Info Day on Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2022 / 16 July 2021 – virtual
9:30 - 9:45 Plenary session
Welcome and introduction on Euratom Research
Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director, Clean Planet, DG RTD
Domenico Rossetti di V., Deputy Head of Unit, Euratom Research, DG RTD
9:45 - 10:45 Session I - Nuclear safety, materials, and fuels
Opening by Chair: Michael Huebel, Head of Unit, Radiation protection and nuclear safety, DG ENER
Speaker: Roger Garbil, Head of Fission Sector, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Chat moderator: Karolina Janatkova, Policy Officer, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Questions and answers – 20 min
11:00 - 11:45 Session II - Radiation protection, medical and cross-sectorial applications
Opening by Chair: Victor Esteban Gran, Policy Senior Assistant, Euratom Coordination, DG JRC
Speaker: Karolina Janatkova, Policy Officer, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Chat moderator: Giovanna Benso, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Questions and answers – 20 min
11:45 - 12:30 Session III - Education and training, research infrastructures, and socio-economic issues
Opening by Chair: Franck Wastin, Head of Unit, Knowledge For Nuclear Safety and Decommissioning, DG JRC
Speaker: Katerina Ptackova, Policy Officer, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Questions and answers – 20 min
Chat moderator: Karolina Janatkova, Policy Officer, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Forward-looking Workshop on the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in the nuclear sector
14:00 - 14:15 Plenary session
Welcome and introduction
Peter Dröll, Director, Prosperity, DG RTD
14:15 - 15:15 Session I – Artificial intelligence (AI) and developments in nuclear medicine
Opening by Chair: Jan-Willem van de Loo, Cancer Team Lead, Combatting Diseases, DG RTD
Speakers: Habib Zaidi, Chief Physicist and Head of the PET Instrumentation & Neuroimaging Laboratory at Geneva University Hospital
Elmar Kotter, University of Freiburg, Department für Radiologische Diagnostik und Therapie
Chat moderator: Giovanna Benso, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Questions, answers, comments – 20 min
15:15 - 16:15 Session II – AI, robotics and remote handling in the nuclear field
Opening by Chair: Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, Deputy Head of Unit, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Speakers: Carlo Damiani, Programme Manager, Remote Handling/ITER-D
Jean-Reynald Mace, Expert Fellow, Innovation Department, Orano
Chat moderator: Giovanna Benso, Euratom Research, DG RTD
Questions, answers, comments – 20 min