Speaker Profiles

Dr. Peter Bradford Adjunct Professor, Vermont Law School and Former US NRC Commissioner, United States

Peter Bradford advises and teaches on utility regulation, nuclear power and energy policy in the United States and abroad. He has been a visiting lecturer at Yale University and has taught at Vermont Law School. He recently served on a National Academy of Sciences panel and is also affiliated with the Regulatory Assistance Project, which provides assistance to state and federal energy regulatory commissions regarding economic regulatory policy and environmental protection. He is vice-chair of the Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Bradford chaired the New York State Public Service Commission and the Maine Public Utilities Commission and helped to resolve New York’s stalemate over the Shoreham nuclear power plant and Maine’s controversial involvement in Seabrook, both on favorable economic terms. He served on the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1977 until 1982. During his term, the NRC undertook major upgrading of its regulatory and enforcement processes in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident. Mr. Bradford is the author of Fragile Structures: A Story of Oil Refineries, National Security and the Coast of Maine. His articles on utility regulation and nuclear power have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, and The Electricity Journal. He is a 1964 graduate of Yale University and received his law degree from the Yale Law School in 1968.

Vladimír Dlouhý Advisor, Goldman Sachs, Czech Republic

Vladimír Dlouhý works for Goldman Sachs as an International Advisor for Central and Eastern Europe. He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board for Chayton Capital, London, UK, Non-Executive Director of KSK Power Ventur in Hyderabad, India, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Meridiam Infrastructure, Paris, France and an Associate Professor of Macroeconomics and Economic Policy at Charles University in Prague. He is also the author of numerous publications.Mr. Dlouhý studied mathematical economics and econometrics at the School of Economics and at Charles University in Prague, and later received his MBA at Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium. Mr. Dlouhý also served as the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade (1992–1997). Dana Drábová Chief Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Regulator, Czech Republic

In her present position, Ms. Drábová is the chief nuclear safety and radiation protection regulator in the Czech Republic. She was appointed as the Chairperson of the State Office for Nuclear Safety (SÚJB) by the Czech government in 1999. Prior to this appointment she worked in the National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI) in Prague as health physicist, since 1996 was the director of the NRPI. Ms. Drábová is a graduate from the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, Department of Dosimetry and Applications of Ionizing Radiation (1980-1985). She has the PhD. in nuclear engineering. Ms. Drábová was the Chair of the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association in 2006 – 2009. She represents the Czech Republic in the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management (ENSREG). She has participated in several IAEA expert missions in the field of upgrading nuclear safety and radiation protection infrastructure in developing countries (Armenia, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Jordan) and since 2007 has been a member of INSAG appointed by the Director General of the IAEA. Since 2010 she represents Czech Republic in the Board of Governors of the IAEA.

Luis Echávarri Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, France

Mr. Luis Echávarri was appointed Director-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in 1997, a position he holds at the present time. Mr. Echávarri represents the OECD/NEA on the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 1997 and he became a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group in 2003. Mr. Echávarri began his career as an engineer in Bilbao and in 1975 joined Westinghouse Electric in Madrid. He went on to become Project Manager of the Lemoniz, Sayago and Almaraz nuclear power plants, for Westinghouse, in Spain. In 1985 Mr. Echávarri became Technical Director of the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN). He was named Commissioner of the CSN in 1987, a position which requires the approval of the Spanish Parliament. In July 1995, Mr. Echávarri became Director-General of the Spanish Nuclear Industry Forum, a post he held until July 1997.

Norman L. Eisen United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic, United States

Norman L. Eisen was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Czech Republic on January 14, 2011 and presented his credentials to the Czech President Vaclav Klaus on January 28, 2011. From January 2009 to January 2011, he served in the White House as Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform. In that capacity, he helped lead the Obama Administration’s historic initiatives on government ethics, lobbying regulation and open government. His portfolio also included financial regulatory reform, campaign finance law, whistleblower protection and other reform issues. Prior to that, he was the Deputy General Counsel to the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition. Ambassador Eisen received his J.D. in 1991 from Harvard Law School and his B.A. from Brown University in 1985, both with honors.

