Policy Issues & Initiatives
• Reducing import dependence for energy security
• Ultra Mega Power Projects
• National Electricity Policy

Thermal Power Development in India
• Fuels of future for thermal generation for sustainable energy availability
• Oil & Gas based Generation
• Fuel supply management and monitoring system
• Pricing of fuel
• Water Chemistry
• Gas turbines and their role in meeting future power demands in India
• Reducing uncertainty for operating generating plants in a changing competitive market

Coal /Lignite based Thermal Generation
• Conventional, advanced and renewable technologies
• Management and use of coal for combustion
• Clean coal technology
• Advanced pulverized coal fired power plants- present status and future prospects combined cycle technology for performance improvement opportunities
• Two shift operation and combined cycle power station
• IGCC power plants
• Heat recovery operation in parallel combined cycle power plants
• Coal fired supercritical boiler with vertical furnace water wall
• Steam turbine design development for high efficiency power plants with supercritical inlet steam conditions
• Ultra supercritical power plants
• Fluidized bed combustion technology

Technology Development & IT in Generation
• Introduction of IT in O&M
• Control & automation
• Operation and maintenance of thermal plants
• Turbine and generator
• Boiler and its auxiliary
• Improved flue gas heat utilization of boilers
• Performance enhancement efficiency improvement
• Automation and information technology
• Residual life assessment
• Renovation and modernization of old power plants
• Operation and maintenance philosophy to improve availability
• Personnel development for operation and maintenance

Environment and Thermal Power Generation
• Environment management
• Installation of pollution abatement technologies
• Options to contain eco damages risk in development of thermal power plants
• Disposal of ash and emission control
• Regulations to reduce pollution emissions
• Co-generation
• CDM & carbon trading

Economics, Investments & Financing Issues
• Project financing
• Availability of funds
• Proper techno-economic appraisal

Emerging Trends
• Future power industry
• Power trading
• Power exchange
• Consequence of choice

Nuclear Power Development
• Present nuclear capacity
• Potential and future plans of nuclear power
• New role of nuclear in a balanced energy mix
• Operation, safety upgradation and challenges
• Fuel supply & availability