Mr. David A. Wright
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Mr. David A. Wright
Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Honorable David A. Wright was first sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 30, 2018. He is currently serving a term ending on June 30, 2025.
Before joining the NRC, Commissioner Wright served as an energy and water consultant and policy advisor on nuclear waste issues. He is a former president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and served as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the South Carolina Public Service Commission. He was also elected councilman and mayor in Irmo, S.C. and to the South Carolina House of Representatives.
A colon cancer survivor, Commissioner Wright is an advocate for cancer awareness and education. He is a proud father and grandfather and has enjoyed umpiring baseball for nearly 50 years. He is a graduate of Clemson University.
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Mr. William A. Horin
President, International Nuclear Law Association-US Chapter
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Mr. William A. Horin
President, International Nuclear Law Association-US Chapter
Mr. Horin is a Washington, DC, attorney. He served as President of the International Nuclear Law Association from 2019-2022, supporting the 2021 Virtual INLA Congress, and the 2022 In-Person INLA Congress in Washington, DC, following the international Covid shutdowns. He is currently the President of the INLA-US Chapter. In addition, Mr. Horin has served as, and is currently, the Co-Chair of the INLA Working Group 2, Nuclear Liability and Insurance, for North America.
Mr. Horin retired from Winston & Strawn, LLP, in January of 2023 after a 44-year practice in the nuclear energy field. During that period he represented nuclear utility licensees, manufacturers, transporters, trade associations, and others primarily before the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Such representation involved the application of regulatory schemes to those groups, including nuclear insurance (liability and property) and fundamental nuclear safety requirements.
Mr. Horin remains active in the industry.
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Mr. Miłosz Motyka
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate
and Environment of the Republic of Poland
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Mr. Miłosz Motyka
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment of the Republic of Poland
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Climate and Environment, responsible for renewable energy and electricity sectors. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Agriculture in Krakow. Involved in social activities, he served as President of the Young People’s Forum from 2017 to 2023. Graduate of the School of Political Leadership. From 2019, Spokesman and Secretary of the General Council of the Polish People’s Party. Since 2024, Councillor of the Malopolska Voivodship Regional Council, where he holds the position of Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection and Public Safety.
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Mr. Étienne de Poncins
Ambassador of France to Poland
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Mr. Étienne de Poncins
Ambassador of France to Poland
Étienne de Poncins is a French diplomat. He was French ambassador to Ukraine from 2019 to 2023, then appointed French ambassador to Poland, from summer 2023.
Étienne de Poncins is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the École nationale d’administration (ENA). He also has a degree in history from Panthéon-Sorbonne University. In 1988, at the age of 24, he completed his ENA six-month internship in Bucharest, in the Romania of the dictator Ceausescu.
Étienne de Poncins held various posts as French ambassador, first in Bulgaria (2007-2010), then in Kenya (2010-2013) and simultaneously in Somalia.
Étienne de Poncins was French ambassador to Ukraine from 2019 to 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was one of the last senior diplomats to remain in Ukraine (having moved to Lviv) in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Étienne de Poncins was then appointed ambassador to Warsaw from the summer of 2023.
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Mr. Ramzi Jammal BSc., MSc., MBA
Executive Vice President & Chief
Regulatory Operations Officer,
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
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Mr. Ramzi Jammal BSc., MSc., MBA
Executive Vice President & Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Ramzi Jammal has accumulated over 35 years of experience in the nuclear industry. His work combines executive management skills with scientific expertise, representing the CNSC in Canada and internationally.
Ramzi was the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Ian McRae award, honouring his substantive contribution to the advancement of nuclear energy in Canada.
Internationally, Ramzi held the role of President of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (2016–18).
Ramzi is the Chair of the IAEA Regulatory Cooperation Forum (2022–25), and member of the IAEA Commission Safety Standards.
In 2024, Ramzi was elected by consensus as President of the Eighth Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management for a period of 3 years.
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Mr. William D. Magwood, IV
Director-General,
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
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Mr. William D. Magwood, IV
Director-General, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Mr. Magwood took up his duties as Director-General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in September 2014. From 2010 to 2014, he served as one of the five Commissioners on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). From 2005 to 2010 he provided independent strategic and policy advice on energy, environment, education, and technology policy issues. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Magwood was Director of the civilian nuclear energy programme at the United States Department of Energy (DOE). He also participated in the NEA’s work, serving on the Steering Committee Bureau 1999-2003, and as Chairman of the Steering Committee 2004-2005. Mr. Magwood, a US national, holds Bachelor degrees in Physics and English from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Ms. Anna Clunes OBE
His Majesty’s Ambassador,
British Embassy, Warsaw
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Ms. Anna Clunes OBE
His Majesty’s Ambassador, British Embassy, Warsaw
Ms Anna Clunes OBE has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Poland since September 2020. Prior to this appointment, she held Director level positions in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the departments of Exiting the European Union, Economic Diplomacy and Protocol. She has additionally held senior roles in the Cabinet Office on European and Global Issues and in the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Ms. Dr. Sama Bilbao y León
Director General,
World Nuclear Association
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Ms. Dr Sama Bilbao y León
Director General, World Nuclear Association
Sama Bilbao y León is Director General of World Nuclear Association and also President of World Nuclear University. She has more than 20 years of diverse experience in nuclear engineering and energy policy; having worked with distinction in industry, academia and having held high level positions at OECD/NEA and IAEA.
Sama holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a master’s degree in Energy Technologies, as well as a master’s degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and an MBA. Sama is one of founders of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN).
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Ms. Dagmara Peret
Country Manager, GE Hitachi
Nuclear Energy in Poland
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Ms. Dagmara Peret
Country Manager, Country Executive GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy in Poland
Dagmara Peret, Country Executive GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy in Poland with its registered office in Warsaw.
I am responsible for the implementation strategy of the BWRX300 Small Modular Reactors in Poland and the Region, and I take care of relations with clients, government agencies and cooperation with the company’s strategic partners.
Actively involved in the implementation of the Polish policy of transition from coal to nuclear as a member of the Nuclear Affairs Team at IGEOS Polish Chamber of Energy and Environmental Protection.
I started my professional career in 1996 at ABB and continued it in various positions at Alstom Power and GE. I spent my entire professional career in the energy sector with a short break for property management activities.
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, I am also a graduate of postgraduate studies in Public Procurement Law at the Kozminski University and this year’s MBA graduate in energy at the Lazars
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Mr. Andrzej Głowacki
President,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Mr. Andrzej Głowacki
President, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), since March 2023.
He has been working for the PAA for more than sixteen years. Since September 2020, he has served as Vice-President of the PAA. Previously, he held the positions as: Director of the Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Director of the Supervision and Inspection Department, and Head of the Nuclear Installations Inspection Division.
He holds a master’s degree in physics (University of Białystok) and he perfected his skills at post-graduate studies in nuclear energy (Warsaw University of Technology). He also completed numerous trainings related to nuclear safety and radiation protection, including on-the-job training at the US NRC in the field of conducting inspections at the construction of the Vogtle NPP, and the commissioning of the Watts Bar 2 NPP.
He participated in the international IRRS mission to Canada as an expert. He co-authored an IAEA Handbook for Regulatory Inspectors of Nuclear Power Plants.
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Ms. Ellen Vandensande
Nuclear policy advisor to the Belgian
Minister of the Interior,
Cabinet of the Belgian
Minister of the Interior
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Ms. Ellen Vandensande
Nuclear policy advisor to the Belgian Minister of the Interior, Cabinet of the Belgian Minister of the Interior
I am a legal expert and policy advisor specializing in public law, environmental law, and nuclear safety. Since January 2021, I have served as a Policy Advisor in the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior, providing advice on nuclear safety/security and Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, security of supply (energy, long term operation of the nuclear power plants) and emergency preparedness. This role involves managing policy implementation across various governmental bodies and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
Prior to this I was a Legal Counsel at the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control for five years, drafting legislation and representing Belgium in international working groups. I started my career as a lawyer for five years assisting clients on public and environmental law.
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Ms. Laetitia Mary Cash
Host of Safer Cleaner Planet Series,
Director, Transition2Zero
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Ms. Laetitia Mary Cash
Host of Safer Cleaner Planet Series, Director, Transition2Zero
Laetitia is the producer and host of The Safer Cleaner Planet Series, a videocast dedicated to educating climate and sustainable energy focused investors, influencers and policy decision-makers with in person interviews discussing transitional, new technology and regulatory stewardship across the globe.
https://safercleanerplanetseries.com/about-the-host/
Drawing on her legal background (Oxford University LLB/LLM Commercial Law and International Energy Litigation), she also regularly contributes articles for Nuclear Future Magazine, examining state aid, innovative financial models and regulatory developments supporting energy transition and SMR/new nuclear FOAK projects. Including documentary screenings, Laetitia also hosts bespoke executive and corporate energy events covering large scale conservation and the new nuclear renaissance.
Spearheading a new campaign and doc ‘Making Nuclear Cool Again, in 2025 she will be hosting a Roundtable Series and Gala dinner in Belem, Brazil for COP30.
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Ms. Sarah Jane Eaton
Director General Directorate
of Advanced Reactor Technologies,
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
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Ms. Sarah Jane Eaton
Director General Directorate of Advanced Reactor Technologies, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Sarah Jane Eaton is the Director General of Directorate of Advanced Reactor Technologies at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). She began her CNSC career in 2009, starting as an Inspector for uranium mines and mills. In 2017, Sarah joined the Nuclear Processing and Facilities Division, as a Senior Project Officer conducting inspections of fuel cycle facilities. In April 2021, Sarah was appointed the Director of Advanced Reactor Licensing in the Directorate of Advanced Reactor Technologies and in November 2023 Sarah became the Director General. The Directorate of Advanced Reactor Technologies is responsible for licensing new nuclear reactors, pre-licensing activities including the Vendor Design Review and leading the SMR readiness project for the CNSC, ensuring a coordinated matrix approach to organizational readiness for regulating SMRs and new reactor technologies. Sarah has a Master of Science in Earth Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Ms. Rumina Velshi P.Eng, ICD.D
Strategic Advisor to the Board,
OSGE
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Ms. Rumina Velshi P.Eng, ICD.D
Strategic Advisor to the Board, OSGE
With over four decades of experience in the nuclear energy sector, Rumina is a senior leader and a strategic advisor to investors, project proponents and technology developers worldwide as well as to governments, international agencies and regulatory bodies.
Rumina most recently served as the President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and as Chair of the IAEA’s Commission of Safety Standards.
Rumina is currently on the board of SaskPower, Hydro Ottawa and a Strategic Advisor to OSGE and Torys LLP.
