Speakers
The speakers at CNA2025 are experts in their fields, offering valuable insights, innovative ideas, and inspiring content. Take a moment to learn more about them — discover who’s speaking, what they will be presenting, and why you won’t want to miss their sessions. Explore our speaker lineup and plan which talks you absolutely must see!
Jill
Baker
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Policy and Corporate Events
Canadian Nuclear Association
Travis
Besanger
Technical and Business Director
Kinectrics
j'Amey
Bevan
Director
Boilermakers’ National Training (Canada)
Nicolle
Butcher
President and CEO
Ontario Power Generation
Carla
Carmichael
Board Member
Ontario Energy Board
Rebecca
Caron
President
Society of United Professionals
Luke
Charbonneau
Mayor
Town of Saugeen Shores
Eric
Chassard
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bruce Power
Grant
Cherkas
Vice President of Market Development & Chief Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Mark
Childerson
Co-founder and Product Manager
Garner
James
Choo
Chief Technical Officer
Strategic Project Solutions
George
Christidis
Acting President and CEO
Canadian Nuclear Association
Lori
Clark
President and CEO
Énergie NB Power
Rachna
Clavero
President and Chief Executive Officer
Conexus Nuclear Inc.
Leonard
Clewett
Executive Vice-President of Nuclear Development
SaskPower
Matt
Cronin
Senior Vice President of the Industrial East
Bird Construction
John
D’Angelo
Chief Nuclear Officer
Kinectrics
Julianne
den Decker
Senior Vice-President, Operations
Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company
Ellen
Denny
Playwright / Actor
Patrick
Desbiens
Digital Engineering Program Manager
Bruce Power
Sara
Dolatshahi
Director, Strategic Projects
Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Sean
Donnelly
Senior Director of Licensing & Advanced Reactors
Kinectrics
Michael
Dubreuil
Managing Director
PTAG Inc.
Monika
Eby
Senior Project Manager, Nuclear
Hatch
Fernando
España
President
Construct-X
Brian
Fehrenbach
Interim President and CEO
Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries
Heather
Fergurson
Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives
Millwright Regional Council
Tim
Gitzel
President and CEO
Cameco Corporation
Eric
Gould
Partner
Modum Strategic Solutions Inc.
Magda
Hanebach
Associate
Gowling WLG
Stephen
Harrington
Partner
Deloitte
Daniel
Hoornweg
Director, Partnerships and Training
Ontario Tech University
Sean
Keating
Engineering Director
Bird Construction
Aimee
Kennedy
Senior VP of Human Resources
Battelle
Aiman
Khan
President
Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada
Bobby
Kwon
President and CEO
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Tola
Ladipo
Senior Director of Project Controls
Aecon
René
Legacy
Deputy Premier Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
John
MacQuarrie
President of Commercial Operations
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Lisa
McBride
Country Leader, Small Modular Reactors,
GE Hitachi
Maura
McDonald
Vice President of Key Account and Stakeholder Management
Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company
Jennifer
McKellar
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Ontario Tech University
Dan
Miller
Talent Acquisition Strategy Lead
Bruce Power
Larkin
Mosscrop
Manager of Environmental Services, Clean Energy and Community Engagement
Kinectrics
Mo
Movassat
Senior Manager
Ontario Power Generation
Alison
Nankivell
President and CEO
Export Development Canada
Laurent
Odeh
Chief Commercial Officer
URENCO Group
Jean-Luc
Palayer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Orano USA
Rupen
Pandya
President and Chief Executive Officer
SaskPower
Jeff
Parnell
President
Power Workers Union
Mario
Pieries
Associate and Global Director for Nuclear
Hatch Ltd.
Célestin
Piette
Chief Vision Officer
Tractebel Inc.
Christian
Pilon
Head of Robotics & Automation, Nuclear
AtkinsRéalis
Dr. John
Preston
Strategic Advisor to the Vice-President
McMaster
Vittorio
Puppo
President
BWXT Medical
Madeleine
Redfern
Chief Operating Officer
CanArctic Inuit Networks
Melanie
Rickard
Director General of the Directorate of Assessment and Analysis
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Mike
Ruysseveldt
Director of Indigenous Relations and New Business
Kinectrics
James
Scongack
Chair
Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council
Ray
Seker
Managing Director
IEDG Infrastructure & Energy Inc.
Dave
Shorey
Executive Director
Georgian College
Sean
Smith
President
B.C. Instruments
Karin
Stephenson
Director of Nuclear Research and Education Support for Nuclear Operations and Facilities
McMaster University
Gina
Strati
Director of the Academic Partnership Program
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
John
Strickland
Principal
Collaborative Flow
Laurie
Swami
President and CEO
Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Jun
Tang
Vice President, Marketing & Sales
BWXT Canada Ltd.
Pierre
Tremblay
President and CEO
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Jared
Van de Ligt
Construction Manager
Bird Construction
Bruce
Van Nus
VP of Nuclear Programs and Principal Engineer
NWI Precision
Jason
Van Wart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Laurentis Energy Partners
Carrie
Vokes
Vice President- Project Management Office
Bruce Power
Robert
Watts
Julie
West
Senior Vice President of Business Improvements and Compliance
Kinectrics
Gary
Williams
President and CEO
IEDG Infrastructure & Energy Inc.
Stellina
Williams
Vice President & Chief Administration Officer
Nuclear Innovation Institute
Sheldon
Wuttunee
President and CEO
Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence
Rosemary
Yeremian
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Engagement
Advanced Nuclear Advisors
Susanna
Zagar
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Energy Board
