WIN-Global 2008 Conference, Marseilles, France
WIN-Global 2008 Conference, Marseilles, France
May 26 - 30, 2008
WiN-France hosted the 16th WIN-Global conference May 26-30, 2008, in Marseilles, France. The conference was attended by over 150 delegates, representing 30 countries. Canadian participants, from many diverse backgrounds, attended the annual conference from AECL, Bruce Power, CNSC, NB Power and OPG.
The theme: Maintaining Key Competencies, Arising Key Competencies for Nuclear Energy: A Challenge and Opportunity for Diversity Development, emphasized the challenges ahead in providing a skilled workforce for the nuclear renaissance, as new build projects and a vast number of retirements are expected around the world within the next 5 years. The conference addressed such questions as "How will nuclear, attract, develop and retain staff?"
Cheryl Boggess, from WiN-U.S. was elected WiN-Global President at the conference. Cheryl replaces outgoing President, Junko Ogawa who provided excellent leadership over the past 4 years.
A technical tour of Marcoule invited conference attendees to visit one of: Atalante, a high level nuclear chemistry laboratory; Phenix, a fast breeding research reactor; or AVM, a vitrification plant. A subsequent technical tour visited Cadarache providing the opportunity to view ITER, the international fusion research project.
A special thank you to the entire organizing committee from WiN-France for a well organized and executed conference. Your efforts were very much appreciated by the conference delegates.
The 2009 WIN-Global conference will be held in Washington, D.C.
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Philippe Pradel - Nuclear energy today and innovative solutions for tomorrow
Janice Dunn Lee - Nuclear Education and Training: addressing a global need
Laurent Stricker - Competency development policy and ongoing programs at EDF
Safety Panel Discussion
Junko Ogawa, Japan, President WIN-Global
Pamela B. Cowan, USA, Director, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon Nuclear
Chaewoon Oh, Korea, Specialist on international Policy at KINS
Kerstin D. Persson, IAEA
Louisa Tsatsi, South Africa, Regulatory Officer
Sophie Ehster-Vignoud, France, Senior Engineer for Generation IV Plants, AREVA NP
Plenary
Deping Kong, China, Deputy Chief Engineer fo Qinshan Nuclear Power Company
Engineering Panel Discussion
Liz Smith, USA, AREVA Inc.
Haruko Kuroiwa, Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry
Mihaela Stiopol, WiN-Romania President
Pr Oum Keltoum Bouhelal, Morocco, National School of Mineral Industry, ENIM
Karin Rantamaki, WiN-Finland President
Marie-Helene Henge Napoli, France, INSTN Marcoule
Country Reports and Full Papers
Bulgaria
Yves Garcier, France EDF, Competency Issues for Radiological Protection
Cheryl Boggess, USA, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Attracting, Retaining and Training the Nuclear Workforce: A U.S. Perspective
Ntebatse Matube, President WiN-South Africa, South Africa's Nuclear Skills Development Initiatives
Kaname Ikeda & Pascale Amenc-Antoni, ITER Organization, Designing, Staffing the Organization to Build Teams for ITER
Colette Lewiner, Capgemini Group, How to Learn from Other Industries - the Information Technology a Case in Point
Education and Training Panel Discussion
Dr. Georges Van Goethem, DG-RTD, Energy Euratom, Europeon Commission
Pascal Pezzani, EDF France
Jean-Pierre Vermot-Desroches, COPSAR, France
Irina Borysova, UK, WANO, Project Manager
Laurent Turpin, Director INSTIN, France
Plenary
Keiko Chitose, Japan and Sherry Bernhoft (USA), Technology Transfer and Lessons Learned from an International Project
Philippe Vivien, France, AVERA, Investing in People and Building our Future
Utilities
Solly Karivelil