Conveners
Technical Session 9: Nuclear Education and Outreach
- Jerry Hopwood (JMH Technology Consulting)
- Won-jae (Co-chair) Park
Mr
Roger Garbil
(DG Research and Innovation, Euratom Fission, European Commission)
09/11/2016, 14:00
Track 1: Strategic and cross-cutting KM issues in organizations
oral
The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Research and Training framework programmes are benefitting from a consistent success in pursuing excellence in research and facilitating Pan European collaborative efforts across a broad range of nuclear science and technologies, nuclear fission and radiation protection.
To fulfil Euratom R&D programmes keys objectives of maintaining high levels...
Mr
Leonel Lagos
(Florida International University)
09/11/2016, 14:15
Track 1: Strategic and cross-cutting KM issues in organizations
oral
As a result of an aging workforce at US federal agencies and federal contractors’ workforce, it is projected that over 20% of the current workforce will be retiring over the next decade. Typically, the institutional knowledge and technical expertise is possessed by senior staff members approaching retirement. In many instances, this knowledge is lost once the employee retires; therefore,...
Ms
Valerie Segovia
(Nuclear Power Institiute, Texas A&M University)
09/11/2016, 14:30
Track 1: Strategic and cross-cutting KM issues in organizations
oral
With the numerous nuclear power plants being built globally and the prospects for many more, the challenge of the timely availability of a well-prepared, qualified, knowledgeable workforce is a key element in the “critical path” to commissioning these plants. All of these individuals will need quality education and training that is rooted in safety and established in experience. In addition,...
Mr
Saleh Ismail
(Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria)
09/11/2016, 14:45
Track 1: Strategic and cross-cutting KM issues in organizations
oral
The paper illustrates a new initiative, which has been implemented within secondary and technical schools in the Arab World, with the aim of improving the teaching of science, particularly on energy related subjects such as renewable and nuclear energies.
Energy education could be the ideal subject to bridge the gap between education and the job markets in many areas of the world now and in...
