Tim Cornitius, analyst, Zeus Development Corporation, editor, Syngas Refiner

Tim Cornitius, editor of SYNGAS Refiner and Local Content Report, is a principal in the Zeus Development Corporation's global energy practice, bringing more than 20 years of experience in covering such areas as natural gas markets, petrochemicals, lubricants and coal. His experience includes analyzing supply and demand for Exxon Coal USA, compiling data on fuel use and mileage for the U.S. Marine Corp, conducting and maintaining energy statistical surveys and databases for major energy research firms. Cornitius earned a BA degree from the University of Houston in 1981.

Julio Friedman, Carbon Management Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Julio received his B.S and M.S. degrees from M.I.T., followed by a Ph.D. at the Univ. So. California. After graduation, he worked for five years as a senior research scientist in Houston, first at Exxon and later ExxonMobil. He next worked as a research scientist at the Univ. of Maryland, affiliated with the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) at the Univ. of Maryland, and the Colorado Energy Research Institute at Colorado School of Mines. In his new appointment as head of the Carbon Management Program for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he leads initiatives and research into carbon capture, carbon storage, and underground coal gasification. He was invited by MIT to joint their team on the Future of Coal Energy Report and is the senior science coordinator for the Teapot Dome National Carbon Storage Test Center. His research interests include carbon sequestration, underground coal gasification, hydrocarbon systems, deep-water depositional systems, basin & range tectonics and sedimentation, paleoclimatology, sequence stratigraphy, and landslide physics. A native of Rhode Island, he has worked in CA, WA, UT, WY, CO, Spain, Ireland, the North Sea, Nigeria, Angola, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and Australia