Francesco currently leads the non-electric applications project at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), where he supports Member States in utilizing nuclear plants for purposes beyond electricity generation, such as hydrogen production, district heating, desalination, and industrial uses of nuclear heat. Prior to this role, he served as a nuclear engineering expert in the IAEA’s INPRO section, where he developed the IAEA FRAMES model to assess the integration of nuclear and renewable energy in modern electricity systems. Before joining the IAEA, Francesco spent a decade at U.S. National Laboratories, conducting neutronic evaluations of advanced reactors and leading nuclear economics research for the U.S. Department of Energy, within the system analysis and integration campaign. He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Stephanie Seely joined the Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) in May 2021. Ms Seely has a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from
Pennsylvania State University and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University. She has over
20 years of international nuclear experience in both fission and fusion technologies. She has
successfully driven NRC regulatory approvals for “first of a kind” commercial technology. Stephanie
has worked in the current operating fleet in regulatory compliance and spent 4 years constructing
regulatory infrastructure and adherence for fusion technology. Ms Seely has an extensive
professional career in nuclear energy and regulations.  She is certified as a Professional Engineer in
the USA.

Mr Vladimir ARTISIUK graduated Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (1986, Russia) with
Specialization in Nuclear Power Plants and Facilities, Phd, Nuclear Engineering, Obninsk Institute for
Nuclear Power Engineering (1991, Russia), Dr of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1997,
Japan). Author of more than 200 articles in international journals and proceedings of international
conferences in the field of optimization of multicomponent nuclear energy system including LWR,
fast-breeder reactors and nuclear waste transmuters based on accelerator and fusion technologies.
Currently Senior Nuclear Expert in SMRs and Fusion in the Department of Energy of the IAEA and
member of the Secretariat of the Agency -Wide Platform on Small Modular Reactors and their
Application. He joined the Agency in April 2023. He was a member of Advisory Standing Group in
Nuclear Energy to Director General of the IAEA 2016-2021.

Technical Lead for New Technologies at the IAEA Regulatory Activities Section, managing activities on SMR safety and regulation, fusion and the regulatory track of the IAEA’s Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiative (NHSI). She also led the review of applicability of the IAEA safety standards to SMR and non-water- cooled reactors and coordinated the Agency plans to consider SMRs in revised and new safety standards, technical publications and training materials. Previously, she was the Lead of Advanced Nuclear Technologies at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), UK. She also undertook roles on regulation of new build and operating reactors. Before ONR, she worked on operating reactors safety in the UK and France. She holds a Double Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) and the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France) and an International Relations Masters Degree from the University of Cambridge (UK).