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| International Mining Health & Safety Symposium |
Symposium Agenda 2008
| DAY ONE - Sunday, July 20, 2008 |
| 6:00 pm |
Symposium General Attendee Registration / Reception |
DAY TWO - Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| 8:00 |
Vendor Set Up |
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration / Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30 – 10:00 |
Opening Remarks
Speakers: Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.; Utah Congressman Jim Matheson; Davitt McAteer (Vice President of Sponsored Programs, Wheeling Jesuit University); Utah State Senator Mike Dmitrich to introduce Garth Nielsen (Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety)
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Panel I - Update on Post Accident Communication and Tracking Systems Technology
Moderator: Davitt McAteer
Speakers: David Snyder (NIOSH); David Chirdon (MSHA); Chuck Semborski (Interwest Mining Company)
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Keynote Speaker Brett Harvey, President/CEO of Consol Energy |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Exhibits / Break |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch / Luncheon Speaker - Assistant Secretary Richard Stickler, MSHA |
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
Panel II - Towards Improved Safety in Bounce-Prone Underground Coal Mines
Moderator: Kim McCarter (University of Utah)
Speakers: Chris Mark (NIOSH); Floyd Varley (NIOSH); Kim McCarter (University of Utah); Joseph Zelanko (MSHA); Walter J. Arabasz (University of Utah); Hamid Maleki (Maleki Technologies, Inc.)
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| 3:00 - 4:30 |
MSHA Application Approval - David Chirdon (MSHA) |
| 4:30 |
Vendors / Reception |
DAY THREE - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:15 |
Introductions by: John Quaranta (West Virginia University)
Speakers: George Gardner (MSHA, General Engineer); Dr. Jürgen Brune (NIOSH, Director of Spokane Research Laboratory) |
| 9:15 - 10:15 |
Legal Mine Safety Issues: The Duty of Care Model as an Alternative to Regulation
Moderator: Davitt McAteer
Speakers: Ed Clair (Associate Solicitor of Labor); Pat McGinley (Professor of Law, WVU) and Mike Heenen (Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart)
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| 10:15 - 11:15 |
Panel III
Technologies from Other Industries: Seismic Technologies that Detect Pressure Build Up
Moderator: Paul Ziemkiewicz (West Virginia University)
Speaker: Lawrence Gochioco (GeoNano Technology Group)
Improving the Rescue Possibilities: Tunnel Boring Techniques and their Application in Mining - Dennis Ofiara (The Robbins Company)
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Exhibits / Break |
| 11:30 - 1:00 |
Panel IV - International Efforts re: Bump Prevention and Control
Moderator: John Quaranta (West Virginia University)
Speakers: Christo de Klerk (South African Mine Rescue); Tilman Rasche (Senior Inspector of Mines, Queensland, Australia) |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
Panel V - Utah Mine Safety Commission Report Review
Moderator: Scott Matheson (Chairman)
Speakers: Mike Dmitrich (Utah State Senator); David Litvin (President, Utah Mining Association); Mike R. Dalpiaz, Dennis O'Dell (UMWA)
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| 3:00 - 3:45 |
MSHA Enforcement Issues
Speakers: Kevin Stricklin (MSHA Administrator of Coal Mine Safety and Health)
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| 3:45 |
Closing Remarks by Davitt McAteer and Sherrie Hayashi (Commissioner, Utah Labor Commission) |
For inquiries, please contact Tricia Lollini at 304-243-2513 or .
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For more information, contact:
National Technology Transfer Center
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave.
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 800-678-6882
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