Innovate 2.0 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
from
Tuesday 9 September 2025 (09:00)
to
Wednesday 10 September 2025 (18:00)
Monday 8 September 2025
Tuesday 9 September 2025
09:00
Welcome
Welcome
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Room 182
09:30
Keynote Speaker – The future of nuclear power and the story of LIS Technologies Inc.
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Christo Liebenberg
(
LIS Technologies Inc.
)
Keynote Speaker – The future of nuclear power and the story of LIS Technologies Inc.
Christo Liebenberg
(
LIS Technologies Inc.
)
09:30 - 10:15
Room: Room 182
Laser Isotope Separation Technology (L.I.S.T) LIS Technologies Inc. o Accomplished professional with 30 years of diverse technical & management experience in state-of-the-art laser & optical systems and applications. Most of this experience is in the field of Laser Isotope Separation of UF6, and he was involved in several classified laser enrichment processes on three different continents.
10:15
Break
Break
10:15 - 10:30
Room: Room 182
10:30
Round table Discussion of Collaborations between Labs
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Robert Saethre
(
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
)
Round table Discussion of Collaborations between Labs
Robert Saethre
(
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
)
10:30 - 11:30
Room: Room 182
Framework: 1. Case Studies and Lessons Learned: o Do you have any examples of successful DOE complex collaborations for operations engineering, user facilities engineering, or supporting R&D. o Highlight challenges faced during past cross-lab collaboration and strategies to overcome them. 2. Future State Vision: o What does the future of collaborative operations engineering, user facilities, and R&D look like at DOE labs? o Identify opportunities for integration and synergy not yet fully realized. 3. Action Items and Implementation: o Define specific steps labs can take to improve operations and the efficacy of user facilities. o Identify collaboration models that can be replicated across labs for greater collective impact.
11:30
Training for Afternoon Breakout Session
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Robert Saethre
(
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
)
Training for Afternoon Breakout Session
Robert Saethre
(
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
)
11:30 - 13:00
Room: Room 182
11:45
11:45 - 12:45
Room: Room 182
13:00
13:00 - 14:15
Room: Room 182
14:15
Break
Break
14:15 - 14:30
Room: Room 182
14:30
14:30 - 16:00
Room: Room 182
Contributions
14:30
Tour Graphite Reactor
16:00
16:00 - 17:15
Room: Room 182
18:30
Aubrey's Oak Ridge
Aubrey's Oak Ridge
18:30 - 20:15
Room: Room 182
Wednesday 10 September 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:30
Room: Room 182
09:00
Laboratory-wide facility evacuation exercise
Laboratory-wide facility evacuation exercise
09:00 - 09:20
Room: Room 182
09:30
09:30 - 09:45
Room: Room 182
09:45
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Room 182
10:15
Break
Break
10:15 - 10:30
Room: Room 182
10:30
Configuration Management at LANL
Configuration Management at LANL
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Room 182
11:00
Configuration Management at ORNL
Configuration Management at ORNL
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Room 182
11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Room 182
12:00
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Room 182
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Room 182
13:00
Breakout Group Summary Reports
Breakout Group Summary Reports
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Room 182
14:00
Break
Break
14:00 - 14:15
Room: Room 182
14:15
Closeout
Closeout
14:15 - 15:00
Room: Room 182
15:00
15:00 - 17:00