Eugene TOH is the Assistant Chief Executive of the Energy Technologies Division at Energy Market Authority (EMA). He leads the development and deployment of advanced energy technologies to support Singapore’s transition towards a secure, sustainable, and low-carbon energy future. He oversees initiatives to accelerate innovation and adoption of emerging solutions, including hydrogen, energy storage systems, carbon capture and digital technologies that enhance power system efficiency and resilience.

Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Commercial Officer, and Assistant Chief Executive of the Corporate Services Division, driving organizational excellence and transformation, including enhancing the professional capabilities and capacity within EMA. Eugene graduated with a Masters Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from Carnegie Mellon University and a double first class Bachelor’s degree in ECE and Economics, with a major in Philosophy from the same institution in 2006.

He completed the INSEAD MBA programme in 2014, and was awarded the Ford Prize, which is presented to the top student of the cohort. Appointed the Chairperson of a large charity Methodist Welfare Services in Sep 2023, he also seeks to drive initiatives that serve the needs of underprivileged individuals and families. As well as being an avid runner, Eugene is passionate about the arts and enjoys portrait drawing in his free time. Eugene is also the author of Eureka Moments for Leadership, a leadership book that distills real-world insights drawn from his journey as a practicing executive, offering actionable lessons for leaders at all levels.

Kaz Fukui leads decarbonization for GE Vernova across Asia, helping customers and partners develop practical energy solutions and net-zero roadmaps. He brings nearly two decades of experience with GE and GE Vernova, where he’s held leadership roles across service, strategy, marketing, and growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the course of his career, he has worked across a wide range of power technologies, including gas, coal, nuclear, hydro, and wind. Kaz also brings a broader background in technology development and commercialization. He holds an MBA from Oxford, degrees from Cambridge, and is a Chartered Engineer in the UK

Trung Ghi has more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector, including over a decade in consulting, advising energy clients across Asia Pacific and Australasia, the Middle East, and North America. He has supported clients on energy market reform, organisational restructuring, growth and diversification strategy, and technology and digital transformation.

In recent years, Trung has focused on helping energy companies across Southeast Asia shape their decarbonisation strategies and energy transition roadmaps. His work spans emerging and low-carbon technologies including hydrogen, biofuels, nuclear, and energy convergence solutions. He has also developed a nuclear roadmap for a Southeast Asian independent power producer, supporting the assessment of nuclear’s potential role in its long-term generation portfolio and energy transition strategy.

Philippe Rose is Senior Analyst and part of the founding team establishing the IEA’s first Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore. He focuses on technology and energy security across Southeast Asia, including nuclear, low-carbon molecules, and gas. Philippe spent nearly two decades at Shell in economics and market development across Asia and Europe, including leadership in joint ventures in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. He holds an EMBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua, an MA from The Fletcher School, and a licentiate from the University of St. Gallen.

Currently, Patrick Aquino is the Director of the Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB) under the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE). A Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) Rank III, he previously served in the Office of the Secretary (OSEC), Information Technology Management Services (ITMS) and Energy Policy and Planning Bureau (EPPB). In support of Bagong Pilipinas, he is aggressively implementing the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EEC) Act, Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act (EVIDA), and programs on energy fields and technologies such as hydrogen and nuclear.

Chitra Priambodo is a development professional with over 25 years of experience in energy sector. She currently serves as a senior energy specialist under the energy sector, Southeast Asia and Pacific team at Asian Development Bank. Her key roles include origination, processing financing and implementation of loan/grants and technical assistance of power sector projects.
Prior joining ADB, Chitra was the Director of Castlerock Consulting in Singapore where she led, managed and delivered consulting/advisory assignments in energy sector and climate change in Southeast Asia. Chitra earned her mechanical engineering degree from University of Indonesia. She did her Master’s in Energy Technology at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Specialized Master of International Project Management at ESCP-EAP, France.

Mr Matthew Chew is a nuclear engineer working at the intersection of nuclear energy, future energy systems, and secure digital operations. He is a graduate of MIT’s prestigious Leaders for Global Operations program, where he earned both an MBA and an MSc in Nuclear Science and Engineering. He is particularly passionate about building the ecosystem needed to support nuclear energy in Singapore and across ASEAN, including the engineering capabilities, institutional readiness, policy foundations, and talent development required for credible deployment. In his current work, besides building nuclear energy capabilities, he also contributes in areas such as digital twins for complex engineering systems, OT cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, and training and education that build operational competence. He is equally committed to making complex technical issues accessible to engineers, decision-makers, and the wider public.

Dr Ming Tan is the Global Practice Leader for Nuclear at Mott MacDonald. He has 25 years of experience in the nuclear sector, with a strong focus on small modular reactors. He is currently leading several SMR programmes worldwide, including pioneering initiatives in Singapore and across ASEAN. He has authored over 40 international publications on nuclear development and policy.

Laurent FABRE is currently heading the business development activities in Africa, Asia and Canada of the International Nuclear Development division of EDF.

