2004 Coal Workshop Series

Four dates, four topics, four locations:

• April 29 - focusing on Coal Workforce Development issues, in Beckley, WV
• July 22 - focusing on Role of Coal in Economic and Homeland Security, in Shepherdstown, WV
• September 22 - focusing on Coal Utilization Technologies, in Morgantown, WV
• November 10 - focusing on the impact of National Coal Issues on West Virginia, in Charleston, WV

Dear Colleague:

West Virginia's coal is the bedrock on which the state has built its national leadership in energy. This new Energy Roadmap Workshop Series will focus specific attention on the issues and the opportunities facing continued use of West Virginia coal.

The Series on Coal is being organized at the urging and with the partial sponsorship of the West Virginia Coal Forum. The Coal Forum was created in 1986 at the direction of the West Virginia Legislative Committee on Coal Mining to establish an outlet for both management and labor to jointly resolve or develop technical and other issues impacting the industry, particularly those issues of an economic nature. The co-chairs of the Coal Forum are Chris Hamilton of the West Virginia Coal Association and Fred Tucker of the United Mine Workers of America.

The WVU National Research Center for Coal & Energy is pleased to be a partner in organizing and partially funding this new series with the Coal Forum and the West Virginia Development Office, which initiated the Energy Roadmap Workshop series. Please join us.

Sincerely,

Richard A. Bajura, Director
National Research Center for Coal & Energy