CO-PRESENTED BY
Coal Trading Association &
American Coal Council
2009 Coal Trading Conference
December 7 - 8, 2009
Millennium Broadway Hotel ~ New York, NY
Speakers
Paul Demzik, President - Peabody COALTRADE International
Keynote Address
Demzik will offer a coal supplier’s perspective on the industry, including an update on international markets.
Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter
Luncheon Keynote Address
Dennis Gartman, Editor and Publisher of the Gartman Letter, has been in the markets since 1974. Â Early in his career, Gartman worked as an economist for Cotton, Inc. analyzing cotton supply/demand in the U.S. textile industry. From there he went to NCNB where he traded foreign exchange and money market instruments.
In 1977, Gartman became the Chief Financial Futures Analyst for A.G. Becker and Company in Chicago, where he also served as an independent member of the Chicago Board of Trade, trading in treasury bond, treasury note and GNMA futures contracts. In 1985, Gartman moved to Virginia to run the futures brokerage operation for the Virginia National Bank, and in 1987 began producing The Gartman Letter on a full-time basis.
US Coal Industry Outlook: US to International
James H. Simpson, BENTEK Energy, LLC
Mark Walter, Deutsche Bank Commodities
Bull and Bear Debate
Moderator: Sean Murphy, Mirant
Bull: Andy Miller, Ernst & Young
Bear: Caryl Pfeiffer, EON US
Carbon & SO2 Legislative Update
Andrew Kruger, Evolution Markets, LLC
Trading Trends
Moderator: Jim Thompson, Coal & Energy Price Report
Harry Papadopoulos, NRG
Matt Schicke, Mercuria Energy Trading Inc.
Jennifer Johnson, Arch Coal Sales, LLC