Mark Fitzpatrick Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, IISS, United Kingdom

Mark Fitzpatrick is Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. His program focuses on nuclear and missile challenges posed by Iran, North Korea and other outlier states, and on nuclear security and nuclear disarmament issues. He is the author of The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes (2008) and the editor of IISS Strategic Dossiers on countries and regions of proliferation concern, most recently on North Korea (July 2011) and Iran (February 2011). He has lectured throughout the world and is a frequent media commentator on proliferation topics. He joined IISS in October 2005 after a 26-year career in the US Department of State, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-Proliferation (acting). His diplomatic postings also included Vienna, in charge of liaison with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as postings in Seoul, Tokyo (twice) and Wellington.

Denis Flory Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA, Austria

Denis Flory is the Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA. He was born in 1953 and graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1975 and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées in 1978 in nuclear engineering. He started his career in 1978 with the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), where he was employed as a thermal hydraulics engineer for fast neutron reactors. In 1984, he was appointed to the French Embassy in the USSR for three years, as Scientific Attaché. After spending four years as an engineer in Great Britain at the Joint European Torus, he returned to France to take up the position of Technical Advisor to the High Commissioner for Atomic Energy for three years. From 1994 to 2004, Denis Flory was appointed Deputy, and subsequently Head, of the Department for the Security of Radioactive Materials at the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). In 2005, he joined the French Embassy in Russia as Nuclear Advisor, before returning to the IRSN, where he was appointed Director of International Relations in September 2009. While holding this position, he contributed to the development of ETSON, the European Technical Safety Organizations Network, and the setting up of ENSTTI, the European Nuclear Safety Training and Tutoring Institute.

Ichiro Fujisaki Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Japan

Ichiro Fujisaki became Ambassador of Japan to the United States on June 4, 2008. He has served as the political minister of the Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC, from 1995-99. As a diplomat, he has also served in Jakarta, Paris (OECD), and London. Prior to his current post, he served as Ambassador to the UN and to the WTO in Geneva. While there, he served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees). In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, he has held such posts as Deputy Director-General for Asian Affairs and Director-General for North American Affairs before being appointed as the Deputy Foreign Minister. He has also served as the Sherpa, or the personal representative, of the Prime Minister to G8 Summit meetings. Fujisaki was a research associate at IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) in London from 1987-88. He taught as a lecturer of International Relations at Sophia University in Tokyo from 1991-95. Since his arrival, he has spoken at Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, SAIS, Stanford, Yale, and Brigham Young University as well as at several think-tanks in Washington, DC, such as the Brookings Institution, AEI, Carnegie Endowment, CSIS, and Stimson Center. He also studied one year each at Brown University and Stanford University Graduate School in the early 1970’s.

Elliot Gerson Executive Vice President for Policy and Public Programs, International Partners, The Aspen Institute, United States

Elliot Gerson is responsible for the Aspen Institute’s Policy Programs, its Public Programs and its relations with its international partners. The Institute’s Policy Programs focus on many of the most important issues in domestic and international affairs, as well as in topics in art, culture and science. The Institute’s Public Programs open the Institute’s doors to a broader audience of influential citizens. Aspen has international partners in France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan and Romania. He is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford and Yale Law School. He was a U.S. Supreme Court clerk and has had a career including the practice of law, executive positions in state and federal government and a presidential campaign, president of leading insurance and service on many non-profit boards. And as American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, he manages the U.S. Rhodes Scholarships.

Hergen Haye Director of New Nuclear & Strategy, DECC, United Kingdom

Since joining the then Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 2001 Hergen has led on a number of key governmental projects including Competition policy for the DTI Enterprise Act 2002, the Consumer Credit White Paper 2005, European Energy Policy where he led on behalf of the UK response on the completion of the single market reform. In 2007, he led one of the largest Government consultations on the future of nuclear power and in February 2008 he was appointed Director of Distributed Energy and Heat Policy, ensuring the development of a coherent UK micro generation and distributed Energy policy. In 2010 Hergen assumed the role of Director of New Nuclear within DECC where he is responsible to enable operators to build and operate new nuclear power stations in the UK from the earliest possible date and to enable new nuclear to make the fullest contribution it is capable of, with no public subsidy, and with unnecessary obstacles removed.

