The presentations kindly provided by the lecturers can be downloaded clicking on the names evidenced in dark yellow.
Wednesday 7 January 2015
Arrive and Registration Hotel Gruppo Brenta, Andalo
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
Thursday 8 January 2015
9:00 – 9:30 Session 1 Chair: Carlo Schaerf – Secretary: Roberta Mulas
Introduction to the Course
Carlo Schaerf – ISODARCO School Director
Paolo Foradori and Tariq Rauf – ISODARCO Course Co-Directors
9:30 – 11:00 Session 2 Chair: Tariq Rauf – Secretary: Roberta Mulas
Keynote address: The Current Status and Future of Nuclear Arms Control
Jacek Bylica, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:45 Session 3 Chair: Mirco Elena – Secretary: Francesca Silvestri
ACTORS AND POLICIES
The Role of International Verification Organizations: IAEA, CTBTO
Tariq Rauf, Director, SIPRI Disarmament Programme; former Expert Trainer CTBTO; Head, Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA
Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary Emeritus of the CTBTO)
16:30 – 17:00 High Tea / Coffee
17:00 – 18:00 Session 4 Chair: Nico Frandi – Secretary: Enrico Fiorentini
Institutional Actors in Regional and International Security: The Role NATO in a Changing World
Jeffrey Larsen, Director, Research Division, NATO Defence College
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 5 Chair: Laura Reed – Secretary: Sophie Charlotte Fischer
Obama’s Foreign Policy in the Last Two Years of His Administration
Catherine Kelleher, University of Maryland
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
Friday 9 January 2015
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1 Chair: Judith Reppy – Secretary: Tamara Linder
Special address: Perspectives on Global Security
Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary Emeritus of the CTBTO
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 2 Chair: Francesco Calogero – Secretary: Enrico Fiorentini
TREATIES AND INITIATIVES
The 2015 NPT Review Conferences: Issues and Controversies
Tariq Rauf, Director, SIPRI Disarmament Programme; Senior Advisor to the Chair of 2014 NPT PrepCom; former Alternate Head, IAEA NPT Delegation
Vladimir Orlov, President, PIR Centre, Moscow
Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of Pugwash
15:30 – 16:00 High Tea / Coffee
16:00 – 16:30 Session 3 Chair: Paolo Foradori – Secretary: Gunel Khasiyeva
The 2010 NPT Review Conference Mandate for the 2012 Conference on a Middle East NWFZ/WMDFZ
Hannu Kyröläinen, Deputy Facilitator of the Helsinki Middle East NWFZ/WMDFZ Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
16:30 – 18:00 Session 4 Chair: Paolo Foradori – Secretary: Gunel Khasiyeva
Implementation of the 1995 NPTREC Resolution on the Middle East
Hamad AlKaabi (Permanent Representative of the UAE to the IAEA)
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 5 Chair: Giampiero Giacomello – Secretary: Paola Sartori
Regional and Issue-Based Groupings: Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, Non-Aligned Movement
Hamad AlKaabi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the IAEA
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Senior Advisor on Disarmament & International Security, former Ambassador of Iran to the IAEA
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
Party
Saturday 10 January 2015
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1 Chair: Carlo Trezza – Secretary: Benjamin Shulman-reed
Resolving the North Korea Nuclear Issues
Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, IISS
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 2 Chair: Bruce Larkin – Secretary: Danielle Hoffmeester
Whither the Intermediate- and Shorter-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty?
Jeffrey Larsen, Director, Research Division, NATO Defence College
Alexei Arbatov, IMEMO and Carnegie Endowment, Moscow
16:00 – 16:30 High Tea / Coffee
16:30 – 18:00 Session 3 Chair: William Wai-yin Wong – Secretary: Anna Weichselbraun
Science, Technology and Non-Proliferation
Wolfango Plastino, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
Victor Gilinsky, Independent Consultant, former Member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 4 Chair: Catherine Kelleher – Secretary: Mccauley Pugh
OUTSTANDING AND NEW ISSUES
Resolving the Iran nuclear Issues
Steven Miller (Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard University)
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Senior Advisor on Disarmament & International Security, former Ambassador of Iran to the IAEA
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 22:30 Evening Session Chair: Victor Gilinsky – Secretary: Giuseppe Minacapilli
After-Dinner Conversation and Schnapps with Alexai Arbatov on Where is President Putin’s Foreign Policy Heading?
Sunday 11 January 2015
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1 Chair: Nadia Arbatova – Secretary: Ayla Ashford
Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Disarmament
Alexander Kmentt, Ambassador and Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Foreign Ministry
Benoît Pelopidas, University of Bristol and CISAC affiliate, Stanford University
Jeffrey Larsen, Director, Research Division, NATO Defence College
16:00 – 16:30 High Tea / Coffee
16:30 – 18:00 Session 2 Chair: Nikolay Kalashnikov – Secretary: Grecia Cosio Flores
The Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and the Next Steps
Alexander Kmentt, Ambassador and Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Foreign Ministry
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 3 Chair: Aylin Gunay Gurzel – Secretary: Zheng Yang
Delivery Systems: Ballistic and Cruise Missile Controls
Carlo Trezza, Chairman, Missile Technology Control Regime
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 22.30 Evening Session Chair: Mieke Massink – Secretary: Mark Walker
After-Dinner Conversation and Schnapps with Grégoire Mallard and Benoît Pelopidas on Nuclear Diplomacy and the Oracles of Proliferation
Monday 12 January 2015
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1 Chair: Benoît Pelopidas – Secretary: Max Hoell
Nuclear Collisions: Discord, Reform and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
Steven Miller, Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard University
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 2 Chair: Diego Latella – Secretary: Colin Stovel
Future of Russia/US Relations
Vladimir Orlov, President, PIR Centre, Moscow
Catherine Kelleher, University of Maryland
16:00 – 16:30 High Tea / Coffee
16:30 – 18:00 Session 3 Chair: Alessandro Pascolini – Secretary: Martina Trezzi
Security Issues in South Asia
Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, IISS
Paolo Cotta-Ramussino, Secretary-General of PUGWASH
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 4 Chair: Riccardo Antonini – Secretary: Paola Tessari
Preventing Nuclear Proliferation and Bringing In Outliers
Grégoire Mallard, Graduate Institute of International and Development
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 22.30 Evening Session Chair: Steven Miller – Secretary: Fedor Basov
Regional Security Relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union
Nadia Arbatova, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) and Deputy Chair of Russian Pugwash, Moscow
Tuesday 13 January 2015
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1 Chair: Wolfango Plastino – Secretary: Amanda Rynes
UN Nuclear Disarmament Machinery: UNDC, UNGA, CD, OEWG
Tariq Rauf, Director, Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme, SIPRI; former Head of Verification & Security Policy, IAEA
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 2 Chair: Mark Fitzpatrick – Secretary: Giuseppe Minacapilli
Strengthening Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Organizations
Jenni Rissanen, Strategic Planning Team Leader, Department of Safeguards, IAEA
Victor Gilinsky, Independent Consultant, former Member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary Emeritus of the CTBTO
Tariq Rauf, Director, SIPRI Disarmament Programme; former Expert Trainer CTBTO; Head, Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA
16:00 – 16:30 High Tea / Coffee
16:30 – 18:00 Session 3 Chair: Paolo Foradori – Secretary: Kevin Miletic
The Role of the European Union in Promoting Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Jacek Bylica, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:45 Session 4
Final comments by Speakers and Participants
Participants’ feedback
End of the Course
20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
Wednesday 14 January 2015
6:00 Bus departs for Milan Airports
