SPEAKERS

Meet the Speakers

Visionaries. Investors. Policymakers. Innovators.

SPEAKERS

Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah

SpeakerMinister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ghana.

Hon. Dr. John Abdulai Jinapor

SpeakerMinister Of Energy, Ghana

Hon. George Opare Addo, Esq.

SpeakerMinister of Youth Development and Empowerment

Hon. Dr. Djama Mohamed Hassan

SpeakerMinistry of Energy in Charge of Natural Resources, Republic of Djibouti

Hon. Dr. Carlos Alberto Ramos Varela

SpeakerMinister of Environment, Climate Action and Energy of the Republic of Cabo Verde

Hon. Estêvão Tomás Rafael Pale

SpeakerMinister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mozambique

Dr. El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf

SpeakerMinister of Energy and Petroleum, Senegal

Hon. Nani Juwara

SpeakerMinister of Energy and Petroleum, Gambia

Ambassador Matilda Aku Alomatu Osei-Agyeman

SpeakerAmbassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ghana in Vienna

Hon. David Wright

SpeakerCommissioner, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dr. Michael Goff

SpeakerPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy

Dr. Kevin Kariuki

SpeakerVice President for Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth, African Development Bank

Prof. Abdulai Baba Salifu

SpeakerChairman, Governing Board, GAEC

Mr. Brian Smith

SpeakerCTO, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National Laboratory

Mr. Todd Abrajano

SpeakerPresident & CEO of The United States Nuclear Industry Council And Former Chief
Operating Officer And Head Of Agency At The U.S. Trade And Development Agency

Dr. Emerald Ryan

SpeakerSpatial Computing Department Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

MODERATORS

Ms. Aleshia Duncan

ModeratorDeputy Assistant Secretary
International Cooperation, Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy

Ing. Dr. Nii Kwashie Allotey

ModeratorTechnical Director, Engineering Services Provision Company Ltd. (ESPCo)

Dr. Jennifer Gordon

ModeratorDirector, Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative, Atlantic Council

Mr. Shakur Walker

ModeratorDirector, Division of Oversight and Compliance Programs, NRC, United States of America

Mr. George Kofi Appiah

ModeratorManager, Localization and Stakeholder Support Center, Nuclear Power Institute, GAEC

PANELISTS

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh

PanelistFormer Minister of Energy, Minister of Education, Ghana

Prof. Emmanuel Ampomah-Amoako

PanelistChief Nuclear Regulatory Officer, Nuclear Installation Directorate, Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Ghana

Prof. Lisa Marshall

PanelistAssistant Extension Professor & Director of Outreach, Retention
& Engagement, NC State University Department of Nuclear Engineering

Prof. Elsie Kauffman

PanelistDean of School of Engineering, University of Ghana

Prof. Abdullahi Mati

PanelistNigeria Atomic Energy Commission

Dr. Stephen Yamoah

PanelistExecutive Director, Nuclear Power Ghana

Dr. David Otwoma

PanelistFounding President, Kenya Nuclear Society (Kenya)

Ingr. Dr. Eric Kofi Adzroe

PanelistDirector General, Ghana TVET Service

Ms. Constance Swaniker

PanelistPresident, Design & Technology Institute (Ghana)

Mr. James Keter Chumba

PanelistDirector General, Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Mr. Charles Carpenter

PanelistPresident/CEO, Hobart Institute for Welding Technology, United States of America

Mr. Loyiso Tyabashe

PanelistNuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA)

Mr. David Galeano

PanelistSenior Engineer, Emerging Markets Directorate, Empresas Públicas de Medel

Ms. Nancy Ekong

PanelistDirector Technical and Vocational Skills Training Department, Industrial Training Fund, Nigeria

Ms. Purity Mawia

PanelistSenior Corporate Communications Officer, Nuclear Power and Energy Agency, Kenya

Mrs. Ivy De-Graft Hinson

PanelistNuclear Advocate, NextGen Nuclear Initiative, Ghana

Ms. Diana Kumbey

PanelistNuclear Advocate, NextGen Nuclear Initiative, Ghana

Mr. Edwin Chesire Kipkemboi

PanelistPrincipal Capacity Building Officer/NLA, Kenya

Mr. Ivan Adumoah

PanelistNuclear Advocate, NextGen Nuclear Initiative, Ghana

Ms. Nubuke Gadzekpo Amoah

PanelistNuclear Advocate, NextGen Nuclear Initiative, Ghana

Ms. Alice Kagini

PanelistNuclear Advocate, NextGen Nuclear Initiative, Rwanda