Sunday, 24 September
08:00 – Registration in the lobby of the hotel upon arrival
18:00 – 20:00 Buffet in the hotel where you stay
Monday, 25 September
07:30 – 8:20 Breakfast in the hotel where you stay
8:30 Sharp For those who stay in the Asia Gulf Hotel, bus transportation at the entrance of the hotel to the Lecture Hall in Xiamen National Accounting Institute (XNAI) where all sessions will be held.
09:00 – 09:40 Opening Session Chairman: Li Hua
Co-Chairman: Hu Side, Academician, CAEP
Co-Chairman: Carlo Schaerf, President, ISODARCO
Co-Chairman: Wang Zaibang, Vice President, CICIR
Co-Chairman: President, Xiamen University Mayor, Xiamen Municipality
9:40 – 10:10 Group Photo/Tea Break
10:10 – 12:30 Panel Session 1: Strategic Cooperation, Security and Stability in the New Era
Chairman: Carlo Schaerf
Yang Yi “Big-Power Cooperation in Maintaining Peace”
Talat Masood “Strategic Stability in South Asia”
Gu Ziping “The Political Significance of the CTBT”
Catherine Kelleher “Cooperative Security in 21st Century Europe”
Martin Ramirez “Offence vs. Defense in Aggression Research”
Richard L. Garwin “Nuclear Power Does Not Need to Present a Proliferation Risk”
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break in the Dinning Room around the Lecture Hall
14:00 – 16:00 Panel Session 2: WMD Proliferation and Mechanism to Curb It
Chairman: Malur Srinivasan
Ye Ruan “Some Relations on International Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation”
Lewis Dunn “Strengthening P-5 Non-Proliferation Cooperation”
Zhai Yucheng “Current Situation and Problems of Sino-US Cooperation on Nonproliferation”
Anupam Srivastava “Positive Trajectory of China’s Export Controls: Strategies to Promote International Cooperation”
Hou Hongyu “Reviewing the U.S. Nonproliferation Policy”
Wade Huntley “Nuclear Nonproliferation: Time for New Thinking”
16:00 – 16:15 Tea Break
16:15 – 18:30 Panel Session 2 (Cont.): WMD Proliferation and Mechanism to Curb It
Chairman: Thomas Cochran
Duan Zhanyuan “Challenges to Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime”
Steve Wright “New Border Control Systems in A Time of Terror”
Jay Nash “International Export Controls and WMD Proliferation”
John Rydqvist “Sweden, Iran and North Korea: Comparing Proliferation, Brinkmanship and Decision Making on Nuclear Weapons Programs.”
Shen Dingli “Comparison of the DPRK and Iran’s Nuclear Issues”
Mark Suh “Prospect of A Peaceful Solution to the Korean Question”
18:30 Bus transportation for all participants at the entrance of the Lecture Hall to the Asia Gulf Hotel
19:00 – 20:30 Reception in the Asia Gulf Hotel
21:00 – Bus transportation back to the XNAI for those who stay there
Tuesday, 26 September
07:30 – 8:30 Breakfast in the hotel where you stay
8:40 Sharp For those who stay in the Asia Gulf Hotel, bus transportation at the entrance of the hotel to the Lecture Hall in Xiamen National Accounting Institute (XNAI)
09:00 – 11:00 Panel Session 3: Regional Stability and Nuclear Energy Cooperation
Chairman: Victor Gilinsky
Abdul Hameed Nayyar “South Asia After the US-India Nuclear Deal”
Han Hua “US-Indian Nuclear Agreement and International Nonproliferation Regime”
Malur Srinivasan “Energy Security and Global Peace”
Zhu Xvhui “Preliminary Thinking on GNEP, Global Nuclear Energy Partnership”
Joseph F. Pilat “Nuclear Power and the Risks of Proliferation and Terrorism”
11:00 – 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 – 12:30 Panel Session 4: Nuclear Weapons: Security Keeper or Destroyer
Chairman: Ye Ruan
Robert Norris “New Findings about Chinese Nuclear Weapons”
Bruce Blair “U.S. Nuclear Primacy: A Rebuttal”
Stephen Schwartz “Sites Unseen: A Virtual Tour of Past and Present U.S. Nuclear Weapons Installations Using Google Earth”
14:00 – 16:00 Panel Session 4 (Cont.): Nuclear Weapons: Security Keeper or Destroyer
Chairman: Pan Zhenqiang
Victor Gilinsky “The Evolution of Nuclear Arsenals since 1945”