In this capacity, he has developed over the last years extensive experience in delivering training and strategic support on the fundamentals of nuclear energy, with a strong focus on capacity-building for newcomer countries. He has contributed to technical meetings organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and has played a key role in advocating for the development of national nuclear programs.

He has been working for more than 25 years for the EDF Group. He held first various operational and managerial positions in the development and construction of gas-fired and nuclear power station projects, including Hinkley Point C, in France and French oversea territories, in the United Kingdom as well as in Poland. Back in France, he served as Head of group procurement coordination, before working for the development of EDF’s nascent EV charging business in France and in the United Kingdom.

Laurent F. holds a master’s degree in engineering from Grenoble INP and a master’s degree in management from Dauphine University, France.

Donald R. Hoffman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and Science, a Master of Science Degree in Management and Leadership, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Global Energy Policy.

He served in the US Nuclear Submarine Navy as a Senior Reactor Operator and Engineering Officer from 1970 – 1979.  He was the Manager in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Licensing and Technical Specifications Division reviewing License Applications and Technical Specifications for the 26 nuclear plants that were licensed in the US post TMI from 1980 – 1985. 

Donald founded EXCEL SERVICES CORPORATION in 1985, a global nuclear engineering consulting company. In the thirty-nine years since the formation of the company, EXCEL has become globally recognized as the premier supplier of licensing, regulatory, engineering, technical, operations and critical infrastructure services to nuclear facilities worldwide.

He has pioneered multiple initiatives that have led the enhanced safety and improved performance of reactor plants globally. He has served as Executive Advisor to Government and Industry Leaders.  

Donald is a Past President and Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). He has served as a former and current member of the Secretary of Commerce’s Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC). He also holds and has held senior advisory positions in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Mr Neo Zhipeng is the Deputy Director (Strategy and Planning) at the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute (SNRSI), where he leads strategic initiatives and research planning to strengthen SNRSI’s capabilities in nuclear science, safety, and engineering. Zhipeng graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Prior to joining SNRSI, he spent more than 10 years in the former Nuclear Science and Technology Department, now known as the Nuclear Safety Division, of the National Environment Agency, where he handled a wide spectrum of issues related to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, emergency preparedness and capability building.

Mr. Yu is a serial and leading U.S. advanced nuclear technology entrepreneur with 20 years of capital markets experience. He is a private investor in a multitude of companies and has advised a magnitude of company executives with corporate advisory services such as capital funding, mergers & acquisitions, structured financing, corporate restructuring, and other business development services geared at taking these companies to the next level. He is a self taught and private self investor, his relentless passion for international business has helped him develop key, strategic and valuable relationships throughout the world.

Mr. Yu leads the corporate structuring, capital financings, executive level recruitment, governmental relationships and international brand growth of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Previously, Mr. Yu worked as an Analyst part of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division at Deutsche Bank on Wall Street in New York City.

Mr. Yu is the founder and chairman of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., a vertically integrated advanced portable microreactor technology company publicly listed on the NASDAQ Exchange. Under his leadership, NANO Nuclear Energy acquired one of the highest technology readiness level (TRL) and patented advanced microreactors in development, reached over $3 BILLION Market Capitalization in value, raised over $600 MILLION to date and became Wall Street’s Cinderella story of 2024 as the #1 Top IPO Performer. In 2021, Mr. Yu was honored as one of The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in business. He is an active Philanthropist and the founder of a Non-Profit Organization that helps nurture New York City kids through sports and education. Mr. Yu worked and continued his studies at Columbia University after earning a BA in Psychology from City College of New York.

Michael Kruse is the Global Leader of Arthur D. Little’s Energy, Utilities & Resources Practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. With nearly 25 years of professional experience, he is recognized as an expert in the management and recovery of large-scale capital investment programs in the power sector, with a particular emphasis on nuclear energy.

His consulting expertise covers the entire nuclear lifecycle, including nuclear new build (large nuclear power plants and small modular reactors), performance improvement, and nuclear decommissioning. Over the past 15 years, he has advised more than 20 nuclear operators worldwide on optimizing their nuclear assets.

Mr. Kruse has provided multi-year advisory support to about 15 nuclear new build programs including Finland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Switzerland, and Hungary. On an interim basis, he also served as Acting General Project Manager for the decommissioning of the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in Switzerland.

He holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Münster, Germany, specializing in Operations Management and Plant Engineering, as well as an Associate Degree in Banking with a focus on Structured Project Finance.

Before joining Arthur D. Little, Mr. Kruse gained early professional experience in general and investment banking at WestLB / Panmoure Gordon, focusing on structured finance.

Assoc Professor. Dr. Nguyen Tuan Khai has been the Vice President of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VinAtom) since July 1, 2025. His expertise is in nuclear physics.

Before transferring to the VinAtom, he served as the Director General of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) for nearly nine years, from November 2016 to June 2025.

Mr. Khai received his PhD in nuclear physics in 2006 from the Institute for Physical and Chemical Research RIKEN, Japan.

He has spent many years researching experimental nuclear physics with heavy ion beams at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (IPN) Orsay, Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), France; and the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) at Osaka University, Japan.

