Amy Roma is a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where she advises on the regulatory and commercial strategies that determine whether next-generation energy projects are financed, licensed and built. Ms Roma guides complex regulatory approvals, licensing proceedings, compliance matters and investigations involving advanced reactors, small modular reactors (SMRs), microreactors, fusion systems, fuel cycle facilities and space and defense nuclear applications. Ms Roma works with clients to design licensing and business strategies in parallel — aligning regulatory approvals, capital formation, investment structuring, offtake arrangements and supply chain frameworks to bring advanced nuclear and fusion projects to market. Ms. Roma has been recognized as one of the Top 10 most innovative lawyers in North America by the Financial Times and by the National Law Journal as one of the Top 50 “great minds impacting the crucial intersection of energy production and the environment." Ms. Roma has also led a number of high impact pro bono humanitarian initiatives. Included among those, she leads the legal team to send the New England Patriots private team plane to China in March 2020 to pick up and donate nearly two million N95 masks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. She also performs extensive pro bono work with refugees.

Rear Admiral (Upper Half, O-8, ret.) Joe Servidio has over four decades of maritime safety, security, environmental protection and response, and operational experience in the public and private sectors. He currently serves as a maritime advisor and consultant after having served as the Senior Vice President for Safety, Environmental, and Management Services with the Holland America Group, overseeing more than 40 cruise ships sailing around the world with Princess, Holland America, Seabourn, and P&O Australia Cruise Lines. Prior to joining the Holland America Group, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 35 years. His assignments included Deputy Commander of the Atlantic Area, directing Coast Guard domestic and international safety, security, and environmental response operations from the Rocky Mountains to the Middle East and Africa and as Commander of the Coast Guard 11th District in Alameda, directing Coast Guard operations from California to Peru including interdiction and disaster response activities. He helped stand up the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Task Force West (JTF-W), serving as the first Deputy Commander of the DHS Task Force charged with fostering collaboration and bringing inter-agency unity of effort along the Southwest Border and approaches, as well as Co-Commander of the JTF-W’s California Corridor and its land and maritime crossings. He also served as the Vice President’s Special Advisor for Homeland Security and with the Air Force’s Chief of Staff’s Strategic Advisory Group in the Pentagon. He has earned three Masters of Science degrees in National Resource Strategy, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering along with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Dr El-Shanawany is an international expert on nuclear safety and for the last 45 years, he has provided leadership, design, analysis and management, applications of Statutory regulatory requirements for the nuclear industry in the UK, Canada and Internationally. He is a member of the IAEA team awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2005. Dr M El-Shanawany has been appointed (September 2023) by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency as a member of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG). The objective is to provide the Director General of the IAEA with authoritative advice and recommendations on current and emerging issues in nuclear and radiation safety approaches, policies, and principles. He is an advisor of CORE POWER, and Chief Nuclear advisor to Lloyd's Register, and was visiting Professor of Nuclear Safety, Centre for Nuclear Engineering, at the Imperial College, London University. And was a Member of UK Government Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board, (NIRAB). He was Global Nuclear Director at Lloyd’s Register until 2016. Dr El-Shanawany was the Head of the Safety Assessment Section at the IAEA, September 2004 to June 2012. The main responsibilities of the Safety Assessment Section are to strengthen Member States’ (MSs’) capabilities and infrastructure (Regulatory Body, Designers and Operators) in effective safety assessment and safety enhancement of nuclear installations taking into account the wider aspects of MSs’ Regulatory Bodies’ licensing requirements. The over arching approach is through the development and application of Safety Standards and guides for advanced engineering, deterministic and probabilistic analytical methods/tools and risk informed decision-making process. He is an Independent Expert Evaluator for research project allocations, UK Engineering & Physics Science Research Council and Euratom Nuclear Research and Training. Prior to joining the IAEA, he was employed by Her Majesty’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, the UK Regulatory Body In the early nineties he was a Senior Nuclear Safety Specialist, Directorate of Safety Analysis and Assessment, Atomic Energy Control Board, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Power Engineering, a Master's degree in Nuclear, and a Doctorate from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University and is currently the Chairman of Nuclear Energy Maritime Organisation (NEMO).

