In this update:

1. Register Now – Registration and Accommodations Bookings Now Open
2. Innovation Night – Calling Student Presenters
3. Conference Workshops
4. Sponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities

Registration and Accommodation Bookings Now Open

Early bird pricing for registrations is available until August 24, 2024. The last two in-person G4SR conferences sold out. Register now to take advantage of discount pricing and to avoid disappointment. A block booking is available at the conference hotel, The Westin Ottawa, with a special conference rate until August 29, 2024. Book online through the Canadian Nuclear Society reservation page. 

Innovation Night – Calling Student Presenters

Are you a graduate or undergraduate or graduate student with an innovative idea or undertaking research to support the deployment of Generation IV advanced and small reactors? If so, we have an opportunity for you: the G4SR-4 Innovation Night.

The Innovation Night is an opportunity for students to show how their work can contribute to the deployment of advanced reactors in one (or more) of the following areas:

• Technology demonstration / qualification
• Public engagement
• Novel deployments (e,g, off-grid, industrial)
• Workforce development

Student innovators will have the opportunity to showcase a poster of your work to industry experts in a fun and social event. Select students will be invited to present to all attendees. Contact Arthur Situm for more information and to sign up. Additional information is available here. 

Conference Workshops

We have added a sixth pre-conference workshop to those taking place October 1:

• Indigenous Engagement Workshop: Meaningful Consultation and Engagement for the Lifecycle of a Nuclear Facility (Half Day)Workshop Organizer: Meghan Gerrish, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy -Safety Considerations (Full Day)Workshop Organizers: Gilles Rodriquez, CEA, and IEA Hydrogen TCP Rami El-Emam, Ontario Tech University
• Digital Innovation in Nuclear: Unleashing the Power of AI (Full Day)Workshop Organizer: Emma Wong,OECD -NEA
• Integrated Energy Systems Demonstration Workshop (Full Day)More details to come
• Accelerating Microreactor Deployment in Canada (Half Day)Workshop Organizer: Lori Walters, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
• Pan-Canadian Nuclear R&D workshop (Half Day)Workshop Organizer: Lori Walters, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Workshops have separate fees not included with general registration. Be sure to select your choice during registration. If you have already registered, please log in to your account on the conference registration portal to update your workshop selection and payment.

Contact the workshop co-chairs, Chuk Azih and Hazem Mazhar for more information.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities

Take advantage of an outstanding opportunity to showcase your company, products and services at G4SR-5, which follows 2022’s terrific success of G4SR-4.  Both excellent sponsorship opportunities and great exhibitor spots are still available. Connect and network with clients, customers, colleagues and peers. Don’t delay – download the G4SR-5 Sponsorship and Exhibitor Information package to find out more. Please communicate your interest and any questions to G4SR-5 Sponsorship & Exhibits Chair Dr. Ben Rouben today. For general inquiries, please contact Rachael Callaghan, Event Manager and Conference Coordinator.

G4SR-5 and the Canadian Nuclear Society gratefully acknowledge the support of our growing list of sponsors:

• Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Host Sponsor
• Hatch, Platinum Sponsor
• Bruce Power, Gold Sponsor
• Acurris, Silver Sponsor
• BWXT, Silver Sponsor
• Kinetrics, Silver Sponsor
• Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Canada, Silver Sponsor
• NB Power, Bronze Sponsor
• CANDU Owners’ Group
• CSA Group