This panel features senior executives from national and international venues who will discuss how restricted budgets, changing leadership, evolving regulations, and emerging technologies are affecting their ability to safely meet mission priorities on schedule and within budget. Panelists will open the session by briefly sharing how they are addressing these issues.

The individual presentations will be followed by an interactive discussion of such timely questions as: 1) How should existing and future contracts and projects be structured to focus on managing the contract rather than the work/contractors?, 2) As the market grows internationally, do contractors have the depth of leadership to tackle long-term and/or complex projects?, 3) Have we/are we really addressing the issue of workforce aging?, 4) How are we transferring knowledge?, 5) Are new contracting strategies really attracting the best athlete or the cheapest option?, and 6) Are oversight strategies changing, balanced, and achieving improved results or just assuring compliance?

Panelists include: Frederic Bailly, Vice President, AREVA; Dennis Carr, Project Director, Portsmouth D&D Project, Fluor - B&W Portsmouth; Gilles Clement, Vice President International Development, AREVA; Michael Graham, Principal Vice President and General Manager, US Environmental Business, Bechtel National; Pamela A. Marks, Federal Project Director, Salt Waste Project Processing Facility Project, Savannah River Operations; Joan Miller, Vice President & General Manager, Decommissioning and Waste Management, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.; Ken Rueter, President and General Manager, Savannah River Remediation; Marty Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Weapons Complex Monitor; and Dwayne Wilson, President and CEO, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.