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Schedule

  • Saturday, August 23, 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Executive Committee Meeting
  • Sunday, August 24, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Workshop: Radiological Security Strategies and Technologies to Achieve Security and Reduce Risk
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Workshop: Policy and Technical Fundamentals of International Safeguards
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Destructive Analysis (DA) Working Group
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    NDA Working Group Meeting
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Containment/Surveillance Working Group Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Joint ASC N15 /N5.1 Subcommittee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Student Paper Competition Judges Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Packaging, Transportation and Disposition Division Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Facility Operations Division Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Materials Control & Accountability Division Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    International Safeguards Division Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Strengthening IAEA Nuclear Security Recommendations: A Scenario-Based Exercise / Security & Protection Division Meeting
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Joint International Safeguards/ Nonproliferation and Arms Control Meeting
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    First Time Attendees Orientation
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
    President's Exhibit Hall Welcome Reception
  • Monday, August 25, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Registration Open
  • 7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT
    Welcome & Award Presentations
  • 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM EDT
    Opening Plenary Session - Detecting and Blocking Iran’s Nuclear Breakout
  • 9:20 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Opening Plenary Session - Safety, Security & Safeguards: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges of Cross Domain Collaboration
  • 9:30 AM - 5:15 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Break / Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    01 - Panel: International Safeguards for Maritime Nuclear Activities
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    02 - Measurements & Supply Chain for Radiological Security
    Session Chair: Steve Mladineo – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Kristin Hirsch – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    03 - Measurements of Novel Fuel Forms
    Session Chair: Claudio Gariazzo – Argonne National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Chelsey Insell – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    04 - Creating the Next Generation of Security & Protection Experts I
    Session Chair: Cristen Ford – National Nuclear Security Administration
    Session Chair: Jessica White-Horton – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    05 - Transport Security
    Session Chair: Robert Watkins – Savannah River Site
    Session Chair: Jim Shuler – Consultant
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    06 - Nonproliferation Methods and Analysis I
    Session Chair: Christopher Orton – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Begona Aranguren Barrado – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 12:10 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    07 - Global Considerations of Uranium Enrichment
    Session Chair: Daniel Mattei – National Nuclear Security Administration
    Session Chair: Sunil Chirayath – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    08 - Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World I
    Session Chair: Laura Holgate – Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    09 - Security Culture Implications & Insights
    Session Chair: Jazmin Valencia – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Jessica Bufford
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    10 - Developing the Safeguards Workforce
    Session Chair: Sonia Fernandez-Moreno (she/her/hers) – Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials -ABACC
    Session Chair: Justin Reed – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    11 - Nuclear Materials Management
    Session Chair: Rob Magleby – National Nuclear Security Administration
    Session Chair: Loida Begley – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    12 - Nonproliferation Methods and Analysis II
    Session Chair: Christopher Ramos, PhD – DOE/NNSA
    Session Chair: Manit D. Shah, PhD (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Break / Visit Exhibits
  • 3:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT
    Poster Session A
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Women of Mass Distinction
  • Tuesday, August 26, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
    Plenary Session - Conversation with Rafael Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    13 - Emerging Nuclear Challenges: Safeguards Considerations
    Session Chair: Danielle Miller – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    14 - Creating the Next Generation of Security & Protection Experts II
    Session Chair: Emily Adams – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    15 - Innovative Measurement Techniques (Part 1)
    Session Chair: Catherine Romano – The Aerospace Corporation
    Session Chair: Craig Sloan – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    16 - Containment & Surveillance
    Session Chair: Heidi A. Smartt (she/her/hers) – Sandia National Laboratories
    Session Chair: Katharina Aymanns (she/her/hers) – Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management (IFN), Nuclear Safeguards
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    17 - Transport and Disposition of Plutonium
    Session Chair: Mike Valenzano – NAC International Inc
    Session Chair: Nicholas Antonio – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    18 - Detection for Nuclear Material Management
    Session Chair: Maggie Arno – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Sunil Chirayath – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    13 - Emerging Nuclear Challenges: Safeguards Considerations
  • 9:30 AM - 5:15 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Break / Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    19 - Considerations for Securing Advanced & Small Modular Reactors I
    Session Chair: Matt Bucknor – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    20 - Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World II
    Session Chair: Jodi Canaday – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    21 - Innovative Measurement Techniques (Part 2)
    Session Chair: Christopher Ramos, PhD – DOE/NNSA
    Session Chair: Braden Goddard – Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    22 - Export Control
    Session Chair: Andrew Castiglioni – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    23 - Safety, Security and Safeguards
    Session Chair: Matthew Cannon – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Zachery Beauvais – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    24 - Evolving Safeguards Frameworks
    Session Chair: Marco Marzo – Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials
    Session Chair: Luis Ocampo Giraldo – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 12:10 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    25 - Panel: Non-Proliferation and Safeguards Aspects of Fusion
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    26 - Nonproliferation Technologies
    Session Chair: Christopher Ramos, PhD – DOE/NNSA
    Session Chair: Phoenix Baldez – Sandia National Labs
