World Atomic Days

Thursday 12 – Friday 13 November | Various times | Nirvana Cosmopolitan, Lara Turizm Yolu Kundu Mevkii, Antalya

_{All times are local Antalya time (TRT, UTC+3).}

An official satellite event of World Atomic Week, held alongside COP31 under the theme Nuclear Energy for People and the Planet. The two-day conference will highlight nuclear energy’s role in a low-carbon future, with a talent and youth programme on day one and a business programme on day two. Day two covers new-build, green transformation, SMRs and the BRICS Nuclear Platform Annual Conference.

World Nuclear Association participation

Thursday 12 November

• 10:00 – 10:30: Opening remarks by Dr Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of World Nuclear Association, alongside Alexei Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom
• 10:30 – 11:40: High-level plenary session “Green Education Technologies: High-Tech Talent in Response to Climate Change”, in cooperation with the BRICS Nuclear Platform, with Dr Sama Bilbao y León

Friday 13 November

• 12:00 – 13:30: Plenary session on finance and trade, with Dr Sama Bilbao y León
• 14:30 – 15:15: “NPP Construction: Opportunities for Local Industry”, with King Lee, Head of Policy and Industry Engagement
• 16:30 – 17:45: BRICS Summit, with welcoming remarks from Dr Sama Bilbao y León at 16:30

Access

For details on the wider programme of COP31 Action Agenda events, please see the UNFCCC overview schedule.

For more information about World Nuclear Association’s activities at COP31, visit the Net Zero Nuclear events page.