Tomáš Klvaňa Managing Partner of Good Cause LLC and the Executive Director of Zdeněk Bakala´s Global Non-Profit Programs, Czech Republic

Currently Managing Partner of Good Cause LLC and the Executive Director of Zdeněk Bakala´s Global Non-Profit Programs where – besides numerous other projects – he oversees the establishment of the Aspen Institute partner in Prague, Czech Republic. Dr. Klvaňa was awarded a doctoral degree in Speech- Communication from the University of Minnesota in 1997; in 1992 he received an M. A. in journalism from Charles University. In 2003, Klvaňa was a Shorenstein Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He served as the Czech Government Envoy for Communication of the Missile Defense Program in 2007-2008, and the Press Secretary and Policy Adviser for President of the Czech Republic in 2003. Prior to that Dr. Klvaňa was deputy editor-in-chief of Hospodářské noviny (a leading Czech daily for business, economy and politics), and a senior international affairs commentator for the Czech daily newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes. He also worked in several area and regional managerial positions for British American Tobacco in Prague, Hamburg, London and Brussels. He is a member of the Czech Euroatlantic Council, Harvard Club of Prague´s Board of Directors, participates regularly in international conferences on international relations and lectures at New York University in Prague. He is the author of a novel, Marina. Ruský příběh (Marina. A Russian Story. Paseka Publishing, 2011).

Steven Korn President and Chief Executive Officer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, United States

Steven W. Korn was named President and CEO of RFE/RL, Inc. on June 3, 2011. From 1996-2000, Mr. Korn served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of CNN, where he oversaw all operational, financial, technological, and other non-editorial functions for the CNN News Group on a global basis. In addition, he served on the supervisory board of German television news channel n-tv and on the board of CNN Plus, a Spanish language news service based in Madrid. Previously, Mr. Korn served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (TBS), where he was responsible for all legal affairs of TBS and its subsidiaries worldwide. Following his 17 years at Turner Broadcasting, Mr. Korn assumed the role of publisher of the Daily Report, a legal newspaper, and GC South magazine, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Before joining Turner in 1983, he was an attorney specializing in civil litigation involving media, entertainment and telecommunications issues. Mr. Korn serves as a director on a variety of public and private company boards and as a trustee for a range of leading cultural and educational not-for-profit institutions, including Brown Shoe Company, Vassar College, SV Investment Partners and Precision IR Group. From 2000-2007, Korn served on the Board of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) where he was Chairman of the Investment and Compensation committees and was a member of the Executive, Strategic Planning, Finance and Budget, Programming, and Presidential Search committees.

Anne Lauvergeon Former Chief Executive Officer, AREVA, France

Anne Lauvergeon is an engineer (graduated from the "Ecole des Mines” and the “Ecole Normale Supérieure”). She holds a degree in physics. She started her professional career in the iron and steel industry. In 1984, she directed the European safety studies for the chemical industry of CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique). From 1985 to 1990, she had different responsibilities in the Ministry of Industry in France and outside France. In 1990, she is Advisor for International Economic Affairs at the French Presidency and Deputy Chief of its Staff in 1991. At the same time she became "Sherpa" to the President, in charge of the G7-G8 Summit's preparation. From 1995 to 1999 she held senior executive posts at Lazard Frères & Cie and Alcatel. In June 1999, Anne Lauvergeon was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of COGEMA. Founder of AREVA in 2001 by merger of Cogema, Framatome and CEA-I, she served as Chief Executive Officer of AREVA till June 2011. She is married, with two children, Agathe (12 years) and Armand (8 years). She likes sport and archaeology.

