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KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What are the recent trends and developments in the
coal sector?
• What are the key issues and challenges for the sector?
• What is the future outlook for demand and what are
the supply options?
• Presentation by Nitin Zamre, Managing Director,
ICF International
• plus Q&A
FOCUS ON CUSTOMERS: COAL-BASED POWER GENERATION
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key trends and developments in coal-based
generation?
• What is the outlook for the sector? What are the
key issues and concerns?
• Presentation by Power Line Research
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of the coal transportation
infrastructure?
• What are the new requirements and challenges? What
are the future plans?
• What is the update on fuel transportation agreements?
• Presentation by Rinkesh Roy, Director, Traffic Transportation
(G), Railway Board
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: CIL PERSPECTIVES AND PLANS
Questions/Topics:
• What is CIL's perspective on the development of the
coal sector in India?
• What are the key issues and concerns?
• What are CIL's future plans and strategies (production,
investment, etc.)?
• What is the progress on CIL's plans regarding overseas
coal mines and imports?
• Keynote Address by N.C. Jha, Chairman, Coal India
Limited
• plus Q&A
SPECIAL SESSION: PLANNING COMMISSION’S PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the Planning Commission’s perspective
on the development of the coal sector?
• What are the key issues and challenges inhibiting
coal sector development and production?
• What are the policy initiatives required to scale
up production?
• Special address/ presentation by Dr Arbind Prasad,
Senior Advisor, Power & Energy, Planning Commission
• plus Q&A
ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY ISSUES
Questions/Topics:
• What is the status of the go/no-go policy?
• What are the forestry/environmental issues involved
in coal exploration/production?
• What are the issues faced by captive coal block owners?
How can these be resolved?
• Presentation by S.K. Chand, Senior Fellow, and Dr
Yogesh Gokhale, Fellow, The Energy and Research Institute
• plus Q&A
FOCUS ON CUSTOMERS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the perspective of key coal customers on
coal availability, quality and delivery?
• What has been the experience with the fuel supply
agreements?
• What options are the coal customers exploring to
meet supply shortages?
• What are their strategies?
Brief remarks followed by an interaction amongst: (in alphabetic
order)
• S.N. Goel, Executive Director, Fuel Security, NTPC
• R.B. Mathur, Senior Adviser, Coal, Lanco Infratech
• Gurdeep Singh, Managing Director, Gujarat State Electricity
Corporation
GLOBAL MARKET SCENARIO
Questions/Topics:
• What is the global coal scenario with respect to
demand and supply?
• What are the trends in the key coal exporting countries?
• What are the global coal pricing trends and what
is the outlook going forward?
• What are the coal import options for Indian companies?
• Presentation by Dipesh Dipu, Director, Consulting,
Energy & Resources, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India
• plus Q&A
OVERSEAS MINE ACQUISITIONS AND SOURCING STRATEGIES
Questions/Topics:
• Which are some of the recent overseas coal mines
acquired by Indian companies?
• What is the structure and financing models available
for such acquisitions?
• What are the challenges faced by Indian companies
in acquiring overseas mines?
• What is the outlook for overseas coal mine acquisitions?
• Presentation by Puneet Goel, Director, KPMG Advisory
• plus Q&A
PROGRESS ON CAPTIVE MINING
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of captive mining?
• What has been the experience so far?
• What are the key issues and challenges?
• What are the future expectations and projections
for captive production?
• Baseline presentation by Rakesh Jain, Associate
Director, Energy Division, Feedback Ventures
Panel discussion amongst: (in alphabetic order)
• D.N. Abrol, Executive Director, Raw Materials, Jindal
Steel and Power
• Ranjit Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Indiabulls
Power
• Rakesh Jain, Associate Director, Energy Division,
Feedback Ventures
• U. Kumar, Advisor, Coal, Essel Mining, Aditya Birla
Group
• A.R. Sharma, Director, EMTA Group of Companies
• plus Q&A
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