Jerald (Jerry) Paul is an engineer, attorney, former college president and former governmental official serving at the federal, state and local levels. He formally served as a senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy and the Principal Deputy Administrator (NA-2) of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), serving as Chief Operating Officer over its three mission areas: 1. Defense Nuclear Programs; 2. Nuclear Nonproliferation; and 3. Naval Reactors. He was awarded the NNSA Gold Medal for service. During his term at NNSA, his leadership focused on nuclear safety, nuclear security, and safeguards. He has also served as the Central Technical Authority (CTA) which is the senior federal safety decision-maker for the U.S. NNSA nuclear complex within four U.S. national laboratories and additional facilities. He also served as the NNSA Deputy Administrator for U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-24). Paul is a formers U.S. Coast Guard licensed marine engineer and served in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Navy Reserve. He recently retired as President of Maine Maritime Academy and completed his term of appointment by MARAD (U.S. Maritime Administration) as Rear Admiral, U.S. Merchant Service. He has been an active proponent and leader on global maritime decarbonization including deployment of mobile nuclear energy technology. He formerly served as an elected member of the Florida House of Representatives including chairmanship of the Environmental Regulation Subcommittee. As an attorney, Paul has represented clients in complex litigation and transactions since 1995. He formerly owned and operated a governmental affairs advocacy firm, Capitol Energy, representing clients on matters of legislative policy and regulatory matters within many sectors of the energy industry. He formerly owned and managed a communications firm, Capitol Energy Communications, providing strategic communications resources for stakeholders advancing energy initiatives. He has served as a Circuit Court Civil Mediator, certified by the Florida Supreme Court. A graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, he holds degrees in Marine Engineering, Powerplant Management & Controls, and Nuclear Engineering Operations with emphasis on maritime operations. He also holds a postbaccalaureate degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida, High Honors, and a Juris Doctor of Law, Cum Laude, from Stetson University College of Law. He served as Reactor Engineer on shoreside nuclear power units. He has practiced law for 29 years, representing and counseling clients in corporate and governmental sectors with an emphasis on energy, energy policy and regulation including nuclear plant licensing. Recognized as an early advocate for advanced deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of nuclear facilities and operations, Mr. Paul was formerly appointed by Congress to serve on the National Academy of Sciences task force for QMU (Quantification of Measurement Uncertainty) for defense nuclear facilities and operations. He formerly served on the U.S. DOE Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Council. He formally represented Florida on the Southern States Energy Board and served on the planning board for the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). He formally served as the Distinguished Fellow for Energy Policy at the University of Tennessee in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He formerly served on the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Board of Trustees. He has represented the U.S. Government on matters of nuclear security and associated affairs through diplomatic service in multiple international venues including the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). He has been recognized as an authoritative public speaker on energy policy including analysis of emerging technologies and their applications. He recently co-authored a paper, presented internationally, on the development of a roadmap for education and training to prepare a future generation of Maritime Nuclear Professionals including best practices for safety, security, and maritime nuclear culture.

