September 21-23, 2026
The Post Oak Hotel
Houston, Texas
Monday, September 21
VIP Dinner
- 5:30pm-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
Welcome party
- 7:00pm-9:00pm
Sponsored by Lockton
Fairmont Austin, Palm Court, 7th floor
Tuesday, September 22
Summit Programming Day 1
- 7:30am-5:00pm
Breakfast sponsored by Oklo
Coffee sponsored by NEI
Fairmont Austin, manchester grand ballroom, 5th floor
Networking Happy Hour
- 5:00pm–7:00pm
- 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
Wednesday, September 23
Summit Programming Day 2
- 7:30am–4:00pm