Program

Registration

Welcome Session: Opening and Protocol Speeches

• Alikaan Ciftci, President, NIATR
• Anton Dedusenko, Board Chairman at Akkuyu Nuclear; CEO of Rusatom Energy International, Company of Rosatom
• Seyit Ardıç, President ,Ankara Chamber of Industry
• Hasan Mandal, Rector, Istanbul Techical University
• MA Mingjun – VP of SNPTC
• Salih Sarı, Acting General Director for Nuclear Energy and International Projects, The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Keynote Speech: Esra Songur, Director for Sustainable Development and Relations with Energy Companies and Business Associations at Akkuyu Nuclear JSC

Keynote Speech: Barış KAYA, IC Nuclear & Industry, company of IC Holding

Celebrating 80 Years of the Russian Nuclear Industry. Brunch at the Rosatom Booth

Session I: BRICS Nuclear Platform

Moderator: Alikaan Çiftçi, Chairman, Nuclear Industry Association (NIATR)
In-person speakers:
• Ms. Elsie Pule, Head Coordinator, BRICS Nuclear Platform, South Africa (welcome notes);
• Ms. Esra Songur, Director for Sustainable Development and Relations with Energy Companies and Business Associations, Akkuyu Nuclear, Russia;
• Mr Hakan Görey, Commercial Director, TİTAN 2 IC Içtaş Inşaat Anonim Şirketi, Türkiye;
• Fei Min, Director of International Department, SNPTC, China;
Online speakers:
• Celso Cunha, President, Brazilian Association for the Development of Nuclear Activities (ABDAN), Brazil (pre-recorded);
• Maxwell Msabala, Engineering Manager for the Nuclear Build Programme, Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom), South Africa;
• Teklemariam Tessema, Coordinator of Nuclear Expert Group, Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT), Ethiopia;
• Sengiphile Simelane, Group Executive: Power and Industry, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), South Africa.

Lunch & Networking Time
MoU Ceremony: Between ThorAtom and NAAREA

Keynote Speech: Hakan Hatioğlu, Expert, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Türkiye
Topic: Nuclear Supplier Information System (NETBIS)

Session II: Prospects For the Use of Atomic Energy in the CA & MENA

Coffee Break & NetWorking Time

Session III: From Space to Earth: How Nuclear Technology is Shaping the Future

Moderator: Okan Yıldız, Nuclear Industry Association of Türkiye – Secretary
Speakers:
• Laban Coblentz, ITER – Communication Director
• Malwina Qvist, Clean Air Task Force – Nuclear Energy Program Director
• Ilya Vergizaev, Rosatom Construction Technologies, Director General
• Veda Kantarcıoğlu, Presidency of Defence Industries – Nuclear Engineer
• Narin Yüksek, Plasma Science & Fusion Center at MIT – Researcher

Registration

Keynote Speech: Jon Buchanan, 3DPLUS DETECTION SYSTEMS, Product Manager
Topic: Next-Generation Gamma Imaging for Safer Nuclear Operations

Keynote Speech: Yunus Emre Demirel, VASTAS
Topic: VASTAŞ’s Journey to Becoming the Only Nuclear Grade Valve Supplier in Turkiye

Keynote Speech: Gizem Özden, Director of Business Development, Assystem Türkiye
Topic: SMR Site Assessment for Brownfield Projects

Keynote Speech: Justin Friedman, U.S. State Department Senior Advisor on Nuclear Energy
Topic: U.S. Leadership for the SMR Revolution

Keynote Speech: Salim Sarı, TRBOR Boron Technologies Inc.
Summary: General structure and main working areas

Coffee Break

Sesson IV: Italian Nuclear Supply Chain Strategic Partner for the New Turkish NPP Projects

Moderator: Alessio Iuvara, Founder & CEO, CAELUS
Speakers:
• Céline Conreau, FACO SpA – Nuclear Power Project Manager
• Lorenzo Tomassetti, Chief Technology Officer, CAELUS
• Diego Santoro, Ansaldo Energia – Head of Business Development
• Matteo Gamba, ATB RIVA CALZONI SpA – Sales Manager Nuclear

Lunch & Networking Time
MoU Ceremony: Between NIATR and Bulgarian Atomic Forum

Keynote Speech: Yavuz Cabbar, General Coordinator, Ankara Chamber of Industry, Ankara Chamber of Industry
Topic: Turkish Supplier Programme to Build New NPPs

Session V: Nuclear Innovation-Advancements in SMRs and Advanced Reactors, Microreactors to Drive the Future

Moderator: Gizem Özden, Director of Business Development, Assystem Türkiye
Speakers:
• Dr. Han Gon Kim, i-SMR Development Agency – President
• Alessio Iuvara, Founder & CEO, CAELUS
• Peter Manchev, BULATOM – Member of the Management Board
• Jean-Luc Alexandre, NAAREA – Founder and CEO
• Igor Palamarchuk, Deputy Director of Rosatom Middle East and North Africa

Coffee Break

Keynote Speech: Andrei Sulin , BeOneGroup
Topic: Nuclear Energy: Opportunities from Being “Green”

Session VI: Women’s Leadership in the Development of High Technology and Innovation in the Nuclear Industry

Moderator: Nesrin Sevimli, Board Member of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIATR), Founder and Chairwoman of the NeSS Communication Agency
Speakers:
• B. Gül Göktepe, Director of the NUTEK Energy Consulting, Technology and Industry Inc., President of WiN Türkiye
• Gülden Türktan, Founding President of W20; Turkish W20 Sherpa; Member, Presidential Council, KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Türkiye) (TBD)
• Senem Şentürk Lüle, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Faculty Member, Energy Institute, Istanbul Technical University; President of Turkish Nuclear Engineers Association
• Ekaterina Siventceva, Head of Safety Culture Department, Akkuyu NPP Construction Project-T2IC JV
• Rozalia Kamaeva (online), Head of the Consolidated Analysis and Planning Department, Adviser to the Director of the Uzatom Agency, Head of the Women’s Council of the Uzatom Agency
• Irina Lashkarovna Tazhibayeva, Deputy Director of the Institute of Atomic Energy, National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Executive Director of the Center for Nuclear Technology Safety; Chair of the Board of the Nuclear Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Sona Valieva, Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Committee of the Foundation for the Support and Development of Women’s Initiatives “Association of Women in the Nuclear Industry”, the Ambassador of WİN Rosatom in Türkiye