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Csilla PESZNYÁK Medical Physics and Radiation Protection Expert in Hungary. Associate professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Head of Radiation Protection Service at National Institute of Oncology, Hungary. President of the ENEN aisbl. President of Health Physics Section, Roland Eötvös Physical Society. Board member of Hungarian Society of Medical Physics and next president of Hungarian Radiation Oncology Society.

Roberta CIRILLO is working as Project Manager and Communication Officer at ENEN. She is responsible of all ENEN communication channels, manages several EU-funded project leading the Dissemination and Communication working package and acts coordinator for the TOURR project. Physicist and Nuclear Engineer by training, she complemented her education with Energy Management and Innovation & Business Creation courses.

Lois S TOVEY She is the Nuclear Technology & Business Development Manager at the University of Leeds, UK. Her background is in Materials Science. She currently manages the TRANSCEND (Transformative Science and Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning) and ATLANTIC (Accident Tolerant Fuels in Recycling) research consortia.

Emila JANISZ European Nuclear Society Director of Strategy, advocate of nuclear science and technology with over 10 years of experience in the EU legislation process of energy and climate matters. Leader of the Nuclear for Climate movement, successfully making sure nuclear is part of the conversation at the UN COP conferences since 2015. A big enthusiast of the ENS – Young Generation Network, co-founder of the Polish Nuclear Society Young Generation Network. Women’s rights activist in her free time.

Chantho CREZE is a consultant-coach in executive leadership development, currently working as a HR Business Partner at Westinghouse Electrique France. She has 30 years’ experience in nuclear industry, working in large international projects such as the fuel reprocessing plant in La Hague-France, the Waste Management and D&D at US-DOE Hanford site, the US-Russian Pu disposition Program, OL3-EPR EPC in Finland, and other NPP decommissioning and new construction in the world. Board member of Cercle InterElles, Femmes Ingénieures, Economy Committee of IESF, and the Change Leaders.

Leon CIZELJ Head of Reactor Engineering Division, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia. Responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of research, postgraduate education, technical and scientific support to the Slovenian nuclear regulatory body division. Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Past president of the ENEN aisbl. President of the European Nuclear Society.

Walter AMBROSINI is Full Professor in Nuclear Plants at the University of Pisa, Italy. His Research interests involve the field of Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics. He has been President of the Research Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering in Pisa (2008-2016), President of the MSc in Nuclear Engineering in Pisa (2011-2018), President of the European Nuclear Education Network (2013-2016), Member of the ASN Commission for Energetics and Nuclear Engineering (2018-2021), Present Member of the CDs of CIRTEN and of the Associazione Italiana Nucleare (AIN). His relevant Memberships: AIN, ENS, ANS, ASME.

Gianfranco CARUSO is Full Professor in Nuclear Engineering at Sapienza, University of Rome. He is a member of the Scientific Council of ICHMT and representative member of Sapienza in the Governing Board of CIRTEN. He is currently the group leader in ongoing national and international projects related to nuclear topics and the reference person for Sapienza research activities in the framework of the EUROFUSION project. His research interest includes: advanced heat transfer and thermal-hydraulics in nuclear plants; magneto-hydrodynamics; two-phases heat transfer and flow; design of components and systems for energy production plants.

Mario MARIANI, PhD, Full Professor of Applied Radiochemistry at Politecnico di Milano IT, Head of Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Labs. Over 30y of experience in nuclear instrumentations, SNF reprocessing, ND&WM, radiation processing, chemical dosimetry, innovative E&T in radiochemistry and nuclear engineering. Polimi Scientific Officer of FP6-7 and H2020 Euratom Projects. He has been Head of PoliMI Nuclear Engineering Division and CDs Member of SIRR. He is Present Member of the CDs of CIRTEN.

Gabriel PAVEL: Has been Executive Director of the European Nuclear Education Network for two years. He has completed 2 E&T projects and has 6 projects under implementation. Experience: 16y in the nuclear sector. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania (16y); Lecturer on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, non-power applications of ionizing radiation. 5 E&T projects and 24 projects with industry.

Dimitris VISVIKIS is a director of research with the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in France and Director of the Medical Image Processing Lab in Brest (LaTIM, UMR1101). His current research interests focus on improvement in PET/CT image quantitation for specific oncology applications, such as response to therapy and radiotherapy treatment planning. He is a member of numerous professional societies such as EFOMP (Vice Chair projects committee) IPEM (Fellow, Past Vice-President International), IEEE (Fellow, Past NPSS NMISC chair), AAPM, SNM (CaIC board of directors 2007-2012), EANM (Chair Physics committee, 2020-2024). He is the first Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions in Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences.

Jakob LUYTEN: has a teaching degree and a MSc in Chemistry from Catholic University of Leuven. He worked at the Avans University of Applied Science as a lecturer and within the L&D group of Sanofi Geel as site training specialist. He recently joined the SCK CEN Academy.

Darío CRUZ is the Executive Officer of FuseNet – The European Fusion Education Network. He is responsible of the coordination and operation of the FuseNet association. A Physicist and Energy Engineer by education, he has been actively involved in fusion research as a graduate from the European Master in Nuclear Fusion Science and Engineering Physics and as a former researcher in functional materials for fusion applications at CIEMAT National Fusion Laboratory in Madrid, Spain.