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Sheridan, WY -- RAMACO Groundbreaking
Last updated 7/9/2025
Thursday, July 10 -- Friday, July 11 Sheridan, WY (MT- DC- 2 hours)
Thursday, July 10:
4:17pm
Fly DCA to Denver, CO (DEN)
Flight:
UA 746
Flight time: 4h 14m
Manifest:
S1. (b) (6)Jake. Sarah. Shawn W Mike. (b) (7)(C)
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Layover:
2h 33m
9:04pin
Fly DEN to Sheridan, WY (SHR)
Flight:
UA 5090
Flight time: Manifest:
lh 26m S I. (b)(6) Jake, Sarah, Shawn W., Mike, (b) (7)(C),
Friday, July 11:
(b) (6) (b) (7)(C)
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Flight:
Flight time:
Manifest:
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Hotel: Address: Phone:
Fairfield Inn & Suites Sheridan 2105 Sugarland Drive Sheridan, WY 82801 307-675-1280
Traveling Staff Name Secretary Wright Jake Fulkerson Ben Dietderich Sarah Wood Shawn Whitman Mike Kopp
Agency/Title
Special Assistant Press Secretary Digital Director Senior Advisor Senior Advisor
Phone
b) 6
Email
Jake.fulkersonahu.doe.gov Ben.dietderichahu.doe.gov Sarah.wood2(hu.doe.gov Shawn.whitmanahu.doe.gov Mike.koroOhq.doe.gov
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Sheridan, WY - RAMACO Groundbreaking
Last updated 7/9/2025
Thursday, July 10:
(b) (6)
4:17pm
Wheels up DCA to Denver, CO (DEN)
Flight:
UA 746
Flight time: 4h 14m
Manifest:
S1, (b) (6) , Jake, Ben, Sarah, Shawn W., Mike, (b) (7)(C)
6:31pm
Wheels down DEN Layover time: 2h 33m
9:04pm
Wheels up DEN to Sheridan, WY (SHR)
Flight:
UA 5090
Flight time: 1h 26m
Manifest:
S1, (b) (6) Jake, Ben, Sarah, Shawn W., Mike, (b) (7)(C)
10:30pm
Wheels Down SHR
11:00pm
Depart for Fairfield Inn & Suites Sheridan (2105 Sugarland Drive Sheridan, WY 82801) Drive time: 5m Limo manifest: S1, (b) (6) , Jake Staff manifest: Ben, Sarah, Mike, Shawn W.
11:05pm
Arrive at hotel/executive time
RON
Fairfield Inn & Suites Sheridan, WY
Friday, July 11:
(b) (6)
8:10am
8:25am 8:30am9:00am
9:00am9:30am
Depart for RAMACO iCAM Facility (74 Kleenburn Road, Ranchester, WY 82839). Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Ben
Arrive at RAMACO iCAM Facility
LIVE Fox Business Interview with Stuart Varney, Fox Business
Location:
RAMACO iCam Facility
Press:
Open; Fox Business
Participants: S1
LIVE Fox News Interview with Harris Faulkner, Fox News
Location:
RAMACO iCam Facility
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Sheridan, WY - RAMACO Groundbreaking
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Press: Participants:
Open; Fox News S1
Depart for Java Moon Station (1935 Coffeen Ave Sheridan, WY 82801) Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: S1, Jake
Meeting with Lee Rizzuto
Location:
Java Moon Station
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Lee Rizzuto, Nominee as the Ambassador to the Organization of
American States (OAS)
Depart for Hotel Drive time: 5m Limo manifest: S1, Jake
Depart for RAMACO iCAM Facility (74 Kleenburn Road, Ranchester, WY 82839) Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: S1, (b) (6) , Jake Staff manifest: Mike, Shawn W., Ben, Sarah
Arrive at RAMACO iCAM Facility / Boxed Lunches / Mix & Mingle with RAMACO
Tour of RAMACO iCAM Facility
Location:
RAMACO iCAM Facility
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, (b) (6) , Jake, Ben, Sarah, Shawn W., Mike
Meeting with Governor Mark Gordon (WY)
Location:
Charlie Atkins' Office; RAMACO iCAM Facility
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Shawn
Gov. Gordon
Pre-Remarks and Brook Mine Site Briefing
Location:
iCAM Front Conference Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Remarks & Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Location:
iCAM Front lawn
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
Agenda:
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Sheridan, WY -- RAMACO Groundbreaking
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National Anthem Randy Atkins, Ramaco CEO, Welcome and Introductions (4m) Governor Gordon, WYO Welcome (4m) Joe Manchin (Ramaco Board member introduces Sen. Lummis and Rep.
