AGENDA
October 15-17, 2025
The Fairmont Hotel
Austin, TX
Wednesday, October 15
VIP Dinner
- 5:00pm-7:30pm
Sponsored by Terrestrial Energy
fireside chat - The History and Future of the Capital Formation in the Nuclear Industry
- Simon Irish, CEO, Terrestrial Energy
- Moderator: Charles Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer Energy
check-in & Welcome Reception
- 7:00pm-9:00pm
Sponsored by Lockton
Fairmont Austin, Palm Court, 7th floor
Thursday, October 16
check-in & Breakfast
- 7:15am-8:15am
Breakfast sponsored by Oklo
Coffee sponsored by NEI
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Welcome Remarks & Chairman’s Address
- 8:15am–8:30am
- Douglass Robison, Chairman, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - Leading Nuclear into a New Era
- 8:30am–9:00am
- Maria Korsnick, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Moderated by Maynard Holt, Founder and CEO, Veriten
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - From Demonstration to Marketplace
- 9:00am–9:40am
- James Walker, CEO, NANO Nuclear
- Simon Irish, CEO, Terrestrial Energy
- Matt Loszak, Co-founder and CEO, Aalo Atomics
- Jason Cooper, Advanced Nuclear CEO, GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
- Moderator: Tighe Smith, Chief Nuclear Officer, Paragon Energy Solutions
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - How Ports Can Power the Future of SMRs
- 9:40am-10:15am
- Jake Jurewicz, CEO & Co-founder, Blue Energy
- Sean Stibich, Executive Director, Port of Victoria
- Moderator: Jeff Merrifield, Partner, Nuclear Energy Team Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Former Commissioner at the NRC
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - nuclear: winning the ai race
- 10:15am–10:45am
- Dan Eggers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Constellation
- Moderator: Jeff Merrifield, Partner, Nuclear Energy Team Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Former Commissioner at the NRC
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
networking Coffee Break
- 10:45am–11:00am
sponsored by aalo atomics
Morning Breakout Session panel - DOE Pathways to Nuclear Commercialization
- 11:00am-11:40pm
- Jon Guidroz, SVP Commercialization, Aalo Atomics
- Bill Goodwin, Chief Legal and Strategy Officer, Oklo
- Christina Walrond, Director of State Government Relations, X-energy
- Douglas Dua, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Moderator: Ryan Lighty, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Morning Breakout Session panel - Oil Boom to Microreactor Boom
- Tim Williamson, Director of Regulatory & Public Affairs, Shepherd Power
- Bobby Gallager, CEO & CTO, Deployable Energy
- Brad Tomer, Director, National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory
- Dr. Yassin Hassan, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Moderator: Riffat Manasia, Executive Director, STATION TEXAS
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Morning Breakout Session panel - Onshoring the Nuclear Industry’s Critical Fuel Supply
- Brent Berg, Senior Vice President for U.S. Operations, Uranium Energy Corp
- Alex Polonsky, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Sean McDeavitt, Director, Quadrant Nuclear Fuels, Quadrant Nuclear Industries (QNI)
- Sean Oehlbert, Vice President for Corporate Business Strategy, Centrus Energy Corp
- Moderator: Elina Teplinsky, Partner, Global Energy Industry Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - Texas A&M University System: Texas Leadership in Energy and Innovation
- 12:00pm-12:30pm
- Glenn Hegar, Chancellor, Texas A&M University System
- Moderated by Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Buffet Lunch
- 12:30pm-1:30pm
keynote address - united states senator ted cruz
- 1:00pm-1:30pm
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - Utility Scale Nuclear: Can Consumers Benefit from New Nuclear?
- 1:30pm-2:10pm
- Jim Smiley, Senior Manager, Advanced Nuclear Development, Entergy
- Elaina Ball, Chief Strategy Officer, CPS Energy
- James Wyble III, Vice President – AP1000 Project Development North America, Westinghouse
- Isabelle Boemeke, Author, RAD FUTURE
- Moderator: Elina Teplinsky, Partner, Global Energy Industry Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - Scaling to Meet Demand: Project Management, Supply Chain, Construction & Workforce
- 2:10pm–2:50pm
- Kreshka Young, North America Business Director for Energy and Climate, Dow
- Rick Springman, President of Global Clean Energy Opportunities, Holtec International
- Ted Enos, President, Certrec
- Doug VanTassell, CEO, Paragon Energy Solutions
- Moderator: Terry Maxey, Managing Director – Utilities and Global Power Generation Lead, Accenture
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - Lessons from the First Mover: NuScale Power and the Path Ahead
- 2:50pm–3:20pm
- John Hopkins, CEO, NuScale
- Moderated by Dr. Dale Klein, the University of Texas at Austin
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Networking Coffee Break
- 3:20pm-3:30pm
sponsored by nextera energy
Afternoon Breakout Session panel - A Resource, Not Waste: Advancing Nuclear Fuel Recycling in Texas
- 3:30pm-4:10pm
- Jenifer Shafer, Associate Director for Technology, U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E)
- David W. Bergmann, Chief Engineer, U.S. Nuclear Group, AtkinsRéalis
- Brooke Paup, Chairwoman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Moderator: Ashleigh Myers, Partner, Environmental & Natural Resources, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Afternoon Breakout Session panel - financing nuclear
- Simon Irish, CEO, Terrestrial Energy
- Rick Springman, President of Global Clean Energy Opportunities, Holtec International
- Stephen Comello, Executive Director, Nuclear Scaling Initiative
- Moderator: John Butler, Clinical Associate Professor of Finance, The University of Texas at Austin
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Afternoon Breakout Session panel - Energy and Climate: Competing Demands?
- Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force
- Isabelle Boemeke, Author, RAD FUTURE
- Benton Arnett, Director, Markets and Policy, NEI
- Dr. Pavel Tsvetkov, Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Moderator: Derek Haas, Associate Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Panel - Nuclear Powering AI and AI Powering Nuclear
- 4:20pm-5:00pm
- Evan Cummings, Senior Director of Business Development, Kairos Power
- Alex Hern, Founder and Partner-Development, Big Watt Digital
- Kevin Clarno, Associate Professor in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program, the University of Texas at Austin
- Bethany Patton, Managing Director – Power Generation, Accenture
- Moderator: Ryan Ketchum, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - Securing America’s Energy Future: A Conversation with the Nation’s Leading Uranium Mining Company
- 5:00pm–5:30pm
- Amir Adnani, President and CEO, Uranium Energy Corp
- Moderator: Jeff Merrifield, Partner, Nuclear Energy Team Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Former Commissioner at the NRC
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Networking Happy Hour
- 5:30pm–7:30pm
sponsored by uranium energy corp
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Friday, October 17
check-in & Breakfast
- 7:15am–8:15am
Breakfast sponsored by Oklo
Coffee sponsored by westinghouse
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
fireside chat- Yes, Nuclear. Now, Let’s Get Sober.
- 8:15am–8:45am
- Robert Bryce, Author, Journalist, and Film Producer
- Ray Rothrock, Venture Investor, FiftySix Investments
- Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - The Texas Grid Regulators
- 8:45am–9:25am
- Thomas Gleeson, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Bill Blevins, Director of Grid Coordination, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
- Moderator: Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat featuring Ken Peters, Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer, Vistra
- 9:25am–9:55am
- Ken Peters, Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer, Vistra
- Moderated by Kristy Hartman, Senior Director for State Policy & External Affairs, NEI
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Networking Coffee Break
- 9:55am–10:10am
sponsored by accenture
Panel – Subsurface Innovation: Bridging Oilfield Expertise with Nuclear Energy
- 10:10am–10:40am
- Liz Muller, Co-Founder & CEO, Deep Fission
- Duane Sherritt, Vice President of Low Carbon Solutions, Halliburton
- Moderator: Zainub Noor, Director of Low Carbon Solutions, Halliburton
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Panel - power players: Texas Legislative Leadership on nuclear
- 10:40am-11:20am
- Texas State Representative Cody Harris
- Texas State Representative Drew Darby
- Moderator: Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat – Fermi America: Texas at the Center of Nuclear Innovation
- 11:20am–12:00pm
- Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Co-Founder and Director, Fermi America
- Toby Neugebauer, Co-Founder & CEO, Fermi America
- Moderator: Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Lunch
- 12:00pm–12:30pm
Fairmont Austin, 5th floor
Panel - Nuclear is National Security
- 12:30pm-1:10pm
- Igor V. Dubinsky, PhD, Director of Defense Nuclear Programs, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- John M. Borland, P.E., PMP, Director, Widelity, LLC
- Brad Rearden, Head of Reactor Deployments, Antares Nuclear
- Youssef Ballout, CEO of KADMOS Energy, Former Division Director at INL
- Moderator: Elina Teplinsky, Partner, Global Energy Industry Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Keynote Address - Texas Governor Greg Abbott
- 1:15pm–1:45pm
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Networking Coffee Break
- 1:45pm-2:00pm
sponsored by terra innovatum
Panel - How Texas Became an Overnight Nuclear Sensation
- 2:00pm–2:45pm
- Joe Elabd, Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System
- Daniel Womack, Global Lead for Carbon Policy, Dow
- Jordan Robison, VP of Engineering & Program Management, Natura Resources
- Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
- Moderator: Derek Haas, Associate Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Fireside Chat - Meet the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy office director
- 2:45pm-3:15pm
- Jarred Shaffer, Director, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office
- Moderator: Douglass Robison, Chairman, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Closing
- 3:15pm-3:30pm
- Reed Clay, President, Texas Nuclear Alliance