Lignite Energy Council

LIGNITE Our Regional Resource:
ENERGY, ECONOMICS, & ENVIRONMENT - 2008

Seminar Schedule – All Times Central

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
9:00 a.m.	Registration Begins - Leach Center for Student Life, Chick's Place, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND
10:15 a.m.	Welcome & Introductory Remarks
10:45 a.m.	Opening Session: The Lignite Industry: Our Region's Best Kept Secret
11:45 a.m.	Break
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	Return to Leach Center for Student Life, Chick's Place, University of Mary
1:00 p.m.	Classroom Session on Lignite Geology in the Northern Great Plains
1:50 p.m.	Break
2:00 p.m.	Classroom Session on The Mining & Reclamation Process
2:50 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Classroom Session on Electrical Generation From Lignite
3:50 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m.	Classroom Session on Energy Economics
5:00 p.m.	Dorm Check-In
5:30 p.m.	Dinner
6:00 p.m.	Evening on your own

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6:30
a.m. Breakfast

7:30
a.m.
Buses Leave for Coal Country From Leach Center for Student Life

9:00
a.m. Mine Tour

11:15
a.m.
Power Plant Tour

1:00
p.m.
Lunch at Great Plains Synfuels Plant

1:30
p.m. Speaker: Synfuels Production From Lignite

1:45
p.m. Tour Great Plains Synfuels Plant

3:30
p.m. Buses Leave for Fort Mandan

4:30
p.m. Fort Mandan Tour & Picnic

6:30
p.m. Buses Leave for Bismarck

7:15
p.m. Buses Arrive at Bismarck

Thursday, June 19, 2008

7:00 a.m.
Breakfast

7:50 a.m. Return to Chick's Place, Leach Center for Student Life, University of Mary

8:00 a.m. Classroom Session on Environmental Issues Affecting Lignite

8:50 a.m. Break

9:00 a.m.
Classroom Session on Lignite Research & Development

9:50 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. Environmental Issues Panel

11:45 a.m. Break

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Return to Chick's Place, Leach Center for Student Life, University of Mary

1:00 p.m. Speaker: Lignite Fuel of Choice

1:30 p.m. Lignite Energy Council Web Site Demonstration

1:45 p.m. Lignite Classroom Education Sessions

2:30 p.m. Post Test

3:00 p.m.
Seminar Adjourns

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