Exhibition Launch & Drinks Reception sponsored by Candu Energy
18:30 - 21:00
Welcome Reception Sponsored by URENCO, Westminster Abbey
11 September, 2014
08:00 - 17:00
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Breakfast Buffet sponsored by KEPCO
09:00 - 09:30
Conference Opening Agneta Rising, Director General, World Nuclear Association Jean-Jacques Gautrot, Chairman, World Nuclear Association
09:30 - 10:30
Session 1 Marking 60 years of civil nuclear energy Sir David King, Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Alexander Lokshin, Chief Operational Officer, Rosatom Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2 Challenges for the industry Marv Fertel, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute
Economics and energy policy in South Africa Phumzile Tshelane, CEO, Necsa
Korea's nuclear energy policy Yoo Yunbaek, Director General for Nuclear Power Industry Policy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), Republic of Korea
14:30 - 15:25
Session 4 Security of Fuel Supply
Challenges for Security of Supply Markus Birkhofer, Executive Vice President Fuel Business Unit, Areva
Providing Security of Fuel Supply in a Global Marketplace Jose E. Gutierrez, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Fuel, Westinghouse Electric Company
Security and Reliability of Fuel Supply Emily Martin, Senior Vice President, Sourcing, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Coffee Break
15:50 - 17:30
Session 5 Public Acceptance
Public Acceptance invited presentation Stephen Tindale, Associate Fellow, CER
Fact versus Fiction: Nuclear Safety Communication Jason Cameron, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
SMRs and Public Acceptance Thomas Mundy, Executive Vice President, Program Development, NuScale Power
12 September, 2014
08:00 - 14:00
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Breakfast Buffet
09:00 - 10:30
Session 6: Finance and Liability
Financing Nuclear New Build: A Vendor’s Perspective Jerry Hopwood, Vice President, Marketing and Product Development, Candu
Financing Nuclear Power Projects: Challenges and Approaches Nadira Barkatullah, Director of Economic Regulation, Regulation and Supervision Bureau
Attracting investors and lenders to the nuclear industry George Borovas, Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Practical issues in coordinating regulatory and project timelines in the current new build market Vanessa Jakovich, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Can a cost effective higher financial limit of liability be achieved for nuclear operators? Mark Tetley, Managing Director, Price Forbes & Partners
Coffee Break sponsored by Nuclear Engineering International
11:00 - 12:00
Session 7 Radiological Protection
Radiological Protection Panel Roger Coates, Vice President, IRPA (International Radiation Protection Association) Malcolm Grimston, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology Willie Harris, Director, Radiation Protection , Exelon Nuclear Wolfgang Weiss, Representative on the Scientific Committee, UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation) Moderator: Jack Valentin, Independent Consultant
Lunch
13:30 - 14:40
Session 8 Uranium Resources
World Uranium Resources Production and Demand Adrienne Hanly, Uranium Resource Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency
Market Metamorphosis Jeff Combs, President, Ux Consulting
Breaking New Frontiers – Developing a Greenlandic Uranium-Rare Earth Project Shaun Bunn, Chief Operating Officer, Greenland Minerals & Energy Ltd
Coffee Break sponsored by Nuclear Engineering International
15:00 - 16:20
Session 9 High Level Session
Leaders Panel: Key issues for the next 60 years Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation Tarik Choho, Chief Commercial Executive Officer, Areva Mats Ladeborn, Head of Nuclear Development, Vattenfall Kirill Komarov, Deputy Director General, International Business and Development, Rosatom Herkko Plit, Deputy Director General, Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy Danny Roderick, President and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company Jay Wileman, Chief Operating Officer, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Moderator: Stephan Solzhenitsyn, Principal, McKinsey & Company CIS LLC
Close of Conference
18:45 - 18:45
Coaches depart from Crowne Plaza and Rubens Hotels
19:15 - 23:30
Gala Dinner and Dance, "The 60th Anniversary of Nuclear Power", Natural History Museum