Amid the government shutdown, the annual Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) conference in Knoxville, Tenn. will focus heavily on the industry players this year.
ETEBA’s 26th Business Opportunities and Technical Conference kicks off Tuesday evening with a couple of sessions. The event at the Knoxville, Tenn. Convention Center runs through Thursday, Oct. 30.
The conference typically features several Department of Energy (DOE) officials. But with the shutdown entering its fifth week, many scheduled government appearances and panels were removed, according to its draft agenda. A panel including Joel Bradburne, the No. 2 boss at DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, and Erik Olds, manager of Oak Ridge cleanup office was dropped from the agenda due to the shutdown.
Despite that, ETEBA’s final agenda features panels focused on prime contract business opportunities, opportunities with small businesses, infrastructure opportunities and more.
This year the conference will also feature a panel discussing next generation nuclear opportunities on Wednesday Oct. 29. That panel will feature officials from Centrus, Oklo, Kairos Power, Orano, and Type One Energy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Associate Laboratory Director Mickey Wade will also speak on that panel.