Volume 9, Issue 6: August 4, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. The Midwest 2011 regional conference on Operating Experience will be hosted by Sargent & Lundy L.L.C. in downtown Chicago, on Friday August 12th, 2011, with an evening reception is offered for all attendees on Friday night at the Sargent and Lundy Auditorium located at 55 E. Monroe St. in downtown Chicago. 2011 Midwest Regional NA-YGN Conference Flyer is available. For more information contact Midwest@na-ygn.org.
2. NA-YGN Gets Social. Get involved and check out our social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Youtube. Join, like, or follow us to get the latest NA-YGN and nuclear industry news, so that you can learn how to become more involved in NA-YGN efforts. Check it out on NA-YGN's Clean Energy Insight website: www.cleanenergyinsight.org
3. Atlantic Regional Meeting Registration is Now Open: The Atlantic Regional Conference will take place August 20th in Lynchburg, VA. Registration closes on Friday, August 5th. Please visit the event website for additional information and to register: https://sites.google.com/site/atlanticnaygn/ Please forward any questions about the event to your planning committee representative or Bobby Ashworth, atlantic@naygn.org.
4. Please welcome our newest NA-YGN chapters: Enercon and Curtiss Wright Flow Control. The Enercon -Atlanta Area chapter is joining us in the Southeast Region. The Curtiss Wright Flow Control chapter is spread across the US and will have "virtual" chapters in the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, and West. For chapter locations and contact information, please refer to the NA-YGN website.
5. The 2011 Northeast Regional Conference is Friday, August 12, 2011 in Syracuse, NY. This year's workshop theme is "Globalization: The Challenges of the Nuclear Industry in the 21st Century". Registration for this event is closed. For more information, please contact northeast@na-ygn.org.
6. Even though IYNC2012 is a year away there are committees already hard at work on the planning. The Special Events committee could really use your creative ideas and legwork to make sure the events represent the culture and spirit of not just the Carolina’s region, but North America as a whole. If you are interested in helping, please contact Misha Swanson at misha.swanson@cengllc.com.
Jana Thames
NA-YGN Communications Chair
thames@na-ygn.org or communications@na-ygn.org
912-537-5965