2012 Call For Papers

Abstract Submission Deadline EXTENDED to May 15, 2012!

 2012 Abstract Template   - Please email template to ipcc@pitt.edu 

 The Twenty-Ninth Annual Pittsburgh Coal Conference  

October 15 - 18, 2012 

David L. Lawrence Convention Center 

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 

Throughout the world, coal is a major energy source, providing nearly 25% of the world's primary energy consumption. Although coal's share of total energy use was previously expected to decline in the future, the recent high cost of natural gas and petroleum together with projected increasing demand and decreasing reserves of both have created a heightened interest in the use of coal within the United States. However, to maintain this growth, the industry must be responsive to increasing pressures on environmental emissions and global warming as well as improve its public image. 

The Twenty-Ninth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference focuses on environmental emissions issues and technologies surrounding the continued use of coal and the development of future coal-based energy plants to achieve near-zero emissions of pollutants, reduced costs, and high thermal efficiency while producing a suite of products to meet future energy market requirements. 

1. Combustion 

Session Chair: John Wheeldon, EPRI and Evan Granite, U.S. DOE/NETL
 

2. Gasification 

Session Chairs: Massood Ramezan, Leonardo Technologies, Inc. (LTI), and Jenny Tennant, U.S. DOE/NETL
 

3. Sustainability and Environment 

Session Chair: Jim Hower, University of Kentucky, CAER
 

4. Carbon Management 

Session Chairs: Richard Winschel, CONSOL Energy Inc. and Steve Carpenter, Advanced Resources International, Inc.
 

5. Coal-Derived Products 

Session Chairs: Ke Liu, National Institute of Clean & Low-carbon Energy (NICE) and Steve Xiao, Savannah River National Laboratory

6. Coal Science 

Session Chair: Jim Hower, University of Kentucky, CAER, and Leslie "Jingle" Ruppert, US Geological Survey
 

7. Clean Coal Demonstration and Commercial Projects 

Session Chairs: Gary Stiegel, U.S. DOE/NETL, Thomas Sarkus, U.S. DOE/NETL, and Tina Vital, Booz Allen Hamilton
 

 8. Coal Mining and Coal Gas 

Session Chair:  C. Ozgen Karacan, NIOSH

• Coal seam and coal mine methane/gas management in coal mines 
• Geological issues related to coal mining/properties of coal-measure rocks/ground behavior 

Papers may be contributed in all subject areas dealing with coal technologies and related policy issues. To qualify for acceptance, you must submit a one-page abstract by e-mail on or before May 15, 2012. 

Please submit using this template and send it to:  ipcc@pitt.edu. 

Make sure"2012 Abstract Submission" is in your Subject line. 

PLEASE SEND YOUR ABSTRACT IN WORD FORMAT.

PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU ARE REQUESTING A POSTER PRESENTATION.

Conference Secretary 

International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 

University of Pittsburgh 

1249 Benedum Hall 

Pittsburgh, PA  15261 USA 

Phone: +1-412-624-7440      Fax: +1-412-624-1480     

  Email: ipcc@pitt.edu 

The abstract must include sufficient content and information for adequate evaluation by the Program Committee.  The International Pittsburgh Coal Conference Program Committee reserves the right to accept, place on a waiting list, or reject any paper. 

Each abstract should include the following in WORD format: 

1) PROGRAM TOPIC (Please see the list above for your appropriate major topic) 

2) ABSTRACT TITLE 

3) AUTHOR LISTING 

      (Principal/Corresponding Author First) 

4) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH AUTHOR 

      (Please list each authors' valid mailing address, COUNTRY, telephone, fax, and e-mail addresses INDIVIDUALLY) 

5) ABSTRACT TEXT 

Abstracts are due in the PCC office on or before May 15, 2012. Manuscripts and Author Data Sheets are due in the PCC office on or before July 31, 2012. 

* The conference welcomes papers from academia, industry, nonprofit organizations, government institutions, research institutes, and other interested parties. 

By June 2012, the Program Committee will inform the submitting author of the paper's status.  If a paper is accepted, an original copy of the manuscript sent by email or by mail is due in the PCC office on or before July 31, 2012. In addition to submitting a manuscript, authors must submit a 2012 Author Data Sheet. 

DEADLINE: July 31, 2012 

Completed Manuscripts are to be submitted by E-MAIL (preferred) to: ipcc@pitt.edu or via US mail on a CD-ROM in * Unsecured/Unprotected PDF Format (preferred)or Microsoft Word. Please make sure to notify the conference secretary if you have changed your Title or Authors since the original abstract submission!  There is NO general format or page limitation that the Manuscript has to follow because it will be published on a CD-ROM. 

Please note that we request a written manuscript of all oral and poster presenters. However, a PDF of your slide presentation or poster presentation will be accepted as your "manuscript" should a written manuscript be difficult to produce. You may also submit both a written manuscript and a PDF of your presentation and both will be included on the CD. 

*If your manuscript contains multiple graphs, charts, or figures please submit your manuscript in PDF Format.  The PCC will NOT be responsible for errors resulting from conversion to PDF. 

Presenting authors submitting papers are required to pre-register and pay the registration fee for the Conference at the time of paper submission.  

Authors who have not submitted a completed registration form and paid registration will not have their papers included in the Proceedings. 

A Conference Brochure containing the preliminary program will be sent to you in June 2012.   

As you prepare for your presentation in either the Poster or Oral Session, please follow the Guidelines for Poster and Oral Presentations.

Please note all manuscripts and presentations must be in English.