European Industrial Alliance on SMRs Stakeholders’ Forum

27 January 2026 –  8.30 – 17.00
Brussels – Belgium

The event venue: European Commission – Berlaymont – Robert Schuman room – Brussels

Programme

08.30 – 09.00

Registration and welcome coffee

09.00 – 09.30

Opening address
Welcome remarks:
  • Mr Michael Huebel, Acting Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission

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High-level opening address:

  • Mr Christophe Grudler – Member of the European Parliament

09.30 – 10.00

Keynote speeches – SMRs and global energy developments
  • Ms Karine Herviou, Deputy Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Ms Alena MastantuonoVice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 

10.00 – 10.30

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 – Access the delivered intervention

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 Region / Province

  • Ms Roos van ‘t Zelfden, Policy Advisor Innovation, Provincie Zeeland

10.30 – 10.45

Coffee break

10.45 – 12.00

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
  • Ms Jadwiga Najder – Former Chair, European Nuclear Society– Young Generation Network, Science and Outreach Manager, ENS

Q/A with the audience

12.00 – 13.00

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

Download Presentation

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.15

High-level address:

Mr Dan Jørgensen – Commissioner for Energy and Housing Access the delivered speech

14.15 – 15.25

SMRs and cross sectorial applications and innovations

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

  • Ms Aline Des 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

15.25 – 15.40

Coffee break

15.40 – 16.50

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

16.50 – 17.00

Stakeholders’ Forum Conclusions
  • Mr Jan Panek, Director. DG ENER.D, European Commission 

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