Hageman) (4m) Sen. Lummis (4m) Rep. Hageman (4m) RandyAtkins Introduction ofSen. Barrasso Sen. Barrasso, Remarks with lead up welcome to Sec. Wright (5m) Si (5m) Ribbon Cutting Close
Depart for Brook Mine Site Drive time: 10m Van Manifest: S1,I1, Mike, Shawn W., Staff Manifest: Ben, Jake, Sarah
Arrive at Brook Mine Site
Ground-breaking Ceremony
Location:
Brook Mine Site
Press:
Open
Participants: Si
Agenda:
Ground-Breaking
Press gaggle
Depart for Atkins Ranch (937 Beaver Creek Rd, Sheridan, WY 82801) Drive time: 30m
Limo manifest: S1,um Mike, Shawn W.
*Jake, Ben, Sarah departsfor FairfieldInn & Suites Sheridan
Arrive at Atkins Ranch
Ranch Reception (Dinner included)
Location:
Atkins Ranch
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1,11, Mike, Shawn W.
Depart for Fairfield Inn & Suites Sheridan Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: Si,111 Mike, Shawn W.
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(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Sheridan, WY - RAMACO Groundbreaking
Arrive at hotel/ executive time
Depart for Sheridan WYO Rodeo Drive time: 10m Limo manifest: S1, (b) (6) Jake Staff manifest: Ben, Sarah, Shawn W.
Arrive at Sheridan WYO Rodeo
Sheridan WYO Rodeo (Personal)
Location:
Sheridan WYO Rodeo
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, (b) (6) , Shawn W., Jake, Ben, Sarah
Depart for Sheridan Airport Drive time: 10m Limo manifest: S1, (b) (6) , Izzy
Arrive at Sheridan Airport
. Wheels up SHR
Flight:
Personal
Flight time:
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Manifest:
S1, (b) (6) Izzy, (b) (7)(C)
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Pittsburgh, PA -- PA Energy & Innovation Summit
Last updated 7/14/2025
Monday, July 14 -- Tuesday, July 15 Pittsburgh, PA (CT) = DC Time - 1 hour
Monday-, July 14:
(b) (8). (b)(7XC)
to Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
IMP
Manifest:
Sl. (b) (7)(C)
Tuesday, July 15:
8:29pm
Fly Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) to Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight:
AA 2902
Flight time: 1h46m
Manifest:
Si, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah. (b) (7)(C)
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Hotel: Location: Phone:
Fairmont Pittsburgh 510 Market St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 773-8800
Traveling Staff Name Secretary Wright Jake Fulkerson Carl Coe Shawn Affolter Audrey Barrios Andy Rapp Ben Dietderich Sarah Wood _(b) (7)(C)
Agency/Title Si Special Assistant Chief of Staff PDAS, CI Senior Advisor Senior Advisor Press Secretary Digital Director
Phone
(b) (6
Email
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Name Cole Szymanski (b) (7)(C)
Agency/Title Lead Staff ADV
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Monday, July 14:
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
(b) (6) to Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
Manifest:
S1, (b) (7)(C)
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
7:30pm
Depart for Fairmont Pittsburgh Drive time: 25m Limo manifest: S1
7:55pm
Arrive at hotel/ executive time
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Fairmont Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, July 15:
(b) (6)
8:30am
Depart for Carnegie Mellon Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl Staff manifest: Audrey, Andy, Shawn A., Ben, Sarah
8:45am
Arrive at Carnegie Mellon
9:00am9:10am
Pull aside with Matt Garman, CEO, Amazon Web Services
Location:
Hold Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Matt Garman, CEO, Amazon Web Services
9:20am9:30am
Pull aside with Jake Loosararian, CEO, Gecko Robotics
Location:
Hold Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Jake Loosararian, CEO, Gecko Robotics
9:40am9:50am
Pull aside with Ajei Gopal, CEO, Ansys
Location:
Hold Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
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Ajei Gopal, CEO, Ansys
TAPED National Radio Interview with Chris Stigall
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open; The Chris Stigall Show
Participants: S1
Chris Stigall
LIVE TV Interview with Brian Sullivan, CNBC
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open; CNBC
Participants: S1
Brian Sullivan
Print Interview with Ari Natter, Bloomberg
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open; Bloomberg
Participants: S1
Ari Natter
LIVE TV Interview with Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open; Bloomberg
Participants: S1
Tyler Kendall
