International Youth Forum for Sustainable Nuclear Technologies

• Graduated from Alexandria University in 2005. Obtained a Master's Degree and a PhD from Alexandria University in matters related to the nuclear fuel cycle.

• Has been involved in the El-Dabaa Project since its very early stages as he was a member of the steering committee and participated in the project contract negotiations.

• Once the project contracts became effective, he was appointed as First Deputy Project Manager. In January 2021, he became the Project Manager for the ElDabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project.

 

 

Mohamed Ramadan became Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority for Operation and Maintenance in January 2021. The Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt is a public economic authority affiliated to the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and is entrusted with implementing nuclear power plant projects in Egypt. 

In his role as Vice Chairman, Eng. Ramadan oversees all aspects related to the implementation of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project and reports directly to the Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Dr. Amged El-Wakeel. Eng. Ramadan is also responsible for overseeing the development of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority’s integrated management system in accordance with international standards and best practices adopted in the nuclear industry. Prior to assuming his current role, Eng. Ramadan held the position within the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Project Manager of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project from 2019 until 2021. Eng. Ramadan previously occupied several positions within the Nuclear Power Plants Authority’s Department of Nuclear Fuel beginning from 2002.Eng. 

Ramadan has been closely involved in the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project since its earliest stages, having participated in the El-Dabaa Project’s technical and economic feasibility study conducted by the Nuclear Power Plants Authority in 2007. Eng. Ramadan was also a key contributor to the development of the technical bid specifications for the El-Dabaa Project and was an essential member in the team conducting negotiations with the Russian counterparties inrelation to the El-Dabaa Project contracts. In 2019 Eng. Ramadan participated as a member of the national committee which hosted the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Phase 2 Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Mission. Eng. Ramadan has extensive experience in areas related to the supply of nuclear fuel and was closely involved in the development and updating of national strategies with respect to securing the supply of nuclear fuel for the Egyptian civil nuclear power programme. In addition to his current role, Eng. 

Ramadan is also a distinguished academic having published many scientific articles with a particular focus on the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation and seawater desalination. Eng. Ramadan was born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1978 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the Helwan University in Egypt, and a Master of Science degree from Cairo University, both in mechanical power engineering.

Murad Aslanov serves as the Director of Rosatom Country Office in the Arab Republic of Egypt. His responsibilities include the development of new business opportunities for Rosatom companies in Egypt, as well as providing marketing and public relations support for Rosatom’s projects in the country.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Additionally, he earned a Master's degree in Financial Management from the Financial Academy under the Government of Russia. 

With over seven years of experience in the nuclear industry, Murad has been a part of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project team since late 2017. Previously, he led strategic communications and stakeholder management for the El-Dabaa NPP project within Rosatom’s Engineering Division.

As part of his work in the management company of Rosatom’s international network, he oversaw corporate governance for regional centers and was responsible for establishing a unified flagship office infrastructure for Rosatom organizations in Cairo (Egypt) and for opening the country office in Azerbaijan.

President of Rosatom Youth Council
The Rosatom Youth  Council unites 98,000 young employees. The purpose of the activity is to support the initiative of young people. The main areas of activity are the development and support of students and young scientists and students, the involving young employees of new approaches in the safety culture at nuclear power plants, development of business skills among young professionals, the development of cities where Rosatom enterprises are located, the introduction of new digital approaches.
The key event is the annual  Rosatom Youth Congress, which brings together more than 600 participants with new ideas and gives them the opportunity to present their developments to top managers of Rosatom.
The Rosatom Youth  Council actively cooperates with the IYNC, BRICS and Global partners network.

Milena Megre is an energy analyst and political scientist, specialist in BRICS and Latin America, with nearly a decade of experience in energy transition policy. She was the first Brazilian to graduate with honours in International Relations from MGIMO University in Moscow and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Energy Planning and Analysis at the University of São Paulo (USP). 

She worked as Co-Chair of the T20 under Brazil’s G20 presidency, leading discussions on energy policies. Over the past five years, she has collaborated with the nuclear sector through the Observatory of Latin American Geopolitics of Energy (OLAGE), contributing to energy planning, research, and education. She serves as a Municipal Youth Counselor at Belo Horizonte’s City Hall, advocating for climate goals and youth participation in public policies.

Engineer Marwa Ibrahim is a distinguished nuclear engineer, the Leader of EYGN, and the International Relations Officer of El Dabaa Youth Community. She currently serves as the Lead Specialist at Rosatom ASE Branch in Egypt.

She holds a Bachelor’s and Master of Science in Nuclear and Radiation Engineering from Alexandria University, Faculty of Engineering. Additionally, she earned the First Level Specializing Master in "Nuclear Safeguards" at Politecnico di Milano, organized in collaboration with the European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) and the European Joint Research Center (EU JRC). She was among the top five students in the program’s first edition.

With over 10 years of experience in radiation detection techniques, radiation safety, and nuclear security, her primary research interest lies in the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for nuclear applications.

