Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the CEO of North America, We Don’t Have Time. She is a partner at Pioneer Public Affairs. She is also the founder and principal of Adapt to Thrive, a venture that seeks to better inform individuals, businesses, and government entities on the complex, interconnected challenges, such as food insecurity and disease, already existing and emerging from a warming planet.

Dr. Kathryn Huff is Professor and Chair of the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she leads research on advanced reactors, fuel cycles, and scientific computing. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, following roles as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary.

Jessica R. Lovering is a Senior Fellow at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, where she focuses on the role of advanced nuclear technologies in supporting deep decarbonization and equitable energy transitions. She is also the co-founder and former Executive Director of the Good Energy Collective, a progressive policy research organization advancing inclusive nuclear policy. Lovering holds a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, where her research explored the international deployment of microreactors and nuclear export policy. Her work has been featured in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Vox, and Wired, and she is a non-resident fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub, contributing to energy solutions in emerging economies.

Dr. Edward Blandford is a Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Kairos Power. He is responsible for all KP-FHR engineering and technology development functions within the company. These responsibilities include all major hardware demonstrations, standing up fuel and salt supply infrastructure, manufacturing, supply chain and procurement, environmental health and safety, construction management, and engineering operations. Prior to co-founding Kairos Power, he was at the University of New Mexico as an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Blandford was previously a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He also worked for several years as a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, focusing on steam generator thermal-hydraulics and material degradation management. Dr. Blandford has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently sits on advisory boards for the nuclear engineering departments of the University of New Mexico, Texas A&M, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Jacopo Buongiorno is the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is also the Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), and the Director of Science and Technology of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. His research focuses on reactor safety and design, two-phase flow, and heat transfer, with over 110 published journal articles. Jacopo teaches courses in thermo-fluids and nuclear reactor engineering and has received numerous honors, including an ANS Presidential Citation (2022), the MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellowship (2014), and the ASME Heat Transfer Best Paper Award (2008). He led the MIT study on the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World (2016–2018) and consults widely for the nuclear industry. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, has served on the Naval Studies Board, DOE advisory boards, and participated in the Defense Science Study Group.