Please join a private leadership and policy roundtable conversation, hosted by the Atlantic Council in partnership with the US Department of Energy, which will address the future of US-Japan civil nuclear cooperation and opportunities in the advanced reactor space.

The roundtable will take place on Tuesday, April 22nd, from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM JST, at the Okura Hotel (2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo), and lunch will be served.

Please RSVP by completing the registration form. 

Agenda

*All times in local JST time.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Networking Lunch

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. | Keynote Remarks 

Satoru Yasuraoka, Director for International Affairs, Nuclear Energy Policy Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Aleshia Duncan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of International Cooperation, Office of Nuclear Energy, US Department of Energy

12:15 – 12:25 p.m. | Distinguished Remarks

H.E. Keiichiro Asao, Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness; Member of the House of Councillors, Government of Japan

12:25 – 1:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion

Rian Bahran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors, Office of Nuclear Energy, US Department of Energy

Rafał Kasprów, Chief Executive Officer, ORLEN Synthos Green Energy

Akihito Uetake, Senior Managing Director, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF)

MODERATED BY

Jennifer Gordon, Director, Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

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