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NA-YGN Professional Development Workshop
San Francisco, CA
May 16-18, 2006
This year, over 150 participants joined together in San Francisco, CA for the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) Annual Workshop, "Innovate & Rejuvenate: Act Today, Change Tomorrow!" Our speakers and program were armed to live up to the workshop's theme and passed along their pearls of wisdom not just to young professionals, but to the young at heart and from all walks of the nuclear industry, engineers and non-engineers alike! Prior to the workshop, all local chapter leads participated in our 1st annual Local Section Management Practicum and shared ideas on how to rejuvenate their chapters, address specific challenges like budgeting and strategic planning, and exchanged activities to help bring in new experiences to their membership. We also recognized Angie Howard, Vice President, Office of the President and Executive Advisor to the President of NEI, with the 2006 George Hairston Visionary Leadership Award for her outstanding display of iniative, vision and dedication to the North American Young Generation in Nuclear.
It was an exciting event and the presentations are included below (please be patient when opening the presentations as some of the files are very large) - however, if you really want to be part of the experience, mark your calendars for next year's NA-YGN Annual Workshop, May 22-23, 2007, at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort in Miami Florida! If you wish to help shape next year's workshop, join the Program Committee by contacting Ryan Stone, stone@na-ygn.org!
Tuesday, May 16
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Powerful Prospects for the New Generation in Nuclear
- New Nuclear Power Plants: Inside & Out
- Moderator: Angelina S. Howard, Vice President, Office of the President and Executive Advisor to the President, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Dr. Romney Duffey, Principal Scientist, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.
- George Vanderheyden, President, UniStar Nuclear
- Dr. Larry E. Fennern, ESBWR Composite System Manager, GE Energy Nuclear
- Sten Caspersson, Project Manager, High-Temperature Reactors, Westinghouse Electric Co.
- John Polcyn, Vice President, Bechtel Nuclear Corp.
- The West Side Story
- Moderator: Ryan Stone, Chair-elect, Professional Development, NA-YGN
- Lloyd Cluff, Director Seismic Risk Management, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Jasmina Vujic, Professor and Chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California-Berkeley
Wednesday, May 17
- Knowledge Transfer – A Two-Way Street
- Chris Crane, President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear
- The Advocacy Advantage
- Angie Howard, Vice President, Office of the President, and Executive Adviser to the President, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Spreading the Passion at the Grassroots Level
- Moderator: Duncan Robinson, Chair, U.S. Affairs, NA-YGN
- Laura Ekern, Design Engineer, Exelon Nuclear
- Jenna Lichtenwalner, Engineer, Exelon Nuclear
- Kelly Taylor, Technical Specialist, Dominion Generation, North Anna Plant
- Lori Walker, Senior Financial Analyst, Bruce Power
- Myths and Truths of Gen IV
- Six Sigma: Sizing Up the Industry
- Moderator: Amy Buu, Chair, Professional Development, and Vice President-elect, NA-YGN
- Gianna Clark, Managing Director of Six Sigma, Dominion
- Jack Allen, Senior Vice President of Operational Excellence, Westinghouse Electric Co.
- Jessica Urbanik Coughlin, Six Sigma Black Belt, Washington Savannah River Co.
- A Walk Down Memory Lane
- Moderator: Michael Stuart, Chair, Public Information, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC
- Robert Long, Owner/Member, Dominion
- Ross Ridenoure, CNO and Vice President, Omaha Public Power District
- George Felgate, Vice President of Plant Operations, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
- Nuclear Energy Assembly Opening Reception
Thursday, May 18
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Tour and Lunch
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