Marwa is a Certified Nuclear Security Professional (CNSP) from the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) and a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) licensed by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA).

Beyond her technical expertise, she has more than 10 years of NGO experience, including leadership roles and memberships in WINS, African Young Generation in Nuclear (AYGN), WiN Global, and WiN Italy.

Princess is a Nuclear Communication Specialist who recently won a Women in Nuclear Global (WiN) Excellence Award. She holds a Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) in Marketing Management from the Graduate School of Marketing (IMM). 

Princess’s background includes more than 13 years of experience in the nuclear industry where she focuses on reinforcing the communication and awarenessraising initiatives to address the lack of information and knowledge that persists around nuclear energy. She has volunteered in difference non-profit organisations that mobilize women and young people in the field of nuclear science and technology.

In 2021, she founded Africa4Nuclear, an advocacy campaign that promotes nuclear energy as a key contributor toward achieving Africa’s Agenda for Sustainable Development. She often sacrifices her own resources to raise awareness, and she has faced isolation and threats for her stands on global energy politics.

Ms. Radia is an internationally recognized expert who has more than 24 years of experience in both private and public sectors at leadership positions with a track record across several areas, including international and intergovernmental co-operation, negotiation of partnerships and mobilization of resources. 

Ms. Radia has extensive expertise in oil and gas value chains and market, carbon management, energy and economic policies, renewable energy and energy efficiency, energy modelling, water-energy-food nexus, circular economy, and climate change policies and technologies. Radia has also a track record of projects and policy papers on energy market dynamics, extractive industries, natural resource management and climate change. 

Ms. Radia Sedaoui has been the Chief of Energy Section at the Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster of the UN Economic Social Commission of West Asia (ESCWA) since 2016. She previously served as Head Statistics and Gas Modeling Department at the Intergovernmental Organization of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Qatar and previously held several senior positions in Algeria with “Sonatrach” as Director of Strategy and Corporate, Head Portfolio management and member of the Board of Directors of Sonatrach affiliates in Up-stream, Midstream and Trading. Ms. Sedaoui holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering; a master’s in petroleum economics and an MBA. 

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi assumed office as the Agency’s sixth Director General on 3 December 2019. 

Mr Grossi is a diplomat with almost 40 years of experience in the fields of non-proliferation and disarmament. In 2013, he was appointed Ambassador of Argentina to Austria and Argentine Representative to the IAEA and other Vienna-based International Organizations.

Before assuming office as the IAEA’s Director General, Mr Grossi was president-designate of the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and from 2014 to 2016 served as president of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). He was the NSG’s first president to serve two successive terms. In 2015, Mr Grossi presided over the Diplomatic Conference of the Convention of Nuclear Safety, securing unanimous approval for the Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety.

Mr Grossi is an International Gender Champion, promoting gender balance in the nuclear field.

I am Russel Rolphe MOUBAKOU, I hold a PhD’s degree in Nuclear Physics, I am Head of the Radioactive and Non-Radioactive Substances Unit in the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Applications at the national Institute of Research in Natural and Exact Sciences (IRSEN). I also teach nuclear technology at Denis Sassou Nguesso University in Brazzaville. I am passionate about nuclear technology for environmental monitoring. I am also president of the Young Congolese Generation in Nuclear (CYGN).  

Currently, I have more than 5 years of experience in the nuclear industry for peaceful purposes.

Raphael works as a Tutorial Fellow at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) and he is part of the faculty promoting radioisotopes in medicine and Radiation Therapy Technologies (RTTs). In 2018, he was awarded IAEA Ph.D. Fellowship at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland. He studied M.Sc. in Nuclear Science and B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Nairobi.

He is an alumnus of the World Nuclear University Summer Institute (2011), Oxford UK and the ICTP- IAEA School of Nuclear Knowledge Management (2010), Trieste Italy. 

He currently volunteers as youth leader in the young generation networks (YGNs) at the national, regional and international level. He is the outgoing president for Kenyan YGN; the President, African Young Generation in Nuclear and also the Vice President for the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC). He has represented YGNs in various forums both locally and internationally. He has been very instrumental in the expansion of YGNs network across the African continent and globally.

Prof. Dr. Saleh Hashem is currently Professor Emeritus and the Chairman of the Linguistic Studies Sector Committee for all Universities and Institutes in Egypt and  A Member of the Council of National Universities under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is the former Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities as well as the Regional Chair of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) for the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the former President of Ain Shams University (2002 – 2005). He also held the position of Dean of the Faculty of foreign languages (Al Alson) of Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Hashem was a member of the Advisory Board of Arab Thought Foundation in Lebanon in 2005, as well as a member of the advisory board of Talal Abou-Ghazaleh College of Business in Jordan.  He was a member of the Executive Committee of the World Public Forum, “Dialogue of Civilizations” (2006).  He was a Board Member of UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) as well as a member of the Board of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. Riyadh, KSA.  Dr. Hashem was also President of the Arab Council for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of the Association of Arab Universities and Honorary President of the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE).

