8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Philip J. Smith, Director, Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah

Session 1 - Keynote Address

Session 2 - Energy Policy at the State Level

9:15 a.m.

Developing Utah's 10-Year Strategic Energy Plan
L. Douglas Smoot, Professor/Dean Emeritus, Brigham Young University and Senior Consultant, Combustion Resources, Inc

10:05 a.m.

Unconventional Fuels Development in Utah
John Nowoslawski, Manager of Unconventional Energy Development, State of Utah

Session 3 - What Can We Learn from Research?

10:50 a.m.

Using High Performance Computing Tools for In Situ Shale Oil Production Processes
Alan Burnham, Chief Technology Officer, American Shale Oil

11:15 a.m.

Kinetics of Uinta Basin oil shale pyrolysis
Thomas Fletcher, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University

11:40 p.m.

Wilderness Quality Lands and Unconventional Fuel Development
John Ruple, Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Session 4 - Energy Development Impacts & Mitigation

1:00 p.m.

Sage Grouse Habitat & Unconventional Fuels Development
John Harja, Sage Grouse Working Group & Utah Department of Food & Agriculture

1:25 p.m.

Uinta Basin Air Quality Study
Seth Lyman, Acting Branch Lead, Eastern Utah Operations, Energy Dynamics Laboratory

Session 5 - Unconventional Fuels Development in the Western U.S.

2:15 p.m.

US Oil Sands 2013 Project Start-up: Economic, Repeatable & Environmentally Responsible
Cameron M. Todd, Chief Executive Officer, US Oil Sands

2:40 p.m.

Progress Update for Enefit American Oil
Rikki Hrenko, Chief Executive Officer, Enefit American Oil

3:05 p.m.

Red Leaf Resources, Inc.: Overview and Update
Laura Nelson, Vice President, Energy and Environmental Development, Red Leaf Resources

Session 6 - Plenary Address