Program CET2026
Update of program and speakers ongoing
Monday, September 28
CET2026
Arrive early to connect and socialize in the exhibition area, Forum Conference Center !
15:00 – 18:00 Registration
18:00 – 21:00 Pre-conference and exhibition
18:00 – 20:00 A light standing dinner will be served
19:00 – 21:00 Meet the students who will join the Pre-conference and the exhibition
Tuesday, September 29
CET2026
08:00 – 10:00 Registration, Exhibition and Coffee
10:00 Opening
Anna Nordling, WSP | Moderator |
Pär Olsson, Professor Nuclear Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. | Chair CET2026 |
10:10 Session – World View
Lucas Mir, NEA SMR Dashboard Manager, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency | Current Landscape for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) |
Pär Olsson, Professor Nuclear Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, | Accelerating the Readiness of Gen IV Systems to Meet Net Zero Goals |
Brent Wanner, Head of the Power Sector Unit , International Energy Agency | Nuclear Energy in the Age of Electricity |
Q&A |
11:15 Session – World View cont.
Thomas Wiese, Vice President of the European Nuclear Society | The Nordic Nuclear People – Strengthening the Voice for Nuclear – Beyond Electricity, Beyond Borders, Beyond Societies | Presentation |
Antoine Guelfi, Head of Business Development, International New Nuclear Development, EDF | Nuclear Power: A Cornerstone of Europe’s Net Zero Journey | |
Carl Berglöf, National Nuclear New-build Coordinator, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise | Next phase for new nuclear power in Sweden | Presentation |
Q&A |
12:15 Lunch and Exhibition
13:15 Panel – Competence Supply
Elina Charatsidou, Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Moderator |
Chloé Bezin, Chairwoman – Young Generation Sweden, Principal Technology Strategy Partner – Westinghouse | |
Anna Malmström, Programme Manager, Swedish Energy Agency | |
Richard Martin, Head of Nuclear new build development Nordics, AFRY | |
Pär Olsson, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology | |
Carmen Tamm, Master’s student in Nuclear Energy Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology | |
Martin Wallgren, Head of Human Resources, OKG |
14:15 Session – MTO Perspective
Lena Kecklund, Kecklund Advisors AB | Operational and Organizational Challenges for New Energy Technologies – | Presentation |
Bjørn Axel Gran, Vice President, Nuclear, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) | Human, Technology and Organisation at IFE Nuclear in Halden | Presentation |
Claire Blackett, Senior Human Factors Consultant, Risk Pilot, part of Rejlers AB | Rethinking the Role of the Human in Advanced Reactors | |
Q&A |
15:15 Coffee and Exhibition
16:00 Session – Security
Hans Liwång, Professor of Systems Science for Defence and Security, Swedish Defence University | Energy Security, total defence and the development of the energy system | Presentation |
Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Professor, Linköping University | Security is not a single dimension | Presentation |
Patrik Hermansson, Head of Business Development Nordics, Uniper | Sweden’s Electrification journey A Blueprint for Europe’s Energy Sovereignty | |
Q&A |
17:00 End of day 1
18:00 Dinner at Restaurant Badholmen
Wednesday, September 30
CET2026
08:00 – 08:30 Registration and Exhibition
08:30 Opening day 2
Karin Westling, Portfolio Manager Nuclear, Energiforsk | Moderator |
08:35 Panel – Economical aspects for New Build
Pär Olsson, Professor Nuclear Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, | Moderator |
Carl Berglöf, National Nuclear New-build Coordinator, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise | |
Tom Erixon, Chairman of the Board, Videberg Kraft | |
Laurent Leveugle, CEO, Nucore Energi | |
Elova Ryegård, Head of Nuclear, ABB | |
Krystyna Wilk-Koncewicz, Director of Financing and Risk Management, ORLEN S.A. |
09:30 Coffee and Exhibition
10:30 Session – Supply chain and back end
Anna Kopytowska, Executive Vice President, Sourcing, Arabelle Solutions | Nuclear renaissance Opportunities & Challenges | Presentation |
Dr. Carina Önneby, VP EMEA Nuclear Fuel, Chairman of the Board, Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB | Experience Shaping Future Solutions | |
Stefan Engdahl, Managing Director, The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company | Managing Swedish nuclear waste | Presentation |
Carina Bredow, Business Unit Director, Commercial Operations & Project Management, Cyclife Sweden AB | From liability to asset – giving the nuclear sector a sustainable future | Presentation |
Q&A |
11:45 Lunch and Exhibition
12:45 Session – Beyond electricity and advanced reactors
Matti Pentti, CCO, Steady Energy Oy | Welcoming the new era of heating | |
Thérèse Burman, VP Regulatory & Public Affairs , Blykalla | Beyond electrons: Heat and resilience from advanced reactors | Presentation |
Karl Thedéen, President and CEO, Studsvik AB | Securing the future of nuclear | |
Q&A |
13:50 Session – Research and System
Jakub Kupecki, Director of the National Centre for Nuclear Research | Electricity is not the only reason – decarbonization of industries using nuclear reactors |
Anders Bergdahl, Founder/CEO NA2, Nordic Association for Nuclear Acceleration | The Case for a Nordic Research infrastructure and a Nordic Research Reactor |
Elis Nycander, Electricity Market Analyst, Svenska Kraftnät (the Swedish Transmission System Operator) | Scenario analysis using electricity market modelling – and limitations |
Q&A |
14:50 Coffee and Exhibition
15:45 Session – New reactor projects
Robert Bergqvist, Country Executive, Rolls-Royce SMR | |
Jesper Marklund, Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships, New Nuclear, Fortum Sverige AB | Fortum & NuCore Energi – New Nuclear in Oskarshamn |
Fredrik Vitabäck, Sales Executive Advanced Nuclear, Europe, GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy | BWRX-300 Deployment update |
Tom Erixon, Chairman of the Board, Videberg Kraft | Status Videberg Kraft Project |
Q&A |
17:00 Closing CET2026
Pär Olsson, Professor Nuclear Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, | Chair2026 |
