CTBTO staff and Advanced Science Course participants describe the simulation of point of entry negotiations for a CTBT on-site inspection, to verify whether or not a nuclear explosion has taken place. 70 participants attended the Advanced Science Course “Around the Globe and Around the Clock: The Science and Technology of the CTBT” in Vienna in November 2012 and hundreds more followed the course online. The two-week course culminated in the simulation, in which course participants played...

OSI Equipment - Purchase Process, Custody of TS, Calibration (Rainier ARNDT) 10.15 – 11.00 Wednesday 21 November

(Luis GAYA-PIQUE) Inspection Team Functionality and Search Logic 09.30 – 10.15 Wednesday 21 November

OSI Division Structure, Tasks, People, Budgets and its Place in the PTS (Matjaz PRAH) 14.00 – 14.45 Thursday 22 November

Mr Oleg ROZHKOV, Director, On-Site Inspection Division

Ron GAVISH, Chief, Training Section, On-Site Inspection Division

Closing Remarks, Jean du Preez, Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation Section, CTBTO

Guided tour of ESMF(Bela BALCZO and Team) 14.30 – 16.00 Wednesday 21 November

OSI Equipment Demo(Rainier ARNDT and Team) 16.00 – 17.30 Wednesday 21 November

Meet the Experts: OSI Techniques and Technologies, Application Challenges, Panelists: Director, Coordinator and Section Chiefs, CTBTO

OSI Quiz, Luis Gaya Piqué, Policy Planning Officer, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

OSI Implementation Challenges: IFEs Experience, Concept of Build Up Exercises - Activities and Way Ahead, Gordon Macleod, Chief, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

CTBTO OSI In Comparison with Inspection Regimes Under Other Treaties, Ron Gavish, Chief, Training Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

Have you seen a cavity? OSI Challenges, Mordechai Melamud, Consultant, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

OSI Since 1997 - Study of Inspection Phases, Oleg Rozhkov, Director, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

OSI Readiness(Matjaz PRAH) 12.00 – 12.30 Wednesday 21 November

Elements of OSI Logistics and Operational Support - ESMF, BOO, IA(Bela BALCZO) 11.15 – 12.00 Wednesday 21 November

Meet the experts: “OSI Regime Implementation Challenges - Treaty and Protocol Issues”, Panelists: Director, Coordinator, and Section Chiefs

OSI Documentation - Manuals, SOPS and OM - Documentation, Hongmei Deng, chief, Documentation Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

OSI Data Flow and Treatment (FIMS & IIMS) - OSI Engine for Synergy, Archive and Confidentiality (Peter LABAK, Ashraf ABUSHADY) 15.45 – 16.30 Tuesday November 20

OSI Core Techniques: Initial Period, Mordechai MELAMUD, Consultant, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

OSI Core Techniques: Continuation Period, Luis GAYA-PIQUE, Policy Planning Officer, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

Signatures of UNE – Geological and Hydrological, Luis GAYA-PIQUE, Policy Planning Officer, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

Signatures of UNE – VOB & RN, Gordon MACLEOD, Chief, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO

On-Site Inspection According To CTBTO Verification Regime - Treaty Provisions, Matjaz Prah, Coordinator, Office of the Director, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO