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Final programme

29 November 2011: General Assembly

Registration
08:00Registration of participants
Session I: Opening & Keynotes
Chair: Frantisek PAZDERA, CEZ, and Chairman of the SNETP Governing Board
09:00Opening of the SNETP 3rd General Assembly
Frantisek PAZDERA, CEZ, Chairman of the SNETP Governing Board
09:15Keynote 1: Perspectives for Nuclear Energy in Poland
Hanna TROJANOWSKA, Deputy Minister of Economy of Poland
09:40Keynote 2: Nuclear Energy in the Low-Carbon Energy Mix: today and tomorrow
Peter FAROSS, Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
10:05Keynote 3: Trends and Accomplishments in the US Department of Energy Nuclear R&D Programme
Phillip J. FINCK, Chief Nuclear Research Officer at the Idaho National Laboratory
10:30 Coffee break in poster area
Session II: Recent developments
Chair: Christophe BEHAR, Director of Nuclear Energy, CEA, and Vice-Chairman of SNETP Governing Board
Q&A are included after each speaker
11:00Introduction of the session
Christophe BEHAR, CEA, Vice-Chairman of SNETP Governing Board
11:05Towards HORIZON 2020: the EU’s research, development and innovation framework 2014-2020
Simon WEBSTER, former Head of Unit, and Hervé PERO, Head of Unit, European Commission DG Research & Innovation
11:30SNETP: Overview of achievements since the 2nd General Assembly
Rauno RINTAMAA, Vice President, VTT Business Solutions, Energy, and former Chairman of the SNETP Executive Committee
11:45Implications of Fukushima for SNETP: Findings & proposals of Task Group
Josef MISAK, Director of Strategy, UJV Rez, and Chairman of the SNETP Fukushima Task Group
Several members of the Task Group will form a panel for Q&A
12:30 Walking lunch in poster area
Session III: Implementing the SRA
Chair: Yves KALUZNY, Senior Advisor to the International affairs director, CEA, and Chairman of the SNETP Executive Committee
14:00Introduction of the session
Yves KALUZNY, CEA, Chairman of SNETP Executive Committee
14:05Highlight: ‘New Member States’ in Euratom research
• Nuclear research in Poland
Grzegorz WROCHNA, Director of the Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research – 15'
• The NEWLANCER project: towards a better integration of NMS potential in the SNETP Strategic Research Agenda
Daniela DIACONU, Programme Manager, Institute for Nuclear Research, Pitesti- Romania, and Coordinator of NEWLANCER – 10'
• The SUSEN Project
Martin RUSCAK, Director of the Research Centre Rez, Czech Republic – 10'
• Q&A – 5'
14:45Gen II & Gen III reactor R&D: An integrated European framework
Valéry PRUNIER, Programme Director, EDF R&D, and Chairman of SNETP Gen II/III working group
15:15Nuclear Cogeneration: Towards an Industrial Initiative
Marek TARKA, IMS Manager, Prochem SA, and Sander DE GROOT, Business Development Manager, NRG
15:45 Fast neutron reactors: status of ESNII, the European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative
Noël CAMARCAT, Special Advisor Nuclear R&D and International Issues, EDF, and Chairman of the ESNII Task Forc
Q&A
Closing session
Chair: Giancarlo AQUILANTI, SVP Nuclear Technical Area at ENEL Engineering & Innovation, and Vice-Chairman of SNETP Governing Board
16:30Closing speech
Krzysztof GULDA, Director of the Department of Strategy (Ministry of Science & Higher Education)
16:45Next steps for SNETP, closing of the 3rd General Assembly
Giancarlo AQUILANTI, ENEL, Vice-Chairman of Governing Board
17:00 Networking cocktail in poster area


30 November 2011: Technical visits

Technical visits
08:30Departure 
10:30Visit of the Pulawy chemical complex – a large producer and consumer of energy cogeneration interested in the development of a High Temperature Reactor (HTR)
15:00Arrival time at airport of bus 1 (skipping 2nd visit)
14:00Visit of the Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research
17:00Arrival time at airport of bus 2 (after 2nd visit)