Sunday, November 17

WELCOME PARTY
Sponsored by Crestline Group
Arena Hall, 1809 Pearl Street, Austin, Texas 78701
7:30pm – 10:00pm

Monday, November 18

TEXAS NUCLEAR SUMMIT
Austin Marriott Downtown, 304 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, Texas 78701
Level 5, Waterloo Ballroom A-D
7:30am – 6:30pm

7:30 am – 8:30 am
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

8:30 am
WELCOME

Reed Clay
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

8:40 am – 9:10 am
FIRESIDE CHAT: Can Everything Be Bigger in Texas with Nuclear Energy?
Powering Texas’ Economic Boom for Years to Come.

Jim Burke

President and CEO, Vistra

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

9:10 am – 9:45 am
PANEL: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE
Will Texas Lead?

Paul Goranson
CEO, enCore Energy 

Brent Berg
Senior Vice President, Uranium Energy Corp

Carl Perez
CEO, Exodys Energy

Jeffrey Miller
Senior Director of Business Development, TerraPower

Elina Teplinsky – Moderator
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

9:45 am – 9:55 am
COFFEE BREAK

9:55 am – 10:30 am
FIRESIDE CHAT: A Retrospective on PUC’s Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group

 Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty
Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Chair, Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

10:30 am – 11:05 am
PANEL: A FOCUS ON FEDERAL REFORM
Congress, the NRC, and DOE

 Congressman Jeff Duncan
Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy,

Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield confirmed
Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Chair, U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Elina Teplinsky – Moderator
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

11:05 am – 11:40 am
PANEL: CHANGING VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
Lessons from Recent Successes

Christine Csizmadia
Senior Director of State Governmental Affairs & Advocacy, Nuclear Energy Institute

Armond Cohen
Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force

Isabelle Boemeke
Isodope
Founder and Executive Director, Save Clean Energy

Stephen Perkins
Chief Operating Officer, American Conservation Coalition

Juliann Edwards – Moderator
Chief Development Officer, The Nuclear Company

11:40 am – 12:00 pm
BUFFET LUNCH

12:00 pm – 12:40 pm
LUNCH KEYNOTE: NUCLEAR ENERGY, THE BIPARTISAN ENERGY OF CHOICE

The Honorable Ernie Moniz
13th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy

The Honorable Rick Perry
14th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy

Isabelle Boemeke – Moderator
Isodope
Founder and Executive Director, Save Clean Energy

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

12:40 pm – 1:00 pm
BREAK

1:00 pm – 1:35 pm
PANEL: NUCLEAR: AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR TEXAS’ WATER WOES

Brooke Paup
Chairwoman, Texas Water Development Board 

Texas Senator Charles Perry
Chairman, Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs
Co-Chair, Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory Committee
Co-Chair, State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory Committee

Texas State Rep. Cody Harris
Chairman, Texas House Committee on Local & Consent Calendars
Vice Chair, Texas House Nuclear Caucus
Co-Chair, Committee on Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory
Co-Chair, Committee on State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

1:35 pm – 2:10 pm
PANEL: NEW NUCLEAR, NEW NEEDS
The Market Dynamics Driving the Nuclear Renaissance

Clayton Scott
Chief Commercial Officer, NuScale

Chris Matos
Energy Market Development, Google

Brett Rampal
Senior Director of Nuclear & Power Strategy, Veriten

Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield – Moderator
Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Chair, U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: GIG ‘EM!
Can Nuclear Harness the Aggie Spirit?

Chancellor John Sharp
Texas A&M University System

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

2:40 pm – 3:15 pm
PANEL: ALL EYES ON TEXAS
Updates on Texas’ Groundbreaking Nuclear Development

Ben Reinke
VP Global Business Development, X-energy

Douglass Robison 
Founder and President, Natura Resources

David Staack
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Texas A&M University System
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University System

Kreshka Young
North America Business Director, Energy & Climate, Dow

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm
BREAK

3:25 pm – 4:00 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: Nuclear: Critical for Economic Growth, Reliability, and Resilience

Kathleen Barrón
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Constellation Energy

Charles Oppenheimer – Moderator
Founder and Co-Executive Director, The Oppenheimer Project

4:00 pm – 4:40 pm
PANEL: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS?
Oil, Gas and Nuclear

Commissioner Jim Wright
Railroad Commissioner of Texas

Douglass Robison 
Founder and President, Natura Resources

Simon Irish
Chief Executive Officer, Terrestrial Energy

Brian Gitt
Head of Business Development, Oklo

Reed Clay – Moderator
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

4:40 pm – 5:15 pm
PANEL: WHY TEXAS, WHY NOW
The New Nuclear Frontier

Bob Bryans
Vice President of Government Relations and Strategic Alliances, CORE POWER

Rodney Chaplin
Chief Executive Officer, REPLOY Power

Brian Lavezzari
Strategic Risk Advisor, Lockton

Elina Teplinsky – Moderator
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

5:15 pm
CLOSING

Reed Clay
President, Texas Nuclear Alliance

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR
Sponsored by CORE Power