Tim is the Chair of Nuclear Risk Insurers which was one of the first nuclear insurers, formed in 1956 to enable Calder Hall to be switched on and today is the largest international nuclear insurer insuring over 320 licensed sites worldwide. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Great British Nuclear(GBN) and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee and in January 2025 was appointed to be a member of the Clean Energy Sector Council. From 2014 to 2021, he was a non-executive director of Horizon Nuclear Power. He was, until March 2019, a member of the Wylfa Newydd site licence company board and chaired the Audit and Risk Committee for the Horizon Board. He was also the original financial advisor in Abu Dhabi to the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) for their successful nuclear program. Until 2013, Dr. Stone was the Expert Chair of the Office for Nuclear Development in Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the British Government and the Senior Advisor to successive Secretaries of State responsible for energy. From 2003-2018 he was a member of the Board of the European Investment Bank.Tim is the Chair of Nuclear Risk Insurers which was one of the first nuclear insurers, formed in 1956 to enable Calder Hall to be switched on and today is the largest international nuclear insurer insuring over 320 licensed sites worldwide. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Great British Nuclear(GBN) and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee and in January 2025 was appointed to be a member of the Clean Energy Sector Council. From 2014 to 2021, he was a non-executive director of Horizon Nuclear Power. He was, until March 2019, a member of the Wylfa Newydd site licence company board and chaired the Audit and Risk Committee for the Horizon Board. He was also the original financial advisor in Abu Dhabi to the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) for their successful nuclear program. Until 2013, Dr. Stone was the Expert Chair of the Office for Nuclear Development in Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the British Government and the Senior Advisor to successive Secretaries of State responsible for energy. From 2003-2018 he was a member of the Board of the European Investment Bank.

Daniel B. Poneman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His work is focused on nuclear security issues. From 2015 through 2023, Poneman served as president and chief executive officer of Centrus Energy Corp., of Bethesda, Maryland, a trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. Prior to joining Centrus, Poneman served as U.S. deputy secretary of energy and as chief operating officer of the department from 2009 to 2014. Between April and May 2013, Poneman served as acting secretary of energy. He was an adjunct senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR from October 2008 through June 2009. Before assuming his responsibilities as deputy secretary, Poneman served as a principal of the Scowcroft Group for eight years. From 1993 through 1996, he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for nonproliferation and export controls at the National Security Council. His responsibilities there included the development and implementation of U.S. policy in peaceful nuclear cooperation, missile technology, space-launch activities, sanctions determinations, chemical and biological arms control efforts, and conventional arms transfer policy. Poneman first joined the Department of Energy in 1989 as a White House fellow. In 1990, he joined the National Security Council staff as director of defense policy and arms control. Between tours of government service, Poneman practiced law for nine years in Washington, DC, as an associate at Covington & Burling and as a partner at Hogan & Hartson. Poneman has published widely on national security issues. He is the author of Nuclear Power in the Developing World, Argentina: Democracy on Trial, and Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change. His third book, Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis (coauthored with Joel Wit and Robert Gallucci), received the 2005 Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy. Poneman received AB and JD degrees with honors from Harvard University and an MLitt in politics from Oxford University.

Christopher J. Wiernicki was until recently Chairman and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Chairman of its affiliated companies. With more than 35 years of global experience across marine and offshore design, operations, safety, digitalization, cybersecurity, and the clean energy transition, he is a recognized leader in maritime decarbonization, sustainability, and advanced technology. He serves on the U.S. President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council and holds prominent international advisory roles, including Singapore’s Maritime International Advisory Panel. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Wiernicki has received numerous industry honours for leadership and innovation. He holds engineering degrees from Vanderbilt University, George Washington University, and MIT, completed Harvard’s Advanced Management Program, and has received multiple honorary doctorates.

Samuel Norton is the Chief Executive Officer of OSG since July 2016, and was also previously its President until October 2024. Mr. Norton serves on the OSG Board of Directors since the acquisition by Saltchuk in July 2024 and, while OSG was publicly traded on the NYSE, Mr. Norton served on the Board of Directors since 2014. Prior to his leading OSG, Mr. Norton co-founded SeaChange Maritime, LLC in 2006, an owner and operator of container ships, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Norton also spent 17 years as a senior executive officer at Tanker Pacific Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. In 1995, Mr. Norton initiated and led the entry of the Sammy Ofer Group into the container segment and acquired and operated the first container vessels in the group's fleet. While at Tanker Pacific, Mr. Norton also conceived and started a related business, Tanker Pacific Offshore Terminals, which owns and operates a fleet of floating, offshore oil storage terminals. Prior to joining the Ofer Group, Mr. Norton played a lead role in the Asian distressed assets group of the First National Bank of Boston, a position which acquainted him with the shipping industry and the Ofer family. Mr. Norton holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature from Dartmouth College.