Opening Ceremony & Institutional Plenary Keynote Speakers
Monday, 16 February 2026
Opening Address
Dr. Paul T. Dickman
President - World Council on Isotopes (WCI)
Prof. Flavia Groppi
12ICI Chair - University of Milan & INFN - Milan, Italy
Dr. Giovanni Passaleva
Director, INFN - Florence, Italy
Institutional Keynote Speakers
Dr. Najat Mokhtar
IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Prof. Oscar Adriani
Member of the Executive Board of the Italian National Instituto of Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Dr. Massimo Altavilla
Radiation Protection Expert at Italian National Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ISIN)
Plenary Sessions - Advances in Isotope Production and Applications
Monday, 16 February 2026
Dr. Mariaelena Fedi
Researcher, INFN - Florence, Italy
Prof. Syed M. Qaim
Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Prof. Bernd Neumaier
Director of the INM-5 at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Prof. Gianluca Quarta
Full Professor, Università del Salento & Local Coordinator, INFN CSN-V – Lecce, Italy
Prof. Stephen LaMont
Professor, The University of New Mexico & Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Panel - Policy, Economics, and Global Impact of Isotope Production and Use
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Dr. James Scongack
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Bruce Power, Canada
President Forum - The Isotope Eco-System and Building Resiliency
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Dr. Monica Regalbuto
VP Science & Technology, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canada
Dr. Greg Moffitt
Senior Director of Product Development, Nusano Corporation
Dr. Anikitos Garofalakis
Senior Medical Radioisotopes Advisor, Nuclear Energy Agency, USA
Dr. Melody Greaves
Executive Director, Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council
Dr. Paul T. Dickman - Moderator
President - World Council on Isotopes (WCI)
Dr. Bernanrd Ponsard - Moderator
Radioisotope Stakholder Manager for BR2, SCK CEN, Belgium
Marie Curie Session
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Prof. Meera Venkatesh - Panel Head
(Former) Director of Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, IAEA
Prof. Renata Mikołajczak
Director’s Representative for Scientific Affairs and Cooperation, POLATOM Radioisotope Centre, Poland
Prof. Tzanka Kokalova Wheldon
Director, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, IAEA
Prof. Petra Martini
Professor, Università di Ferrara & INFN - Ferrara, Italy
Prof. Lee A. Bernstein
Nuclear Data Group Leader, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