She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Mr. Gregory Bowman
Deputy Director for the Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Mr. Gregory Bowman
Deputy Director for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Gregory Bowman is the Deputy Office Director for New Reactors at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mr. Bowman began his career with the NRC in 2002 as a reactor inspector in the NRC’s Region I office. He transferred to NRC Headquarters in 2007, where he served in progressively more responsible positions, including Reactor Operations Engineer, Senior Enforcement Specialist, and Executive Technical Assistant for the NRC’s Executive Director for Operations. Mr. Bowman was selected to supervise the Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch in 2012 and has held a number of leadership positions since that time, including Deputy Director of the Division of Risk Assessment, Director of the Vogtle Project Office, and Director of the Division of Physical and Cybersecurity Policy. Before joining the NRC, Mr. Bowman spent four years as an instructor and supervisor in the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia.
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Mr. Joel Eacker
Vice President, New Plant Projects,
Westinghouse
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Mr. Joel Eacker
Vice President, New Plant Projects, Westinghouse
Mr. Eacker is the Westinghouse project team leader for the development of 3 AP1000 nuclear power units for Polska Elektrownie Jadrowa for the Lubiotowo-Kopalino site. He has led project teams for nuclear development in three countries and supported clients in developing over $50B in assets around the world across the nuclear, oil & gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, chip manufacture, and cosmetics industries. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a certified Project Management Professional and Program Management Professional.
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Mr. Marcin Ciepliński
Head of Strategy & Development,
ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
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Mr. Marcin Ciepliński
Head of Strategy & Development, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
For over 20 years in the energy industry. Involved in activities related to the development of nuclear energy in Poland and the project of building the first Polish nuclear power plant. An active participant in work related to creating the legal and regulatory environment for the development of nuclear energy, as well as related to the development of the investor and future operator of the first Polish nuclear power plant. Since 2022, at ORLEN Synthos Green Energy sp. z o.o., a leading entity implementing the BWRX-300 modular reactor technology in Europe, designed by GE Hitachi.
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Mr. Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, PhD
President, International
Nuclear Law Association
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Mr. Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, PhD
President, International Nuclear Law Association
President of the International Nuclear Law Association and an independent advisor with extensive experience in the nuclear energy sector. He has a proven track record in nuclear and environmental regulatory affairs, licensing, and permitting, with over a decade of experience in regulatory compliance and project management.
From 2022 to 2024, he held key leadership positions at Polish Nuclear Power Plants Ltd., serving as Acting President, Vice-President, and Chief Permitting Officer. Previously, he served as President of the National Atomic Energy Agency of the Republic of Poland (2019-2022), appointed by the Prime Minister, and First Deputy Governor for Poland on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2020-2022).
Mr. Młynarkiewicz is an academic lecturer at the Pomeranian University in Słupsk and holds a PhD in nuclear law. He is also a graduate of and lecturer at the International School of Nuclear Law, University of Montpellier.
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Mr. Igor Hanas
Partner, Co-head of Energy Practice,
Wardynski & Partners
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Mr. Igor Hanas
Partner, Co-head of Energy Practice, Wardynski & Partners
Igor Hanas is a partner and co-head of the energy practice. He advises clients in the energy sector, including nuclear, on national and EU regulatory and project development issues, including cross-border technology transfer, performance and arbitration.
Igor also advises on licensing procedures and cross-border energy trade, and represents clients before the Minister of Climate and Environment and the President of the Energy Regulatory Office in Poland.
He regularly lectures on energy law and EU energy policy at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
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Mr. Remigiusz Nowakowski
President, Lower Silesian
Institute for Energy Studies, DISE
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Mr. Remigiusz Nowakowski
President, Lower Silesian Institute for Energy Studies, DISE
He has many years of experience in building and implementing business strategies, managing large companies and investment projects in the energy and district heating industry, as well as excellent knowledge of the specifics of the energy sector and the principles of the electricity and natural gas market. Proven leadership skills in practice and the ability to lead teams in an international environment. Remigiusz received a thorough education in management, law and energy from prestigious universities including: Stanford University, Sustainable Banking Initiative, Certificate Course – Poland Energy Sector Executive Workshop, California, USA, Certificate Course in Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness at the International Institute of Management, New Delhi, India. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the Wrocław University of Economics and a law degree from the University of Wrocław. He is currently the President of DISE and Vice President of the Management Board of QAIR Poland SA. In the past, he held top management positions in energy companies. From 2018 to 2020, he was the President of the Management Board of PILE ELBUD S.A. (construction of electricity infrastructure). From 2015 to 2016, he was President of the Management Board of TAURON Polska Energia (a leading Polish energy company) and Member of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN S.A. From 2016 to 2019 he was a member of the Board of Directors of EURELECTRIC. From 2008 to 2015 and 2020, Executive Director at Fortum, Heating & Cooling, Poland and the Baltics.
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Mr. Graham Alty
Partner, Head of Projects EMEA
and Head of Nuclear Team, Pinsent Masons
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Mr. Graham Alty
Partner, Head of Projects EMEA and Head of Nuclear Team, Pinsent Masons
Graham heads the Projects EMEA team nuclear market team at Pinsent Masons and manages a number of key client relationships. The Projects EMEA business includes 15 offices and circa 280 people (incl circa 50 partners). The nuclear market team includes circa 40 lawyers and regularly engages with industry bodies such as the World Nuclear Association, International Nuclear Lawyers Association and Nuclear Industries Association, as well as advising clients on the current new build, SMR and decommissioning projects in several jurisdictions. Graham is a specialist in delivering high value, complex infrastructure and energy projects. He is familiar with all common forms of project procurement and standard contracts including FIDIC, NEC, IChemE, GC Works, PPC2000, AIA, ICE, JCT, Frameworks, Alliancing, PPP, project finance/RAB/DPC structures as well as nuclear conventions and regulation. He has been included in legal directory rankings for over 15 years.
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Ms. Ing. Marta Žiaková, CSc.
Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory
Authority of the Slovak Republic
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Ms. Ing. Marta Žiaková, CSc.
Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic
Ing. Marta Žiaková, CSc. Since 2002 she serves as the chairperson of Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (ÚJD SR). She has studied at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, graduating in specialization of Technical Cybernetics – Automation Technology. She vindicated her scientific degree, PhD., at the same university in the area of technical cybernetics in 1984.
Marta Žiaková as a chairperson of ÚJD SR has represented Slovakia in a variety of international fora. In 2018, while supported by Eastern European Group, Žiaková has been elected as the President of the 62nd IAEA General Conference. In March 2019 Žiaková has been elected as the Chair of ENSREG Group. In the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, she is a chairperson of the Steering committe. Marta Žiaková was since 2011 vice-chairperson and since 2016 she is a chairperson of the OECD NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy.
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Mr. Patrick Reyners
INLA Scientific Advisor,
INLA (International Nuclear Law Association)
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Mr. Patrick Reyners
INLA Scientific Advisor, INLA (International Nuclear Law Association)
International consultant;
Member of the Board of Management of the International School of Nuclear Law;
Former Head of Legal Affairs at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency;
INLA Scientific Advisor.
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Mr. Michał Kurtyka
President, COP 24
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Mr. Michał Kurtyka
President, COP24
On 2 December 2018, he became the COP24 President, which ended with a great success enabling the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. At the 24th UN climate summit, the international community agreed on the Katowice Rulebook, but also three important political declarations received major support – on the Solidarity and Just Transition, Electromobilty and Forest Protection.
On 15 November 2019, he was appointed as the first Polish Minister of the newly established Ministry of Climate, af 6 October 2020 the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Under his Chairmanship of the Ministerial of the International Energy Agency in 2019 in Paris the Organization unanimously adopted, for first time in ten years, an IEA Ministerial Communiqué. He also served as Chairman of the 42nd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held in Rome in 2021 and as Co-chairman of the Partnership of Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation in Warsaw 2021.
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Ms. Krystyna Wilk-Koncewicz
Financial Director,
ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
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Ms. Krystyna Wilk-Koncewicz
Financial Director, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
Ms Wilk-Koncewicz has wide finance experience with exposure to financial management, valuation, M&A, financial analysis in a multinational organizations.
She has an experience in leading the global transaction to finance investment projects as well as in leading transformation of investment process in Orlen Capital Group.
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Mr. Jacek Łatka
Attorney-at-law,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Mr. Jacek Łatka
Attorney-at-law, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
Jacek Łatka
Attorney-at-law
Legal Department
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
At Poland’s nuclear regulatory body, the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), Jacek Łatka has been working for more than twelve years in the legal department responsible for developing drafts of legal acts and regulations concerning nuclear safety and providing legal services to the President of PAA. He is a graduate of the Law and Administration Faculty at the University of Warsaw and alumni of International School of Nuclear Law and British Law Centre. Member of Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) and Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS – NEA/OECD), appointed civil servant (urzędnik mianowany).
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Ms. Evelyne Ameye, LLM
Founding Partner, EA Law
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Ms. Evelyne Ameye, LLM
Founding Partner, EA Law
Evelyne Ameye, Founder of EA Law and current president of INLA Spain, is a lawyer at the Brussels and Madrid Bar specialized in EU competition and energy law, including nuclear energy law, with over 25 years of experience. She practised in renowned international firms (VB&B in Brussels, Mayer Brown in Paris and GA&P in Madrid) before founding EA Law in 2014 in Madrid/Brussels (www.eameye.com) and being ranked with EA Law every year in Chambers & Partners. She works in EN, FR, ES, PT and NL for an international client-base, incl. the EU Commission (e.g. 2017 INSC Evaluation) and the EU Agency of Energy Regulators ACER. She recently published “State Aid in the Nuclear Sector. What is the Legal Test?” in the ECLR (2024) 45, Issue 6, p. 280 © 2024 Thomson Reuters. She advises nuclear suppliers, (re-)insurers, investors on nuclear law, e.g. on nuclear liability and recently trained PEJ in Poland on nuclear liability, together with Kancelaria Adwokacka dr hab. Mariusz Swora.
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Mr. Manuel Torres Balao
Legal Officer, Fusion for Energy (F4E)
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Mr. Manuel Torres Balao
Legal Officer, Fusion for Energy (F4E)
Manuel Torres Balao is a Spanish qualified lawyer currently working at Fusion for Energy in France. Before joining Fusion for Energy, he gained experience in contract and construction law working at the law firm Garrigues. He holds a master’s degree in international business law. He is co-secretary of Working Group 8 on Nuclear Fusion of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA).
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Mr. Prof. Jakub Handrlica
Full Professor,
Charles University in Prague
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Mr. Prof. Jakub Handrlica
Full Professor, Charles University in Prague
Jakub Handrlica is Full Professor in Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. His main areas of research interest are law of new technologies, energy & nuclear law. On these topics, he has published several articles in international journals, such as Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law etc. In 2020, he was awarded the title of Research Professor (DSc.) by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Since 2022, he has been Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies at his Law Faculty.
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Mr. Peter Hall
General Counsel,
Rolls-Royce SMR Limited
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Mr. Peter Hall
General Counsel, Rolls-Royce SMR Limited
Peter joined Rolls-Royce-SMR Ltd as General Counsel in February of 2022.
Prior to that he was a Partner in the Energy and Infrastructure group at international law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, where he gained over 30 years’ experience of energy and infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally and was Global Head of Nuclear.