The agency is a foundation established by Korean Government to develop i-SMR.

Dr Kim graduated from nuclear engineering department of Seoul National University in 1988 and completed his master and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering at KAIST in 1990 and 1993, respectively. Dr Kim worked to develop APR1400 in Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co, (KHNP) since 1997. And he had major role to get the standard design approval of APR1400 at 2002. In 2006, he led the national project to develop GEN III+ PWR, APR+.

From 2015, he was the project manager for APR1400 USNRC design certification and EUR certification. From 2020, he was the president of Central Research Institute (CRI) of KHNP and he planned the innovative SMR development with the Korean government.

Karthik Subramanian is an analyst at Lux Research, a leading multinational research and advisory firm for Fortune 500 companies to help them meet their decarbonization targets. At Lux, he leads the coverage of innovations within low-carbon power generation technologies. Karthik has a Master's degree in Sustainable Energy Technologies from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Dr. Pantip Ampornrat holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She also earned two master's degrees. One from the University of Michigan and another from the Department of Nuclear Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. Her academic journey began with a bachelor's degree in Physics from Mahidol University.

Currently, Dr. Pantip works in the Small-Modular Reactor Regulation Division, Office of Atoms for Peace under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Thailand. This agency is responsible for nuclear and radiation regulatory oversight in the country. Her expertise spans nuclear safety regulation, reactor component materials, material degradation mechanisms in nuclear reactors, radiation effects on reactor metals, and nuclear reactor design for both research and power applications. She is also proficient in nuclear-based material analysis techniques such as neutron scattering and neutron activation analysis.

Dr. Pantip has led several key projects, including the Construction licensing approval of the BNCT research reactor at Suranaree University of Technology and the regulatory oversight of aging management for the TRR-1/M1 research reactor at the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology. She actively follows the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) program in Thailand, and explores regulatory frameworks aligned with IAEA and international standards. She and her division are responsible for developing the regulatory infrastructure in preparation for the SMR regulation, as it will be the first nuclear power program in Thailand.

Kishor U Agrawal is a graduate in Electronics Engineering and MBA in International Business Management.After completing Nuclear Training from NTC  (One Year Training), he joined Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited on August 1st, 1989. He is a Nuclear Expert in various field having experience of more than 36 years in Nuclear Power corporation of India limited and superannuated as Associate Director in Feb 2025.
 
Kishor U Agrawal is Joint Secretary of Indian Nuclear Society (INS) for last six year. He is Committee member of Bureau of Indian Standards CHD-30 Nuclear Energy for Peaceful applications. He is working as a Nuclear Adviser since March 2025 & involved in evaluating various technologies available in India & worldwide and which are best suitable to Indian companies both technologically & commercially.
 
He has experience in different field like Project construction (at KAPP-1&2, TAPP-3&4 and RAPP-5&6 -total 18 Years) completed in shortest possible time including initial project setting, commissioning & maintenance (at TAPS-1&2 total- 2 years) (This includes PHWRs type reactors of different size 220 MWe, 540 MWe, 700 MWe and LWR type 1000MWe) and Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor.

His expertise in Procurement & supply chain management including domestic EPCs & international Contracts for various Nuclear Projects. (13 Years) and involved in the processes for finalizing projects in India with Rosatom,JSC, Russia & EDF, France and involved in establishing fuel supply for KK-3 to 6 Nuclear Reactors (3 Years).

He has Comprehensive knowledge of nuclear power plant lifecycle. Expert in cost estimation for various Nuclear Power projects and well connect with Indian & foreign Nuclear Industries and various associations like India Nuclear Society etc.

James Voss is a nuclear engineer with over 50 years of professional experience.  Mr. Voss has worked in over 50 countries, providing technical, managerial, policy and financial leadership to the nuclear, energy and environmental sectors.  Mr. Voss is currently the Vice President leading the ASEAN Region for EXCEL Services.  He is also the Vietnamese Country Manager.  Mr Voss is helping to shape the evolution of nuclear power policy in the ASEAN Region, including direct support of governments, regulators and electricity generators.  He’s been appointed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and its National Innovation Centre to develop a high-reliability and quality energy supply systems for the Vietnamese-owned high-tech parks and data centres.  These feature small or micro nuclear power plants integrated with other generation and storage systems to deliver the quality and reliability demanded for data centres now and in the future. Mr. Voss is based in Australia.  He has professional registrations throughout the world. He is a Knight in the Sovereign Order of St John.

Dr. Mohd Syukri Yahyais Project Director (Nuclear) at TNB Power Generation (TNB Genco), where he leads initiatives on nuclear technology evaluation, infrastructure readiness, and TNB’s pathway towards nuclear power deployment. His work focuses on supporting TNB’s long-term readiness as a prospective nuclear developer-owner-operator (D-O-O), including technology assessment, capability development, and strategic collaboration with local and international partners. He is actively involved in national and international nuclear initiatives, particularly in workforce development and public engagement on nuclear energy.