Speakers at Nuclear Development in CEE
Chairman
Dr. Christian Kirchsteiger
Project Manager
European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Luxembourg
Dr. Christian Kirchsteiger holds a PhD in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna and was, before joining the European Commission, working in the last 20 years in industry and research in Germany, Japan and South Africa in the areas of nuclear safety, risk assessment and energy systems modelling. From 1996-2002 he was employed at the European Commission's Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) in Ispra/Italy, dealing with chemical and nuclear risk assessment projects in support of Commission policy services. From 2002-2007, he was Head of Sector on comparative safety and economical assessment of nuclear and non-nuclear energy systems and infrastructures at the DG JRC's Institute for Energy in Petten/Netherlands. In 2007, he joined the European Commission's Directorate-General on Transport and Energy (DG TREN) in Luxembourg and is now responsible for the horizontal and economical aspects of nuclear energy.
Hans Ehdvall
Senior Advisor, Analisys Group
Swedish Nuclear Training and Safety Center (KSU)/Vatenfall
Dr. Tamas Pazmandi
President
Hungarian Nuclear Society
Francois Perchet
Programme Coordinator
World Nuclear University/EDF
Jean Llewellyn
Chief Executive Officer
National Skills Academy for Nuclear & Cogent
Tadas Matulionis
Project Management Office Director
Visaginas NPP
Vincenzo Napoli
Director of Investment, Procurement and Services Dyvision
Enel - Slovenskie Electrarne
Paul Rorive
Senior Vice President Nuclear Activities
GDF Suez
Alan Svoboda
Executive Director Sales and Trading
CEZ
Michal Waligorski
President
Polish Atomic Energy Regulatory Body (PAA)
Andre Savin
Chief Engineer and Deputy Manager, SIP-PMU
Chernobyl NPP
Irina Borysova
Project Manager, Secretary to the Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing Working Group (CORDEL)
World Nuclear Association
Kim Keats-Martinez
Associate Director
IPA Energy + Water Economics
Prof. Dr Hab Jerzy Niewodniczanski
Polish Atomic Energy Regulatory Body (PAA)
- Ferenc Toth, Senior Energy Economist, Planning and Economic Studies Section, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Koen Beyaert, Communication Director, Belgian Nuclear Forum
- Robin Kendall, Managing Director, Société Générale
- Vincent Novak, Director Nuclear Safety Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Roger Howsey, Executive Director, World Institute for Nuclear Safety (WINS)
- Laurin Dodd, Managing Director, SIP-PMU, Chernobyl NPP
- Saulius Urbanavicius, Head of Decommissioning Service, Ignalina NPP







