Keynote:Vigorously Advocating the Construction of the Dukovany 5 Project and Its Pivotal Role in Shaping the Future of Electricity

Director Nuclear Power Plants Construction, CEZ, a.s.

Keynote: New Build & Life Extension Initiatives - Building a Safe, Clean, and Reliable European Nuclear Power System 

Vladimir Wagner, Chairman of the Board, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences (NPI CAS), Czech Republic

Opening Keynote Address: Updates of Hungry’s Paks II. Construction

Attila Hugyecz, Chief International Officer, Paks II. Nuclear Power Plant Zrt, Hungary

Identifying Challenges of NPP Bew Build projects and Deriving Valuable Lessons to Ensure Successful Completion

●   What challenges encountered by large NPP construction projects in recent years and the effective solutions to overcome them

●   The correlation between effective financing mechanisms and government guarantees

●   The factors leading to project suspension or postponement

●   Which cooperation methods are the most favorable for financing and promoting project?

●   the primary challenges encountered in project management and corresponding solutions

Moderator:

    s  Donald R. Hoffman, President and CEO, EXCEL Services Corporation; Past President, American Nuclear Society; Fellow, American Nuclear Society; President, International Nuclear Energy Academy

Panelists:

s  Paweł Gajda, Assistant professor, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

s  Andre Coudret, Director of Business Development, Freyssinet International Worldwide

s  Piotr Piela, Vice President of the Management Board, Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe(PEJ), Poland

s  Executive Director, Projects and Construction Department, EDF, France

s  Boris Krasimirov Yankulov, Group Manager - Technology and Construction, Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant - New Build Plc, Bulgaria

Keynote: Site Selection and Construction Plan for France's First EPR-2 NPP Project

Executive Director, Projects and Construction Department, EDF

Keynote: Great Opportunity for Poland's First Inaugural Large-scale Nuclear Power Plant

Vice President of the Management Board,Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe(PEJ), Poland

Alessandro Dodaro,Director of the nuclear department, ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development 

Keynote: Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel as a relevant part of Nuclear Power Lifecycle 

Ilkka Poikolainen, President and CEO, Posiva Oy

Keynote: The Licensing of New Storage Capacity for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Juraj Václav, Director Division of Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (ÚJD SR)

Balance the Pros and Cons of Spent Fuel Recycling and Direct Disposal for the Sustainable and Economical Perspective

●  What are the advantages and conditions for recycling and direct disposal of spent fuel?

●  How to manage effectively supervise the funds for spent fuel treatment?

●  How to build the capacity to handle spent fuel?

●  What factors should be considered in the site selection for spent fuel back-end processing and disposal?

● What problems are commonly faced in the construction of spent fuel recycling, interim storage plants and how to solve them?

s  Pierre-Marie Abadie, General Manager, ANDRA, France

s  Michał Łupiński, Head of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Security Section, Radioactive Waste Management Plant, Poland

s  Peter Hlbocký, Senior Project Director, Javys, Slovakia

s  Dr. Linus Bettermann, Vice President Sales and Marketing, GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH

s  Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management (PURAM), Hungary 

Keynote: about Challenges and Practices in Building Local Nuclear Supply Chains

 Kat Culham, Senior Commercial & Procurement Lead (Europe), Amentum

Opportunities and Challenges to be Solved within the Local Nuclear Industry Chain Toward Advancement and Sustainability

●  How to integrate the existing nuclear industry to form an NPP industry cluster?

●  Infrastructure and policy support needed to set up a local supplier system

●  What are the challenges faced by local manufacturing of NPP components?

●  Which Parts of NPP equipment or services are easier to localize?

●  How to break through technical barriers as soon as possible in the face of global competition?

s  Member of the board and director of the new energy division, Elektrárna Dukovany II. a.s., Czech Republic

s  Janez Krajnc, Adviser to the Management Board, Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK), Slovenia

s  Christine LAMOUROUX-LUCAS, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Nuclear Solutions

s  Lorenzo Santini, Director, Nuclear Business Development, Worley

s  EPC

s  Third Party Inspection

Skilled Workforce Required for the Growth and Success of Local Nuclear Industry and Effective Training Strategy

●  Current availability of talent in the field of localized manufacturing & services

●  What kind of talents are in high demand?

●  The challenges and solutions to training and attracting these talents

●  The current employment landscape of women in the local nuclear energy sector and how to augment their representation and participation?

●  How can the government, universities, enterprises and training institutions better cooperate to quickly input senior talents into the civil nuclear industry?

s  Satu Katajala, Director, WANO Paris Centre, World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO)

s  Gabriel Lazaro Pavel, Executive Director, European Nuclear Education Network

s  Göran Hult, VP Nuclear & Development, Fortum Sweden

s  Engineering Consulting

Case Study: The Growing Significance of Digital Twin Technology in Enhancing the Efficiency of New Nuclear Power Plants 

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