NOW 2025 Agenda
UNLEASHING TENNESSEE'S LEADERSHIP IN NUCLEAR
Tuesday, July 22 (Draft)
- Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (invited)
- Don Moul, CEO, TVA (invited)
- Assistant Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (invited)
Moderator: Adam DeMella, AMM Strategies
- Ken Rueter, President & CEO, UCOR
- Erik Olds, Manager, DOE Oak Ridge Environmental Management
- Jean-Luc Palayer, CEO, Orano USA
- Mike Magill, President, Oak Ridge Corridor Development Corp
Moderator: Balendra Sutharshan, Chief Operations Officer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Brooke Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Solestiss
- Mark Rauckhorst, Retired Senior Executive, former Executive Vice President Vogtle 3&4
- Glen Chick, Retired Senior Executive, former Executive Vice President Vogtle 3&4
- Michael Mike Miller, VP for Westinghouse Global Plant and Design Engineering
Moderator: Mickey Wade, Associate Laboratory Director, Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Chris Mowry, CEO, Type One Energy
- Livia Casali, UT-Knoxville (invited)
- Brenda Garcia-Diaz, Savannah River National Lab
- Guin Shaw, Rutherford Energy Ventures
- Bibake Uppal, Kyoto Fusioneering America
Moderator: Morris Hassler, Owner-Nuclear Subject Matter Expert, M&M Technical Service
- Ken Givens, BWXT, Director of Business Development (registered)
- Amir Vexler, Centrus
- Christo Liebenberg, LIS Technologies
- Loris Kim, Project IKE, Operations & Commissioning Manager
- Brandon Blamer, VP of Fuel Engineering, TRISO-X
Moderator: Martin Williamson, Senior Director, Global Security and Strategic Partnerships, CNS Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex
Moderator: Ryan Overton, Executive Vice President, Navarro
- Brandon Gibson, Chief Operating Officer, State of Tennessee
- Hash Hashemian, CEO AMS and President, American Nuclear Society
- Stephen Streiffer, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Thank you to our Atomic After Party Host and Supporter, Pelican Energy Partners.
Wednesday, July 23 (Draft)
- Joe Hoagland, Director of Special Initiatives, Oak Ridge National Lab
- Gina Tourassi, Associate Laboratory Director of the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Moderator: Andy Worrall, ORNL
- Eli Moll, VP-Engineering, SHINE
- Sven Bader, Advisory Engineer, Used Fuel and Waste Division, ORANO Federal Services
- Paul Cantonwine, Distinguished R&D Staff Member, Used Fuel & Nuclear Material Disposition, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Moderator:
- Ed Blandford, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power
- J.D. Dowell, Vice President, Fluor Nuclear Power
- Mike Rinehart, President, Kiewit Nuclear Solutions (invited)
- Jennifer Wheeler, Director of Regulatory Affairs, TRISO-X (invited)
Thank you to our Neutron Networking Lunch Supporter, TN College of Applied Technology - TCAT-KNOXVILLE.
Moderator: Michelle Goodson, Director, ORAU STEM Accelerator, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- Holly Cross, CTE Director, Oak Ridge Schools
- Chris Peguero, Community Partnerships, Type One Energy
- Matt Mullins, Director of Marketing, American Museum of Science and Energy
- Rebecca Salvadore, Constellation (invited)
- David Williamson, IBEW (invited)
Moderator: Lance Lacroix, Vice President of Nuclear Services, Navarro
- Ed Blandford, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power
- Greg Boerschig, VP Clinch River Project, TVA
- Everett Redmond, Senior Director of Federal Affairs, Oklo
- Rita Baranwal, Chief Nuclear Officer, Radiant
Moderator: Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance (ECA)