PLENARY SESSION: LATEST GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NUCLEAR FIELD
Room Bohemia II+III

Chair: David Bonser, President, ENS

Keynote Speakers:

Janice Dunn Lee, Deputy Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Ute Blohm-Hieber, Head of Unit Nuclear Energy, Waste Management, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission

R. Ian Facer, Nuclear Power Engineer, IAEA

The nuclear revival is global and evolving fast. As communicators we have to keep abreast of what is happening around the world in order to better respond to trends, exploit synergies and apply the experiences of others to our own situation. In this session the NEA/OECD focuses on the latest international partnerships, new reactor designs and uranium enrichment programmes; the European Commission highlights the latest EU policy developments and the IAEA spotlights countries that have recently decided to join the global nuclear family.

WORKSHOP 4: Education and training
Room: Hluboka I

Moderator: Jo Tipa, Operations Director, National Skills Academy for Nuclear

With contributions from:

Russell Dalgleish, UK Managing Director, EPCglobal

Christian Legrain, , Secretary General, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN)

Karel Katovsky, Czech Young Generation Network

How is our industry going to resolve the current deficit of young talented people willing to invest in a career in the nuclear industry? This is hardly a new question, but it is more important to answer today than ever before because only by stimulating and promoting a new generation of highly-qualified and motivated scientists and engineers will we be able to sustain the nuclear revival. This workshop focuses on answering a simple question that has enormous implications for us all.

WORKSHOP 5: Risk communication
Room: Bohemia II+III

Moderator: Melissa Flemming, Spokesperson and Head of Media & Outreach, IAEA

With contributions from:

David Ropeik, Consultant, Ropeik & Associates

Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli, Specialist Advisor, World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI)

Elena Melikhova, Head of Laboratory, Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The workshop will follow on from David Ropeik’s lecture of Monday morning and provide PIME delegates with more insight into the risk perception process enabling them to incorporate this into their communications.

WORKSHOP 6: Public consultation and stakeholders involvement (Women in Nuclear)
Room: Bohemia I

Moderator: Susan Brissette, Change Leadership, Bruce Power and President, WIN, Canada

With contributions from:

Junko Ogawa, Executive Communicator, The Japan Atomic Power Company

Miranda Kirschel, Director of Communications, CH2M HILL

Nadja Železnik, Head of Public Relations, Agency for Radwaste Management (ARAO)

More and more countries, inspired by a new spirit of pragmatism in the face of security of supply and climate change priorities, are rethinking their position on nuclear. Others are building new plants or choosing the nuclear option for the first time. Not surprisingly, the emphasis on involving stakeholders in the democratic processes from the outset is all the greater. Public consultations have already recently taken place in the UK and France, showing how important it is to have representatives of all sections of civil society engaged in the nuclear debate. Moreover Japan is carrying out consultations regarding the earthquake risks. This workshop focuses on how the industry can mobilise stakeholder involvement and use it as a platform for convincing stakeholders that nuclear energy is ultimately in everyone’s interest.

Lunch

PLENARY SESSION : CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Room Bohemia II+III

Chair: Karen Daifuku, Head of External Relations and Public Affairs, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Keynote speakers:

Ivo Banek, Media Officer, Nuclear Energy, Vattenfall Europe

Shinichi Furutsuka, Manager, Nuclear policy & Research group, Nuclear power & Plant siting administrative department, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)

We all know how important it is to be able to communicate effectively in a time of crisis. We hope that it will never happen to us and for most of us, thankfully, it never does. But we still need to be prepared and to constantly rehearse and improve our crisis communications skills. That’s why when something does occur it is so important to learn from the experiences of our colleagues. It’s all about sharing a common pool of experience for the benefit of everyone, especially the public that needs reassurance and right information. During this session, the communications crisis that took place last summer in Germany due to incidents in Vattenfall’s Nuclear Power Plants and in Japan due to the earthquake will be analysed in order to learn lessons from them.

Coffee break

Chair: David Bonser, President, ENS

Chair: David Bonser, President, ENS

Guest speaker:

John McNamara, Head of Media & Public Relations, NIA