Programme

Registration and welcome coffee

Opening address

Welcome remarks:

• Mr Michael Huebel, Acting Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission

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High-level opening addresses:

• Mr Dan Jørgensen – Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission
• Mr Christophe Grudler – Member of the European Parliament

Keynote speeches – SMRs and global energy developments

• Ms Karine Herviou, Deputy Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

SMRs as a tool for the Clean Industrial Deal – Policy makers’ perspectives

Panel session moderated by Mr Valere Moutarlier, Deputy Director-General, DG GROW, European Commission (TBC)

Panellists:

EU Member States representatives:

• Mr Carl Berglöf, National Nuclear New-build Coordinator, Sweden

European Parliament:

• Mr Matej Tonin, Member of the European Parliament

European representative body

• Ms Alena Mastantuono, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Coffee break

Public engagement and socio-political challenges of SMRs development and deployment

Panel session moderated by Ms Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General, DG RTD, European Commission

Set the scene – Presentation of evidence-based results from European research projects on stakeholder engagement

• Ms Tanja Perko – Assistant Professor/Project Leader and Senior Researcher, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN)
• Dr. Nadezhda Gotcheva – Team Leader, VTT

Presentation of the results of the Call for Evidence consultation for the SMR Communication:  Mr Gianfranco Brunetti, DG ENER D2 Head of Unit, EC

followed by panel discussions with:

• Mr Jan Haverkamp – Senior expert nuclear energy and energy policy, Greenpeace Netherlands
• Ms Alanna Mullan – Vice Chair, Nuclear Institute North West and consultant at Frazer Nash
• Mr Raul Tacanho Marques – Vice Chair, European Nuclear Society– Young Generation Network 

Q/A with the audience

The role of the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs – potential, context, way forward

Joint presentation on the Alliance Strategic Action Plan by:

• Mr Emmanuel Brutin, Vice-Chair of the Alliance Governing Board, Director-General, nucleareurope
• Mr Bernard Salha, Vice-Chair of the Alliance Governing Board, President of SNETP
• Alliance Project Working Groups – updates

Q/A with the audience

Lunch

SMRs and cross sectorial applications and innovations

Panel session moderated by Mr Jan Panek, Director DG ENER.D, European Commission

• Ms Aline De Cloizeaux – Nuclear Power Division Director, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Mr Lucas Mir – Nuclear Energy Analyst, OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency
• Ms Magdalena Vallebona – Climate & Energy Policy Director, Cerame-Uni
• Mr Francois Leveque – Professeur d’économie, Mines-Paris PSL
• Mr Jan van der Lee – International institute of Nuclear Energy

Q/A with the audience

Coffee break

SMRs Safety and Radioactive Waste Management

Panel session moderated by Ms Ulla Engelmann, Director, JRC, European Commission

• Mr Marcin Nowacki – President of TEN Section, European Economic and Social Committee
• Mr Jan Haverkamp – Senior expert nuclear energy and energy policy, Greenpeace Netherlands
• Mr Marco Brugmans – Vice Chair, European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group
• Mr Ronan Tanguy – Safety and Licensing Programme Lead, World Nuclear Association
• Ms Erika Holt – Co-Coordinator EU-PREDIS project (radioactive waste)

Q/A with the audience

Stakeholders’ Forum Conclusions

• European Commission