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Annual Meeting Preview: Getting Back To What We Do Best

May 24, 2022|1:00–2:00PM (2:00–3:00PM EDT)

Available to All Users

ANS is very excited to be hosting our first fully in-person national meeting in several years. The 2022 ANS Annual Meeting promises to bring exuberant discussions, participants, and events together in Anaheim June 12-16. In this special event, hear from organizers that have been hard at work planning and organizing the numerous sessions, events, and topical meetings that are being presented as a part of the Annual Meeting.

Panelists

Amanda Bachmann, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Catherine Percher, NCSD 2022 General Chair, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Per Peterson, Annual Meeting General Chair, Chief Nuclear Officer, Kairos Power
Catherine Prat, Principal Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Adam Stein, Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation, The Breakthrough Institute
Xiaodong Sun, ATH 2022 General Co-Chair, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Leigh Winfrey, TOFE Editor Chair, Associate Professor, Penn State University

Moderator

Steve Nesbit, ANS President