Monday, September 11
4:00pm - 6:00pm REGISTRATION OPENS
4:00pm - 7:00pm EXHIBITS OPEN
5:00pm - 7:00pm WELCOME RECEPTION
Tuesday, September 12
7:00am - 8:00am REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00am - 8:15am OPENING REMARKS
Introduction: Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance (ECA)
Brent Gerry, Mayor, City of West Richland, WA; Chair, ECA
Sandra Fairchild, Vice Chair, Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG); Chief of Staff,
United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR)
8:15am - 8:45am EM PROGRESS AND PRIORITIES
Introduction: Sandra Fairchild, Vice Chair, Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG);
Chief of Staff, United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR)
William “Ike” White, Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, DOE
8:45am - 9:00am U.S. - CANADA BILATERAL AGREEMENT - INFORMATION SHARING ON NUCLEAR
WASTE MANAGEMENT
U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Management (DOE -EM)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
9:00am - 9:15am COFFEE BREAK
9:15am - 10:30am HIGHLIGHTING THE NEXT PHASE OF EM SUCCESS
Moderator: Jeff Avery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
…IWTU Startup
Connie Flohr, Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project, DOE-EM
Ty Blackford, President & Program Manager, Idaho Environmental Coalition, LLC
…Accelerated Basin De-inventory Mission Start
Michael Budney, Manager, Savannah River Site Operations Office, DOE-EM
Dennis Carr, President & CEO, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
…EM-Los Alamos Strategic Vision
Michael Mikolanis, Manager, EM Los Alamos Field Office, DOE-EM
Brad Smith, President and General Manager, N3B
10:30am - 11:30am ROUNDTABLE: REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND KEY DECISIONS ACROSS THE EM COMPLEX
Moderator: Carolyn Hanson, Deputy Director, Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
Christine Andres, Chief, Bureau of Federal Facilities, Nevada Department of Environmental Protection
David Bowen, Nuclear Waste Program Manager, Washington Department of Ecology
Greg Gervais, Director, EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
Greg Young, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
11:30am - 11:45am KEYNOTE
Introduction: Brent Gerry, Mayor, City of West Richland, WA; Chair, ECA
David Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy, DOE
11:45am - 1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm - 1:15pm PERSPECTIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL
Introduction: Chuck Hope, Council Member, City of Oak Ridge, TN
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann(R-Tenn.), Chairman, House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
1:15pm - 2:30pm ROUNDTABLE: PERSPECTIVES FROM CORPORATE LEADERSHIP ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE
AND LESSONS LEARNED
Moderator: Martin Schneider, President, Longenecker & Associates, Inc.
Jim Blankenhorn, Senior Vice President-Environment and Security, Amentum
Heatherly Dukes, President, BWXT Technical Services Group
Greg Meyer, Senior Vice President, Fluor
Dena Volovar, Executive Vice President, Nuclear, Security & Environmental (NS&E), Bechtel
Karen Wiemelt, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, Energy, Security & Technology, Jacobs
2:30pm - 3:00pm COFFEE BREAK
3:00pm - 4:00pm THE FUTURE OF EM: LONG-TERM FUNDING NEEDS
Moderator: David Reeploeg, Executive Director, Hanford Communities
Steve Trischman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resource Management, DOE-EM
Adam DeMella, Global Government Affairs Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Randall Ryti, Councilor, Los Alamos County CounciL
Brian Vance, Manager, Office of River Protection/Richland Operations Office, DOE-EM
4:00pm - 5:00pm ROUNDTABLE: DOE FIELD OFFICE MANAGERS
Moderator: Ralph Holland, Chief Consultant, Atkins Nuclear Secured (ANS)
Mark Bollinger, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, DOE-EM
Joel Bradburne, Manager, Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, DOE-EM
Michael Budney, Manager, Savannah River Site Operations Office, DOE-EM
Connie Flohr, Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project, DOE-EM
Michael Mikolanis, Manager, EM Los Alamos Field Office, DOE-EM
Jay Mullis, Manager, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, DOE-EM
Brian Vance, Manager, Office of River Protection/ Richland Operations Office, DOE-EM
Jack Zimmerman, Director, Consolidated Business Center, DOE-EM
5:00pm ADJOURN
Wednesday, September 13
7:00am - 8:00am REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00am - 8:30am KEYNOTE
Introduction: Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, ECA
James McConnell, Associate Principal Deputy Administrator, NNSA
8:30am - 9:45am CLEANUP ENABLES DOE'S FUTURE: EM WORK AT NNSA/SCIENCE SITES
Moderator: Amy Fitzgerald, Government Affairs and Information Services Director, City of Oak Ridge, TN
Jeff Avery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
Ken Harrawood, President and Program Manager, Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO)
Chuck Hope, Council Member, City of Oak Ridge, TN
Johnny Moore, Manager, DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory Site Office
Jay Mullis, Manager, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, DOE-EM
Ken Rueter, President and CEO, United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR)
9:45am - 10:30am CONSENT-BASED SITING
Introduction: Kara Colton, Director of Nuclear Policy, Energy Communities Alliance
Erica Bickford, Director, Office of Integrated Waste Management, DOE - Office of Nuclear Energy
10:30am - 11:00am COFFEE BREAK
11:00am - 12:00pm DISPOSAL DRIVES CLEANUP: ENSURING EFFECTIVE WASTE DISPOSITION
Moderator: Christine Gelles, COO, Longenecker & Associates, Inc.
