Speakers and Programme
12-14 January 2027 in Aachen, Germany: a focused speaker board for delegates, partners and speakers showing who is on stage, which session they shape and why their perspective matters for the nuclear community.
Published Speaker Profiles
The full programme below also lists further named contributors and clearly marks slots that are still awaiting final confirmation.
CEO, Nuclear Industry Association UK
The UK's Nuclear Programme: From Policy Commitment to Industrial DeliveryChief Executive of the UK Nuclear Industry Association, representing the civil nuclear supply chain across new build, SMRs and advanced nuclear technologies.
Deputy General Director, IGEOS Nuclear
Building Nuclear Capacity in Poland: Industrial Potential, SMR Deployment and European Supply Chain IntegrationEnergy-sector leader focused on preparing Polish industry for nuclear requirements and strengthening its role in international supply chains.
Innovation Manager, RWE Nuclear
The Role of Utilities in the Fusion Economy: Infrastructure, Partnerships and Scale-UpNuclear innovation strategist with more than 20 years of experience in nuclear development, regulation, decommissioning and industrial site transformation.
Deputy Director General, SCK CEN
EAGLES-300: Advancing SMR Deployment Through Standardization and Scalable Nuclear InfrastructureDeputy Director-General of SCK CEN, working across advanced reactor systems, radioactive waste management, MYRRHA, SMRs and European nuclear research programmes.
Programme Manager, EUROfusion
EUROfusion's Path to Fusion Energy: From ITER Support to DEMO and Europe's Industrial ReadinessEUROfusion Programme Manager with more than 35 years of experience in fusion reactor design, technology development, ITER and Europe's DEMO programme.
Chief Science Officer, Marvel Fusion
A Novel Fast Ignition Concept for Inertial Confinement FusionChief Science Officer at Marvel Fusion with more than 30 years of experience in plasma physics, high-energy-density physics and laser-matter interaction.
Chief Science Officer, Focused Energy
Beyond Ignition: The Path to Commercial Laser Fusion EnergyCo-founder and Chief Science Officer of Focused Energy and professor at TU Darmstadt, specialising in laser-driven fusion and high-energy-density physics.
Programme · Updated 23 September 2026
Times and speakers reflect the current working programme. Items labelled pending or to be confirmed may still change.
Global perspectives, industrial delivery and European nuclear infrastructure
Tom Greatrex (CEO) · Nuclear Industry Association UK
Monika Silva (Deputy General Director) · IGEOS Nuclear
Dr. Uwe Bau (CEO) · Gauss Fusion
Speaker to be announced · European Commission DG Research & Innovation C4 - Euratom Research
Speaker pendingOlga Bakardzhieva (EU Director) · Fusion Industry Association
Dr. Cord-Henrich Lefhalm (Innovation Manager) · RWE Nuclear
Welcome from 18:30, dinner from 19:00
Advanced fission in the morning, fusion demonstrators and markets in the afternoon
Dr. Christophe Bruggeman (Deputy Director General) · SCK CEN
Florian Wagner (CEO) · Emerald Horizon
Dr. Jan Philipp Dalbruck · NX Atomics
To be confirmedSilvana Jirotková (Director of the SMR Development Unit) · ČEZ
Jane Wallenius · Blykalla
To be confirmedSpeaker to be announced · International Atomic Energy Agency
Speaker pendingDr. Hans-Henrich Altfeld (Board Member) · ProFusion - German Industry Association
Martijn Krijnen (Business Developer) · DEMCON
Head of Partnerships to be announced · Proxima Fusion
Speaker pendingDr. Gianfranco Federici (Programme Manager) · EUROfusion
Dr. Samuel Lazerson (Stellarator Physics Lead) · Gauss Fusion
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Ruhl (CSO) · Marvel Fusion
Dr. Antonia Schmalz (Innovation Manager) · SPRIND
Prof. Dr. Markus Roth (CSO) · Focused Energy
Including the Women in Nuclear Prize
Beer and pretzels in the exhibition area
Young talent, nuclear skills and practical synergies between fusion and fission
Dr. Gabriel Pavel (Executive Director) · European Nuclear Education Network
Dr. Dario Cruz (Executive Director) · FuseNet
To be confirmedWhat the next generation expects from careers and industry
Speaker to be announced · ITER
Speaker pendingAnne-Sophie Defay (Director of European Affairs) · GIFEN
To be confirmedWesley McCollough (Vice President Practical Radiation Protection) · TÜV NORD Clean Energy
Closing reflections and thank you
Programme Focus
Board Logic
The board works best when a delegate can scan expertise quickly: speaker, organisation, time slot, session title and the strategic question behind the talk.
View programmeNational programmes, industrial delivery, European supply chains and the infrastructure needed to scale both fusion and fission.
Standardisation, SMR deployment, advanced reactor parks and the international frameworks that turn concepts into infrastructure.
Europe's fusion industry, stellarators, laser fusion, deep-tech funding and the partnerships needed for commercial deployment.
Shared skills, regulation, radiation protection and career pathways connecting the two nuclear communities.
