Since 1966 – International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts – Italian Pugwash Group

Detailed Program

The presentations kindly provided by the lecturers can be downloaded clicking on the names evidenced in dark yellow.

Daily Schedule


9:00 – 10:30   1st session
10:30 – 16:00   Free
16:00 – 16:30   Tea/Coffee
16:30 – 18:00   2nd session
18:00 – 18:15   Break
18:15 – 19:45   3rd session
21.00 – 22.30   Evening Session

Wednesday 8 January 2014

Arrive Hotel Gruppo Brenta, Andalo

Thursday 9 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Carlo Schaerf – Secretary: Giovanni Battista Nazareth
Introduction to Isodarco
Carlo Schaerf

Overview of Issues
Catherine M. Kelleher

10:30 – 16:00   Free

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Matthew Evangelista – Secretary: Roberta Mulas
History of the Nuclear Age: 1945 to now
William Walker


18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Francesco Calogero – Secretary: Marco Boggero
Nuclear Technology and Proliferation Risks
Mirco Elena

Friday 10 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Christine Wing – Secretary: Francesca Silvestri
Securing Fissile Materials: International Framework and the Role of Nuclear Security Summits
Elena Sokova

10:30 – 16:00   Free

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Judith Reppy – Secretary: Riccardo Luporini
Non-proliferation in International Law and Politics
Alexey Arbatov


18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: David Carlton – Secretary: Michele Gaietta
Relations among the ‘Legal’ Nuclear States: Russia, the United States, China and the Rest
Panel: Nikolai Sokov, Catherine Kelleher, Venance Journé

Evening activity
Party

Saturday 11 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Venance Journé – Secretary: Giulia Naboniri
The India-Pakistan Nexus: A Challenge for Nonproliferation Policy
Tariq Rauf

10:45   Morning seminar
The Ethics of Nuclear Weapons
William Walker


16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Elena Sokova – Secretary: Luana Moresco
North Korea: A Proliferation Failure
Mark Suh


18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Carlo Trezza – Secretary: Francesco Tripo
The Challenge of Iran to the Nonproliferation Regime
Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Michele Gaietta

21:00 – 22:30   Evening Session
Seminar  
Grantmaking Foundation of Nuclear Security
  – What Do They Fund?
  – How Do They Make Decision?
  – What Are The Opportunities For Specialists, Young and Midcareer?

Carl Robichaud

Sunday 12 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Laura Rockwood – Secretary: Chiara Marconi
Eliminating nuclear weapons in the Middle East: Is a WMD-free zone possible?
Paolo Foradori

15:00   Afternoon seminar
Nuclear Developments in South Asia: Challenges for Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Jens Heinrich and Debak Das

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Bruce Larkin – Secretary: Marcantonio Piredda
Global nuclear governance: international organizations and arrangements
Trevor Findlay


18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Charlotte Beaucillon – Secretary: Giulio Tiberio Marostica
Euratom and the Global Nonproliferation Regime
Nadia Arbatova


21:00 – 22:30   Evening Session  
Seminar
Regulation Of Private Security: Where We Are And What Can We Learn From Nuclear Governance
Marco Boggero

Monday 13 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Trevor Findlay – Secretary: Debak Das
The Evolution of IAEA Safeguards
Laura Rockwood


16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Nikolai Sokov – Secretary: Abigail Freeman
Technical Aspects of Verification
Wolfango Plastino


18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Mark Suh – Secretary: Hikmat Mammadov
Building Capacity for the Future: The Challenge of Verification
Christine Wing

21:00 – 22:30   Evening Session
Seminar
All Things IAEA – An Open Discussion To Include Employment Opportunities, Safeguards, Non-Power Applications, Etc.
Laura Rockwood

Tuesday 14 January 2014

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Nikolai Sokov – Secretary: Olugbenga Gbarada
European Union Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy: Towards the 2015 NPT Review Conference 
Nico Frandi

10:45 – 12:15   Session 2  Chair: Alessandro Pascolini – Secretary: Marina Tsvetkova
What’s Next? Future Challenges and Challengers to the Nonproliferation Regime
Panel: Carlo Trezza, Tariq Rauf, Trevor Findlay

12:15 – 12:45
Wrap up
Matthew Evangelista, Judith Reppy and Carlo Schaerf

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Departure


SPECIALE EVENTS

Friday 10 January 2014

Poverta’ Atomica: Come e Perchè Pakistan e India Hanno la Bomba (Atomic Poverty: How and Why Pakistan and India Have the Bomb) 
Tariq Rauf
Introductory remarks by Dr Mirco Elena and Paolo Foradori
Public Lecture, Sala degli Affreschi, Biblioteca Comunale di Trento

Monday 11 January 2014

International Efforts to Streghten Nuclear Proliferation
Laura Rockwood
and Elena Sokova
Workshop hosted by FBK/Cerpic in Trento