ANA2026 Program – Preliminary

9 am – 5 pm AEDT Friday 9th October 2026.

UTS Aerial Function Centre, Level 7, UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007

09:00          Opening: Hasliza Omar, ANA President

Session 1 – Keynotes. Chair : Hasliza Omar, President ANA

David Vittorio, OPAL Reactor Manager, ANSTO.  20 Years of OPAL: Strengthening Australia’s Nuclear Science, Innovation and National Capability

Todd Smith, Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development for CANDU Energy Inc and former Ontario Energy Minister. Canada’s Nuclear Technology: The NATURAL choice for Australia

Alison Gulliver-Davies, a/g Director Production and Training Infrastructure, Australian Submarine Agency. Enabling AUKUS Capability Through Infrastructure Delivery

10:30          Morning Tea/Coffee

11:00          Session 2 – Nuclear Energy in our Region. Chair: Helen Cook, GNE Advisory  

Vijay Kumar Manchanda, President, Indian Nuclear Society. Nuclear Energy in India.

Dhana Raj Markandu, Director Project Development Unit, MyPower Corp, Malaysia. Evaluation of nuclear as an alternative energy source in Malaysia

Victor Nian, Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources, Singapore. Building Singapore’s Capabilities to Assess Nuclear Energy.

12:30 pm   Lunch

1:30 pm     Session 3 – Securing Regional Nuclear Technologies. Chair: Chair: Jasmin Diab, GNSP

Speaker to be advised

Panel

Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO)

Julie Murray. Senior Regulatory Officer Nuclear and Radiological Security, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Benjamin Yeldham, Consultant Defence Security Controller, AtkinsRéalis

3:00 pm     Afternoon Tea/Coffee

3:30 pm     Session – Panels. Chair: Richard Brown, AECOM

Panel: International developments in nuclear energy

Jacopo Buongiorno, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Vijay Kumar Manchanda, Indian Nuclear Society

Dhana Raj Markandu, MyPower Corp, Malaysia

Victor Nian, Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources, Singapore

Panel: Nuclear for energy security in an uncertain world

David Gillespie, former Member House of Representatives

Peter Zajac ZW Solutions

Mark Ho, ANA

5:00 pm     Post-Conference Reception for discussion/networking

7:00 pm     Close