WORKSHOP SPEAKERS
As of December 5, 2022
The following speakers are listed alphabetically by last name.
Kelly Adams-Smith
Chargé d'Affaires
U.S. Mission to the European Union
Roberto Adinolfi
Chairman of the Board, ANSALDO Nucleare Spa
Chairman of the Board, ANSALDO Nuclear Ltd
Eetu Ahonen
Program Manager
STUK
Carol Berrigan
Executive Director of Federal Programs and Supplier Relations
Nuclear Energy Institute
Ana Birchall
Special Envoy for Strategic and International Affairs
Nuclearelectrica
Shannon Bragg- Sitton, Ph.D.
Director, Integrated Energy & Storage Systems
Idaho National Laboratory
Sylvie Cadet-Mercier
Commissioner, French
Nuclear Safety Authority
Professor Leon Cizelj
President of ENS
Former President of ENEN
Yves Desbazeille
Director General
Nuclear Europe
Tomáš Ehler
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade
Czech Republic
Keith Everhart
Energy Analyst – Renewables Integration and Secure Electricity
International Energy Agency
Diane Farrell
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade
International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Ann K. Ganzer
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
U.S. Department of State
Mike Goff
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Designate
U.S. Department of Energy
Alireza Haghighat
Professor and Director of the Nuclear Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering Department
Virginia Tech
Donald Hoffman
President and CEO
Excel Corporation
Silvana Jirotková
Project Manager, Development of Small Modular Reactors, New Energy Division
ČEZ, a. s.
Rafal Kasprow
CEO
Orlen Synthos Green Energy
Mike Kirst
Managing Director
EuroAtlantic Partners
Štěpán Kochánek
Head of the Legal Department
State Office for Nuclear Safety,
Czech Republic
Carl B. Kress
Regional Director, Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East & North Africa
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Michael Lally
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs in Europe
U.S. Mission to the European Union
Petr Mach
Director of ENERGOPROJEKT PRAHA Division, ÚJV Řež
Czech Republic
Sydney McNiff Johnson
President
Galena Strategies LLC
Mark Muldowney
Paul Murphy
Managing Director
Murphy Energy & Infrastructure Consulting, LLC
Petr Oliva
Head of the Coal Platform Department
Moravian-Silesian Energy Centre
Kenneth L. Peddicord
Director, Nuclear Power Institute Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University
Berta Picamal
Legal and International Relations Director
nucleareurope
Elena Popescu
Director General
Directorate General Energy Policies and Green Deal
Ministry of Energy Romania
Jan Prášil
Director of Strategy, Research, and International Cooperation Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Republic
Ben Reinke
Senior Director
Corporate Strategy
X-Energy
Véronique Rouyer
Head of Division of Nuclear Safety Technology and Regulation
Nuclear Energy Agency
Radek Skoda
Czech Technical
University – Prague
Devon Swezey
Senior Lead, Global Energy Markets and Policy
Sylvain Takenouti
New Reactors Program Manager
EDF
Robert Taylor
Deputy Office Director for New Reactors Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Anicet Touré
Project Director SMRs
Tractebel ENGIE
Lindsey Walter
Director for the Climate and Energy Program
Third Way