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    27 - Cyber Dynamics & Impacts for Security & Protection
    Session Chair: Matthew Zerphy – Penn State University
    Session Chair: Paul Adamson – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    28 - New Processing Technologies
    Session Chair: Michelle Silva – Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Leonard Manzanares – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    29 - Safeguards and Nonproliferation Challenges with Uranium
    Session Chair: Glenn Sjoden – The Aerospace Corportation
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    30 - Operational Realities for Security & Protection
    Session Chair: Daniel Hartman – LIS Technologies Inc
    Session Chair: Kelly Jenkins – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Break / Visit Exhibits
  • 3:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT
    Poster Session B
  • 5:40 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    NGFP 30th Anniversary Alumni Forum
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
    INMM Mixer
  • Wednesday, August 27, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
    Plenary Session: Engaging with Advanced Reactor Industry Stakeholders
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    31 - Panel: Geological Repository Safeguards
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    32 - Panel: Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology – The Nexus between Articles III and IV of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    33 - IAEA Perspectives on New Safeguards Concepts & Approaches
    Session Chair: Carrie Mathews – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Ruth Smith – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    34 - Holdup Measurements and New Holdup Challenges (Part 1)
    Session Chair: Christopher Orton – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Manit D. Shah, PhD (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    35 - Algorithmic & Machine Learning Analysis for Security & Protection
    Session Chair: Adam Williams – Sandia National Laboratories
    Session Chair: Taylor Hart-McGonigle – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Exhibits Open
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Break / Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    37 - Innovations and Opportunities for AI in Safeguards
    Session Chair: Joshua Rutkowski – Sandia National Laboratories
    Session Chair: Yonggang Cui – Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    38 - Arms Control
    Session Chair: Shavawn Bell-Jenkins – Sandia National Laboratories
    Session Chair: Birdy Phathanapirom (she/her/hers) – Oak Ridge National Lab
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    39 - Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World III
    Session Chair: Jairus Hines – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Kristina Hatcher – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    40 - Holdup Measurements and New Holdup Challenges (Part 2)
    Session Chair: Christopher Orton – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Callie Goetz – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    41 - Spent and Fresh Fuel
    Session Chair: Jimmy Toliuszis – NAC International
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    42 - Tools and Strategies for Nuclear Materials Management
    Session Chair: Jeff Allender – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Julie Gostic – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 12:10 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    43 - Panel: Culture Analysis & Change for NMM
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    44 - 2- and 3-S Approaches
    Session Chair: Jeremy Whitlock, PhD – IAEA Safeguards (ret'd)
    Session Chair: Bego Aranguren – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    45 - Considerations for Securing Advanced & Small Modular Reactors II
    Session Chair: Matthew Zerphy – Penn State University
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    46 - Neutron Nondestructive Assay (Part 1)
    Session Chair: Anthony Belian – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Oskar Searfus – Sandia National Laboratories
  • 1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    47 - Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analytics
    Session Chair: Hank Zhu – National Nuclear Security Administration
    Session Chair: Sunil Chirayath – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Break
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    49 - AI & Autonomy for Security & Protection
    Session Chair: Nick Roth – Nuclear Threat Initiative
    Session Chair: Christopher Ramos, PhD – DOE/NNSA
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    50 - Panel: Safeguards at Remote Nuclear Facilities
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    51 - Disarmament and Verification
    Session Chair: Tim Ashenfelter – Argonne National Laboratory
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    52 - Neutron Nondestructive Assay (Part 2)
    Session Chair: Anthony Belian – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Rachel C. Connick, PhD (she/her/hers) – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    53 - Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World IV
    Session Chair: Corey Hinderstein – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    54 - New Challenges, New Nuclear Security Concepts & Approaches
    Session Chair: Daniel Hartman – LIS Technologies Inc
    Session Chair: Leah Cohen – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 5:40 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Annual Business Meeting
  • 6:45 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Chapter Relations Interest Meeting
  • Thursday, August 28, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    55 - Panel: The Quad Nuclear Verification Partnership's TYPEWRITER Exercise Series
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    56 - Novel Approaches to Insider Threat Mitigation
    Session Chair: John Landers, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Shea Cotton – U.S. Department of Energy
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    57 - Statistics and Modeling Approaches for Safeguards
    Session Chair: Emily Stark – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    58 - Gamma Nondestructive Assay
    Session Chair: Yonggang Cui – Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Luis Castellanos – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    59 - Opening the Aperture: Expanding Security & Protection Workforce Development
    Session Chair: Julia Arapoff – National Nuclear Security Administration
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    60 - Nonproliferation Workforce Development
    Session Chair: Melissa Einwechter – Y-12
    Session Chair: Kelley Ragusa – Texas A&M University
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Closing Plenary
  • 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    Wrap Up
  • On Demand
  • CAMEROONIAN EXPERIENCE IN STRENGTHENING HUMAN RESOURCES IN NUCLEAR SECURITY
  • Empowering the Next Generation: A High School Curriculum in Nuclear Security
  • Integration of TPC monitoring and control "LV" and "HV" subsystems to the Multi-Purpose Detector control system
  • Investigation of Radiation Influence on FPGA Cyclone V Performance, which is used for Time Projection Chamber
  • Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World IV
  • Missing Voices Discourse on Nuclear Safety and Security: Gender Perspective in Pakistan’s Nuclear Safety and Security Culture
  • Nuclear Security in Mozambique: A Focus on Detection Architecture, Terrorism, and the Role of the National Atomic Energy Agency
  • Optimization of Sample/Spike Ratio in IDMS of HALEU
  • Radiation Safety in Sudan