relying on Technological Innovation to Strengthen Mine Gas Control

Topics:

- mine risk assessment,

- mine gas drainage and co-extraction of coal and gas,

- monitoring and prevention of coal/gas outburst,

- prevention and control of gas/dust explosion and mine fire,

- mine ventilation and gas utilization,

- mine gas utilization and greenhouse gas reduction,

- success stories about mine gas drainage and utilization.


Introduction:

A major professional event of an international nature focusing on the field of coal mine gas control and utilization, the conference has received great support from government officials at home and abroad and senior executives of enterprises of relevant industries, and also extensive attention from society. Representatives from coal mine safety inspectorates, coal industry authorities, engineers, researchers, and leading gas control specialists around the world will attend the conference.

We greatly appreciate your presence and speaking, or a speaker by your nomination, to address any of the above topics at the conference for the purposes of building intrinsically-safe mines and protecting the safety and health of mine workers.

Language Service

Chinese-English Simultaneous Interpretation

Speaker and Participants Invited before Jul. 20, 2008:

UNDP Representative

SAWS Minister

Minister of Ministry of Commerce

Foreign Representative

Governor of Anhui Province

Director of Anhui Coal Mine Bureau

Mayor of Huainan City

Zhu Changyou,ILO

Jim Knowles,President, ACI/Jim KnowlesGroup Czech Mine Authority

A.M. Bryukhanov , Director of State Makeyevka Safety in Mines Research Institute

Jozef DUBINSKI, General Director & Professor, Central Mining Institute, Poland

Dr. R. Larry Grayson, Professor, the Pennsylvania State University , USA

Dr. Raja Venkat Ramani, Emeritus Professor in Mining Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University , USA

David Creedy, CMM Director, Sindicatum Carbon Capital

Duncan Chalmers, Senior Lecturer, School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales , Australia

Dr. Peet M. S??t, PE, President, CMM Energy LLC , USA

Climate Change Capital Group, UK

Robert Vincin, Canada Airborne

Japan Coal Energy Center

Anglo Coal

Peabody

Asian American Gas, Inc.

Yuanliang, General Engineer, Huainan Mining Group

You Hao, General Engineer, YangQuan Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.

ShanXi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group

Chongqing Songzao Coal and Power Co., Ltd.

China Coal Research Institute

LiaoNing Fuxin Mining Group

ChongQing Coal Research Institute

HeNan Pingdingshan Coal Co., Ltd.

China University of Mining and Technology

LiaoNing Tiefa Coal Industry Group Corporation Limited

Chongqing Zhongliangshan Coal and Power Co., Ltd.