• Supply trends: How many more coal plants will be built and how many will be retired? What is the net result?
• Demand projections: power, steel, cement, industrial
• How will increased production reflect the consumer: logistics challenges and solutions

• What are the current production levels and export volumes of thermal coal globally
• What is the impact of Europe, China and Indonesia on Indian energy?
• How is the shift towards renewable energy sources affecting demand? 
• What are the key trends likely to shape the market and what are the potential risks and opportunities that investors and other stakeholders should be aware of? 

• Who is actually supplying the market and meeting India’s growing demand? Is it India’s own resources or imports coming to the rescue?
• Is there enough available coal at the right price and right grades?
• What is the coal demand for power generation and how are those demands going to be met?
• How are the block auctions panning out?
• Hear different perspectives from the key players

· Domestic & import prices – Viability issues

· Will steel mills raise imports amid coking coal market volatility?

· Low domestic steel demand in China to drive coke exports further?

· Chinese investments in Indonesia and emerging met coke trade dynamics in Asia

• What is the coal demand for power generation?
• How are those demands being met?
• Power sector outlook

• Total Indian cement production
• India’s cement demand
• Cement sector outlook
• Coal consumption by the cement sector

• Steel sector (demand, production, consumption, imports and exports)
• How much more coal is required to meet the steel  sector targets?
• Global challenges in seaborne coking coal imports
• Diversification of supply

• Discussing new trading patterns for solid fuels and their impact on cost base 
• Demand and shortfall of coal in India (demand vs domestic production) 
• A detailed look at imports dynamics, including Government of India’s policy and planning for imported coal 
• Future outlook for Indian coal and coke imports
• Working with new coal suppliers in turbulent times – top tips to developing winning approaches

• India’s energy consumption patterns and role of thermal coal
• How do India’s suppliers view the market?
• Geopolitical considerations affecting global trade
• Challenges and improvements in logistics and transportation of thermal coal

• Is there enough available coal and at the right price and grade for India’s industrial end-users
• Where is the industrial industry’s coal coming from?
• What are India’s steel targets in the near-term and how much more coal will be required to meet those targets?
• What are the realistic expectations over the next 5 years

• How long will coal survive under renewable energy  growth?
• How do we integrate green energy with the grid and without robust storage?
• Is coal really the villain it’s purported to be for emissions?
• Debunking the narrative

• Power crisis and disruptions in fuel supply
  • Who is installing renewable in India? 
  • How is the process going?
  • How do they see the market at the moment?
  • How are they able to integrate with grid without robust storage?
• Policy priorities for the near term – air quality improvements, greenhouse gas reduction, Grid and Energy Security and affordability
• Carbon Capture and Storage – latest developments
• Is India ready to incorporate the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme?

• Total coal production from commercial mines
• Total blocks allocated for commercial mining
• Logistical infrastructure and trade
• Government policy and support

• Rail-Sea-Rail: latest updates
• Freight corridors: successes and challenges
• Port capacity and congestion 
• Shipping and dry bulk: what improvements need to be made?