BOREAL NIGHTS -
Description:
History
In 2000, on the occasion of the first “International Youth
Nuclear Congress” (IYNC) held in BRATISLAVA, the young
professionals working within nuclear companies (32 countries, 400
representatives) became conscious that known energy resources are
limited; our societies will have to make choices and compromises
between their increasing energy needs and the conservation of the
existing environment.
In 2002, congress participants in DAEJON, South Korea, concluded that
their generation had to restore conditions for dialogue with society so
that citizens make dispassionately, knowingly and at the right time
their choice in the matter of offered energy options.
Following positive exchange experiences between young generations of
the Russian and French nuclear societies, a concrete cooperation was
born in July 2002 with the creation of a seminar called
“Boreal Nights”. This seminar is dedicated to the
dialogue between young professionals working in the nuclear industry
and civil society.
Organizers
Nongovernmental Educational Institution for Continuous
Professional Education
The Nongovernmental Educational Institution for Continuous
Professional Education (NEI CPE ATOMPROF) has a dual
mission:
- to promote and provide postgraduate education
- to offer trainings to professionals in numerous areas
linked to advanced technologies, of which nuclear energy is a part
The courses and programs at NEI CPE ATOMPROF respond quickly to the
needs of the
public and nuclear enterprises. Trainings help students to add value to
their education and offer them new career opportunities.
NEI CPE ATOMPROF involves into the training process leading experts of
Russian Ministries, government bodies, prominent scientific and
research institutions, and universities.
A Regional Centre of Public Information was opened in the structure of
NEI CPE (former State Regional Educational Centre) in 1997; the
premises of the Centre
include the exposition hall, video hall, the hall for press
conferences, rooms for meetings, conferences.
Website : www.graph.runnet.ru
The SFEN Young Generation
The Young Generation group of the SFEN (French Society of
Nuclear Energy), created in 1995, counts 300 students from Grandes
Ecoles and Universities but also counts 200 young professionals working
in the nuclear industry. The Young Generation (YG) group is integrated
both into the European Nuclear Society and into the International Youth
Nuclear Congress.
The 4 main goals of the YG are :
- Knowledge transfer (to promote exchanges between different
generations, participation of young professionals to technical
conferences).
- Communication with the public (Dialogue with the public and
more particularly with the youth).
- To build a network (exchanges between young professionals
coming from different companies and within the European network).
- A general thought on society matters and issues linked to
the use of nuclear energy.
Thereby, the YG is attentive to the public and answers to questions
from the younger generation on problems linked to nuclear power, on
energy and sustainable development.
Website : www.sfenjg.org
Participants
Students and Young Professionals working in the nuclear industry: 10
Frenchmen (6 young professionals from AREVA, CEA, EDF and 4 engineering
students) and 10 Russians (young professionals from ROSENERGOATOM,
ROSATOM, ATOMPROM ) :
- Desirous to learn how to communicate on nuclear energy as
an energy supply source of the future,
- Concerned about sharing their expertise and improving it,
- Willing to strengthen cooperation on nuclear energy between
young generations of the French and Russian nuclear societies.
Speakers
- Professors from Universities sharing their knowledge in
communication area, psychology and human sciences,
- Multidisciplinary experts in environment, industry,
economics and geopolitical strategies,
- Women and men, involved in the civil society and desirous
of confronting their on-site experience with the realities of the
tomorrow’s world.