Rt. Hon. Lord Peter Mandelson Chairman, Global Counsel LLP, United Kingdom

Lord Mandelson is a former European Trade Commissioner and British First Secretary of State. He was a Commissioner in Brussels between 2004-2008. He held four different Cabinet positions in the British government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2010. He was a Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 1992 until 2004. Prior to entering parliament he was Director of Campaigns and Communications for the Labour party between 1985 and 1990. He was educated at Oxford University. He recently published his autobiography, The Third Man, and is also a Senior Adviser to Lazard. David Monsma Executive Director, Energy and Environment Program, The Aspen Institute, Director, Aspen Environment Forum, United States

David Monsma is executive director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program. The Institute's environment program includes the Catto Fellowship Program, the Aspen Environment Forum, the Aspen Energy Policy Forum, and the Aspen Commission on Arctic Climate Change, as well as various other policy dialogues and seminars. An attorney by training, David has nearly 20 years of experience in environmental law and policy. He has taught law and ethics at Loyola College in Maryland and has served as director of business and environment at Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco, task force coordinator for the President's Council on Sustainable Development under President Clinton, and project director of the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations at the Council on Economic Priorities in New York City. David began his legal career as a program attorney in the Office of Toxics Substances at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC.

Commissioner William C. Ostendorff Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States

The Honorable William C. Ostendorff was sworn in for a second term as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 7, 2011, to a term ending on June 30, 2016. His first term was from April 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011. Mr. Ostendorff has a distinguished career as an engineer, legal counsel, policy advisor, and naval officer. Before joining the NRC, Mr. Ostendorff served as the Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and as Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology at the National Academies. He came to the National Academies after serving as Principal Deputy Administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration from April 2007 until April 2009. From 2003 to 2007, he was a member of the staff of the House Armed Services Committee. Mr. Ostendorff was an officer in the United States Navy from 1976 until he retired in 2002 in the grade of captain.

Elena Sokova Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Austria

Ms. Sokova currently serves as the Executive Director of Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Prior to coming to Vienna, she was the Assistant Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Her primary research interests are focused on international nonproliferation and nuclear security mechanisms, nuclear materials management, nuclear fuel cycle, trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials, international nuclear safeguards, and nonproliferation education and training. She has published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the Nonproliferation Review, the International Herald Tribune and other periodicals. She is an author and co-author of chapters in several monographs on nuclear security, nuclear safeguards, and fissile material managements. Ms. Sokova holds a Master’s degree in International Public Administration from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Master’s degree in Law from the Moscow State University.

Jiří Šedivý First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defense‚ Czech Republic

Jiří Šedivý currently serves as the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic. His previous post was at NATO headquarters, where he joined the NATO International Staff as Assistant Secretary General for Defense Policy and Planning in 2007. Prior to his appointment, he served the Czech Republic as Deputy Minister for European Affairs, and as Minister of Defense, in 2006. As Assistant Secretary General at NATO, Šedivý was the principal adviser to the Secretary General on political-military policy and planning issues. In addition, Šedivý has a distinguished academic record – from 2004 to 2006 he was Professor of Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, lecturing on such topics as defense sector transformation, civil-military relations and national strategy making. Between 1999 and 2004, he was the Director of the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Charles University, Prague, and Professor of European Security at New York University’s Prague Centre. As an expert, he played an important role in the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO and served as external adviser to President Václav Havel. Šedivý has been a member of a number of international expert teams and task forces preparing policy recommendations and security analyses, including NATO, the EU and the US government.

Alexandr Vondra Minister of Defense, Czech Republic

Pavel Žáček Former Director, Institute of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Republic

Dr. Pavel Žáček is Advisor and Former Director of the Institute of Totalitarian Regimes in the Czech Republic. He previously served in countless important roles including Acting Director for the Security Services Archive, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Contemporary History at the Academy of Sciences in Prague, and Head of the Documentation Section at the Office for the Documentation and Investigation of the Activities of the State Security Service/Crimes of Communism. He has been a member of editorial boards for numerous publications, including “Pamäť Národa”, “Historie a Vojenství”, and “Studentské Listy” (which he founded in 1989). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Charles University, and was a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University.

Petr Závodský Director, ČEZ, Czech Republic

Petr Závodský has graduated at University of Transport and Communication, electro-technical faculty. Petr joined CEZ Group in 1994, started at Nuclear Power Plant Temelín during construction of Units 1&2, among others as Manager of Independent Verification and Validation of the Safety Systems Software. In autumn 2006 when CEZ decided to prepare New Nuclear built, Petr was one of the first members of the new team responsible for technical part of market research and Tender documents preparation. In April 2009 he becomes Director of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Department. He is also member of board of director at Jadrova Energeticka Spolocnost Slovenska, a.s. as well as at CEZ Bohunice, a.s.