Peter has experience of numerous nuclear projects in the UK, the Middle East and both Western and Eastern Europe.
He advised OFWAT, the UK’s water regulator, on the £4.2bn Thames Tideway project which utilised a regulated asset based financing that forms the basis of the nuclear RAB model in the UK.
Peter is a regular speaker at nuclear conferences and is a member of the International Nuclear Law Association.
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Ms. Elena de Boissieu
Legal Adviser, OECD NEA
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Ms. Elena de Boissieu
Legal Adviser, OECD NEA
Elena de Boissieu is a Legal Adviser in the Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). In this role, she serves as a lead on nuclear third-party liability matters. Elena provides secretariat services to the Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention. She also oversees the Secretariat of the NEA Nuclear Law Committee (NEA), the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT), and the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF). Before joining the NEA, Elena worked as in-house legal counsel for leading nuclear power companies in France (Areva, Alstom, GE), where she provided legal assistance and advice on complex nuclear new build projects across Europe.
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Ms. Paula Calle Vives
Senior Nuclear Safety Officer,
Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
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Ms. Paula Calle Vives
Senior Nuclear Safety Officer, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
Technical Lead for New Technologies at the IAEA Regulatory Activities Section, managing activities on SMR safety and regulation, fusion and the regulatory track of the IAEA’s Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiative (NHSI). She also led the review of applicability of the IAEA safety standards to SMR and non-water-cooled reactors and coordinated the Agency plans to consider SMRs in revised and new safety standards, technical publications and training materials.
Previously, she was the Lead of Advanced Nuclear Technologies at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), UK. She also undertook roles on regulation of new build and operating reactors. Before ONR, she worked on operating reactors safety in the UK and France.
She holds a Double Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) and the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France) and an International Relations Master’s Degree from the University of Cambridge (UK).
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Mr. Wojciech Jakóbik
Founder, Energy Security Center
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Mr. Wojciech Jakóbik
Founder, Energy Security Center
Energy analyst since 2009. Energy Security Center founder and Energy Drink podcast anchor.
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Ms. Peri Lynne Johnson
Legal Advisor and Assistant Director General,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Ms. Peri Lynne Johnson
Legal Advisor and Assistant Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Peri Lynne Johnson, IAEA Assistant Director General and Legal Adviser, has over 31 years’ experience in the United Nations System. In 2011, she became the first female Legal Advisor and Director of the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs and is the longest serving Legal Advisor in the history of the IAEA.
Prior to joining the IAEA, she served from 2000-2010 in the Legal Office of the United Nations Development Programme in New York, including in her last role as Director. Ms Johnson has also held appointments from 1995-2000 as legal officer and associate legal officer in the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in New York and from 1993-1995 as associate protection officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Conakry, Guinea.
Before joining the United Nations, Ms Johnson served from 1991-1993 as Legal Associate in the litigation and international practice areas at Arnold & Porter, a leading law firm, in Washington, D.C.
Ms Johnson regularly lectures and publishes on the work of the IAEA. In 2023, her lecture on the “Role of Nuclear Law in the Use of Atomic Energy for Peace and Development” was added to the permanent collection of the United Nations Audiovisual Library. Ms Johnson is featured in Chapter 7 (International Law) of Lawyers at Work (Cosslett, Apress, 2012), as well as in Chapter 11 (the Legal Adviser of the IAEA) of Legal Advisers in International Organizations (Edited by Jan Wouters, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023).
Since 2011, Ms Johnson has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency’s International School of Nuclear Law, in Montpellier, France. Ms Johnson was a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School, for distinguished public service in international organizations during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Ms Johnson earned her B.A. in French Literature, with distinction in all subjects, from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1988, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1991.
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Mr. Ray P. Kuyler
Deputy General Counsel,
Westinghouse Electric Company
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Mr. Ray P. Kuyler
Deputy General Counsel, Westinghouse Electric Company
Ray Kuyler is Deputy General Counsel for Energy Systems and Regulatory matters at Westinghouse Electric Company, a leading international provider of nuclear power plant products and services. Mr. Kuyler advises the global Energy Systems business unit, which is engaged in the development of new plants worldwide, including the AP1000 and AP300 technologies. He and his team also advise on regulatory compliance, environmental, and employment matters. Before joining Westinghouse, he was a member of the Energy practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Washington, DC, where he focused on the licensing of existing and new power plants and other nuclear facilities. Earlier in his career, he was a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, qualifying as a chief engineer at Naval Reactors and serving as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. Mr. Kuyler earned his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and B.S. with Honors from the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Ms. Dr. Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu
Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University UK
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Ms. Dr Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu
Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University UK
Chinenye is currently a senior law lecturer at the Nottingham Law School in Nottingham Trent University, UK. She obtained her PhD at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen UK in the area of International Energy Investment Law and Arbitration. She also obtained her LLM at the University of London. She is a Nigerian qualified Barrister and Solicitor. She also has about five years experience in the Nigerian banking industry as a legal officer. Her research interest centres on international energy investment law and nuclear energy law.
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Ms. Patrycja Nowakowska
Counsel, KKG Law Firm
(Kubas, Kos, Gałkowski – Adwokaci sp.k.)
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Ms. Patrycja Nowakowska
Counsel, KKG Law Firm (Kubas, Kos, Gałkowski – Adwokaci sp.k.)
Counsel at KKG Law Firm, attorney-at-law. Expert in energy market operation, energy law and nuclear law in Energy & Natural Resources Practice. Graduate of postgraduate studies in “Energy Market Functioning” at Warsaw School of Economics, and the program: International Nuclear Law Essentials, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in Paris.
Provides comprehensive legal advice to energy sector companies. Has participated as an advisor and representative in strategic infrastructure investments from the perspective of the country’s energy security, as well as in sectoral contractual disputes and energy regulatory disputes (energy litigation). Represents clients in proceedings before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, the National Appeals Chamber, and other public administration bodies.
Her research interests lie particularly in civil liability for nuclear damage under international and domestic regulations.
Speaker at conferences on nuclear energy in Poland and abroad. Author of publications on nuclear and energy law. Lecturer in the postgraduate studies “Nuclear Energy” at the Warsaw School of Economics.
Member of the International Nuclear Law Association (WG2 – Nuclear Liability, WG3 – International Nuclear Trade/New Build). Participates in the work of the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors on behalf of Kubas, Kos, Gałkowski.
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Mr. Karoly Tamas Olajos
ITER Site & Buildings Legal Affairs Group Leader, Fusion for Energy
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Mr. Karoly Tamas Olajos
ITER Site & Buildings Legal Affairs Group Leader, Fusion for Energy
Karoly Tamas Olajos is Group Leader of the ITER Site & Buildings Legal Affairs Group of Fusion for Energy. He is a qualified lawyer with a master’s degree in business administration. His motto is to create simplicity in complexity. Karoly is specialised in nuclear regulation and the management of international organisations with more than 14 years of hands-on experience at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER); he is the Chairperson of Working Group 8 on Nuclear Fusion of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA), the Secretary of the International Group of Legal Experts on Fusion Energy (FELEX), and the Secretary of the Fusion for Energy Roundtable – a multidisciplinary meeting place where legal, regulatory and policy aspects of fusion technology development are discussed.
www.linkedin.com/in/karoly-tamas-olajos-jd-mba-ll-m-pmp-11967232
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Mr. Bogdan Pilch
General Director, IGEOS
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Mr. Bogdan Pilch
General Director, IGEOS
Manager with long experience in managerial positions in Polish and foreign companies in the energy sector (PGE Energia Odnawialna – President, GDF SUEZ – Vice President), gas sector (Gaz de France Poland – President, Statoil Poland – Director), production sector (H. Cegielski Poznan – President), finance (Magnus Brokerage House – President).
Experience in management, preparation of development strategies and investment projects for many companies. Participation in the implementation of investment projects in conventional and renewable power industry, including obtaining financing for these projects. Knowledge and ability to cooperate with the authorities and local government and institutions from the business environment. Extensive experience in cooperation with the media and active participation in conferences, congresses and seminars.
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Ms. Nuria Prieto Serrano
Senior Technician, Department of International Cooperation and R&D, Enresa
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Ms. Nuria Prieto Serrano
Senior Technician, Department of International Cooperation and R&D, Enresa
Philologist and lawyer with over 20 years of experience in radwaste management. She studied her both degrees in Madrid, with postgraduate studies on EU Law at the University of Saarbrücken (Germany).
Currently she works at the Department of International Cooperation and R&D in Enresa, the Spanish Waste Management Organization. During the period of negotiations of the Waste Directive (2010-12), she was seconded as a national expert to the European Commission in Luxembourg.
She participates in several international groups: she is the co-chair of the OECD-NEA Forum on Stakeholders’ Confidence; the Chair of the Club of Agencies; Chair of the INLA WG 5. She participates in different fora at IAEA (e.g. Joint Convention review processes) and the EU representing her country (e.g. ENSREG WG on waste). She is the author of several academic papers about EU Nuclear law and lecturer at the Master of Energy Law of the Spanish Energy Club in Madrid.
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Mr. Dr. Christian Raetzke
Owner, Law firm (Rechtsanwaltskanzlei)
Dr. Christian Raetzke
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Mr. Dr. Christian Raetzke
Owner, Law firm (Rechtsanwaltskanzlei) Dr. Christian Raetzke
Christian Raetzke is an independent lawyer and consultant, running his own law firm in Leipzig, Germany.
After university degrees in Germany and France and a phd in nuclear law, Mr. Raetzke worked from 1999 to 2011 for E.ON Nuclear, at that time the largest operator of nuclear power plants in Germany. His latest position there was Head of International Regulatory Affairs.
In 2011, Mr. Raetzke founded his own law firm. Since then, he advises operators, suppliers, regulatory authorities and institutions in Germany and in other countries on all issues of nuclear and radiation protection law. He frequently works with the German nuclear insurance pool DKVG.
Mr. Raetzke is chairman of the German branch of INLA. He has written and edited several books and a number of articles on a variety of nuclear law topics. In addition, he is an active lecturer, with regular speaking engagements at various institutions.
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Mr. Ian Salter
Partner, Burges Salmon LLP
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Mr. Ian Salter
Partner, Burges Salmon LLP
Ian has worked at Burges Salmon for over 30 years and became a partner in 1999.
He is an expert in the field of nuclear regulation and international nuclear law and has advised extensively on commercial arrangements in the nuclear sector around the world.
Ian chairs the Nuclear Industry Association’s Legal and Financial Affairs Working Group, and also acts as the UK representative on the board of the International Nuclear Law Association with whom he has been actively involved since 1999.
He is editor of ‘The Burges Salmon Guide to Nuclear Law’ (Third edition 2024).
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Mr. Philipp Sauter
Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute
for Comparative Public Law
and International Law
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Mr. Philipp Sauter
Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Philipp Sauter is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Germany. He holds diplomas in both law and physics. He conducts research on the legal framework of nuclear fusion with a focus on nuclear non-proliferation. He is co-secretary of Working Group 8 on Nuclear Fusion of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) and member of the German Federal Government’s Expert Commission on Fusion Regulation.
