Experience agency Owl Live recently hosted the Global Forum for Nuclear Innovation, which took place at IET London: Savoy Place from 17-19 July.
The forum was co-organised by EDF, EPRI, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA).
The main aim was to accelerate the cultural and behavioural transformation that is necessary for the nuclear industry to help tackle the global climate crisis.
To drive this change, the forum focused on four key areas: Being a Challenger, Embracing Diversity, Being a Role Model and Having Courage.
Forum agenda
BBC presenter Fran Scott introduced the forum, which was followed by a rap by academic, author and performer Jon Chase that highlighted the impact of climate change.
Later in the day, attendees participated in immersive and interactive breakout workshops. Each of these sessions was based around one of the four behaviours.
Being a Challenger saw attendees building a car using a short list of materials including paper, card and confectionary before putting their model to a speed and cost test. This challenged the audience to do more than create a better version of what already exists.
To demonstrate Embracing Diversity, attendees were asked to wear thinking hats as a means of exploring the value of diversity of thought in achieving effective outcomes.
For Being a Role Model, attendees were asked to create smoothies, with each foodstuff representing a particular character strength.
The Having Courage workshop saw Owl Live recreate The Million Pound Drop, which was complete with contestants and audience participation, where delegates explored the relationship between risk and reward.
The following day attendees had to adapt these behaviours in a series of Grand Challenge Workshops, which focussed on such key themes as scarcity of talent in the industry, innovation in a regulated environment, and the nuclear industry’s role beyond electricity generation in tackling climate change.
Throughout the two days, delegates also enjoyed keynote addresses from Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer at NHS England, and Sama Bilbao y Leon, director general of the World Nuclear Association.
Lauren Mucklow, joint managing partner of Owl Live, said: “NNL put their complete trust in us, allowing us to steer them towards a more strategic, creative and immersive path. The fact that delegates left the event empowered to put the forum’s behaviours to use in a practical setting, was the ultimate validation.”
