NEA is organising this online event to celebrate and recognise the accomplishments of the graduating class of 2021 within the nuclear science and technology fields.
The 2nd Global Nuclear Science and Engineering Commencement will take place on the 4th June 2021, under the auspices of the Global Forum on nuclear education, science, technology and policy.
The event is free and open to the public and will feature a session to answer questions submitted ahead of time. Please note that the number of participants is limited and registrations are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Commencement schedule
9:00-9:30 CEST and 16:30-17:00 CEST
Welcoming remarks: William D. Magwood, IV, NEA Director-General
Keynote: Richard K. Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Charge to the graduates: Karen Astrid Hallberg, Professor of Physics at the Balseiro Institute and Research Director at the Bariloche Atomic Centre in Argentina
Salute from the nuclear industry: John L. Hopkins, Chairman and CEO of NuScale Power
Session 1: 9:30-10:30 CEST
Ryugo Hayano, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo
Sylvie Retailleau, President of the Paris-Saclay University
Arun Khuttan, End States Engineer at Magnox Ltd and COP26 Lead for Youth in Nuclear
Ekaterina Bogdanova, Research and Development Engineer at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Session 2: 17:00-18:00 CEST
Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of Engineering at North Carolina State University
Pushker A. Kharecha, Deputy Director of the Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions Program at Columbia University Earth Institute
Jessica Lovering, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at the Good Energy Collective
Larissa Shasko, Climate Change Energy Policy Researcher and PhD student at Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan
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