Wednesday, Aug. 19
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15–8 a.m. | Badging and Registration | Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 8–8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks from ORNL Leadership | Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 8:30–9 a.m. | America's Energy Future: Demand Growth in the Age of AI and Advanced Manufacturing | Keynote address Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 9–9:30 a.m. | The Nation's Manufacturing Lab: ORNL's Vision for the Future | Presentation by Craig Blue, ORNL Chief Manufacturing Officer Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 9:30–10:30 a.m. | Hydropower, Nuclear, and Oil and Gas Perspectives on National Lab Partnerships | Industry panel discussion Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 10:30–10:45 a.m. | Break | Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center and main campus quad |
| 10:45–11:30 a.m. | The Future in Focus: Insights from Advanced Manufacturing Research | Presentation by the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center |
| 11:30–11:45 a.m. | Special Partnership Announcement and Reveal | To be announced |
| 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. | Working Lunch and Industry–DOE Connector Sessions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory main campus quad |
| 12:45–1 p.m. | Special Partnership Announcement | |
| 1–2 p.m. | Securing the Supply Chain for Energy Infrastructure | Industry panel Tennessee Rooms, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center Concurrent offering |
| 1–2 p.m. | Tour the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor | Shuttle service and tour of DOE user facilities. Learn more about SNS and HFIR. Concurrent offering |
| 1–2 p.m. | Tour ORNL's Critical Materials Laboratories | Shuttle service and tour of laboratories Concurrent offering |
| 2–3 p.m. | Tour the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor | Shuttle service and tours of DOE user facilities. Learn more about SNS and HFIR. Concurrent offering |
| 2–3 p.m. | Hydropower at Scale: Infrastructure, Supply Chains, and Opportunity | Industry panel Concurrent offering |
| 3–3:15 p.m. | Special Partnership Announcement | ORNL quad |
| 3–3:15 p.m. | Break | Oak Ridge National Laboratory main campus quad |
| 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Building the Nuclear Supply Chain for the Next Generation | Industry panel Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Tour the Building Technologies Research and Integration Center | Shuttle service and facility tour Concurrent offering |
| 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Tour ORNL's Critical Materials Laboratories | Shuttle service and facility tour Concurrent offering |
| 4:15–4:30 p.m. | Break | ORNL main campus quad |
| 4:30–5:30 p.m. | Lightning Talks: Innovation Crossroads | Entrepreneur-fellows from ORNL's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node, Innovation Crossroads, will deliver their company pitches. |
| 5:30–7 p.m. | Reception | Reception will include a short program and student poster winner announcements. Small group tours of Frontier and the Graphite Reactor will be offered. |
| 5:30–7 p.m. | Shuttles Departing for Event Hotels | Shuttles to the event hotel will leave from ORNL at 5:30, 6, 6:30, and 7 p.m. |
Thursday, Aug. 20
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15–8 a.m. | Badging and Registration | ORNL's Hardin Valley Campus |
| 8–8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks from ORNL and DOE Leadership | Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, ORNL's Hardin Valley Campus |
| 8:30–9 a.m. | The Manufacturing Lab: How ORNL Is Shaping the Future of Industry | Presentation by Ryan Dehoff, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Director Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL's Hardin Valley Campus |
| 9–9:45 a.m. | Accelerated Qualification: What Industry Needs to Move Faster | Panel discussion moderated by Ryan Dehoff, MDF Director Concurrent offering |
| 9-9:45 a.m. | Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Tour | Concurrent offering |
| 9:45–10 a.m. | Break | Break |
| 10–10:30 a.m. | Accelerated Qualification: Standards, Partnerships, and the Path to Deployment | Panel discussion moderated by Bill Peter, ORNL Advanced Manufacturing Program Director |
| 10:30–10:45 a.m. | Special Partnership Announcement | To be announced |
| 10:45–11:45 a.m. | Working with MDF: Industry Perspectives on Solving Real-World Challenges | Panel discussion moderated by Shaun Gleason, ORNL Partnerships Office Director Panelists representing nuclear energy, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and digital engineering companies |
| 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. | Working Lunch and Industry–DOE Connector Sessions | |
| 1–2 p.m. | Digital Qualification for Directed Energy Deposition: From Data to Confidence | Presentation by Zack Snow and Stephanie Cooper, ORNL Concurrent offering |
| 1–2 p.m. | Advanced Machining for Critical Energy and Industrial Components. | Presentation by Scott Smith, ORNL Concurrent offering |
| 2–3 p.m. | Robotics and Automation for Next-Generation DED Systems | Presentation by Joshua Vaughan and Andrzej Nycz, ORNL Concurrent offering |
| 2–3 p.m. | PM-HIP for Critical Components: Opportunities Across Industry and Defense | Panel discussion led by Soumya Nag, ORNL Panelists representing major nuclear, defense manufacturing, and oil and gas industries Concurrent offering |
| 3–3:15 p.m. | Break | |
| 3–3:15 p.m. | Special Licensing Announcement | |
| 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Advances in Non-Destructive Evaluation for Critical Manufacturing Components | Presentation by Alex Plotkowski, Amir Ziabari, and Peeyush Nandwana, ORNL Concurrent offering |
| 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Advanced Materials for Energy Infrastructure: Composites and Concrete | Presentation by Ahmed Hassen, ORNL Concurrent offering |
| 4:15–4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks |