Program for the Workshop on the Nation’s Needs for Isotopes: Present & Future

Monday, August 4

19:00 p.m. Poster Session Room open for mounting posters - Regency Randolph Room

19:15 –21:00 p.m. Meeting of Work Session Chairs - Adam Room

Tuesday August 5 - Plenary Session: Plaza I & II Ballroom

Chair: Jehanne Simon-Gillo
 7:30 a.m. Registration Sign-In and Continental Breakfast (outside Ballroom)
 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks – Dr. Raymond Orbach, Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
 8:45 a.m. Objectives of Workshop – Dr. Jehanne Simon-Gillo, Acting Associate Director, Office of Science for Nuclear Physics, Department of Energy
 9:00 a.m. Perspective at OSTP for Isotopes – Dr. Jean Cottam, Assistant Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Office of Science and Technology Policy
 9:15 a.m. Nuclear Physics & Strategic Planning of the Isotope Program – Professor Robert Tribble, Professor of Physics, Texas A&M and Chair of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
 9:45 a.m. Importance and Role of Isotopes in Basic Research – Dr. Lee Riedinger, Professor of Physics, University of Tennessee
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Importance and Role of Isotopes to the NIH Mission – Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health
11:00 a.m. Importance and Role of Isotopes to the Medical Community – Dr. Michael Welch, Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. Importance and Role of Isotopes to the Department of Homeland Security Mission and National Security – Dr. Charles Gallaway, Deputy Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security
12:00 p.m. Importance and Role of Isotopes to the Agricultural Research and Applications

Mr. John Jensen, Director, Radiation Safety Division, Department of Agriculture

12:15 p.m. Lunch
Chair: John Pantaleo  
14:00 p.m. IAEA Activities Related to Research Reactor Production of Radioisotopes

Mr. Ira Goldman, Project Manager, International Atomic Energy Agency

14:30 p.m.

 

Importance and Role of Isotopes to the Radiopharmaceutical Industry Mr. Roy Brown, Senior Director of Federal Affairs, Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals

15:00 p.m.

Importance and Role of Isotopes to the Petroleum Industry Mr. Eric Rosemann, Executive Director, Association of Energy Service Companies
15:30 p.m. Break

15:45 p.m.

 

 Recent and Ongoing National Academy Studies Relevant to Isotope Production

Dr. Kevin Crowley, Director, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, The National Academies

16:15 p.m.

 

The Mission of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Role Pertinent to Radioactive Isotopes – Dr. Donna-Beth Howe, Office of Federal and State Environmental Management Programs, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

16:45 p.m.

 Status of International Isotope Production – Dr. Tom Ruth, Senior Research Scientist and Director of the University of British Columbia/TRIUMF PET Program

17:15 p.m.

 

Isotope Program in the USA – Mr. John Pantaleo, Program Director, Isotope Program, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy

18:00 p.m.

Poster Session and Refreshments - Regency Randolph Room

19:30 p.m.

 Dinner - Executive Dinning Room

 

Wednesday, August 6 – Working sessions (Invitation only)

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Working Sessions

12:00 p.m. Lunch

13:30 p.m. – 18:00 p.m. Working Sessions

Thursday, August 7

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Working Sessions

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. – 13:00 p.m. Summary of Working Groups and Discussion – Plaza I Chair: John D’Auria

13:00 p.m. Workshop concludes

14:00 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. Meeting of Work Session Chairs – Wilson Room