Speakers
Klaas van der Meer
(Belgium)
Michael Whitaker
(USA)
Description
(M. Whitaker)
Good afternoon everyone.
On behalf of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, we are grateful for the opportunity to support this symposium. The number of symposium events – presentations, posters, technical demonstrations, panel discussions, and receptions – has been completely overwhelming and truly impressive. My compliments to the IAEA organization staff for a spectacular event. I have gained a much better appreciation for why these are only once every four years.
This symposium has provided an important opportunity to reengage with friends and colleagues from around the globe to discuss international safeguards topics. The theme this year is very appropriate. So much of our work relies upon people. Together we work to develop the strategies that ensure that international safeguards are effectively implemented to provide the world the assurances that they expect from us.
Thank you for this opportunity to share in the organization and execution of this symposium.
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(K. Van der Meer)
It is my pleasure to give the last posters awards. We have had two award ceremonies already this week on Wednesday and Thursday to recognize the best posters in those sessions. Today it will be two parts. First we will give the award for the best posters for this morning’s sessions, and then we have 4 special awards: Gold, Silver, Bronze and the New Generation Symposium Award. These are the awards for the best posters for the whole week. The New Generation Symposium Award is for recognition of a younger participant and the prize is also for a younger participant. . I would like to ask the winners of those awards to come and accept their prize.
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The IAEA recognizes the generous donations by INMM and ESARDA of the following prizes given as awards for the best posters:
Best e-poster advertisement per session: free subscription to the ESARDA Bulletin
Best e-poster per session: free membership in INMM
Best poster of the week “Bronze: free registration for the 8th INMM/ESARDA Joint Workshop in Jackson Hole
Best poster of the week “Silver”: free registration for the 2015 ESARDA Symposium in Manchester
Best poster of the week “Gold”: free registration for the 2015 INMM Annual Meeting in Indian Wells.
Best poster of the week “New Generation Symposium Award”: free participation in the 2015 ESARDA Safeguards course in Ispra, Italy.