Pull aside with Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic
Location:
Hold Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic
Pull aside with Greg Ebel, CEO, Enbridge
Location:
Hold Room
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Greg Ebel, CEO, Enbridge
Panel: "Powering the AI Revolution", Moderated by Ruth Porat, President & CIO,
Google
Location:
McConomy Auditorium; Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
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Ruth Porat, President & CIO, Google (moderator) Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock Darren Woods, President & CEO, ExxonMobil Brendan Bechtel, Chairman & CEO, Bechtel Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic
VIP Lunch Location: Press: Participants:
Wiegand Gym; Carnegie Mellon Closed S1 (Table Lead) + Roundtable participants
VIP Reception & Photo Line with President Trump
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
+ Roundtable participants
CEO Roundtable with President Trump, Moderated by Senator McCormick
Location:
Carnegie Mellon
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
President Trump
Secretary Burgum
Secretary Bessent
Secretary Rollins
Administrator Zeldin
David Sacks
Michael Kratsios
Senator McCormick (Moderator)
37 Industry CEO's (see full list in book)
Agenda:
3:25 PM
POTUS & Senator McCormick enter gym
3:30 PM Senator McCormick Welcome and Remarks
3:40 PM POTUS Remarks
3:55 PM Investment Announcements
- 8 announcements, introduced and cued by Senator McCormick
4:15 PM Secretary Bessent remarks
4:18 PM Closing Remarks by Senator McCormick and POTUS
4:30 PM Adjourn
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Depart for Pittsburgh Airport Drive time: 30m Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl Staff manifest: Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah
Arrive at Pittsburgh Airport
Wheels up PIT to Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight:
AA 2902
Flight time: 1h 46m
Manifest:
S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, (b) (7)(C)
Wheels down ORD
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Tuesday, July 15 -- Thursday, July 17 Chicago, IL (CT) = DC Time - 1 hour
Tuesday, July 15:
8:29pm
Fly Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) to Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight:
AA 2902
Flight time: lh 46m
Manifest:
Si, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah. (b) (7)(C)
Thursday, July 17:
6:00pm
Fly Chicago, IL (ORD) to DCA
Flight:
UA 1269
Flight time: 2h 2m
Manifest:
Si, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah. (b) (7)(C)
Hotel:
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Traveling Staff Name Secretary Wright Jake Fulkerson Carl Coe Audrey Barrios Andy Rapp Ben Dietderich Sarah Wood Christian Newton
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Agency/Title Si _pecial Assistant Chief of Staff Senior Advisor Senior Advisor Press Secretary _llgi.tal Director Chief of Staff, Office of Science
Phone
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Email
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Name Conor Ferns Dorian Thompson lb) (7)(C)
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Agency/Title Lead Staff ADV Staff ADV
Phone
Email
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Tuesday, July 15:
8:29pm
Wheels up Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) to Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight:
AA 2902
Flight time: 1h 46m
Manifest:
S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
9:15pm
Wheels down ORD
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl Staff manifest: Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
/ executive time
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
1111
Wednesday, July 16:
(b) (6)
8:00am8:30am
Live TV Interview with America's Newsroom Fox News
Location:
Marriott Chicago Naperville
Press:
Open; Fox News
Participants: S1
Dana Perino
Bill Hemmer
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Depart for Argonne National Laboratory
Drive time:
(b) (6), (b) (
Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl
Staff manifest: Andy, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
9:00am
Arrive at Argonne National Laboratory
9:05am9:30am
Argonne Overview
Location:
Building 240, Room 2508/2509
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Paul Kearns, Laboratory Director
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Manager, Argonne Site Office, U.S.
