NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY SUMMIT 2011

SPONSORED BY:

U.S. NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE COUNCIL

 

 
   

 

JUNE 21-22, 2011

NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION HALL OF STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C.

www.ngaus.org

Lamar Alexander
Lisa Murkowski
Kristine Svinicki
Jonathan Silver


Llewellyn King

Executive Producer and Host, White House Chronicle on PBS


Congressman
Ed Whitfield

Chairman, Energy & Power Subcommittee


Congressman Mike Simpson

Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee
Interior & Environment


Commissioner William Magwood

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NEW

Westinghouse President of Operations - Ricardo (Ric) Perez joins the Summit's "State of the Renaissance" Roundtable Discussion

Former NRC Commissioner -- Jeffrey Merrifield, Senior Vice President for the Shaw Power Group, joins the "China, India & Emerging Global Nuclear Markets" Roundtable.

Updated Final -- Advance Detailed Program

Featuring... Eight "Davos-Style" Discussion Roundtables

Updated Keynotes -- U.S Congress - Hon. Ed Whitfield; Hon. Mike Simpson; NRC - Hon. William Magwood; U.S. DOE - Dr. John Kelly; White House Chronicle on PBS Executive Producer Llewellyn King


FEATURING (ALL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED)

Congressman Ed Whitfield -- Chairman, House Energy & Power Subcommittee

Congressman Mike Simpson -- Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior & Environment

Commissioner William Magwood -- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dr. John Kelly -- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Reactor Technologies

Llewellyn King -- Executive Producer & Host, White House Chronicle on PBS


ROUNDTABLE THOUGHT LEADERS (ALL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED)

Hon. Jeffrey Merrifield -- Senior Vice President, Shaw Power Group & Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jacques Besnainou -- CEO, AREVA North America

Ricardo (Ric) Perez - President of Operations, Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Ganpat Mani -- President & CEO, ConverDyn

Will Marshall - President & Founder, Progressive Policy Institute

Christofer Mowry -- President, Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy

John Parmentola - Senior Vice President, General Atomics

Robert Prince - Chief Executive Officer, Hyperion Power Generation

Jon Indall - Counsel, Uranium Producers of America

Richard Black -- Former Director, Office of DOE Advanced Reactor Concepts

Dr. Eric Loewen -- Chief Consulting Engineer for Advanced Plants Technology, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Richard Cortright - Managing Director, Utilities & Infrastructure, Standard & Poors

Carl Cho - Director, Citi Global Banking

Bruce Lacy - President, Lacy Consulting Group LLC

Margaret Harding -- President, 4Factor Consulting

Donald Hoffman - President & CEO, Excel Services Corporation

Matthew Milazzo - Deputy Staff Director, Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

Annie Caputo - Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works

William Tucker -- Author, Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey

Aaron Tilton -- President & CEO, Blue Castle Holdings

Finis Southworth - Chief Technology Officer, AREVA North America

John P. Bartlett - Vice President, W.H. Reaves

Marc Goldsmith - President, Goldsmith & Associates LLC

Dan Stout -- Senior Manager, Nuclear Fuel Projects, Tennessee Valley Authority

Jack Spencer -- Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Eric Knox -- Former Associate Deputy Director Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy

Frank Caliva III - Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications LLC & Former International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce

Charles Haughney - Senior Consultant, Talisman International & Former U.S. NRC Director, Spent Fuel Project Office

KP Lau - President, Fraser Energy

Edward Davis - President & CEO, Pegasus Group

Dr. Corey McDaniel - International Fellow, U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council

Paul Murray - Technology Director for Strategic Programs, AREVA North America

 

 

ADVANCE AGENDA

TUESDAY, JUNE 21
Morning Plenary Session – 9:00 am – 12 noon

 

 

Opening Congressional Perspective Keynote: The Honorable Ed Whitfield

State of the Renaissance

  • Ricardo (Ric) Perez, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Jacques Besnainou, Areva North America
  • Will Marshall, Progressive Policy Institute
  • Ganpat Mani, ConverDyn

Lessons from Fukushima

  • Margaret Harding, 4Factor Consulting
  • Marc Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Associates
  • William Tucker, Terrestrial Energy
  • Edward Davis, Pegasus Group


Afternoon Plenary Session – 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

 

 

View from Wall Street

  • Richard Cortright, Standard & Poors
  • Carl Cho, Citi Global Banking
  • John P. Bartlett, WH Reaves
  • Bruce Lacy, Lacy Consulting Group


First Movers & Supply Chain Readiness

  • Christofer Mowry, Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy
  • Brian Robinson, Urenco USA
  • Aaron Tilton, Blue Castle Holdings
  • Jon Indall, Uranium Producers of America
  • Richard Black, Former DOE Advanced Reactor Concepts Director


The Licensing Paradigm

  • Donald Hoffman, Excel Services Corporation
  • Annie Caputo, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
  • Charles Haughney, Talisman International
  • Special Summit Distinguished Leadership Award: The Honorable Mike Simpson*


WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 22

Morning Plenary Session – 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

 

 

Advancing Nuclear Technology

  • John Parmentola, General Atomics
  • Finis Southworth, NGNP Alliance
  • Robert Prince, Hyperion Power Generation
  • Eric Loewen, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

DOE Perspective Keynote: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy John Kelly

NRC Perspective Special Address: The Honorable William Magwood

Sustainable Fuel Cycle

  • Matthew Milazzo, Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
  • Daniel Stout, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Paul Murray, AREVA, North America
  • Jack Spencer, Heritage Foundation
  • Eric Knox, Former Associate Deputy Director Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy

China, India & Emerging Global Nuclear Markets

  • Hon. Jeffrey Merrifield, Shaw Power Group
  • Frank Caliva, Strategic Communications LLC
  • Corey McDaniel, Senior NIC International Fellow
  • KP Lau, Fraser Energy

 

ALSO

Senior Executives & Thought Leaders from the Who's Who of the U.S. New Nuclear Community

About the Special Summit -- The Special Summit on New Nuclear Energy is being held on June 21 and June 22 in Washington, DC at the National Guard Association's Hall of States on Capitol Hill. The Special Summit is moderated by Llewellyn King, the Executive Producer and Host of White House Chronicle on PBS. The Summit is organized under the auspices of the United States Nuclear Infrastructure Council, the leading national think tank advocate for new nuclear energy.

The Special Summit features perspectives from government, industry and the non-governmental community as well as roundtable discussions on the state of the global "Nuclear Renaissance" -- including lessons from the recent earthquake and tsunami-related events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan; insight from the financial community on new nuclear investment; status reports on new nuclear "first movers"; and assessments of the U.S. licensing paradigm. The Special Summit will also focus on new nuclear infrastructure readiness including nuclear technology advancement; supply chain and workforce readiness; and development of a sustainable fuel cycle.

 

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