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NEW DATE.. NOW 25 NOVEMBER (not 28 October)

Are you tired of the "roll on - roll off " high cost conferences?
Do you want to be able to participate at any stage of the program and not just be obliged to wait to the end of that paper or even that session?
... then this World Coal Outlook Seminar is for you!
This one day seminar will be wide ranging covering the dominant aspects and issues of the Australian and World coal supply/demand dynamics and audience participation is encouraged.
The theme and structure of World Coal Outlook 2008 will continue the theme set in the nine World Coal Outlook conferences Professor Don Barnett ran while Director of the Mineral and Energy Economics Centre at Macquarie University. The highly interactive seminars covering most of the Australian and world coal industry issues were strongly supported by a broad cross section of the Australian and Asian coal industry.

ABOUT THE SEMINAL LEADERS
Don Barnett, Managing Director, MINEC Pty Ltd is internationally recognised as the leading economic analyst of the Australian Coal Industry. Former Associate Professor and Foundation Director Mineral and Energy Economics Centre, Macquarie University, Visiting Professor Mineral Economics Curtin University, Centennial Fellow School of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, consultant to over 50 companies and government agencies.

Bede Boyle, Convener, AustCoal Consulting Alliance. AustCoal is an alliance of 12 leading firms who assist coal industry executives achieve their strategic and operational objectives. Former Manager Coal and Allied, and over 15 years high level consulting in the coal industry and general management.

TOPICS COVERED
Cost Movements: Since 2003 costs have jumped dramatically. Where are they now? Can costs be contained? Can and will costs fall back to the pre China boom times?

Prices: Future prices forecast in the light of historical and current economic outlook including movements in the Australian US dollar exchange rate. Will and can export prices collapse to pre China boom levels?

Coal Chain Constraints: What is the generally expected outlook and will it be achieved? Will the present rail and port construction spurt solve the capacity problems? What should be the role of Government?

Cost of Coal relative to Other Fuels: What is the connection - if any - between thermal coal, oil and gas prices?

Demand for Export coal: Where is the coal going to come from? Australia, Indonesia or will China become a major net exporter?

Supply of Export Coal: Do we have economically viable reserves in Queensland and NSW? Will this drive rapid development of underground mines?

Australian Coal Exports: Has Australia permanently forfeited thermal coal dominance to Indonesia? How long can Australia maintain leadership in Hard Coking Coal?

Climate Change & Australian Coal: Impact of National Emission Trading Scheme on Australian electricity generation and the economy. Will Advanced Coal Technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage be the answer? Can natural gas and coal seam gas be the bridge to when these technologies are commercialised-2015 to 2020?