Sama Bilbao y León became the Director General of World Nuclear Association in October 2020. World Nuclear Association is the international organization that represents the global nuclear industry. 

In this role Sama leads a team of experts, analysts and communicators working to enable the growth of the global nuclear sector by connecting players across the nuclear value chain, shaping and representing the industry’s position in key world forums providing authoritative information and influencing key audiences, organizations and media. 

Sama is also the President of World Nuclear University dedicated to inspire and develop the future leaders of the global nuclear industry. Sama has more than 20 years of experience in nuclear engineering and energy policy. Sama has a very diverse professional experience having worked in the nuclear industry (Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer, Dominion Energy, USA), in academia (Director of Nuclear Engineering Programs and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA) and in international organizations (Head of the Division of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Head of the Technical Secretariat for the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), Head of Water Cooled Reactors Technology Development Unit, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)). 

Sama, who is originally from Spain, holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Energy Technologies from the Polytechnic University of Madrid; a master's degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison; and an MBA from Averett University.

Sama is one of the seven founders of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN). Sama’s areas of expertise are nuclear thermal-hydraulics for both light water reactors and sodium cooled reactors, nuclear reactor design, nuclear safety, energy and environmental policy, and complex decision making.

Soheir is the founder and president of WiN Egypt.

She is a Professor of Radiation Molecular Biology and is currently President of WiN Africa, member of WiN Global Award Committee, WiN Global New Chapter Committee. She is also treasurer of the Pan African Environmental Mutagen Society and secretary general of Egyptian Environmental Mutagen Society.

Soumojit Mukherjee is the Ph.D. student at NRNU MEPhI, Russian Nuclear Education Ambassador who is working with international and Russian stakeholders to popularize nuclear education in Russia. 

Currently engaged in attracting new talent globally to come and study nuclear sciences in prestigious Russian universities and supporting local entrepreneurial projects related to nuclear in their countries. President of Indian Students Council at MEPhI, he is working with youth organizations such as RosMolodezh and local student initiatives to ensure comfortable and exciting education experience in Russia.

Born on March 26, 1971.

Education:
In 1988, she enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Management named after S. Ordzhonikidze, specializing in "Economics and Production Management."
In 1993, she was admitted to the postgraduate program in the "Macroeconomics" department at the State Academy of Management.
In June 1997, she defended her dissertation on "Organizational and Economic Aspects of Activating Venture Innovation Activities in Russia."
In February 2012, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Formation of the Institutional Mechanism for the Innovative Development of the Russian Economy in the Field of Venture Entrepreneurship."

Professional Experience:
Since 1997, she has worked in the "State Regulation of the National Economy" department at the State University of Management.
From September 2006 to March 2010, she served as Director of the Center for International Programs at the State University of Management.
In May 2011, she became the Head of the Bachelor's and Master's programs in "International Management" at the State University of Management, a position she held until September 2019.
In September 2012, she was awarded the title of Professor at the Institute of Economics and Finance of the State University of Management.
From February 2014 to August 2016, she was the Vice-Rector for Relations with Federal Authorities at the Far Eastern Federal University.
Since August 2016, she has been the Vice-Rector of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI).
From September 2016 to May 2019, she served as Acting Director of the Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering (a branch of NRNU MEPhI). As Vice-Rector, she oversaw international activities and the establishment of the Innovation Science and Technology Center in the Kaluga Region, "Park of Nuclear and Medical Technologies."
In August 2020, she was appointed Advisor to the Governor of the Kaluga Region.
On October 27, 2020, she was appointed Head of the Administration of the City of Obninsk by the Obninsk City Assembly.
Since August 29, 2024, she has held the position of Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Region.

20 years of experience in managing positions in the HR sphere. Tatiana Terentyeva has worked with Rosatom since 2011. During this time, the corporation has been consistently recognized as the best employer for graduates of engineering and technical specialties in the international Universum rating system, as well as leading ratings of the best employers in Russia according to the country's largest personnel platform HeadHunter.

Rosatom’s Corporate Academy won the 2020 Crystal Pyramid Award for "Corporate University of the Year" and was recognized as the best corporate university in the world in the Global Council of Corporate Universities Awards in 2019. Rosatom is the only state-owned company named as a “best employer” in a study by the international consulting company AON Hewitt.

Tatiana Terentyeva pays great attention to the development of volunteering and corporate social responsibility. She has contributed significantly to the development of federal and international initiatives. Under her direction, Rosatom and the international WorldSkills movement started cooperation on a joint project that aims to improve the competencies of workers and engineers of nuclear enterprises.

• Over 20 years experience in international education at leading management positions (Siberian Federal University)
• Coordinating HR development projects for Rosatom partner countries (recruiting international students to study at Russian universities, coordinating cross-university cooperation, professional development programs)
• Coordinating IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP)
• Coordinating the work with the Russian universities international Alumni 
• Coordinating the work aimed at successful employment of international graduates in their home countries