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Ms. Kimberly Sexton Nick
Head, Division of Nuclear Law,
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
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Ms. Kimberly Sexton Nick
Head, Division of Nuclear Law, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Kimberly Sexton Nick is the Head of the Division of Nuclear Law at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. In this position, she is the lead counsel for nuclear safety and regulatory affairs, provides secretariat services to the NEA Nuclear Law Committee and the Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety, and directs the legal education and publication programmes, including as editor of the Nuclear Law Bulletin. Kimberly has written and lectured extensively on nuclear law issues, focusing on nuclear regulation and regulatory reform, oversight of nuclear activities, environmental protection, and long-term operation. Prior to this, Kimberly was Legal Counsel to Commissioner Ostendorff at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and an attorney in the NRC’s Office of the General Counsel. Kimberly is a Member of INLEX and the INLA Board of Management. She received her JD, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law and her bachelor’s degrees from the University of North Carolina.
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Mr. Simon Stuttaford
Principal, Castletown Law
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Mr. Simon Stuttaford
Principal, Castletown Law
Simon has worked in the nuclear sector for 15 years. Initially in decommissioning as GC for EnergySolutions, more recently he was part of Horizon Nuclear Power’s legal team on its nuclear new build project, with responsibility for the nuclear site licence application and environmental permits. His particular expertise is in Licensing, Environmental Permitting, Regulatory compliance and Corporate Governance. Simon joined Castletown Law in July 2019, a specialist energy and infrastructure practice. Simon has lectured at UK Universities in Environmental and EU law and has developed and delivered an online Master`s programme on nuclear law for a UK University. Simon has advised advanced nuclear technology developers on the strategy and approach to technology deployment in the UK and in other jurisdictions. He has worked on a project to assist the Estonian government to develop its nuclear legislation. He is a co-author of 3 Guides on regulatory challenges for advanced nuclear technologies.
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Ms. Lisa Thiele
Vice-President, Legal and Commission
Affairs & Senior General Counsel,
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
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Ms. Lisa Thiele
Vice-President, Legal and Commission Affairs & Senior General Counsel, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
At Canada’s nuclear regulatory body, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Lisa leads both the in-house legal services and the Registry, which manages all of the Commission’s public proceedings. She is counsel to the Commission in its quasi-judicial tribunal role, in conducting regular public hearings and meetings across Canada. She has extensive experience in nuclear regulatory law at the national and international levels. She is a member of the Board of Management of the International Nuclear Law Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Nuclear Law Organization. She has been on the faculty of the IAEA’s Nuclear Law Institute since its inception in 2011, and is a lecturer and Supervisory Board member of the International School of Nuclear Law. Lisa is licensed by the Law Society of Ontario where she was called to the bar in 1997.
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Mr. Prof. Fumito Tomooka
Professor, Nihon University
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Mr. Prof. Fumito Tomooka
Professor, Nihon University
FUMITO TOMOOKA is Professor of Law at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo (Japan), and also the Head of Researchers at Japan Energy Law Institute (JELI). His major subject starts from Administrative Law and Energy Law especially from Economic Law. From expanding his major fields, he also specializes in Nuclear Law especially from public law points on regulations for nulclear safety and radioactive wastes disposals. He has experiences of working as part-time members for governmental committess in METI, MHLW, MIC and MOJ. He has recently published the book relating to the conference- The Structure of Nuclear Law and Control of Special Knowledges (Shinzansha Pub., 2024).
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Mr. Riju Raj Singh Jamwal PhD(c)
Managing Partner,
Jrd & Partners Law Firm (India)
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Mr. Riju Raj Singh Jamwal, PhD(c)
Managing Partner, Jrd & Partners Law Firm (India)
General Counsel litigating in Civil and Constitutional Law since 1996 before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, Tribunals in India with further experience of assisting proceedings in foreign jurisdictions in the U.K and USA with research specialization in Nuclear Energy Law. A life member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, member of the INLA and part of the INLA Working Group.
Trainer for Advocacy Skills, serves as a panellist and resource person for educational, sustainable development, energy and climatic change seminars at universities and other forums nationally and internationally. Multiple publications in nationally recognized journals in the area of nuclear energy law adopting an all-inclusive sociolegal, economic and sustainable development. After competion of a law degree, received a Master’s degreee in energy Law and presently a researcher in the Nuclear Energy Law. A keen sportsman.
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Mr. Jean-Denis Treillard
Managing Director, ELINI – European Liability
Insurance for the Nuclear Industry
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Mr. Jean-Denis Treillard
Managing Director, ELINI- European Liability Insurance for the Nuclear Industry
Jean-Denis has been working for Nuclear industry for the last 30 years. he is an expert in Nuclear Third Party Liability.
With a law and Risk Management background, he stared his nuclear carreer as insurance broker, before joining the Risk and Insurance Department of a French Nuclear Industry company named AREVA. After 15 years in this company. He managed the Underwriting Department for Liabilities in France for HDI, a german insurer, where he also was member of the Executive Committee.
He then joined ELINI, an Insurance European Mutual that provides coverages for Nuclear Third Party Liabilities to Nuclear Operators in different countries, where he acts as Managing Director.
He took part to experts group at the European Commission level in relation to Nuclear Third Party Liability. He is actively participating in various working group at INLA, as well as working groups at the OECD / NEA level.
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Mr. Zbigniew Stasiak
Counsel, Clyde Krasnodębski
Kulińska i Wspólnicy sp. k.
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Mr. Zbigniew Stasiak
Counsel, Clyde Krasnodębski Kulińska i Wspólnicy sp. k.
Zbigniew Stasiak is a Counsel at Clyde & Co’s Warsaw office. Between 2004 and 2010 he worked for a Polish energy regulator, i.e. the President of the Energy Regulatory Office in Poznań handling cases connected with i.e. licenses for energy business activities, imposing penalties on energy entrepreneurs, settling disputes between energy entrepreneurs and energy off-takers etc. In 2010, Zbigniew joined Dentons’ Warsaw office, working there until the end of 2023. His expertise encompasses a wide range of matters connected with regulatory issues in power, natural gas, liquid fuels and heat fields. He represented the bidder in the first tenders for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland and has experience in regulatory matters concerning nuclear power plants and SMRs. He also handled contractual and corporate matters in commodity trading, representing clients before regulatory bodies and courts, including the Polish Supreme Court.
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Mr. Ted Jones
Senior Director, National Security
and International Programs,
Nuclear Energy Institute
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Mr. Ted Jones
Senior Director, National Security and International Programs, Nuclear Energy Institute
Ted Jones is senior director for national security and international programs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry’s policy organization in Washington, D.C.
An expert on international energy markets and nuclear trade policy, Mr. Jones leads initiatives related to nuclear energy exports, including nuclear cooperation agreements, nuclear export controls, export finance, export promotion and related issues. In addition to his work on nuclear trade policy and promotion, Mr. Jones serves as liaison to stakeholders in the nuclear policy and national security communities.
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Mr. Wojciech Wrochna
Vice President of the Management Board
ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
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Mr. Wojciech Wrochna
Vice President of the Management Board, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
Wojciech is a lawyer specialised in European law, particularly competition law, state aid and sectoral regulation, as well as handling investments and transactions in regulated markets.
He has experience working in the EU, as well as in governmental institutions. He is a Partner and Head of the Energy, Infrastructure and Environment Practice Group at Kochański & Partners law firm. He has also worked as an advisor to Polish energy companies PGE EJ1 and PSE SA, where he dealt with energy sector regulation, EU law, and state aid issues.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia and completed his doctoral studies in law. He is also a graduate of the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg (international, European and comparative law) and completed postgraduate studies in European litigation at the International University Institute in Luxembourg.
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Mr. Bartosz Brzyski
Associate
Kochański & Partners
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Mr. Bartosz Brzyski
Associate, Kochański & Partners
Bartosz Brzyski specialises in providing legal services for investment projects, particularly within the energy, infrastructure, and construction industries, with a particular focus on providing services to international clients. He advises on the preparation and implementation of contracts as well as assists in negotiations and dispute resolution.
In his career to date, he has had the opportunity to work for leading Polish and international law firms, participating in some of the largest investment projects and transactions.
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Mr. Mark Foy
Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector,
Office for Nuclear Regulation
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Mr. Mark Foy
Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation
Mark was appointed Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector of the United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 1 June 2021 having been ONR’s Chief Nuclear Inspector since 2017.
He is an Executive Board member of the ONR and is the Regulatory Head of the organisation, providing independent, authoritative, expert advice on nuclear safety, security and safeguards to the ONR Board, Ministers and Parliament.
During the last 21 years he has successfully led ONR’s regulation across various sectors of the nuclear industry, securing improvements in safety and security performance.
Mark has 35 years’ experience of the UK’s civil and defence nuclear industry, combined with extensive international experience, having undertaken various senior roles within the international regulatory community. He provides authoritative leadership and advice on nuclear safety and its regulation.
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Mr. Mgr. Štěpán Kochánek
Director of the Section for Nuclear Safety
(the Deputy-Chair of the State Office
For Nuclear Safety),
State Office For Nuclear Safety
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Mr. Mgr. Štěpán Kochánek
Director of the Section for Nuclear Safety (the Deputy-Chair of the State Office For Nuclear Safety), State Office For Nuclear Safety
Stepan Kochanek works for the State Office for Nuclear Safety, the Czech regulatory body for a peaceful utilization of nuclear energy and ionizing radiation, since 2003. Formerly he acted as a lawyer and head of the Legal Department, being responsible for legal affairs related to all aspects of nuclear safety and security, radiation safety, emergency management, transport of nuclear and radioactive materials and radioactive waste management. Recently, as the Director of the Section for Nuclear Safety, he is responsible for management of all aspects of nuclear safety, nuclear security and radioactive waste management, including licensing, inspections and safety assessments. Stepan Kochanek participates as an expert on EU development projects in neighboring countries (Armenia, Jordan, Ukraine). He is the Czech Republic’s representative in the IAEA NHSI and is involved in the EU SMR related activities and represents the regulatory body in national SMRs’ intragovernmental initiatives.
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Ms. Aline des Cloizeaux
Director of the Division
of Nuclear Power, IAEA
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Ms. Aline des Cloizeaux
Director of the Division of Nuclear Power, IAEA
Ms Aline DES CLOIZEAUX, is Director, Division of Nuclear Power, in the Department of Nuclear Energy of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Before joining the Agency, Ms des Cloizeaux worked as Director, Civil Nuclear and Equipment Business Line at Naval Group, Program Director at Framatome, Large Investment Projects SVP at Orano, and held various positions at Areva and Cegelec, in Paris, France. She is Vice-President of Women in Nuclear IAEA.
Ms des Cloizeaux holds a Master’s degree in Science and Engineering Technology from the École Polytechnique, a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs.