Department of Energy
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago and Chairman of
the Board, UChicago Argonne, LLC
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Ilke Arslan, Interim Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering
Laurent Chapon, Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences, Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Project Director
Megan Clifford, Associate Laboratory Director, Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach
Sarah Murdock, Deputy Manager, Argonne Site Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Rae Sharp-Geiger, Deputy Laboratory Director for Operations; Chief Operations Officer
Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing, Environment and Life Sciences
Katie Yurkewicz, Chief Communications Officer Lee Zachos, Chief of Staff
Meet with Argonne Site Office
Location:
Building 240
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Manager
Sarah Murdock, Deputy Manager
Zahraa Ali, General Engineer and Federal Project Director
Chris Allen, Mission Integration and Project Division Director
Noreen Brachmann, Facility Representative
Eric Dallman, Operations Division Director
Bridget Duffy, Contracting Officer
Howard Filler, Security Specialist
Megan Holba, Facility Representative
James Piatek, Facility Representative
Jennifer Stricker, Business Division Director
Stephen Terpening, Facility Representative
Alex Walton, General Engineer and Federal Project Director
Brandon Whittier, Contracting Officer
Judy Wolfe, Program Analyst
Shuttle to Advanced Photon Source Facility
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Argonne shuttle will transport group
Tour the Advanced Photon Source Facility
Location:
Building 444
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
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Laurent Chapon, Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences, APS Upgrade Project Director
Jonathan Lang, Interim Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Science and Technology
Jonathan Almer, Senior Physicist, Group Leader, X-ray Science Victoria Cooley, Assistant Physicist, X-ray Science Venkat Srinivasan, Director of the Argonne Collaborative Center for
Energy Storage Science; Senior Scientist
Tour of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Cleanroom
Location:
Building 440
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Ilke Arslan, Interim Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Physical
Sciences and Engineering Valerie Taylor, Division Director,
Computing, Environmental, and Life Sciences
Valerie Taylor, Division Director, Mathematics and Computer
Science
Chad Husko, Fellow, Chain Reaction Innovations; CEO and
Founder, Iris Light Technologies
Ani Sumant, Group Leader; Materials Scientist, Nanofabrication and
Devices
Gary Wiederrecht, Interim Division Director, Nanoscience and
Technology
Rik Yoshida, Division Director, High Energy Physics
Shuttle to Argonne's Quantum Facilities with a Driving tour focused on Argonne's
Infrastructure
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Argonne shuttle will transport group
Tour of Argonne's Quantum Facilities
Location:
Buildings 222 and 241
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
David Awschalom, Director, Q-NEXT; Argonne Joint Appointee;
Group Leader, Quantum Information Science and Materials Science;
Liew Family Professor; Director, Quantum Engineering, University
of Chicago Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering; Founding
Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange
Alan Dibos, Materials Scientist, Q-NEXT
Michael Norman, Director, Argonne Quantum Institute
Benjamin Pingault, Assistant Staff Scientist
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Megan Clifford, Associate Laboratory Director, Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach
Nick Chaudhari, DOE Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, Community College Internship program participant
Shuttle to Lunch
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Argonne shuttle will transport group
Lunch with UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors
Location:
Building 240, Room 1405-1407
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
John "Jack" Anderson, Interim Vice President, Office of National
Laboratories, University of Chicago
Katherine "Kate" Baicker, Provost, University of Chicago
