Third Plenary Session of Executive Council - Part III, Debriefing and Closing of the Course

Third Plenary Session of Executive Council - Part II

Third Plenary Session of Executive Council - Part I

Second Plenary Session of Executive Council Simulation - Part II

Second Plenary Session of Executive Council Simulation - Part I

Technical Briefing and First Plenary Session of Executive Council Simulation

Opening of Executive Council Simulation and Technical Briefing

Practical Arms Control Negotiations: Skills and Tactics; Jean du PREEZ, Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation Section, CTBTO; Dr Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director, Acronym Institute; Dr Nikolai SOKOV, Senior Fellow, VCDNP

Authorizing an On-site Inspection and CTBT On-site Inspection Regime: Current Status and Buildup to IFE14; Alex LAMPALZER, Policy Planning Officer, Policy Planning and Operations Section, CTBTO; Fanny TONOS PANIAGUA, Policy Planning and Operations Section, CTBTO; Gordon MACLEOD, Chief, Policy Planning and Operations Section, CTBTO; Liz DALLAS, Training Section, CTBTO

International Monitoring and Data Collection and Analysis; Robert WERZI, Head, Maintenance Unit, CTBTO; Jeffrey GIVEN, Chief, Software Applications Section, CTBTO

The Future of Multilateral Arms Control Verification; Moderator: Dr Nikolai SOKOV, Senior Fellow, VCDNP; Andreas PERSBO, Executive Director, VERTIC; Dr Pierce CORDEN, Visiting Scholar, AAAS; Dr James ACTON, Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment

Lunchtime Panel: Women, Leadership and Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Moderator: Dr Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director, Acronym Institute; Ambassador Arundhati GHOSE, Head of the Indian Delegation during CTBT negotiations; Jenifer MACKBY, Secretary of the CTBT negotiations and the Group of Scientific Experts; Dr Maria SULTAN, Director General, South Asian Strategic Stability Institute; Eva GYANE, President, Women in Nuclear IAEA; Lisa TABASSI, Chief, Legal Section, CTBTO

Panel Discussion: Implementing Verification Obligations: Concepts and Practice; Lisa TABASSI, Chief, Legal Services Section,CTBTO; Pierre-Jean BLARD, Avocat, Ancien Batonnier, BVK Avocats Associes; Loay Hassan ABDULRASSAQ, Head of Nuclear Department, Iraqi National Monitoring Authority; Laura ROCKWOOD, Head, Non-Proliferation and Policy Making Organs Section, IAEA; Marianne LAVERGNE, Legal Officer, OPCW; Danilo CAMPISI, Legal Officer, OPCW; Alex LAMPALZER, Policy Planning Officer, Policy,...

Panel Discussion: Briefing and Discussion on DPRK Announced Nuclear Tests; Moderator: Mark FITZPATRICK, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Dr Daniel PINKSTON, Deputy Project Director, International Crisis Group; Professor Siegfried HECKER, Visiting Distinguished Scientist, VCDNP; Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dr Mika NIKKINEN, Head, Scientific Methods Unit, CTBTO

The CTBT as Regional Confidence Building Measure: Lessons from the Past and Considerations for the Future; Moderator: Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director, Acronym Institute; Jayantha DHANAPALA, President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Former Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, President of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference; Mark FITZPATRICK, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Maria...

The Role of the CTBT in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime; Moderator: Dr William POTTER, Director, James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies; Ambassador Jayantha DHANAPALA, President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; President of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference; Dr Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director, Acronym Institute; Tariq RAUF, Former Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA

Technical and Political Considerations of a Test Ban; Moderator: Dr Pierce CORDEN, Visiting Scholar, AAAS; Ambassador SHA Zukang, Head of the Chinese Delegation during CTBT negotiations, Former United Nations Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Dr Bruce GOODWIN, Associate Director-at-Large, National Security Policy & Research and Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr Nikolai SOKOV, Senior Fellow, VCDNP

20 Years On: Reflections on the Negotiations of the CTBT; Moderator: Ambassador Jaap RAMAKER, Chairman of CTBT negotiations in 1996; Ambassador SHA Zukang, Head of the Chinese Delegation during CTBT negotiations, Former United Nations UnderSecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Ambassador Arundhati GHOSE, Head of the Indian Delegation during CTBT negotiations; Dr Pierce CORDEN, Visiting Scholar, AAAS; Jenifer MACKBY, Secretary of the CTBT negotiations, the Group of Scientific...

Nuclear Weapons Technology, Why States Test, Q&A on Nuclear Weapons and Testing; Moderator: Tariq RAUF, Former Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA; Dr Bruce GOODWIN, Associate Director-at-Large, National Security Policy & Research and Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr James ACTON, Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment

Keynote Address by Tibor Toth, Former Executive Secretary, CTBTO during CTBT Diplomacy and Public held from 15 - 19 July 2013. This address was his final public address before reaching the end of his term on 31 July 2013.

Introduction of Seminar Programme; Jean du Preez, Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation Section, CTBTO

Opening and Welcome Remarks; Genxin LI, Director, Legal and External Relations Division, CTBTO; Kristian ØDEGAARD, Minister Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission, Kingdom of Norway; Edvilas RAUDONIKIS, Minister-Counsellor, Chargé d'affaires a.i., Republic of Lithuania

Ambassadorial Panel, National Perspectives on EIF and Universality; HE Rachmat Budiman, S.H., Permanent Representative, Republic of Indonesia; HE Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Permanent Representative, Republic of Kazakhstan; HE Aliyar Lebbe Abdul Azeez, Permanent Representative, Sri Lanka; András Pamuk, Counselor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Hungary

Overview of the CTBT and Progress on EIF and Universality; Jean du PREEZ, Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation Section, CTBTO