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Strengthening the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime:
Ensuring a Successful NPT Review Conference in 2010
Beijing, China, Friday-Saturday 20-21 November 2009
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[A Joint Conference of the Chinese Peoples’ Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD), Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), and  Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs]

Schedule/Agenda

Opening Panel of the Pugwash-CPAPD-IAPCM Conference in Beijing, 20 November 2009: (left to right), Li Hua (IAPCM), Niu Qiang (CPAPD), Pan Zhenqiang (Pugwash Council), Jayantha Dhanapala (Pugwash President), and Li Song (Dept. of Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
 
Thursday, 19  November
14:00- Registration in A Building, Wanshou Hotel
18:00-20:00 Reception hosted by Prof. Hu Side, Senior Adviser of CPAPD
Friday, 20 November
08:30-08:50 Group Photo
08:50-09:30

Opening Session
Moderator: Pan Zhenqiang
Welcoming Remarks: Jayantha Dhanapala Niu Qiang, Li Hua
Remarks by Li Song, Deputy Director General, Department of Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.

09:30-10:30

Session 1:  Evaluation of major nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation challenges, and strategies for ensuring a successful NPT Review Conference
Moderator: Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
Remarks:  Sergio Duarte, Jayantha Dhanapala, Mohammed Shaker, Shen Dingli, Ouyang Liping

10:30-10:45 Tea Break
10:45-12:00 Session 1 (continued)
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30

Session 2:  Status of CTBT Entry into Force and Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
Moderator: Xia Liping
Remarks: Li Genxin, Liu Gongliang,, Steven Miller, Talat Masood, Amitabh Mattoo, Jiang Zhengming, Ramamurti Ragaraman, Mohamed Kadry Said

15:30-15:45 Tea Break
15:45-16:30 Session 2 (continued)
17:00 Leave from Hotel for Banquet
18:00-19:30 Banquet in honor of participants hosted by Wang Guangtao, Vice President of CPAPD, at the Quan Jude Roast Duck Restaurant
Saturday, 21 November
09:00-10:45

Session 3:  Moving towards deep reductions among all nuclear-weapons states
Moderator: Chen Duming
Remarks: Serguei Batsanov, Steven Miller, Wu Jun, John Finney, Fan Jishe

10:45-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-12:45

Session 4:  Promoting nuclear-weapons-free zones
Moderator:: Serguei Batsanov
Remarks: Ye Ru’an, Peter Jones, Saideh Lotfian, Mohamed Kadry Said :Tian Jingmei

12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45

Session 5:  CBMs for verifying reductions in nuclear arsenals and ensuring non-diversion of civilian nuclear materials for military purposes
Moderator: Saideh Lotfian
Remarks: Zhu Xuhui, Tatsu Suzuki, Li Deshun, Goetz Neuneck,  Ramamurti Rajaraman

15:45-16:00 Tea Break
16:00-18:00

Session 6:  Wrap-up discussion
Moderators:  Wu Jun
Concluding points:  Li Hua, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Pan Zhenqiang, Jeffrey Boutwell

18:00-21:00 Evening Recreation Activity
Sunday, 22 November
07:30

Optional visit to Ba Daling Great Wall
Departures

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