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Mr. Marcin Dąbrowski
Director, Nuclear Safety
and Security Department,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Mr. Marcin Dąbrowski
Director, Nuclear Safety and Security Department, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
Marcin Dąbrowski – employee of the National Atomic Energy Agency since 2010, specializing in nuclear safety requirements, licensing of nuclear facilities and deterministic safety analyzes performed as part of regulatory assessment. Regulatory Nuclear Safety Inspector, as well as a representative of the PAA in the ENSREG and WENRA working groups. Since 2020, he has been the Director of the Department responsible in particular for supervision and inspections in the field of nuclear safety, radiological protection and physical protection of nuclear facilities and safeguards of nuclear materials.
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Ms. Ximena Vásquez-Maignan
Counsel,
White & Case LLP
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Ms. Ximena Vásquez-Maignan
Counsel, White & Case LLP
Ximena Vásquez-Maignan has been working in the nuclear sector for twenty years. She specializes in nuclear law, with a particular expertise in nuclear liability. She advises governments and public organizations, investors, operators, equipment and service providers, as well as insurers, in the development, operation and monitoring of nuclear projects worldwide.
After starting her career as an international lawyer at Veolia Water, Ximena joined Electricité de France (EDF) in Beijing in 2003 and has not stopped working on nuclear issues since then. She subsequently worked for an international law firm and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) where she was Head of the Office of Legal Counsel, before joining White & Case in November 2022.
She is an active member of several nuclear groups, and chairs the INLA Working Group on nuclear liability & insurance (except for North America) and the End Energy Users Panel of the World Nuclear Association.
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Mr. Dominik Rauchut
Head of Advanced Reactor
Assessment Division,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Mr. Dominik Rauchut
Head of Advanced Reactor Assessment Division, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
Dominik Rauchut graduated from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology with a specialization in nuclear energy. He is an employee of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) since 2016, and since July 2024, he has been the Head of Advanced Reactor Assessment Division in Nuclear Safety and Security Department.
Dominik Rauchut specializes in technical assessment and licensing of nuclear facilities, with a particular focus on advanced nuclear reactors. He is also a nuclear regulatory inspector.
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Mr. Petteri Tiippana
Director General
STUK, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
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Mr. Petteri Tiippana
Director General, STUK, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
Mr. Tiippana completed his studies of nuclear power plant engineering with a Master of Science degree at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) in 1997. Mr. Tiippana joined the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in May 1996 and has had various positions at STUK during his career. From August 2013 he was appointed as the Director General of STUK ‐ Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, until February 2029. Before that Mr. Tiippana was the Director of the Nuclear Reactor Regulation. His career history includes active participation in the work of the OECD/NEA, the IAEA and EU. He is the vice chair of WENRA.
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Ms. Godelieve Vandeputte, LL.M.
Head of Legal Synatom,
Engie Electrabel
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Ms. Godelieve Vandeputte, LL.M.
Head of Legal Synatom, Engie Electrabel
Godelieve Vandeputte is Head of Legal Synatom – after a prior career as Senior Legal Counsel for the Belgian nuclear operator ENGIE – ELECTRABEL and having been active since 1994 in the legal field regarding nuclear energy.
Synatom is in charge of the supply of nuclear fuel to the Belgian nuclear power plants, as well as of the management of irradiated nuclear fuel. Moreover, it is in charge of establishing financial provisions for the decommissioning of the Belgian nuclear power plants and for the management of irradiated fuel from those plants.
Godelieve is Deputy Secretary General of the International Nuclear Law Association since 2007 and president of the Brussels Nuclear Law Association. Moreover, she is a member of the Legal Expert Group of Nucleareurope, the European organization for the nuclear industry. She is a member of the Board of ELINI, a mutual insurance company ensuring nuclear third party liability.
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Mr. Paweł Smoliński
Director, Office of Technical Inspection
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Mr. Paweł Smoliński
Director, Office of Technical Inspection
Paweł Smoliński – is an experienced professional at Office of Technical Inspection.
He is responsible for area of nuclear energy, innovation and development. His educational background includes MEng studies at the Faculty of Mechatronics at Warsaw University of Technology (specializing in automation). Additionally he completed postgraduate studies in management at Warsaw School of Economics and in Nuclear Energy at WUT (Faculty of Power & Aeronautical Engineering). At UDT Paweł has led a variety of impactful projects inluding drone inspection, robotics, cybesecurity of industrial systems, and incorporation of virtual and augmented reality.
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Ms. Ana Stanič
Founder and Director, E&A Law
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Ms. Ana Stanič
Founder and Director, E&A Law
Ana Stanič, an English Solicitor Advocate and Irish solicitor, has over 25 years of experience in advising states, companies and international institutions on matters of energy law, EU law and international law. She was ranked amongst the top five UK Energy (Power) lawyers by Chambers & Partners in 2024. Nuclear law is one of her areas of speciality having advised on inter alia the EU environmental law aspects of the life time extension of a nuclear power station, the state aid issues concerning the financing of new nuclear as well as EU and international law concerning radioactive waste. She is currently advising on the construction of a radioactive waste facility as well as on the financing of a new NPP.
She has also advised on the construction of other large energy infrastructure including LNG Terminals and pipelines as well as EU and international law issues concerning the same. She regularly represents states and companies in large energy disputes as well a sits as arbitrator.
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Ms. Dr. Charlotta E. Sanders, P.E.
Associate Research Professor,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Ms. Dr. Charlotta E. Sanders, P.E.
Associate Research Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dr. Charlotta E. Sanders is an Associate Research Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Also, she is a consulting nuclear engineer with Sanders Engineering. Dr. Sanders has a multi-faceted experience within the nuclear sector offering technical support in criticality safety, waste management, radiation protection and shielding design work, core analysis, as well as emergency preparedness and hazards assessment. She is a registered licensed professional Nuclear Engineer in both the State of Nevada/Idaho, and is the author of over 70 journal/conference articles (including several U.S. NUREGs). Dr. Sanders is the recipient of the American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation in recognition of her contributions made to the society’s response to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan (2011). In 2018, she was awarded the American Chemical Society’s Energy and Fuels Division 2018 Distinguished Service Medal.
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Mr. Mark Callis Sanders
Consultant, Sanders Engineering
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Mr. Mark Callis Sanders
Consultant, Sanders Engineering
Mr. Mark Callis Sanders is a Project Management and Nuclear law consultant with Sanders Engineering. Mr. Sanders received a post-graduate diploma in International Nuclear law from the University of Montpellier. He studied law and International Business at King’s College London. Mr. Sanders has published numerous comprehensive journal articles and a book on radioactive waste and spent fuel management from the legal, social/consent-based and scientific perspectives. Mr. Sanders serves as Chair of the Radiological Protection Working group for the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) and as a member of INLA’s board of management. Furthermore, Mr. Sanders is an active member of the Nuclear Liability and Nuclear Waste Management working groups.
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Mr. Denis Philippe
Attorney at Law & Professor,
Philippe and Partners,
Catholic University of Louvain,
University of Paris X
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Mr. Denis Philippe
Attorney at Law & Professor, Philippe and Partners, Catholic University of Louvain, University of Paris X
Denis Philippe holds a doctorate in law, is a founding partner of Philippe & Partners and is a member of the Brussels and Luxembourg Bars. He is a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), at ICHEC and at the University of Paris X Nanterre.
He has over 30 years’ experience in both academic and practical work in the field of civil and commercial law, and more specifically in the drafting, review and negotiation of national and international contracts, as well as commercial transactions involving financing.
He is the author of scientific publications in these fields. He is editor-in-chief of the legal journal DAOR, a member of various journal editorial boards and treasurer of the European Law Institute. He has regularly been appointed as an expert by the European Union. Denis Philippe is very active in international networking groups, which provide a rich platform for cross-border collaboration, assisting colleagues when their cases involve Belgian or Luxembourg aspects.
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Mr. Kamil Pociecha, LL.M.
Senior Associate,
DZP (Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
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Mr. Kamil Pociecha, LL.M.
Senior Associate, DZP (Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
Kamil is an attorney-at-law, tax adviser and a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers and Experts (Polish FIDIC branch). He specialises in legal advice in the preparation, implementation and settlement of infrastructure investments. He represents clients in disputes between participants in the investment process and is an expert in contracts in the investment process, particularly works, EPC, EPCM and PPP contracts, and FIDIC Conditions of Contract. He has more than a decade of experience in projects to construct and modernise power plants and industrial plants, power lines and substations, roads and motorways, railways and tramways, photovoltaic and wind farms, stadiums, shopping malls, warehouses and other large-scale structures. Kamil graduated from Jagiellonian University and holds an LLM from Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C.
Author of a number of publications and books.
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Mr. Adam Juszczak, PhD
Senior Advisor, Climate and Energy Team,
Polish Economic Institute
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Mr. Adam Juszczak, PhD
Senior Advisor, Climate and Energy Team, Polish Economic Institute
Doctor of Economics, Senior Advisor in the Climate and Energy Department at the Polish Economic Institute, and Assistant Professor at the Kozminski University. Author and co-author of numerous publications and reports in the field of energy. Lecturer in the postgraduate program “Nuclear Energy” at the Warsaw School of Economics. Previously professionally affiliated with the University of Łódź, the National Bank of Poland, and the consulting firm Deloitte.
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Ms. Katarzyna Kuźma
Partner, DZP
(Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
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Ms. Katarzyna Kuźma
Partner, DZP (Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
Katarzyna is the head of the team that provides services in the field of Polish and European public procurement law at DZP. She has extensive experience in advising private and public entities that carry on business in various industries and sectors of the economy (including the energy, construction and engineering services, environmental protection, pharmaceutical, and defence and security sectors). She also advises on projects implemented using partnership structures in the broad sense of the term (PPP, concessions). The advice she provides covers all stages of procurement procedures and performance of public procurement contracts, including inspection procedures and so-called financial corrections procedures. She advises on competition law in public procurement, with a particular focus on collusive tendering. She has extensive experience in advising on international investment projects. Vice-president and co-founder of the Public Procurement Law Association in Poland.
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Mr. Tomasz Darowski
Partner, DZP
(Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
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Mr. Tomasz Darowski
Partner, DZP (Domański Zakrzewski Palinka)
Tomasz specialises in infrastructure investments, related contracts, and in handling disputes arising under these contracts. He advises on projects in the energy, road, rail, waste management, water and sewage sectors, including concession and PPP projects. A renowned specialist in M&A and restructuring transactions, he also advises entities in the defence sector. He is a graduate of the Law and Administration Faculty at the University of Warsaw and postgraduate studies in French and European Commercial Law (D.E.S.S.) (Postgraduate French School, cooperation between the University of Warsaw and the University of Poitiers) and postgraduate studies in accounting and corporate finance at the Warsaw School of Economics.
