You are invited to submit abstracts of papers for this, the fourth in a series of topical conferences on clean coal technologies. CCT2009 will be held at the Maritim Hotel and International Congress Center, Dresden, Germany on 18-20 May 2009. The conference is being organised by IEA CCC and Forschungszentrum Jülich. The first three conferences in this series were held in Sardinia, Italy. The most recent, in May 2007, attracted more than 200 delegates from more than thirty-two countries confirming this as one of the world’s foremost events for those interested in clean coal technologies. IEA CCC will hold an Executive Committee meeting in Dresden ahead of the conference. Visit www.cct2009.org for more details.