NOW 2025 Agenda

Thank you to Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) - Knoxville for being our Neutron Networking Breakfast Supporter on Day 2 of the NOW Conference.

• Bob Morris, Chair, ETEC Nuclear Working Group & CEO, Robert Morris Consulting

• David Salyers, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)
  
  • Introduction by: Erik Olds, Manager, Oak Ridge Environmental Management, U.S Department of Energy

• Harry Gross, East Tennessee Market President, Truist
• Bronson Boucher, Assistant Vice President and Producer, McGriff

A conversation with:

• Charles Oppenheimer, Founder, Oppenheimer Project and Oppenheimer Energy Ventures
• Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance (ECA)

Moderator: Joe Hoagland, Director of Special Initiatives, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Gina Tourassi, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, ORNL
• Jeff Olson, Vice President, Business Development & Finance, Kairos Power
• Charles Sims, Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, TVA; & Director, Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy, Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Tennessee
• Andy Roehr, Managing Director, Baker Tilly Advisory Group

Thank you to Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) - Knoxville for being our Neutron Networking Break Supporter on Day 2 of the NOW Conference.

Moderator: Andy Worrall, Director, Nuclear Energy Programs, ORNL; Deputy Director, GAIN (Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear); UK Country Coordinator, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE

• Todd Kile, Director, R&D Physics, SHINE Technologies
• Sven Bader, Technical Consultant, Orano Federal Services
• Paul Cantonwine, Distinguished R&D Staff Member, Used Fuel & Nuclear Material Disposition, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Ben Carmichael, Business Development Manager, Southern Nuclear
• Paul Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Disposition, U.S. Department of Energy

Moderator: Brian Wirth, Department Head and UTK – ORNL Governor's Chair Professor of Computational Nuclear Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee

• Ed Blandford, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power
• Jennifer Wheeler, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, TRISO-X
• Spencer Klein, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Energy Institute
• J.D. Dowell, Vice President, Fluor Nuclear Power
• Ryan Dehoff, Director, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Thank you to Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) - Knoxville for being our Neutron Networking Lunch Supporter on Day 2 of the NOW Conference.

Moderator: Michelle Goodson, Director, ORAU STEM Accelerator, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

• Flora Tydings, Chancellor, Tennessee Board of Regents
• Holly Cross, CTE Director, Oak Ridge Schools
• Megan Martin, HR Business Partner, Type One Energy Group
• Matt Mullins, Director, Marketing, American Museum of Science & Energy (AMSE)
• Rebecca Salvadore, Director, Organization Performance and Regulatory, Constellation Energy; & Vice-Chair of GROW Oversight Committee, U.S. Women In Nuclear
• Daniel Smith, Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW

Moderator/Speaker: Sandra Davern, Section Head, Radioisotope Research and Development, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Barry Scott, CEO, PETNET Solutions-A Siemens Healthineers Company
• Glen Balch, Director, UT Medical Center Cancer Institute

Moderator: Lance Lacroix, Vice President of Nuclear Services, Navarro

• Evan Cummings, Director, Business Development, Kairos Power
• Greg Boerschig, VP, Clinch River Project, TVA
• Everett Redmond, Senior Director, Federal Affairs, Oklo
• Vincent Thomas, Global Marketing Team Leader, Westinghouse
• Rita Baranwal, Chief Nuclear Officer, Radiant