Mon River Summit 2008 Program

"Back to the Future: A Focus on Mon River Commerce"

8-8:30 a.m. Registration and organization displays

8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome & introductions (Matt Cybulski, Interim President, Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce)

8:45-9:15 a.m. Keynote address (Patrick Donovan Director, West Virginia Public Port Authority)

9:15-9:45 a.m. Col Mike Crall, District Engineer, Pittsburgh District, US Army Corps of Engineers

9:45-10:30 a.m. Break & organizational displays.

10:30-11:00 a.m. Riverfront Development Success - Point Pleasant, WV

11:00-11:30 a.m. Interactions Between Recreational and River Commerce Users on Navigable Rivers (Bill Barr, Amherst Industries and Madison Coal and Supply)

11:45-1:00 p.m. Lunch, with Jim McCarville, Executive Director of Port of Pittsburgh Commission

1:00-1:15 p.m. Break

1:15-1:45 p.m. Deane Orr, Vice President River Operations, CONSOL Energy

1:45-2:45 p.m. Panel Discussion on the future of Upper Mon commerce

2:45-3:15 p.m. Break and organizational displays

3:15-3:45 p.m. Recap & summary

3:45 p.m. Adjourn