Carol Cala, Retired Vice President, Corporate Energy, Environment,
Safety and Health, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jane Delgado, President and CEO, Healthy Americas
Helmut Dosch, Senior Advisor, DESY
Derek R.B. Douglas, President, Civic Committee and Commercial
Club of Chicago
Janet Foutty, Former Executive Chair of the Board, Deloitte US
Melissa Gilliam, President, Boston University
Ralph Izzo, Retired Executive Chair, Public Service Enterprise
Group
Paul Kearns, Director, Argonne National Laboratory
Ka Yee Lee, Interim Dean, Physical Sciences Division, University of
Chicago
Wolfgang Marquardt, Retired Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Forschungszentrum Jlich
Eric Perrault, Vice President for Research, Northwestern University
Melody Spradlin, Retired Vice President, Global Workplace Services,
KLA Corporation
Fred Upton, Former United States Representative
Joseph "Jay" T. Walsh Jr., Vice President for Economic
Development and Innovation, University of Illinois
Tracey Quinn, Associate Vice President for National Laboratories
Kim Sawyer, Chief Executive for National Laboratories, University
of Chicago
Tour of the Aurora Exascale Supercomputer
Location:
Building 240
Press:
Closed
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Participants:
S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing,
Environment and Life Sciences Michael Papka, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Computing,
Environment and Life Sciences; Director, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Susan Coghlan, Project Director; Technical Director, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Walk to Visualization Laboratory
Tour of AI for Science: Cancer and Cosmology
Location:
Building 240, Room 4312
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing, Environment and Life
Sciences
Thomas Brettin, Strategic Program Manager, Computing, Environment and Life
Sciences
Salman Habib, Division Director, Computational Science
Katrin Heitmann, Deputy Division Director, High Energy Physics
Prep for Remarks
Remarks for Dedication of Aurora Exascale Supercomputer
Location:
Building 240, Room 1416
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
Agenda:
The Secretary will deliver remarks and cut the ribbon on one of the
fastest supercomputers for public science research in the world.
Media Opportunity
Location:
Building 240
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
Shuttle to Materials Engineering Research Facility
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Argonne shuttle will transport group
Tour Advanced Energy Technologies: A US Competitiveness Research Cluster
Location:
Buildings 369, 370, 376
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
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Claus Daniel, Associate Laboratory Director, Advanced Energy Technologies
Megan Clifford, Associate Laboratory Director, Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach
Allison Bennett Irion, Director, Supply Chain Research Levant Eryilmaz, Principal Materials Scientist Greg Krumdick, Division Director, Applied Materials Jeff Spangenberger, Group Leader, Materials Recycling Thomas Wallner, Division Director, Transportation and Power Systems Dick Co, Director, Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) Tim Fairley-Wax, CEO and Co-Founder, Aquora Biosystems; Chain
Reaction Innovations Entrepreneur Laboratory and Industry Partners:
Ryan Melsert, CEO, American Battery Technology Company Jinal Shah, Director, Engines and Engine Systems Thomas J. Tarka, Senior Engineer, National Energy Technology
Laboratory; Director, Minerals to Materials Supply Chain Research Facility (METALLIC); Technical Director, Process Optimization and Modeling for Minerals Sustainability (PrOMMiS) Initiative Gil Quiniones, CEO, ComEd Craig Zimmerman, Technical Director, BlueWater
Shuttle to Building 308
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Argonne shuttle will transport group
Video Tour Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems and Recycling Nuclear Fuel
Location:
Buildings 308 and 205
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Kirsten Laurin-Kovitz, Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear
Technologies and National Security
Julie Carrera, Division Director, Strategic Security Sciences
Megan Clifford, Associate Laboratory Director, Science and
Technology Partnerships and Outreach
