Sunday, August 27
12:00 PM-6:00 PM Registration
1:00 PM-4:00 PM Nuclear for Everyone Course
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Student and Early Career Professionals’ Geocaching Event
3:00 PM-4:30 PM Student and Early Career Professionals’ Talent Recruitment Information Session
5:30 PM-7:00 PM Welcome Reception – Sponsored by Hatch
Monday, August 28
7:00 AM-8:00 AM Breakfast
Plenary Program
8:00 AM Indigenous Opening Prayer and Smudge Ceremony
8:15 AM Welcome Remarks
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Environment and Indigenous Engagement (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Christine John, Senior Manager, Indigenous Relations, Ontario Power Generation
Panelists: Reg Niganobe, Grand Chief of the Anishinabek Nation; Bob Watts, Vice President of Indigenous Relations, NWMO; Brenda Morrisseau, Manager, Niigan Aki Program, Sagkeeng First Nation
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Networking Break, Visit Exhibits
10:30 AM-12:00 PM A Review of International Progress on Deep Geological Repository and Transport of Nuclear Waste
Keynote Speaker: Laurie Swami, President & CEO, NWMO
Plenary Presentations: Loong Yong, President, Spectra Tech (US); Jen Nugent, NTS (UK); Tiina Jalonen, Posiva (Finland)
12:00 PM-1:15 PM Networking Luncheon, Visit Exhibits
Plenary Program
1:15 PM-2:30 PM The Future of Nuclear: Ensuring Sustainability and Engaging our Youth (Panel Discussion)
Introduction: Jason Van Wart, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Sustainability at Ontario Power Generation
Keynote Speaker: Grace Stanke is Miss America 2023 and a recent graduate in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison
Moderator: Matthew Mairinger, President, North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN)
Panelists: Grace Stanke, University of Wisconsin – Madison and Miss America 2023; Mackenzie Tigwell, McMaster University; Christina Mohan, University of Waterloo.
2:30 PM-3:00 PM Networking Break – Visit Exhibits
Concurrent Technical Sessions
3:00 PM-5:00 PM Decommissioning Strategies & Projects | Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Environmental Remediation | Indigenous Participation in the Nuclear Industry | Stakeholder Engagement
5:00 PM-7:00 PM Poster Session and Exhibitor Reception
Tuesday, August 29
7:00 AM-8:00 AM Breakfast
Plenary Program
8:00 AM-9:15 AM Long Term Storage and Recycling, and Near Surface Disposal (Panel)
Panelists: Fred Dermarkar, President, AECL; Tristan Jackson, Vice President, Corporate Development, Moltex; Hamid Aït Abderrahim, General Manager, MYRRHA (Belgium)
9:15 AM-10:00 AM Canadian Decommissioning and Waste Management
Keynote Speaker: Meggan Vickerd, General Manager, Waste Services, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Networking Break – Visit Exhibits
10:30 AM-11:45 AM Status of Canadian Decommissioning and Waste Management Projects (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Kristan Schruder, Deputy Vice President, Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Matt King, Deputy General Manager, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment; Theresa Dekker, Vice President, Decommissioning Strategies, Business Strategy & Commercial Management, Ontario Power Generation
12:00 PM-1:20 PM Networking Luncheon, Visit Exhibits
Concurrent Technical Sessions
1:20 PM-3:00 PM Decommissioning Strategies & Projects | Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Low Level, Intermediate Level & Mixed Waste | Waste Characterization, Processing, Packaging & Waste Minimization | Other Tracks
3:00 PM-3:30 PM Networking Break – Visit Exhibits
Concurrent Technical Sessions
3:30 PM-4:50 PM Decommissioning Strategies & Projects | Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Low Level, Intermediate Level & Mixed Waste | Waste Characterization, Processing, Packaging & Waste Minimization | Other Tracks
6:00 PM-9:30 PM Pre-banquet Reception and Banquet Dinner at Queen Victoria Place Restaurant
Pre-banquet Reception – Sponsored by NWMO
Wednesday, August 30
7:00 AM-8:00 AM Breakfast
Plenary Program
8:00 AM-8:40 AM A Supporting Industry Perspective for Waste Management
Keynote Speaker: Sriram Suryanayan, Director, Innovation, Kinectrics Inc.
8:40 AM-9:45 AM International Decommissioning and Integrated Waste Management (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Paul Saunders, President, Suncoast Solutions (USA); Claire Gallery-Strong, Director, Strategy and Integrated Waste Management, Nuclear Waste Services (UK)
9:45 AM-10:20 AM Networking Break – Visit Exhibits
Concurrent Technical Sessions
10:20 AM-12:00 PM Decommissioning Strategies & Projects | Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Low Level, Intermediate Level & Mixed Waste | Corrosion in Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Waste Transportation
12:00 PM-1:20 PM Networking Luncheon, Visit Exhibits
Concurrent Technical Sessions
1:20 PM-2:40 PM Decommissioning Strategies & Projects | Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | Low Level, Intermediate Level & Mixed Waste | Corrosion in Used Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste Management | SMR Waste
2:40 PM-3:00 PM Networking Break – Visit Exhibits
Plenary Program
3:00 PM-4:35 PM Policy and Science towards Environmental Protection (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Rumina Velshi, President & CEO, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; Kim Baines, Environmental Remediation Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency (Austria); Terence Hubbard , President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
4:35 PM-4:45 PM Closing Remarks
Thursday, August 31
Post-conference Technical Tours
Tour 1 Departs Sheraton Fallsview at 9:30 AM– NWMO Engineering Proof Test Facility and the McMaster University Nuclear Research Reactor
Tour 2 Departs Sheraton Fallsview at 8:30 AM– Ontario Power Generation’s Nuclear Sustainability Services Pickering Waste Management Facility (NSS-PWMF)
Tour 3 Departs Sheraton Fallsview at 8:30 AM– Port Hope Area Initiative