The objective of the event is to showcase the achievements of the last two decades, launch the modelling hub, and highlight the potential of nuclear energy in achieving economically sustainable decarbonisation. This occasion will also provide an opportunity to strengthen collaboration with key partners in safe nuclear technology operation and development. The event will bring together prominent invitees from the European Commission, Dutch Ministries, Member States Representatives, National, Regional and Dutch Authorities, International Partners, and Industry Representatives.

This event is hosted by JRC Petten.

Agenda:
Day 1, 21 May

14:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Bernard Magenhann, JRC Acting Director General

14:10 Sandor Gaastra, Secretary-General, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands TBC

14:20 Polish Presidency representative

14:30 Hervé Bernard, Chair of the JRC Board of Governors, special Advisor to the Chairman of CEA

14:40 – 15:30 Panel 1 Energy Systems and Integration

• Moderator Ulla Engelmann, Director, Nuclear Safety and Security, JRC
• Emmanuel Brutin, Director General, Nucleareurope
• Piotr Szymański, Director, Energy, Mobility and Climate, JRC
• Peter Luijten, Interim CEO, NRG, The Netherlands
• Martin Ruščák, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UJV and CEO, Czech Republic
• Bernard Salha, President of the SNETP, R&D Director at EDF, France TBC

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session

• 16:00 Panel 2 Evolving Nuclear Regulatory Needs
  Moderator Vincenzo Rondinella, Head of the Department Nuclear Safety, JRC
• Impulse speech: Hervé Bernard, Calogena representative
• Cantemir Ciurea-Ercău President National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control – CNCAN TBC
• Ana Rita Lopes Ramos, Head of Unit ENER D.3
• Anna Hajduk Bradford, Director, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
• Annemiek van Bolhuis, Chair of the board of the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, ANVS, The Netherlands

17:00 Launch of the Modelling Hub using 20 years of AMALIA results

• Moderator Concetta Fazio, Head of Unit Reactor Safety and Components, JRC
• Jan Milčak, Managing Director, CVR, Czech Republic
• Stefan Kopecky, Scientific Officer, JRC
• Olivier Marchand, Deputy Director for Nuclear Safety, ASNR, France, TBC
• Jolita Butkevičienė, Director, Innovation in Science and Policymaking, JRC

17:50 Day 1 Closing Remarks by Bernard Magenhann, JRC Acting Director General
18:00 Aperitivo

Day 2, 22 May

9:00 Introduction
Concetta Fazio, Head of Unit Reactor Safety and Components, JRC Impulse speech: “Present and Future Reactors, Components and Materials Research”

09:20 – 10:30 Panel 3 Cultivating Skills and Competences for the Future

• Moderator Alice Seibert, Deputy Head of Unit Reactor Safety and Components, JRC
• Sarah Baatout, Deputy Director in Nuclear Medical Applications at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium
• Andrea Kozlowski, Chairperson, European Nuclear Society Young Generation Network
• Attila Aszódi, Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Techniques of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• Massimo Marino, Chief Education and Academic Relations, Newcleo, Italy

Closing Remarks
Ulla Engelmann, Director, Nuclear Safety and Security, JRC

10:45 – 12:30 Visit to EMMA labs

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch