Committee & Speakers
Chairs
Markus H.A. Piro, P.Eng., PhD, Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lori Walters, P.Eng., Co-Chair
Manager Advanced Reactor Program Development, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
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Laurent Karim Béland, P.Eng., PhD., Co-Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Read more about Laurent Karim Béland, P.Eng., PhD., Co-ChairPlenary Speakers
Plenary speaker: Nasr Ghoniem
University of California Los Angeles, USA
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Plenary speaker: Jaime Marian
UCLA, USA
PSMP
Plenary speaker: Manuel Pouchon
Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
International Advisory Committee
Christine Guéneau
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Saclay Center, Gif sur Yvette, France
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J. Rory Kennedy
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, USA
Invited speaker: Ann Leenaers
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Belgium
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Michael Short
Associate Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, USA
Gary Was
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Shinsuke Yamanaka
Chairman, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Japan and Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Steven J. Zinkle
The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Read more about Steven J. ZinkleTrack 1: Thermodynamics and Thermal Properties of Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Co-Chair: Mouna Saoudi
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada
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Invited speaker: Xiaofeng Guo
Washington State University, USA
Invited Speaker: Christine Guéneau
CEA, France
Invited speaker: Toni Karlsson
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Invited speaker: Troy Munro
Brigham Young University, USA
Track 2: Structural and Functional Materials
Chair: Lance Snead
Stony Brook University, USA
Co-Chair: Suraj Persaud
McMaster University, Canada
Invited speaker: Scott Bozeman
Oregon State University, USA
ISBB
Invited speaker: Benedetta Buzzatti
The Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Invited speaker: Hanns Gietl
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany
ISTM
Invited speaker: Tomas Martin
University of Bristol, UK
Invited speaker: Hygreeva Namburi
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canada
ISAVNC
Invited speaker: Andrea Ventrella New Cleo
France
Invited speaker: Stephen Raiman
University of Michigan, USA
ISJS
Invited speaker: Josef Strasky
Charles University, Czech Republic
Invited speaker: Stephen Taller
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Read more about Invited speaker: Stephen TallerTrack 3: Modelling and Simulation of Nuclear Fuels
Co-Chair: Andrew Prudil
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada
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Invited speaker: Sudipta Biswas
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
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Invited speaker: Paul Chan
Clean Core Thorium Energy, Canada
Invited speaker: Michael Cooper
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Invited speaker: Simon Middleburgh
Bangor University, UK
Track 4: Modelling and Simulation of Structural Materials
Invited speaker: Laurent Capolungo
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Invited speaker: Maria Caturla
University of Alicante, Spain
ISMN
Invited speaker: Maylise Nastar
CEA, France
ISHZ
Invited speaker: Hong-Bo Zhou
Beihang University, China
Plenary speaker: Nasr Ghoniem
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Read more about Plenary speaker: Nasr GhoniemTrack 5: Behaviour of Materials During Severe Accidents
Co-Chair: Martin Steinbrueck
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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Invited speaker: Kenta Inagaki
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, France
Invited speaker: Brian Scott Newell
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
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Invited speaker: Brock Nowak
Queen's University, Canada
Invited speaker: Martin Sevecek
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Track 6: Radiation Damage Processes in Materials
Invited speaker: Fredric Granberg
University of Helsinki, Finland
ISEM
Invited speaker: Estelle Meslin
CEA, France
Invited speaker: Pär Olsson
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
ISTS
Invited speaker: Thomas Schwarz-Selinger
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany
Invited speaker: Steven Zinkle
University of Tennessee, USA
Read more about Invited speaker: Steven ZinklePlenary speaker: Jaime Marian
UCLA, USA
Track 7: Characterization of Irradiated Fuels and Materials, and Techniques
ISSB
Invited speaker: Stephen Byrne
Lancaster University School of Engineering, UK
Invited speaker: Anne Demma
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
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Invited speaker: Murthy Kolluri
NRG Pallas, The Netherlands
Invited speaker: Ann Leenaers
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Belgium
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Plenary speaker: Manuel Pouchon
Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Track 8: Materials for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Co-chair & invited speaker: Ondrej Benes
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Germany
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Invited speaker: Ephraim Bulemela
Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Canada
ISDF
Invited speaker: Daniel Felton
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
ISNR
Invited speaker: Nicolas Reynier
Natural Resources Canada