Programme
25 June 2019
19:00
Bus departures for the Conference dinner
22:30
Bus departures to Hotel
26 June 2019
Opening Session
Welcome
- Yves Desbazeille, Director General at FORATOM
 - Cosmin Ghita, CEO at Nuclearelectrica and President of ROMATOM
 
Keynote Address
- Dr. Serban Valeca, Vice-Chairman of the Romanian Senate, and Honorary Adviser for Nuclear Power to the Prime Minister of the Romanian Government
 
Setting the scene
- William D. Magwood IV, Director-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA)
 
Contribution of the nuclear industry to the EU economy
- Dinu Bumbacea, Partner In Charge at Deloitte Consultanta
 
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
Session 1: Key challenges in the EU
- Gerassimos Thomas,  Deputy Director-General for Energy at the European Commission
 
A conversation with:
- Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy at the European Commission
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Esa Hyvärinen, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations at Fortum
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Christian Egenhofer, Senior Fellow, Head of the Energy and Climate Programme and Director of Energy Climate House at CEPS
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Richard Ivens, weCARE
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Pierre Jean Coulon, TEN Section President at the European Economic & Social Committee (EESC)
 
Moderator: Yves Desbazeille, Director General at FORATOM
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Session 2: Role of Long-Term Operation of nuclear power plants
- Jan Jilek, Deputy Head of Unit Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety at the European Commission
 
A conversation with:
- Jan Jilek, Deputy Head of Unit Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety at the European Commission
 - Teresa Luis Ruiz, Chair of FORATOM’s Energy Policy Working Group
 - Romeo Urjan, Director of Refurbishment at Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA
 - Alain Litaudon, Chief Nuclear Officer – Generation, EDF
 
Moderator: Andrei Goicea, Executive Manager at FORATOM
15.00 – 15.20
The Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative and U.S. Technology Updates
Ed McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy
15:20 – 15:30
Coffee break
Session 3: How to ensure we have the necessary skills
A conversation with:
- Dinu Bumbacea, Partner In Charge at Deloitte Consultanta
 - Yeonhee Hah, Head of the Division of Human Aspects of Nuclear Safety at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA)
 - Ionut Zaharov, Syndicat UNIVERS (member of the European Federation of Public Service Unions – EPSU)
 - Dr Teodor Chirica, Senior Adviser to the CEO of Nuclearelectrica
 - Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at EDF Energy
 - Greg Ashurst, Head of Nuclear Sector Deal and Skills at the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
 
Moderator: Jessica Johnson, Communications Director at FORATOM
27 June 2019
Contact
Jessica.Johnson@foratom.org
Organised by: FORATOM and ROMATOM
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