**NUCLEAR ENERGY SUMMIT**

**OCTOBER 8, 2008**

**RENEWING AMERICA'S NUCLEAR POWER PARTNERSHIP**

**FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH**

**U.S. Department of Commerce Herbert Clark Hoover Building**

**8:00 -8:45 a.m**. **Check-in** **and Continental Breakfast**

**8:45-8:55 a.m. Welcoming Remarks**

> John J. Sullivan ***(**Confirmed)*
>
> Deputy Secretary
>
> U.S. Department of Commerce

**8:55-9:00 a.m. Conference Overview and Introduction of Secretary
Bodman**

> Jamie Estrada *(Confirmed)*
>
> Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing
>
> U.S. Department of Commerce

**9:00-9:20 a.m. Our New Energy Reality and the Critical Role of
Civilian Nuclear Power:**

> *How the public and private sectors are working together to enable a
> resurgence of*
>
> *clean, safe and secure nuclear power.*

Samuel Bodman *(Confirmed)*

> Secretary
>
> U.S Department of Energy

**9:20-10:30 a.m. Plenary Panel - Key Stakeholders' Perspectives**

> Moderated by Dennis R. Spurgeon, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear
> Energy (DOE) *(Confirmed)*
>
> **Utilities' View of Future Domestic Nuclear Deployment**
>
> David Christian *(Confirmed)*
>
> Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer

Dominion

> **Domestic & Global Nuclear Plant Development**
>
> Lee Elder*(Confirmed)*
>
> Senior Vice President, Global Sales
>
> General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
>
> **Addressing Environmental Improvements**
>
> James Conca *(Confirmed)*
>
> Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
>
> New Mexico State University
>
> **Building a Skilled Labor Force**
>
> Edwin Hill (*Confirmed)*
>
> International President
>
> International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

**10:30-10:45 a.m. Networking & Refreshment Break**

**10:45-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions**

**Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Issues Session**

> Moderated by Jack Spencer (Heritage Foundation)
>
> *Panelists:* R. William Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations
> (NRC)
>
> David Brown, Vice President for Federal Affairs (Exelon)
>
> Lisa Epifani, Asst. Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental
> Affairs (DOE)
>
> Jeff Merrifield, Senior Vice President, Power Group (Shaw Group)
>
> Mary Frances Repko (House Majority Staff)

**New Plant Financing Session**

> Moderated by Paul Murphy (Bechtel)
>
> *Panelists:* Sharon Bonelli, Managing Director (Fitch Ratings)
>
> Caren Byrd (Morgan Stanley)
>
> Susan Rochford (Council on Competitiveness)
>
> Joseph Turnage, Senior Vice President (Constellation)
>
> *Others TBC*

**Manufacturing and Supply Chain Session**

Moderated by Carol Berrigan, Nuclear Energy Institute

> *Panelists:* Annie Caputo, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
>
> Alan Dobson, Senior Vice-President (EnergySolutions)
>
> Craig Hansen, Vice-President, Washington Operations (Babcock & Wilcox)
>
> Jack Lanzoni. Vice President, Supply Chain (Westinghouse)
>
> Jim Stouch, Vice-President, Business Development & Sales (Precision
> Custom Components)

**Education & Workforce Development Session**

Moderated by Emily DeRocco, President, Manufacturing Institute, NAM

> *Panelists:* Thomas Dowd, Administrator for Policy (U.S. Department of
> Labor, Employment & Training Administration)
>
> Donna Jacobs, Senior Vice-President, Planning, Development, and
> Oversight (Entergy)
>
> Scott Peterson, Vice President for Communications (NEI)
>
> Stan Shoun, Vice-President, Workforce Development
>
> (Central Virginia Community College)

**12:15-1:35 p.m. Luncheon**

> **Keynote Address**
>
> Admiral (Retired) Frank L. \'Skip\' Bowman (*Confirmed)*
>
> President
>
> Nuclear Energy Institute

**1:40 -- 2:00 p.m. Nuclear Power\'s Present and Future: A Regulator's
Perspective**

*Auditorium* *Special Invited Speaker*

> Dale E. Klein

Chairman

> Nuclear Regulatory Commission

**2:00-2:30 p.m. Presentations by Panel Session Moderators**

*Auditorium*

**2:30-2:50 p.m. Renewing America's Nuclear Power Partnership for Energy
Security and Economic**

*Auditorium* **Growth**

> Administration's views on the essential role nuclear power must play
> in powering our economy now and in the future. Formal launch of the
> Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative linking a thriving nuclear industry in
> the United States to the success of the nuclear renaissance globally
>
> Carlos Gutierrez
>
> Secretary
>
> U.S. Department of Commerce

**2:50-3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks/Next Steps**

*Auditorium*

> Jamie Estrada
>
> Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing
>
> U.S. Department of Commerce