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Ms. Lorraine Chiwenga
Doctoral Student,
University of Stirling
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Ms. Lorraine Chiwenga
Doctoral Student, University of Stirling
Lorraine is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Stirling. Her study focuses on nuclear waste management aspect of decommissioning.
Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom, Lorraine was employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe. She participated in a range of projects, including Zimbabwe’s Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources and the Great Limpopo Tranfrontier (Peace Parks).
In the UK, Lorraine has held various positions, including teaching.
Lorraine holds a master’s degree in international Energy Law and Policy from the University of Stirling. Lorraine possesses a Diploma in International Nuclear Law from the University of Montpelier. She also holds a master’s degree in Ecotourism from the University of Edinburgh Napier.
Lorraine is affiliated with the International Nuclear Law Association and serves as a member of the Expert Group on a Post-Accident Food Safety Framework and Women in Nuclear Law Initiative.
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Ms. Nivedita S
Research Fellow, Centre for International Law,
National University of Singapore
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Ms. Nivedita S
Research Fellow, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Nivedita S is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. Her research focus is at two levels: at the international level on law and policy issues that cut across the energy, nuclear, ocean, security and environmental sectors, including those relating to the governance of floating nuclear power, nuclear claims-handling and the conceptulisation of ‘sustainable energy’ using environmental norms; and at the regional level on conceptualising ‘ASEAN nuclear governance’ and the development of ASEAN energy norms. Her primary research interests lie at the intersections of different areas of international law. Recent projects include studying the nexus between nuclear weapons and climate change and the intersection of nuclear and space law. Nivedita is a member of the International Nuclear Law Association and the Women in Nuclear Law Initiative. She also holds a University Diploma in International Nuclear Law from the University of Montpellier (FR).
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Mr. Robert Paprocki
Representative of the Board,
Nuclear integration at Polskie Sieci
Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
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Mr. Robert Paprocki
Representative of the Board, Nuclear integration at Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
Robert has been with PSE, Polish transmission system operator, for 27 years, being responsible for Polish power system operation for almost half of that time. Apart from that, he was involved in electricity market implementation and its development as well as in long term power system planning. Currently acts as the Representative of Board for integration of nuclear power plants. Throughout most of the time heavily involved in international activities, mainly inter TSO cooperation, being a member of numerous working and steering groups as well as convener of couple of them. Currently he is vice chairman of TSC Operational Advisory Board and PSE representative in TSCNET Management Board. Author and co-author of more than 40 papers concerning system planning, system operation and electricity market related issues presented at the domestic and international conferences. Graduated from Warsaw University of Technology. IEEE Senior Member.
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Mr. Przemysław Gorzkowski
Chief Legal Officer,
Nuclear PL sp. z o.o.
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Mr. Przemysław Gorzkowski
Chief Legal Officer, Nuclear PL sp. z o.o.
Attorney-at-law, one of founders and co-owner of Nuclear PL sp. z o.o., consulting company established with reknown nuclear engineers in Poland, focused on the consulting and research services for the nuclear power sector. He is also a Member of the Programme Council of Nuclear.pl Foundation – one of the oldest platforms involved in promotion and education on nuclear energy in Poland. Przemyslaw has also over twelve years of experience in legal services for energy and infrastructure sector. For many years he was associated with a leading EPC contractor capital group, which was involved in constructing power and industrial facilities. Przemyslaw’s advisory covered many investment processes in both conventional energy sources (coal and gas power plants) as well as renewable energy (waste-to-energy plants, hydroelectric power plants, wind farms).
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Ms. Iga Pocztarek – Tofil
Director of the Policy and International
Cooperation Bureau,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Ms. Iga Pocztarek-Tofil
Director of the Policy and International Cooperation Bureau, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
More than 5 years of management experience in public administration from the head of unit in the Office of the Minister for European Affairs, then Director for International Relations in the Ministry of Climate and Environment and Director in charge of strategic planning, external communication and international affairs in the national nuclear safety regulatory authority the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA). 5 years of professional career spent as a government expert in Brussels at the Polish Permanent Representation to the EU negotiating EU regulations and coordinating economic issues including energy policy. Since January 2024 chair of the working group of nuclear safety and international cooperation (WG1) within the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG).
A civil servant since 2011.
Educational background in international security and European law and administration.
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Mr. Stephen Tromans KC
King’s Counsel, 39 Essex
Chambers, London
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Mr. Stephen Tromans KC
King’s Counsel, 39 Essex Chambers, London
King’s Counsel specialising in nuclear law, energy law and environmental law. Involved in many of the UK’s leading cases and projects.
Author of “Nuclear Law”, 3rd edition in preparation.
Member of the UK’s Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, appointed to provide expert advice to the UK government.
Director of INLA UK.
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Mr. Dr. Jonathan Herbach
Co-Secretary, Nuclear Security
and Non-Proliferation
Working Group, INLA
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Mr. Dr. Jonathan Herbach
Co-Secretary, Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation Working Group, INLA
I have held several position in national government, international organizations, NGOs, and academia working on issues related to arms control law, nuclear security and non-proliferation. I have published extensively on these issues, including a book on International Arms Control Law and the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism. I hold a Ph.D. in public international law from the University of Amsterdam and am on the editorial board of the Journal of Conflict and Security Law.
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Ms. Elina Teplinsky
Member, Strategic Advisory Group,
International Bank
for Nuclear Infrastructure (IBNI)
Implementation Organization;
Partner, Pillsbury
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Ms. Elina Teplinsky
Member, Strategic Advisory Group, International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure (IBNI) Implementation Organization; Partner, Pillsbury
Elina is a Partner and the Energy Industry Group Leader at Pillsbury, where she advises governments, project developers, vendors and investors on the development, financing, regulation and implementation of new nuclear projects globally based on both large LWR and small/advanced reactor technologies.
Elina is also a member of the Advisory Board of IBNI-IO, an NGO that is advocating and helping to implement the establishment of the International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure (IBNI), a multilateral infrastructure bank that will finance nuclear infrastructure in both high-income and developing countries in support of decarbonization, energy security and sustainable development goals.
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Ms. Kristin Weiß
PhD Candidate,
University of Würzburg
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Ms. Kristin Weiß
PhD Candidate, University of Würzburg
Kristin Weiss is a doctoral candidate at the University of Würzburg. Her legal research focuses on the legal framework of nuclear fusion, particularly in Germany. She is conducting a comparative analysis of the licensing requirements for future fusion power plants under German and U.S. Law. In addition to her legal research, Kristin works as a lawyer specializing in energy law. She advises plant and grid operators on general energy law. In addition, she focuses on the legal framework for the realization of energy projects, in particular energy generation and energy storage facilities. Kristin studied law at the University of Münster and at the University of Oslo with a focus on regulatory law. She completed her legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf and in Washington, DC.
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Mr. Prof. Jakub Kupecki
Full Professor, Director,
Institute of Power Engineering
– National Research Institute
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Mr. Prof. Jakub Kupecki
Full Professor, Director, Institute of Power Engineering – National Research Institute
Director of the Institute of Power Engineering – National Research Institute, Director of the Center for Hydrogen Technologies. Project manager and contractor in more than 60 related to power engineering and hydrogen technologies funded by EC, NCBR, NCN, DoE/DoS, ESA and directly by industry. Involved in projects related to nuclear power in Poland and in Sweden. Author and co-author of numerous technical reports and recommendations for policymakers, more than 250 publications and conference presentations, 7 patents/patent applications, mostly commercialized. Double Fulbrighter and recipient of the Bekker scholarship from NAWA. Recipient of numerous recognitions, including the Siemens and Nernst awards. Member of the Executive Board of Hydrogen Europe Research, Coordinating Board in Polish Hydrogen Strategy and the Expert Group focused on Hydrogen in the Chamber of Natural Gas Industry (IGG), and Member of the Committee of Power Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Mr. William E. Fork
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop,
INLA Board Member,
Chair, New Build Working Group
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Mr. William E. Fork
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop, INLA Board Member, Chair, New Build Working Group
Will Fork is an international nuclear lawyer and partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He advises clients regarding international nuclear transactions and the development of new build civil nuclear programs, including contracting, finance, export control, nuclear liability, and domestic regulatory issues. Nuclear projects he has advised include new build and commercial projects in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Will serves on the Board of Directors of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) and as chair of INLA’s International Trade and Nuclear New Build Working Group. He is a recognized legal expert for the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and serves as an instructor at the NEA International School of Nuclear Law in Montpellier, France. Will also serves as a member of the International Group of Legal Experts on Fusion Energy (FELEX) and advises clients in the fusion industry.
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Mr. Marc Fialkoff, Ph.D.
Regulatory Specialist-Nuclear
Security Research Staff,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Mr. Marc Fialkoff, Ph.D.
Regulatory Specialist-Nuclear Security Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Marc Fialkoff is a nuclear security research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where his work supports countries developing transport security regulations for nuclear and other radioactive materials under various offices in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Dr. Fialkoff serves as a subject matter expert to the International Atomic Energy Agency and member states in the development of transport security regulations. His research investigates the intersection of nuclear security and maritime security with respect to floating nuclear power plants. Dr. Fialkoff serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Law, where he teaches a course on nuclear law. He earned his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Planning, Governance, and Globalization and his J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law, focusing on maritime law.
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Mr. Thierry Deschaux
General Director of the EDF
Representative Office in Poland
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Mr. Thierry Deschaux
General Director of the EDF Representative Office in Poland
He has over 35 years of experience working in the energy sector. He has been associated with the EDF Group from the beginning of his professional career. For 15 years he worked in France dealing with nuclear energy issues in the areas of engineering, servicing and maintenance of power plants and strategic purchases of nuclear fuel. He has good knowledge of the Polish energy market, including knowledge of coal purchases, development of heat and power plants, management of heating systems and development of energy services. For 16 years in Poland, he held managerial positions in companies such as: Energokrak, EDF Polska, and Dalkia Polska, where he was the President of the Management Board for 7 years.
He is a Master of Science in Engineering, a graduate of Centrale-Supelec and INSA engineering schools.
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Mr. Marc Beyens
Secretary General / Past President,
International Nuclear Law Association (INLA)
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Mr. Marc Beyens
Secretary General / Past President, International Nuclear Law Association (INLA)
International Nuclear Law Association – INLA – Secretary General / Past President
Philippe & Partners Law Firm – External Advisor
International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA (United Nations) – Expert – Observer & Lecturer
International School of Nuclear Law – ISNL (Université de Montpellier, France / NEA – OECD)
Transparency International Belgium – Executive Director
Certified Mediator in Civil & Commercial Matters
Engie Electrabel Belgium – Former General Counsel
(Belgian Federal) Institute for Company Lawyers – IJE/IBJ – Honorary President
Queen Paola Foundation – Former Member of the Board & Secretary General
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Mr. Laurent Kueny
Director of Energy,
Ministry in charge of Energy
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Mr. Laurent Kueny
Director of Energy, Ministry in charge of Energy
Laurent Kueny is currently director for energy at the Energy Ministry. He began his career working in Nuclear Regulatory activities, first for the IAEA and then for the French Nuclear Safety Authority. He spent 4 years in Vienna as a counselor to the French Ambassador to the IAEA. He played an active role in the Negotiation of the Vienna declaration on Nuclear Safety, as part of the diplomatic conference to amend the international convention on Nuclear Safety.
