9.00 am – Registration and networking
10.00 am – Opening and welcome address
10.15 am – Presentations
Research perspectives at Polytechnique Montréal
12.00 pm – Lunch
Science, Engineering and Innovation in Support of Canada's Resilience and Technological Sovereignty
To mark the 50th anniversary of the SLOWPOKE-2 (Safe LOW-POwer Kritical Experiment) research reactor, Polytechnique Montréal invites the academic community, partners and stakeholders to a day of discussions and celebrations.
The event will explore research at Polytechnique, the history of SLOWPOKE-2 and its contribution to the advancement of knowledge, as well as the Canadian contributions that have shaped the development of nuclear engineering.
Programme
1.00 pm – Opening and speeches
1.30 pm – Presentations
50 years of scientific and academic heritage
2.30 pm – Break
2.45 pm – Presentations and panel discussion
Current and future prospects for nuclear engineering in Canada
4.15 pm – Closing remarks
4.30 pm – Cocktail and networking
Speakers
Speakers will be announced soon. Contributors to the program include :
- Atkins Realis
- Argonne National Laboratories
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
- McMaster Unversity
- Natural Resources Canada
- Polytechnique Montréal
- University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE)
- Velan
