Detailed Advance Agenda
Tuesday, July 16
Morning Plenary
8:30 AM
Welcome
Mr. David Blee
President & CEO
U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
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The Honorable Bud Albright
Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Industry Council &
CEO, Albright Strategies &
U.S. Under Secretary of Energy (2006-2008)
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8:45 AM
The Global Market and Policy Landscape
The Honorable Jeffrey Merrifield
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1998 - 2007)
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Chair USNIC Advanced Reactors Task Force
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9:15 AM
Congressional Keynote
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator, Alaska
Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
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9:45 AM
U.S. Department of Energy Keynote
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The Honorable Rita Baranwal
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
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10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Panel: Financial Perspectives on Advanced Nuclear
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Mr. Steven Greenwald
Senior Advisor
Credit Suisse
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Mr. Michael Eckhart
Managing Director
Citigroup
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Mr. James Magowan
Managing Director for Private Capital Raising
Growth Capital Services
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11:15 AM
Panel: C-Suite Perspective: Advanced Nuclear as a Game Changer
Mr. John Hopkins
Chairman & CEO
NuScale Power
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The Honorable Clay Sell
Chief Executive Officer
X-energy
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Ms. Marcia Burkey
Chief Financial Officer
TerraPower
12:00 PM
Lunch
Afternoon Plenary
1:00 PM
Why Advanced Nuclear is Changing the Financing Paradigm
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Ms. Valerie Gardner
Founding Principal and Managing Partner
Nucleation Capital, LP
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1:30 PM
The Speed of Change and What's Driving It
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Mr. Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Principal
NorthBridge Energy Partners
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2:00 PM
Decarbonization, Electrification and Innovation
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Ms. Damali Harding
Director
Oracle | Opower
2:30 PM
Venture Capital 2.0
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Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra
Chief Executive Officer
PLUS and AUI Ventures
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3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
Panel: C-Suite - Advanced Nuclear: What Needs to be Done
The Honorable Daniel Poneman
President & CEO
Centrus Energy
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Mr. Jay Wileman
President and CEO
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)
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Mr. Donald Wolf
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder
Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC (ARC)
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4:00 PM
Export-Import Bank of the United States Perspective
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Mr. Jim Cruse
Senior Vice President, Office of Policy Analysis and International Relations
Export-Import Bank of the United States
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4:30 PM
DOE Loan Programs Office Perspective
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Mr. Douglas Schultz
Director of Origination, Loan Programs Office
U.S. Department of Energy
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5:00 PM
View from the States: Plant Vogtle Expansion
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The Honorable Tim Echols
Vice Chairman
Georgia Public Service Commission
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NNC2019 Reception Sponsored by Pillsbury
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (1200 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036)
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Wednesday, July 17
Plenary
8:30 AM
The New U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
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Mr. Edward Burrier *
Vice President, External Affairs
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
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9:00 AM
The Smart and Renewable Energy Transition, Trends and Insights for Advanced Nuclear
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Mr. Hendrik Tiesinga
Chief Strategy Officer
New Energy Nexus
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9:30 AM
Panel: Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation, Hybrid Advanced Nuclear Systems, and Advanced Fuels
Dr. Jonathan Cirtain
President of Advanced Technology Programs
BWX Technologies
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Mr. Rich Powell
Executive Director
ClearPath
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Mr. Seth Grae
President & CEO
LightBridge
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10:30 AM
Break
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10:45 AM
The Promise of Micro-Reactors
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Ms. Caroline Cochran
Founder and COO
Oklo Inc.
11:15 AM
Capital Raising for Advanced Nuclear
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Mr. Bret Kugelmass
Managing Director
Energy Impact Center
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Mr. Brad McPherson
Manager of Business Development for NB Power and
Director of Business for the New Brunswick Energy Solutions Corporation
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12:00 PM
Panel: Public-Private Partnership
Dr. Corey McDaniel
Vice President, Business Development
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
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Mr. Douglas Schultz
Director of Origination, Loan Programs Office
U.S. Department of Energy
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Mr. Walter Howes
Managing Director
Verdigris Capital
* Pending final confirmation
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