He also spent 5 years working working for an Bureau Veritas, first as Vice President for nuclear services and then as Vice President Group Strategy.
Laurent Kueny holds a Master in Science and executive engineering (Mines-ParisTech) and two university diploma in international Law. He has been lecturer in Nuclear nuclear law at the Faculty of Aix-en-Provence between 2008 and 2019.
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Ms. Madalina Anca Man
Legislative and Regulatory Specialist,
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (PNNL)
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Ms. Madalina Anca Man
Legislative and Regulatory Specialist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Madalina Man is a lawyer specializing in nuclear security and non-proliferation, with more than 10 years of experience in public international law and treaty implementation. Since 2020, she has been contributing with legal and regulatory expertise to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Program for International Nuclear Security, advising on topics related to small modular reactors, nuclear security policy development, implementation of the CPPNM, and regulatory development. Prior to joining PNNL, Madalina spent almost a decade working for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the Office of Legal Affairs and in the Division of Nuclear Security. Madalina is part of the leadership of the International Nuclear Law Association, being the Chairperson for the Nuclear Security and Non-proliferation International Working Group.
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Mr. Anthony Wetherall
Head, Nuclear and Treaty Law Section,
Office of Legal Affairs,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Mr. Anthony Wetherall
Head, Nuclear and Treaty Law Section, Office of Legal Affairs, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Mr Wetherall rejoined the Nuclear and Treaty Law Section in 2019 having served nearly 12 years in that Section (2010-2016 and 2002-2008). He provides advice on various international and national nuclear law issues, covering nuclear safety, security and liability. Through the IAEA Legislative Assistance Programme he also delivers extensive support to Member States, such as in drafting comprehensive national nuclear laws, training and awareness raising activities for decision-makers, policy-makers and parliamentarians.
Previously, Mr Wetherall served as the senior lead researcher on Singapore’s multi-disciplinary Nuclear Governance Project (2016-2018) and was part of a UK lawfirm’s nuclear law team advising clients in the context of nuclear new build, waste management and decommissioning programmes (2008-2010).
He has two LLMs passed with Distinction, one in Drafting Legislation, Regulation, and Policy and the other in Energy Law (nuclear route).
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Mr. Wolfram Tonhauser
Chairperson, FELEX
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Mr. Wolfram Tonhauser
Chairperson, FELEX
Wolfram Tonhauser is the former Director and Head of the Nuclear and Treaty Law Section in the Office of Legal Affairs of the IAEA advising on all legal aspects related to nuclear safety, security, nuclear energy and applications, technical cooperation, and civil liability for nuclear damage. He was instrumental in negotiating key international instruments in these fields and has led the IAEA’s Legislative Assistance Programme fostering nuclear law education and the development of national nuclear legislation. More recently, he was the Scientific Secretary for the first ever IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Law and he is a regularly invited speaker at various academic institutions and forums, a co-author of the IAEA’s Handbook on Nuclear Law, Visiting Research Professor at National University of Singapore, a member of the Board of Management of the International Nuclear Law Association and the Chairperson of the International Group of Legal Experts on Fusion Energy (FELEX).
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Ms. Patrycja Wysocka
Partner; co-leader of Energy
& Natural Resources,
Kubas, Kos, Gałkowski – Adwokaci sp.k.
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Ms. Patrycja Wysocka
Partner; co-leader of Energy & Natural Resources, Kubas, Kos, Gałkowski – Adwokaci sp.k.
Attorney-at-law, partner at KKG Law Firm. Co-leader of the Energy & Natural Resources Practice, recognized twice in Forbes Poland’s ranking of the best law firms (2022 | 2023).
Specializes in comprehensive legal services for energy companies, including renewable energy, the energy market and ESG issues. Conducts negotiations, prepares and reviews contracts, acts as a representative in court proceedings, provides training, and advises and prepares legal opinions in the field of energy law, nuclear law, renewable energy, public procurement law, and other issues related to the operation of energy companies. She provides expert advice on all aspects of dispute resolution in connection with the energy industry.
President of the Section for Legal Aspects of Energy Transformation at the KIA. Coordinator of the KKG’ team working with the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs.
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Ms. Paulina Giżowska
Deputy Director, Nuclear Safety
and Security Department,
National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
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Ms. Paulina Giżowska
Deputy Director, Nuclear Safety and Security Department, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)
Paulina Giżowska works at the Polish nuclear regulatory authority PAA, where she manages the topical areas of nuclear security, non-proliferation, and small modular reactors, as well as advises on policy and legal matters relating to regulatory oversight. She was previously a nuclear security officer at the IAEA, where she supported Member States in strengthening their regulatory frameworks for nuclear security.
Paulina is a member of the IAEA Nuclear Security Guidance Committee (NSGC) and Poland’s representative in the European Nuclear Security Regulators Association (ENSRA) which she will be co-chairing for the 2025-2027 term. She provides expertise to IAEA International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) missions. In 2022 she was Chair of the Licensing and Enforcement Experts Meeting (LEEM) of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
Paulina graduated from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and holds an LL.M. in Public International Law from Universiteit Leiden.
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Mr. Jason Karcz
Technical Specialist,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Mr. Jason Karcz
Technical Specialist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jason Karcz is a Technical Specialist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In this capacity, he works on projects related to emerging technologies, transport security and supports regulatory development efforts for countries drafting transport security regulations. Before his work in transport security, Mr. Karcz worked on dynamic modelling for the nuclear lifecycle. He holds a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee–Knoxville and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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Ms. Cristina Alejandra Dominguez
Head Legal Department,
Nuclear Regulatory Authority,
Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear
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Ms. Cristina Alejandra Dominguez
Head Legal Department, Nuclear Regulatory Authority/ Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear
Cristina Domínguez began her career with Argentina’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority in 1995 and has held the position of Head of Legal Affairs since 2001. In this capacity, she provides expert legal counsel on nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and liability, representing Argentina in key IAEA international legal frameworks. Ms. Domínguez is a board member of INLA since 2018 and President of the Argentine Nuclear Law Association. She serves as Co-director and professor of the Postgraduate Course in Nuclear Law at the University of Buenos Aires. She is a member of the IAEA’s International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability (INLEX). She has contributed to numerous IAEA training, advisory missions and international conference preparatory committees. Vice President of the Nuclear InterJura 2014, in Buenos Aires. Ms. Domínguez holds a law degree from the University of Belgrano a master’s in economics and law, and has published widely on nuclear law.
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Ms. Fiona Geoffroy
Senior Legal Advisor, EDF
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Ms. Fiona Geoffroy
Senior Legal Advisor, EDF
Fiona Geoffroy has worked as Senior Legal Counsel in the Permitting, Production and Projects Legal Division of EDF SA since 2007. She works in particular with nuclear third party liability: participation in European, international and national fora; monitoring of international instruments and their evolution; contractual provisions relating to third party liability; and conformity of obligations with regard to insurance of nuclear third party liability
Fiona is the current Chairperson of the Legal Advisory Group (LAG) of Nucleareurope, Secretary of Working Group 2 (Nuclear Liability and Insurance) of the International Nuclear Law Association and a Member of the International Nuclear Liability Expert Group (INLEX) of the IAEA. She regularly participates in legislative assistance missions for the IAEA in the field of nuclear liability and she is also Chairperson of the French Section of the International Nuclear Law Association.
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Ms. Roopa Mathews
Senior Associate, LALIVE
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Ms. Roopa Mathews
Senior Associate, LALIVE
Roopa Mathews specialises in international arbitration. She advises various stakeholders from the nuclear industry on dispute avoidance and resolution. She has extensive experience working on arbitrations and dispute board proceedings involving the construction of nuclear power plants, retrofit and modernisation projects, and the disposal of nuclear waste. Through her work, she has gained significant technical knowledge of nuclear power plants and their operation as well as nuclear licensing and regulation in specific jurisdictions. Roopa is qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in England, practising at an international law firm, LALIVE, in Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to joining LALIVE, she worked for several years in the international arbitration team at Freshfields in Frankfurt and London.
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Mr. Adam Rajewski
Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear PL
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Mr. Adam Rajewski
Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear PL
Adam Rajewski is a power engineering specialist. Currently holding a position of Chief Operating Officer at Nuclear PL, the first Polish nuclear-focused consultancy, Adam has been participating in various projects related to nuclear power, including feasibility studies for new plants, local supply chain building, training activities, education and PR over last fifteen years. Previously he also worked in a leading construction company, where he coordinated work on major proposals, including contractual negotiations, and in a large international corporation supplying high-efficiency gas power stations, where he participated in development of innovative data centre power supply solutions. In parallel to the carreer in the private sector, Adam has been working and teaching at his Alma Mater, Warsaw University of Technology. He also teaches at post-graduate programmes in several other schools, notably at the multi-disciplinary programme in Nuclear Power at SGH Warsaw School of Economics.
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Mr. Kamil Adamczyk
Expert on Nuclear Regulations,
PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa S.A.
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Mr. Kamil Adamczyk
Expert on Nuclear Regulations, PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa S.A.
Expert on Nuclear Regulations at PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa S.A. He holds master degree in law. In 2014 he joined Nuclear Energy Department of Ministry of Economy (later transformed into Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Climate) and for next 10 years was directly involved in the development of legal and policy framework for nuclear power programme in Poland, based i.a. on good practices of other countries and cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
His main achievement was to coordinate development of legislation (bill) to facilitate deployment of nuclear power plants in Poland that was adopted by the Parliament and entered into force in April 2023. Since then he presented this legislation at many conferences and technical meetings of relevant international organizations: IAEA, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, IFNEC.
Member of NEA-OECD Nuclear Law Committee (2015-24) and Legal Advisory Group of Brussels-based Nucleareurope. Graduate of IAEA Nuclear Law Institute and ISNL.
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Mr. Khalil Bukhari
General Counsel,
Newcleo Limited
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Mr. Khalil Bukhari
General Counsel, Newcleo Limited
Khalil Is a UK-qualified lawyer experienced in managing legal and compliance risk at a national and international level, with a recognised expertise in nuclear transport law. As General Counsel of the newcleo group Khalil manages a global team of lawyers, export control, IP and Data Privacy professionals supporting newcleo’s aims to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) cooled by liquid lead and fueled by MOX.
Before joining newcleo Khalil was the General Counsel of Nuclear Transport Solutions and prior to that role he worked for GE. Khalil has supported the UK Government in updating its nuclear legislation and holds a range of leadership roles in the nuclear industry including as a Judge of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal, Vice-Chair of the OECD-NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability in Transport, and as a member of INLEX, the IAEA’s expert group on nuclear liability.
