NNC2019 - New Nuclear Capital

NNC2019

New Nuclear Capital

July 16-17 2019 | St. Regis | Washington, DC

Organizing Committee

AECOM

BATTELLE

BWX Technologies

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Centrus Energy

ClearPath

Edlow International

GE Hitachi

General Atomics

Idaho National Laboratory

Lightbridge

Moltex Energy

NuScale Power

Orano USA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

TerraPower

URENCO USA

X-energy

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

TUESDAY, JULY 16

The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

7:30 AM Registration & Coffee

8:30 AM Welcome

Mr. David Blee

President & CEO

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

8:45 AM The Global Market and Policy Landscape

The Honorable Jeffrey Merrifield

Partner

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

&

Commissioner

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1998 - 2007)

&

Chair USNIC Advanced Reactors Task Force

9:15 AM Congressional Keynote

The Honorable Bud Albright – Introduction

Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Industry Council &

CEO, Albright Strategies &

U.S. Under Secretary of Energy (2006-2008)

The Honorable Lisa Murkowski

U.S. Senator, Alaska

Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

9:45 AM U.S. Department of Energy Keynote

The Honorable Rita Baranwal

Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM Panel: Financial Perspectives on Advanced Nuclear

Mr. Andrew Paterson – Moderator

Principal

Verdigris Capital

Mr. Steven Greenwald

Senior Advisor

Credit Suisse

Mr. Michael Eckhart

Managing Director

Citigroup

Mr. James Magowan

Managing Director for Private Capital Raising

Growth Capital Services

11:15 AM Panel: C-Suite Perspective: Advanced Nuclear as a Game Changer

Mr. David Blee – Moderator

President & CEO

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

Ms. Marcia Burkey

Chief Financial Officer

TerraPower

The Honorable Clay Sell

Chief Executive Officer

X-energy

Mr. Chris Colbert

Chief Strategy Officer

NuScale Power

12:00 PM Lunch – Andrew Jackson Room (Lower Level)

1:00 PM Why Advanced Nuclear is Changing the Financing Paradigm

Ms. Valerie Gardner

Founding Principal and Managing Partner

Nucleation Capital, LP

1:30 PM The Speed of Change and What's Driving It

Mr. Peter Kelly-Detwiler

Principal

NorthBridge Energy Partners

2:00 PM Decarbonization, Electrification and Innovation

Ms. Damali Harding

Director

Oracle | Opower

2:30 PM Venture Capital 2.0

Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra

Chief Executive Officer

PLUS and AUI Ventures

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Panel: C-Suite - Advanced Nuclear: What Needs to be Done

Ms. Laura Hermann – Moderator

Partner

Potomac Communications

The Honorable Daniel Poneman

President & CEO

Centrus Energy

Mr. Jay Wileman

President and CEO

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)

Mr. Donald Wolf

Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder

Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC (ARC)

4:00 PM Export-Import Bank of the United States Perspective

Mr. James Cruse

Senior Vice President, Office of Policy Analysis and International Relations

Export-Import Bank of the United States

4:30 PM DOE Loan Programs Office Perspective

Mr. Douglas Schultz

Director of Origination, Loan Programs Office

U.S. Department of Energy

5:00 PM View from the States: Plant Vogtle Expansion

The Honorable Tim Echols

Vice Chairman

Georgia Public Service Commission

6:00 PM NNC2019 Reception Sponsored by Pillsbury

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

8:00 AM Registration & Coffee

8:30 AM The New U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Mr. David Blee

President & CEO

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

Mr. Andrew Paterson

Principal

Verdigris Capital

9:00 AM The Smart and Renewable Energy Transition, Trends and Insights for

Advanced Nuclear

Mr. Hendrik Tiesinga

Chief Strategy Officer

New Energy Nexus

9:30 AM Capital Raising for Advanced Nuclear

Mr. Bret Kugelmass

Managing Director

Energy Impact Center

Mr. Brad McPherson

Manager of Business Development for NB Power and

Director of Business for the New Brunswick Energy Solutions Corporation

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM The Promise of Micro-Reactors

Ms. Caroline Cochran

Founder and COO

Oklo Inc.

11:00 AM Panel: Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation, Hybrid Advanced

Nuclear Systems, and Advanced Fuels

Dr. Jonathan Cirtain

President of Advanced Technology Programs

BWX Technologies

Mr. Rich Powell

Executive Director

ClearPath

Mr. Seth Grae

President & CEO

LightBridge

12:00 PM Panel: Public-Private Partnership

Dr. Corey McDaniel

Vice President, Business Development

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Mr. Douglas Schultz

Director of Origination, Loan Programs Office

U.S. Department of Energy

Mr. Andrew Paterson

Principal

Verdigris Capital

1:00 PM Adjourn