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Next Generation Nuclear Security: Meeting the Global Challenge

April 12, 2010

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♦ 8:00 – 8:45 am Breakfast and Registration

♦ 8:45 – 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Kenneth Luongo, President, Partnership for Global Security, U.S.
• Alexandra Toma, Program Director, Connect U.S. Fund, U.S.

♦ 9:00 – 10:00 am Opening Keynote: The Nuclear Terrorism Threat (Video)
Review of the global threat of nuclear terrorism and why every state has a stake in its prevention.

• Robert Gallucci, President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

♦ 10:00 – 11:30 am Regional Progress and Challenges to Securing Vulnerable Nuclear Materials in Four Years (Video)
Regional overview of the practical steps, technical tools, and political considerations impacting the objective of securing all vulnerable nuclear material.
Moderator / Commentator: Kevin O’Shea, Minister (Political), Embassy of Canada to the U.S., Canada

• South America: Irma Arguello, President, Nonproliferation for Global Security Foundation, Argentina
• U.S./EU: Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, U.S.
• East Asia: Li Hong, Secretary General, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, China
• South Asia: Pervez Hoodbhoy, Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
• Russia/Eurasia: Gennady Pshakin, Head of Analytical Center for Nonproliferation, Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Russia

♦ 11:30 – 11:45am Coffee Break

♦ 11:45 – 1:00 pm Rethinking Multilateral Approaches to Fissile Material Security (Video)
Discussion of how existing tools should be expanded and new initiatives developed to strengthen the global fissile material security structure and enhance international cooperation.
Moderator / Commentator: Elizabeth Turpen, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, U.S.

• Marcos Catrioto de Azambuja, Vice President, Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais, Brazil
• Roger Howsley, Executive Director, World Institute for Nuclear Security, Austria
• Anita Nilsson, Director, Office of Nuclear Security, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
• R. Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

♦ 1:15 – 2:15 pm Keynote Lunch: The Necessity and Benefits of Improved Fissile Material Security (Video)
Review of the broader transparency, nonproliferation, and accountability benefits to be gained from improved fissile material security.

• Gareth Evans, Co-Chair, International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Chancellor, Australian National University

♦ 2:15 – 3:30 pm Rationale and Challenges of Eliminating the Civil Use of HEU (Video)
Examination of the security benefits of phasing out HEU from the civil sector and challenges that must be overcome to make its elimination viable.
Moderator / Commentator: Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies, U.K.

• Rob Adam, CEO, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), South Africa
• Thomas B. Cochran, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S.
• Ole Reistad, Research Scientist, Department for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

♦ 3:30 – 3:45 pm Coffee Break

♦ 3:45 – 4:45 pm Defining a “Next Generation Nuclear Security Initiative”: Where Do We Go from Here? (Video)
Exploration of the new mindsets, partnerships, and tools needed to advance nuclear security in a globalized world.
Moderator / Commentator: Ariel Levite, Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Israel

• O’Neil Hamilton, CARICOM Coordinator for UNSCR 1540, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Jamaica
• Caroline Jorant, International Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Consultant, France
• Kenneth Luongo, President, Partnership for Global Security, U.S.

♦ 4:45 – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks (Video)

♦ 5:00 – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception and FMWG press availability

LETTERS OF SUPPORT:

President Barack Obama
Representative Adam Schiff