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Ms. Fatma Elif Aksoy
Co-Secretary, INLA
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Ms. Fatma Elif Aksoy
Co-Secretary, INLA
Elif Aksoy is an international lawyer with a specialised background on nuclear law. As a former nuclear specialist at the Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Authority, she contributed to the development of Türkiye’s national nuclear export control system and regulatory framework for nuclear security.
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Ms. Agnieszka Korgul, PhD
Professor, University of Warsaw,
Faculty of Physics
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Ms. Agnieszka Korgul, PhD
Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics
He has over 20 years of experience conducting scientific research and teaching in various aspects of nuclear physics (including nuclear energy, dosimetry, radiation protection, and atomic nucleus structure). He collaborates with scientific institutions such as KINGS (KR.), CERN (CH), Grenoble and Orsay (FR), ORNL, UTK (USA), RIKEN (JP), NCBJ, and ICHTJ. He is the coordinator of the Nuclear Reactor Physics program at the University of Warsaw, head of the undergraduate and graduate Nuclear Energy programs, and the postgraduate BJiOR program. He is also a member of the Nuclear Safety Commission of NCBJ and the Program Board of the “Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection” journal. As of October 2024, he serves as the president of the Polish Nuclear Society.
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Ms. Katarzyna Zasadni
Member of the Board,
Women in Nuclear Polska,
Senior Lead Egineer, Pallas
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Ms. Katarzyna Zasadni
Member of the Board, Women in Nuclear Polska, Senior Lead Egineer, Pallas
Lead engineer specializing in integrated systems of nuclear power plants with extensive experience in various reactor designs, including PWR, BWR, and open-type heavy water reactors, utilizing technologies from France, the United States, Russia, and Argentina. Katarzyna has supervised several nuclear projects, including the Olkiluoto 3 and Hanhikivi 1 power plants in Finland, the BWRX-300 in Poland, and the Pallas reactor in the Netherlands, where she is currently employed. She began her career in the energy industry contributing to the Włocławek and Pątnów conventional power plant projects, and other energy facilities in Europe and the Middle East. She holds a degree in Environmental Engineering from Kielce University of Technology and a degree in Chemical Engineering from LUT University in Finland. IPMA-certified project manager and a Chartered Designer with the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers. Katarzyna is a member of the Management Board of Women in Nuclear Poland.
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Ms. Ravy Pich
Senior Counsel,
Westinghouse Electric Company
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Ms. Ravy Pich
Senior Counsel, Westinghouse Electric Company
She has responsibility on new nuclear build activities and the nuclear liability policy for the entire Group. She has extensive experiences on construction and EPC projects in Nuclear, Energy and transportation sector for more than 20 years especially on contracts based on FIDIC, MF1, NEC 3, Orgalime, World Bank Conditions, Investment Project, PPP, public procurement, BOT. Before joining Westinghouse, she worked at General Electric. She was also legal manager at Alstom Power in charge the EPC activity dealing with all new build power plant (thermal and nuclear). Before joining the energy sector, she was a business lawyer for Siemens Transportation Sytems in charge of all international major constructions projects. Qualified as French Lawyer admitted at Paris Bar.
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Mr. Rafał Dutkiewicz
President of the Board,
Employers of Poland Organization
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Mr. Rafał Dutkiewicz
President of the Board, Employers of Poland Organization
Rafal Dutkiewicz graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, major – Applied Mathematics. He defended his doctoral thesis in formal logic at the Faculty of Christian Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin.
In 2002 he became the first mayor of Wroclaw to be directly elected. He served in office continuously for four terms until 2018. As of April 2019, he was in Berlin with the elite Richard von Weizsäcker Academy.
He is currently involved with several startups dealing with cutting-edge trends in food production.
He is a member of the Council of the University of Wroclaw, and for many years was also a member and then an honorary member of the Senate of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. He has been awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
In March 2023 Rafal Dutkiewicz took over as President of the Employers of Poland.
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Mr. Guan Schaiko
Partner, Stibbe Law Firm
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Mr. Guan Schaiko
Partner, Stibbe Law Firm
Guan Schaiko specialises in environmental and planning law, both at national and European levels. He advises and defends the interests of clients from both the public and private sectors. Guan focuses on EU regulations (waste, chemicals and impact assessments), nuclear law and renewables and advises governments and the industry on the permitting aspects of energy projects.
Guan also has specific expertise in EU sustainability regulations, including the EU Taxonomy-alignment of renewables and the human rights obligations of companies. In the field of dispute resolution, Guan has extensive experience in proceedings before the Court of Justice, the Constitutional Court and the Belgian civil and administrative courts.
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Mr. John Uehlinger
Director, Financing Services,
Bechtel Corporation
Ms. Colleen Spapens
Legal Advisor, The Dutch Authority
for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
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Ms. Colleen Spapens
Legal Advisor, The Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
Colleen Spapens is a Legal Advisor specialised in nuclear safety and transport at the Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection since 2022. She is involved, among other things, in licensing projects of new nuclear power plants, including SMRs and other innovative technologies, and transport activities. She is an active member of the INLA Working Groups 1 and 7. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2022 with a background in International Trade Law, and completed the International School of Nuclear Law at the University of Montpellier in 2023.
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Ms. Dr. Sara Maciel Sánchez
Member of the board of INLA,
Director, Martínez & Maciel
Nuclear Law Firm
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Ms. Dr. Sara Maciel Sánchez
Member of the board of INLA, Director, Martínez & Maciel Nuclear Law Firm
Director of the only one Legal Firm in the Spanish speaking world on Nuclear Matters “Martínez & Maciel Nuclear Law Firm” (25 years of experience). Her Doctoral Dissertation on Nuclear Law was awarded as the best Doctoral Dissertation in Law in Mexico by the President of Mexico. Diploms on Nuclear Law (ISNL-NEA/OECD, Montpellier, France and NLI-IAEA, Baden, Austria). Member of the Board of Management of the INLA. Member of WiN Global. Member of the Leadership Team of WiNLI. Member of the Mexican Nuclear Society. Contracted by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), to defend in Court the Mexican Nuclear Power Plant “Laguna Verde”, Veracruz, Mexico. Contracted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) – Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) of the Department of Energy (DoE) of the United States of America (USA) to draft regulation on nuclear security (contract number 230814). Richland,WA,USA.
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Mr. Krzysztof Dominiczak, PhD
Director of Program Management Office,
ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
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Mr. Krzysztof Dominiczak, PhD
Director of Program Management Office, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy
Krzysztof Dominiczak is an experienced manager with a background in power business. Currently he works as the Director of the Chief Program Office at Orlen Synthos Green Energy, where he supports the deployment of GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Poland. He’s responsible for providing strategic direction to the program team to develop and support BWRX-300 deployment projects. He’s also the Project Director of the Technology Collaboration Agreement between GEH, OPG, TVA, SGE.
Previously Krzysztof was the Senior Project Manager at Fennovoima, and before that he held various managerial and engineering roles in GE Power and Alstom Power.
Krzysztof’s academic credentials include a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Science, postgraduate degree in Project Management from the Koźminski Academy and an Executive MBA from the Gdańsk University. He’s recognized as a Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council UK.
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Mr. Leszek Hołda
President, Bechtel Poland
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Mr. Leszek Hołda
President, Bechtel Poland
Leszek Holda is a manager specializing in comprehensive, strategic projects that strengthen the position of enterprises in the main segments of the business market. His business domains are energy, ICT, electromobility, technology development and marketing of B2B solutions. In October 2023, he joined Bechtel as President of Bechtel Polska. From 2016 to 2023, he was a member of the management board of PKP Energetyka (the fourth largest energy distributor in Poland), responsible for the following areas: traction energy and fuel sales, maintenance and construction of energy and railway infrastructure, R&D activities. He also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Elester PKP, a company operating in the energy and railway automation sector. He was the deputy chairman of the Presidium of the Program Council of the Center for Railway Energy Efficiency – CEEK. He is the author of the concept of Green Railway in Poland (railway based on renewables). From 2002 to 2016, he held the positions in the Orange Group – Director of Sales to Key and Corporate Accounts and President of Integrated Solutions. Under his leadership, Integrated Solutions has grown from a startup to a leading player in the IT market in five years. In 2009–2012, as the director of the Orange UEFA Euro 2012 project, he was responsible for the technological side in Poland and for the activation of marketing rights in 11 European countries.
He is an MBA graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology Business School and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Previously, he graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology and the University of Economics in Krakow.
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Ms. Anna Kopytowska
CEO, Arabelle Solutions Poland
Mr. Marcin Kamiński, PhD
Regulatory Risk Manager,
Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ),
University of Warsaw
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Mr. Marcin Kamiński, PhD
Regulatory Risk Manager, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), University of Warsaw
Marcin Kamiński holds the positon as the Regulatory Risk Manager at PEJ – a company entrusted with the with the task of developing Polish Nuclear Power Program. He has been with PEJ since 2022 and is responsible for both Polish regulatory affairs as well as supporting relevant authorities with the EU law proceedings. Currently involved in the works on financing and the prospective electricity market operations of the first nuclear power plant in Poland.
Prior to joining PEJ he worked at the major natural gas supplier in Poland and in the operator of the biggest heat and power plants in Warsaw. Responsible for national and EU regulatory affairs in both of these previous positions.
Marcin Kamiński holds a PhD in law which he received at the University of Warsaw. He is an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw teaching public economic law and coordinating the studies “LLM EU Energy and Climate”.
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Ms. Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho
Chair, Civil Mediation Council
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Ms. Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho
Chair, Civil Mediation Council
Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho is Chair of the Civil Mediation Council. She is a barrister and mediator at 39 Essex Chambers. As a mediator she is also a member of the Panel and the Faculty of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).
As counsel and as a mediator, Kelly has experience of energy disputes (litigation, arbitration and mediation), including nuclear law. She has recognised expertise in EU and competition law, tax disputes (including in international corporate tax, environmental taxes and indirect taxes).
For several years she has been ranked in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders and Women in Tax Leaders’ Guide.
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Mr. Meb Vadiya
General Counsel & Company Secretary,
Nuclear Transport Solutions
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Mr. Meb Vadiya
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Nuclear Transport Solutions
General Counsel and Company Secretary at Nuclear Transport Services (NTS), the transport division of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. NTS provides nuclear, engineering, logistics, consultancy, and transport by road, rail, and sea. With subsidiaries in France and Japan, NTS transports nuclear materials, including Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium, sealed sources, vitrified waste, and spent fuel, using a fleet of locomotives, INF3 nuclear vessels, and global supply chain.
Meb oversees legal, governance, risk, and compliance, bringing deep practical expertise in nuclear transport. His previous roles include running a commercial law firm, working in Middle East and Non-Executive Director of the Nuclear Graduates Programme.
Meb moderated the Workshop on Qualification of Nuclear Substances and Nuclear Liability and supported EU initiatives on Third-Party Nuclear Liability. A former Law lecturer, he has presented on nuclear transport law for the NEA, INLA, WNA & WNTI.
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