Christopher Grandy, Interim Directorate Operations Officer,
Nuclear Technologies and National Security
Krista Hawthorne, Section Manager, Pyroprocess Engineering,
Chemical and Fuel Cycle Technologies
Temitope Taiwo, Division Director, Nuclear Science and
Engineering
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Mark Williamson, Division Director, Chemical and Fuel Cycle Technologies
Industry partners: Jake DeWitte, Co-Founder and CEO, Oklo Chris Levesque, President and CEO, TerraPower
Record Video Message for Argonne Staff
Location:
Building 205
Press:
Closed; official photog only
Participants: S1
Depart for Topaz Caf (780 Village Center Dr. Burr Ridge, IL 60527) Drive time: 15m Limo manifest: S1, Carl, Andy, Audrey, Christian
*Jake, Ben, Sarah depart for hotel
Dinner with Argonne Leadership and Industry CEO's
Location:
Topaz Caf
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Carl, Audrey, Andy, Christian
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
Calvin Butler, President and CEO, Exelon (invited)
Megan Clifford, Argonne Associate Laboratory Director for Science and
Technology Partnerships and Outreach
Jacob DeWitte, Co-founder and CEO, Oklo (invited)
Lane Dilg, Head of Infrastructure Policy & Partnerships / Stargate,
OpenAI
Bonnie Fleming, Fermilab Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and
Technology
Rajib Hazra, CEO, Quantinuum
Sean L. Jones, Argonne Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and
Technology
Paul Kearns, Laboratory Director, Argonne National Laboratory
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director, Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory
Chris Levesque, President and CEO, TerraPower (invited)
Rae Sharp-Geiger, Argonne Chief Operations Officer
Greg Stephens, Fermilab Chief Operations Officer
Gil Quiniones, President and CEO, ComEd (invited)
Vlad Troy, VP, Estaff, Data Center Engineering & Operations,
Enterprise Software and Cloud Services, Nvidia
Lee Zachos, Argonne Chief of Staff
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(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Arrive at hotel/ executive time
- Thursday, July 17:
(b) (6), (b) (7)(C)
Depart for Argonne National Laboratory
Drive time:
(b) (6) (b) (
Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl
Staff manifest: Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
8:15am
Arrive at Argonne National Laboratory
8:20am
Prep for Remarks
8:35am8:45am
Opening Remarks at AI x Nuclear Energy Executive Summit
Location:
Building 240, Room 1416
Press:
Open
Participants: S1
9:00am
Departure for Fermi Lab Drive time: 35m Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl Staff manifest: Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
10:00am
Arrive at Fermi Lab
10:00am10:05am
Welcome and Meet and Greet
Location:
Wilson Hall Atrium
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
10:05am10:25am
Laboratory Overview
Location:
15th floor
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
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John Mester, President & CEO, Universities Research Association, Inc Jack Anderson, Director, Strategic Initiatives for National Laboratories, Univ of Chicago
Kim Sawyer, Chief Executive for National Laboratories, University of Chicago
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager Bonnie Fleming, Deputy Director for S&T & Chief Research Officer Greg Stephens, Deputy Director for Operations & Chief Operations
Officer Jim Kerby, Deputy Director for LBNF/DUNE Marc Kaducak, Interim Deputy Director for Projects and
Engineering William Mairson, ES&H Senior Director Alexander Valishev, Associate Laboratory Director for Accelerators
Meet with Fermi Site Office
Location:
Wilson Hall, 15th Floor
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
10:40am
10:55am 11:05am11:35am
Board Shuttle and depart for Electrical Duct Bank
Drive time:
10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
Alexander Valishev, Associate Laboratory Director for Accelerators
Cristian Boffo, PIP-II Project Director
Board Shuttle and Depart for Main Injector Tunnel Tour
Drive time:
10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
Main Injector Tunnel Tour
Location:
Main Injector
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
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Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager Alexander Valishev, Associate Laboratory Director for
