Agenda/Presentations

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7th Workshop on Isotope Federal Supply and Demand
   January 12, 2021
AGENDA

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Time Topic Speaker
9:00 - 9:30 Overview of DOE Isotope Program Dr. Jehanne Gillo, Director, DOE Isotope Program, Office of Science, DOE
9:45 - 10:15 Status of National Quantum Initiative Dr. Alex Cronin, National Quantum Coordination Office, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
10:15 - 10:45 Update on the Nation’s Nuclear Forensics Program Dr. David Ford, Acting Director Office of Nuclear Forensics, National Nuclear Security Administration
10:45 - 11:00 Break  
11:00 - 11:30 NASA Radioisotope Power System Program June Zakrajsek, Radioisotope Power System Program Manager, NASA Glenn Research Center
11:30 - 12:00 Radioisotope Power Source Development at the Army Research Laboratory Dr. Marc Litz, Power and Energy Division, Army Research Laboratory
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Future of High-Performance Reactor-Based Research Facilities Dr. Linda Horton, Associate Director, Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, DOE
2:00 - 2:30 Advances in Radioisotope Medical Applications Dr. Peter Choyke, Director, National Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute Molecular Imaging Program
2:30 - 3:00 Recent Novel Isotopes 2019-2021 Dr. Marc Garland, Deputy Director, DOE Isotope Program
3:00 - 3:30 Research for Emerging Isotopes Dr. Ethan Balkin, Program Manager for Isotope Research & Development, DOE Isotope Program
3:30 - 3:45 Break  
3:45 - 4:15 Status of the Federal Helium Program Joe Peterson, Assistant Field Office Manager, Helium Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
4:15 - 4:45 Progress in Reducing the Nation’s Dependency on Foreign Isotope Supplies and Impacts of COVID on Supply Chains Mitch Ferren, Associate Director of the National Isotope Development Center
4:45 Concluding Remarks Jehanne Gillo