Symposium General Attendee Registration / Reception
DAY TWO - Monday, July 21, 2008
8:00
Vendor Set Up
8:00 – 8:30
Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00
Opening Remarks Speakers: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman; Congressman Jim Matheson; Davitt McAteer;
Utah State Senator Mike Dmitrich to introduce Garth Nelson (Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety);
Moment of Silence for the Families of Crandall Canyon (Mike Dalpez - UMWA)
9:00 - 11:00
MSHA Investigation/Crandall Canyon Disaster Report – Power Point Presentation (Tentative)
11:00 - 11:30
Brett Harvey, President/CEO Consol Energy
11:30 - 12:00
Exhibits / Break
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch - Assistant Secretary Richard Stickler, MSHA
1:00 - 3:00
Panel I - Towards Improved Safety in Bounce-Prone Underground Coal Mines Speakers: Chris Mark (NIOSH); Floyd Varley (NIOSH); Kim McCarter (University of Utah); Joseph Zelanko (MSHA); Walter J. Arabasz (University of Utah); Industry Representative
3:00 - 5:00
Panel II - Update on Post Accident Communication and Tracking Systems Technology Speakers: David Snyder (NIOSH); David Chirdon (MSHA)
5:00 - 5:30
MSHA Application Approval - Dave Chirdon (MSHA)
5:30
Vendors / Reception
DAY THREE - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00
John Howard, NIOSH
9:00 - 9:45
Legal Mine Safety Issues: The Duty of Care Model as an Alternative to Regulation Speakers: Ed Clair (SOL); Pat McGinley (Professor of Law, WVU) and Mike Heenen (Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart)
9:45 - 10:30
Panel III Technologies From Other Industries Which Could Detect Pressure Build Up - Lawrence Gochioco Improving the Rescue Possibilities: Tunnel Boring Techniques and their Application in Mining - Dennis Ofiara, The Robbins Company
10:30 - 11:00
Exhibits / Break
11:00 - 12:00
Panel IV - International Efforts re: Bump Prevention and Control Speakers: Christo de Klerk (South African Mine Rescue); Other international speakers invited
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00
Panel V - Mine Safety and Health in the Coming Years Moderator: Scott Matheson (Chairman Utah Commission / University of Utah) Speakers: Mike Dmitrich (Utah State Senator); David Litvin (President, Utah Mining Association); Dennis O'Dell (UMWA)
2:00 - 3:30
MSHA Enforcement Issues Speakers: Kevin Stricklin
3:30 - 4:00
Closing Remarks by Davitt McAteer and Utah Labor Commission Spokesperson
4:00
Adjourn
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