Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

8:30 AM
Registration, networking and coffee
 
9:00 AM
Introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global; Founder and CEO of City Week

9:05 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Dr Tim Stone CBE, Chair at Nuclear Industry Association and at Nuclear Risk Insurers

9:10 AM
Keynote address I - Nuclear and UK energy strategy

Delivered by Dr Tim Stone CBE on behalf of Simon Bowen, Interim Chair, Great British Nuclear

9:20 AM
HPC project update

Nigel Cann, Joint Managing Director, Sizewell C (and formerly Delivery Director, Hinkley Point C)

9:25 AM
Keynote address II - Sizewell C – the path to construction

Julia Pyke, FEI, HonFNucl, Joint Managing Director, Sizewell C

9:40 AM
Keynote address III – Consenting nuclear projects: challenges and opportunities

Mustafa Latif-Aramesh, Legal Director and Parliamentary Agent, BDB Pitmans      

9:55 AM
Panel I – Delivering the UK’s nuclear programme: opportunities and challenges

Moderator

Dr Tim Stone CBE, Chair at Nuclear Industry Association and at Nuclear Risk Insurers

Panellists

Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, EDF

Peter Morton, Chief Finance Officer, Rolls-Royce SMR

Mick Gornall, Managing Director, Cavendish Nuclear

Biplab Rakshi, Chair, IoD East of England; Managing Director, Atomic Acquisitions

10:45 AM
New Build’s programmes, a supplier’s view

Interview with:

Christophe Junillon, Managing Director - Nuclear & Power EMEA, Atkins

Moderated by:
 
Dr Tim Stone CBE, Chair at Nuclear Industry Association and at Nuclear Risk Insurers

11:05 AM
Coffee and networking break
 
11:25 AM
Panel II – Nuclear new build outside the UK

Moderator

Jessica Johnson, Communication and Advocacy Director, nucleareurope

Panellists

Max Rychkov MBA CEng, Senior Manager EMEA Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, Westinghouse Electric Company

Clay Sell, Chief Executive Officer, X-Energy 

Rafał Kasprów, Chief Executive Officer, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy and Synthos Green Energy

12:20 PM
Keynote address III – Nuclear: a good investment?

Erin Coghlan, Deputy Director SZC Project, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) 

12:35 PM
Panel III – Funding nuclear: equity and debt

Moderator

Anurag Gupta, Chief Risk Officer, Sequoia Investment Management Company

Panel

Joanna Fic, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s

Huw Williams, Head of Investor Relations, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Michael Redican, Managing Director, MAR Consult Ltd

1:20 PM
Lunch and networking break
 
2:20 PM
Panel IV – Realising the potential of SMR and AMR technology in the UK and beyond. Supporting innovation

Moderator

Andy Storer, CEO, Nuclear AMRC; Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield

Panellists

Kirsty Gogan, Co-CEO, TerraPraxis

Professor Adrian Bull MBE, BNFL Chair in Nuclear Energy and Society, Dalton Nuclear Institute, The University of Manchester

Caroline Longman, Director, Equilibrion 

Gareth Thomas, Director, Holtec Britain

3:20 PM
Panel V – Building up the UK’s nuclear supply chain – skills and capacity building

Moderator

Ivan Baldwin, Director of Business Development, UK & EU Nuclear Power and President, Women in Nuclear, UK

Panellists

Rory O'Neill, UK Director of Government Affairs and Public Relations, Westinghouse Electric Company

Jasbir S Sidhu, President, Nuclear Institute and Managing Director, Corporate Risk Associates

Maggie Brown, Commercial Lead-Supplier Relationship Manager, Hinkley Point C/EDF UK

Lindsay Roche, Business Development Director, Morgan Sindall 

4:10 PM
Coffee and networking break
 
4:25 PM
Fireside chat I – ESG and nuclear energy: social and nature-related impact

Moderator

Estelle Detrembleur MBA FAPM PDHyp, Associate Director, Project Controls, Mace

Panellists

Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, National Officer, Construction and Engineering, GMB

Dr Staffan Qvist, Engineer; Director, QuantifiedCarbon (QCL); Co-author, A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow

4:45 PM
Fireside Chat II – Sustainability and dealing with nuclear waste

Moderator:

Dr Tim Stone CBE, Chair at Nuclear Industry Association and at Nuclear Risk Insurers

Panellists

Corhyn Parr, CEO, Nuclear Waste Services

Richard Parlone, Head of Radiological Protection, EDF

5:10 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Dr Tim Stone CBE, Chair at Nuclear Industry Association and at Nuclear Risk Insurers

5:15 PM
Networking drinks reception, sponsored by EDF
 
6:15 PM
Close of proceedings