Accelerators Mary Convery, Beams Division Director
Board Shuttle and Depart for NuMi Underground Facility
Drive time:
10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
11:45am12:30pm
12:30pm 12:35pm 12:45pm1:10pm
Tour of NuMI (Neutrinos from the main Injector) Underground
Location:
NuMi Underground Facility
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
Jim Kerby, Deputy Director for LBNF/DUNE
Sam Zeller, Deputy Project Director, LBNF/DUNE
Mike Headley, Director Sanford Underground Research Facility
Matt Toups, Scientist & Co-Spokesperson of the MicroBooNE
Experiment
Alex Himmel, Scientist & Co-Spokesperson of the NOvA Experiment
Dan Baxter, Associate Scientist & Project Lad for QUIET
Elevator up to ground level
Board shuttle and Depart for Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC)
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
Working Lunch
Location:
IARC
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
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John Mester, President & CEO, Universities Research Association, Inc
Kim Sawyer, Chief Executive for National Laboratories, University of Chicago
Jack Anderson, Director, Strategic Initiatives for National Laboratories, Univ of Chicago
Mike Headley, Director, Sanford Underground Research Facility Mark Thomson, Next Director-General, CERN (Jan 2026) Bonnie Fleming, Deputy Director for S&T & Chief Research Officer Greg Stephens, Deputy Director for Operations and Chief Operating
Officer Jim Kerby, Deputy Director for LBNF/DUNE Marc Kaducak, Interim Deputy Director for Projects and
Engineering Sam Posen, Associate Laboratory Director Anna Grassellino, Director, National Quantum Information Science
Center Rae Moss, Senior Director of Communications Nhan Tran, AI Coordination Director Rich Goffi, Associate Lab Director for Science, Innovation and
Technology Partnerships and Outreach
AI at Fermilab
Location: ICB
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Nhan Tran, AI Coordination Director
Tour Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS); Quantum Garage
Location: SQMS
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
Anna Grassellino, Director, SQMS Center
Akshay Murthy, Deputy Director, SQMS Center
Alexander Romanenko, Technology Lead, SQMS Center
Hank Lamm, Quantum Algorithms and Simulation Lead, SQMS
Center
Silvia Zorzetti, SQMS Quantum Communication Department Head
Industry Partners:
Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and IBM Vice President for Quantum
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Corban Tillemann-Dick, CEO of Maybell Quantum Industries Subodh Kulkarni, CEO of Rigetti Computing
Board shuttle and Depart for Industrial Center Building (ICB)
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
ICB Tour Location: Press: Participants:
ICB Closed S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager Sam Posen, Associate Laboratory Director Cristian Boffo, PIP-II Project Director Giorgio Apollinari, HL-LHC US Accelerator Upgrade Project
Director Kellen McGee, Engineering Physicist & L3 Manager for PIP-II
Project
Board shuttle and depart for Wilson Hall
Drive time: 10m
Manifest:
Fermi shuttle will transport group
Overview of Fermilab's Role in Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Compact
Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment
Location: Remote Operations Center East
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, Christian
Young-Kee Kim, Interim Laboratory Director
Regina Rameika, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy
Physics
Whitney Begner-Romozzi, Acting Fermi Site Office Manager
Kevin Burkett, Associate Laboratory Director for Particle Physics
Bo Jayatilaka, Collider Physics Division Director
Mark Thomson, Next Director-General, CERN (Jan 2026)
Jennifer Ngadiuba, Wilson Fellow
Nhan Tran, AI Coordination Director
Aidan Grummer, Research Associate
Executive Time
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3:30pm
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Location:
Wilson Hall; 2nd floor
Walk to Ramsey Auditorium
All- Hands Remarks
Location:
Ramsey Auditorium
Press:
Closed
Participants: S1
Depart for Airport Drive time: 45m Limo manifest: S1, Jake, Carl Staff manifest: Audrey, Ben, Sarah
Arrive at ORD Airport
Wheels up ORD
Flight:
UA 1269
Flight time: 2h 2m
Manifest:
S1, Jake, Carl, Audrey, Ben, Sarah, (b) (7)(C)
Wheels down DCA
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