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Keynote Speakers


Christian C. Polak
Christian Polak graduated from the Nancy Engineering School of Geology (France) as a Geologist Engineer in 1986. He joined the AREVA Group in 2004, as Manager Responsible for Front-End sales to Northern American utilities, before transferring in December 2006 to the newly formed Business Development and Partnerships unit within AREVA’s mining business group. In particular, Christian focuses on emerging and junior to mid size mining companies

Eddie Rigg
Eddie Rigg is a co-founder of Argonaut. He has extensive experience in the execution of M&A and capital raisings. Prior to establishing Argonaut, Eddie was an Executive Director of CIBC World Markets, a global investment bank, and a Director of and substantial shareholder in DJ Commercial & Co. Eddie is a 40under40 and City of Perth Business Award winner.

Klaus Lohrey
After graduating from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences as a Chemical Engineer, Mr Lohrey worked for 8 years in R&D before joining NUKEM in 1985 as Project Manager for its then operational chemical process plant. In 1989 he moved to NUKEM’s Fuel Cycle Services Division. He became Head of the Uranium Trading department in 1996 and was promoted to Director of NUKEM's Fuel Services Division in 2005. On 1 April 2009, Klaus Lohrey was appointed Managing Director of NUKEM GmbH.

Kon Vatskalis
Hon. Kon Vatskalis emigrated from Greece to Perth, Australia, in 1983 before completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health from the Western Australian Institute of Technology. He first took post as the Environmental Health Officer for the City of Wanneroo whilst completing his Graduate’s Diploma in Environmental Science at Murdoch University. After relocating to Darwin, Northern Territory, in 1993, Mr Vatskalis was elected as MLA for Casuarina in 2001 and re-elected in 2005.

Michael J. Connor
With his 44 years of experience, Mr. Connor is recognized as one of the world’s experts in nuclear fuel. He started in 1966 at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in business development, then became the buyer for enrichment services, UF6 conversion, and U3O8 when Westinghouse was the largest supplier of nuclear fuel in the world. In December 1973, he joined the Nuclear Assurance Corporation as Vice-President and first Executive Director of the World Nuclear Fuel Market (WNFM). His last job, that has spanned the last 33 years, is founder and President of Nuclear Resources International, Inc. During that time, NRI has served well over 100 clients in 14 countries, on 5 continents. Mr. Connor holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S.-Pre-professional: Nuclear Engineering/Nuclear Physics from the University of Notre Dame.

Richard Sellers
Mr Sellers was appointed Director General of the Department of Mines and Petroleum in Western Australia in June 2009. He came to the position from the Northern Territory where he held the position of Executive Director Minerals and Energy. Mr Sellers holds a Bachelor of Applied Science Biology, a Graduate Diploma in Education and Master of Public Policy and Management. Mr Sellers has extensive experience in natural resource management and the regulation and approval of the mineral and petroleum industry.

   

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