BUKTUKOV Nikolay Sadvakasovich, Member of the International and National Organizing Committees of the World Mining Congress, Director of the Branch of RSE «NC CMRP RK» «Institute of Mining named after D.A. Kunayev”, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan

BOYANDINOVA Assiya Adylkanovna, Member of the National Organizing Committee of World Mining Congress, Scientific Secretary of the Branch of RSE «NC CMRP RK» «Institute of Mining named after D.A. Kunayev”, Doctor of Technical Sciences

Associated Professor, Dr. Gento MOGI (Japan)

OPENING SPEECH

Shamganova Lyazzat Saevna, Deputy Director for scientific affairs, Branch of RSE «NC CMRP RK» «Institute of Mines named after D.A. Kunayev”, Corresponding Member of NAS RK (Kazakhstan)

WELCOME SPEECH

Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD COAL MINING AND THERMAL POWER GENERATION

Shashenko Olexandr, Professor, National Mining University (Ukraine)

LEVERAGING STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY IN COAL MINING: A CASE STUDY OF COAL INDIA LIMITED

Singh Rajeev, General Manager (Mining), Coal India Limited (India)

THE UNECE GROUP OF EXPERTS ON COAL MINE METHANE

Drabik Michal, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( Switzerland)

DESIGN OF GATEROAD SUPPORT IN HARD COAL MINES

Lubosik Zbigniew, Deputy Director of GIG Central Mining Institute (Poland)

THE FUTURE OF COAL – ANOTHER POSSIBILITY TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN

Dr. Mogi Gento, Associated Professor, University of Tokyo (Japan)

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES IN COAL INDUSTRY

Pavlyukovich Yelena, Head of department, Ministry of Coal Industry (Ukraine)

CONSEQUENCES OF INTERFERENCE OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS OF ADJACENT MINES

Khojayev Rustam, Director General, «GeoMark» Research Centre, LLC, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor (Kazakhstan)

COFFEE BREAK

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPACT CO-AXIAL UCG SYSTEM AND ITS TRIAL EXPERIMENTS

Itakura Ken-ichi, Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology (Japan)

TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF GAS CONTENT AND PERMEABILITY OF COAL SEAMS IN UNDERGROUND MINES

TAILAKOV Oleg, Deputy Director, Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

THE STRATEGY OF COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT ON THE MINES OF THE DTEK ENERGY COMPANY AS A FOUNDATION OF A UKRAINIAN ENERGY SECURITY BASE

Bondarenko Volodymyr, Head of the Underground Mining Department, National Mining University (Ukraine)

THE ECONOMICS OF SUCCESSFUL CMM DEVELOPMENT

Kelafant Jonathan, Senior Vice President, Advanced Resources International (USA)

THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE DYNAMIC PROCESS OF METHANE DIFFUSION FROM COAL PARTICLES

LIU Yanwei, Professor, Henan Polytechnic University (China)

MONITORING OF LONGWALL SHIELD LEG PRESSURES AND CONVERGENCE – WHAT DO THE SIGNALS TELL US ABOUT HOW THE SUPPORT INTERACTS WITH THE STRATA?

Trueman Robert, Professor, Nazarbayev University, School of Mining and Geoscience (Kazakhstan)

SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON APPLICATION OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION (UCG) WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY

Hamanaka Akihiro, Assistant Professor, Kyushu University (Japan)

EXAMPLES OF MODELING OF METHANE PROPAGATION DURING AN OPERATION OF A LONGWALL SHEARER

Krawczyk Jerzy, Dr hab., Strata Mechanics Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)