Jeffrey Lewis “Some Issues Relating to the Interaction of US and Chinese Strategic Forces”
Thomas Cochran “China’s Nuclear Weapons and U.S. Strategic Policy”
Robert Nelson “The US Nuclear Stockpile and the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program”
16: 00 – 16: 15 Tea Break
16:15 – 18:30 Panel Session 5: Nuclear Weapons: Where to Go Further
Chairman: Najmuddin Shaikh
Takao Takahara “Disarmament as A Path Towards Security Community”
Masako Ikegami “The Complex of East Asian Regional Security: Offence vs. Defense in Military Build-Up, Doctrine and Political Rhetoric”
Rappa Maliakal “Get back to Disarmament”
Qu Changhong “A Preliminary Analysis on Conventional Long Range Ballistic Missile”
Bruce Blair “The Conventionalisation of U.S. Strategic Forces”
Liu Gongliang “Discussion on Several Basic Concept of Arms Control Verification”
18:30 – 20:00 Buffet in the Dinning Room around the Lecture Hall
20:30 – Bus transportation at the entrance of the Lecture Hall to the Asia Gulf Hotel for those who stay in that hotel
Wednesday, 27 September
07:30 – 8:30 Breakfast in the hotel where you stay
Organized Activities
Thursday, 28 September
07:30 – 8:30 Breakfast in the hotel where you stay
8:40 Sharp For those who stay in the Asia Gulf Hotel, bus transportation at the entrance of the hotel to the Lecture Hall in Xiamen National Accounting Institute (XNAI)
09:00 – 11:00 Panel Session 6: Can We Still Have A Stable and Peace Outer Space
Chairman: Lewis Dunn
David Webb “The New Space Emperors – In Pursuit of Dominating the Final Frontier?”
Li Daozhong “The Weaponization Trend of Outer Space and Its Impact on International Landscape”
Joan Johnson-Freese “Building A Stable Security Environment in Space”
Qiu Yong “The Outlook for Preventing Space Weaponization”
Gert Harigel “Weaponization of Space”
Gregory Kulacki “Lost in Space: Poor Guidance Makes U.S.–China Cooperation Hard to Navigate”
11:00 – 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 – 12:30 Panel Session 6 (Cont.): Can We Still Have A Stable and Peace Outer Space
Chairman: Martin Ramirez
Zhao Yingjun “The Role of Commercial Satellite Technology in the International Security”
Geoffrey Forden “Increasing Nuclear Stability with Shared Global Missile Launch Surveillance”
Jia Guanghui “Space Debris and Safety of Spacecraft”
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break in the Dinning Room around the Lecture Hall
14:00 – 15:45 Panel Session 7: Count-Terrorism: A Century’s Challenge
Chairman: Catherine Kelleher
Francesco Calogero “The Twin Risks of Nuclear Weapon Proliferation and Nuclear Terrorism”
Wu Jun “Analysis on the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism and the Protection of Radioactive Materials”
Lester Paldy “Terrorists, Organized Crime, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Growing Threat”
Joseph F. Pilat “Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism Threats: What is the Role of the NPT”
15: 45 – 16: 00 Tea Break
16:00 – 18:30 Panel Session 8 / Closing Session: Harmony Makes the World Stable and Secure in the New Century
Chairman: Li Hua
Massimo Mauro “Recent Trends in Information Operations”
Steve Wright, David Webb “Towards Unlimited Growth – A False Sense of Security”
Brian Rappert “The Life Sciences, Biosecurity, and Dual-Use Research: A Proposed Method for Engaging with Scientists”
Houston Hawkins “Promises and Problems: The Yin Yang of the New Nuclear Age”
18:30 – Bus transportation for all participants at the entrance of the Lecture Hall to the Asia Gulf Hotel
19:00 – 20:30 Banquet in the Asia Gulf Hotel
21:00 – Bus transportation back to the XNAI for those who stay there
Friday, 29 September
07:30 – 8:30 Breakfast in the hotel where you stay
Departure from the Seminar and Farewell to All
Important Note: Each speaker in panel sessions will generally have 10-15 minutes for presentation, subject to overall coordination between presentations and discussions by the Chairman of each panel session.