Robbie Bennett, CEO, Savannah River Site Reuse Organization
Joel Bradburne, Manager, Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, DOE-EM
David Carlson, President, Waste Control Specialists
Kristen Ellis, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE-EM
Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance
12:00pm - 1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm - 1:15pm PERSPECTIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL
Introduction: Jerome Delvin, Benton County Commissioner, WA
Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Congressman
1:15pm - 1:45pm EM ACQUISITION UPDATE AND POLICY DISCUSSION
Introduction: Richard Provencher, Vice President Nuclear D&D, Cavendish Nuclear
Angela Watmore, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management, DOE-EM
1:45pm - 2:00pm COFFEE BREAK
2:00pm - 3:00pm ADVANCED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AT DOE SITES
Moderator: Rebecca Casper, Mayor, City of Idaho Falls, ID, Vice-Chair, ECA
Dr. Matthew Hertel, I&C Engineering Manager & Design Lead, X-energy
Ingrid Kolb, Director, Office of Management, DOE
Ashley Saunders, Program and Sustainability Management, UCOR
Todd Shrader, Director, Project Management, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Mike Squires, Director of Government Affairs, UAMPS
Stephanie Weir, Siting and Regulatory Strategy Manager, National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC)
3:00pm - 4:00pm LEADERS OF THE FUTURE: ATTRACTING AND DEVELOPING NEXT-GENERATION LEADERS FOR EM
Moderator: Ryan Overton, Executive Vice President, Navarro Research and Engineering
JJ Chavez, Council Member, City of Carlsbad, NM; ECA Executive Board
Kristen Ellis, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE-EM
Sonya Johnson, Public Affairs & Stakeholder Management Director, UCOR
Dr. Dorian Newton, Site Training Deputy Program Manager, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Jennie Stults, Deputy Project Manager, Hanford Central Plateau Cleanup Company
4:00pm ADJOURN
5:00pm HOUSE NUCLEAR CLEANUP CAUCUS BRIEFING
2023 WORKSHOP
Monday, September 11
12:00pm - 12:30pm BOX LUNCH
12:30pm - 12:45pm INTRODUCTION
Kristen Ellis, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE-EM
12:45pm - 1:00pm THE FUTURE OF THE EM WORKFORCE
William "Ike" White, Senior Advisor, DOE-EM
1:00pm - 1:45pm LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSION
Ken Rueter, President, United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR)
1:45pm - 2:00pm NETWORKING BREAK
2:00pm - 3:30pm CAREER CASE STUDIES
This will be a roundtable with federal and industry representatives at various career stages to discuss personal experiences and workforce issues.
Moderator: Lindsay Wallace, Los Alamos Program Manager, Longenecker & Associates, Inc. (L&A)
Tifany N. Albin, Executive Officer, Hanford Chief of Staff Office, DOE
JJ Chavez, Council Member, City of Carlsbad, N.M.
Betsy Forinash, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste and Materials Management, DOE-EM
Greg Meyer, Senior Vice President, Fluor Government Group
Jennie Stults, Deputy Project Manager, Hanford Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo)
Anna Summers, Chemical Operator, UCOR
Jennifer Vollbrecht, President and CEO, J. Vollbrecht Consulting
3:30pm - 4:30pm EM-101 BRIEFING
Christine Gelles, Chief Operating Officer, L&A
5:00pm NCW OPENING RECEPTION
Early Career Professional Session
2023 National Cleanup Workshop
Looking to the Future of Cleanup for EM and Communities