Seventh EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference

 

SUMMARY REPORT

 

 

NETWORK MEETING

Monday, 17 December 2018

14.00 – 15.00     Registration and Welcome Coffee

 

15.00 – 16.30     FIRST SESSION:

CURRENT STATE OF THE NETWORK AND THE WAY AHEAD

This session will provide a brief overview of the new structure and activities of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium as well as of the EUNPD Network, assessing membership, role and available expertise. The session will also be an opportunity to provide input and make proposals for the next implementation steps.

Chair:
Sibylle Bauer, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium/ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Introductory Remarks:
Emil Kazakov, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms
Export Control Division, European External Action Service (EEAS)

State and Prospects of the Network:
Giovanna Maletta, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium/SIPRI

 

16.30 – 17.00     COFFEE BREAK

 

17.00 – 18.30     SECOND SESSION:

THE CHANGING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, THE EU’S ROLE AND RELATED RESEARCH PRIORITIES

This session will look at the challenges ahead for non-proliferation and disarmament, exploring in particular the EU’s role. In light of this, the session will also discuss the network’s current and future contribution to the ongoing security debate.

Chair:
Ettore Greco, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium / Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Open Debate

 

Closing Remarks:
Representative of the European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

 

18.30                DINNER BUFFET

 

EU NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

 

MORNING

INTRODUCTORY SESSION

 

8:30     Registration and Welcome Coffee

           

9:30     Welcome Remarks
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

                       

9:45     Opening Speech
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission – TBC

 

FIRST PLENARY SESSION

10:00    Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: The Political Framework

Chair:
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

Speakers:

• Vladimir Baranovskiy, Member of the Directorate, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
• Christopher Ford, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation, U.S. Department of State
• Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Anja Kaspersen, Director Geneva Branch, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

 

11:45    Keynote Speech – The CWC after the Fourth Review Conference
Fernando Arias, Director-General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

 

12:15 – 13:30 – LUNCH

 

AFTERNOON

PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

 

SESSION IA

13:30    Regulating the Arms Trade

Chair:
Sibylle Bauer, Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stockholm

Speakers:

• Ashley Georgina Hamer, Field Analyst, Conflict Armament Research, London
• Manuel Martinez Miralles, Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva
• Sarah Parker, Policy Support Officer, Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat, Geneva
• Anselme Nahmtante Yabouri, Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), Lomé

 

SESSION IB

13:30    The Challenges of Autonomous Weapons

Chair:
Niklas Schörnig, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Frankfurt

Speakers:

• Vincent Boulanin, Senior Researcher, SIPRI
• Ulrike Esther Franke, Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), London
• Kathleen Lawand, Head of Arms Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva
• Gustav Lindstrom, Director, The EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris

 

15:00 – 15:30 – COFFEE BREAK

 

PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS II

 

SESSION IIA

15:30    Arms Control in Outer Space

Chair:
Xavier Pasco, Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Paris

Speakers:

• Amber Charlesworth, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State – TBC
• Carine Claeys, Acting Special Envoy for Space, EEAS
• Sergio Marchisio, Chairman, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
• Tereza Kupkova, Project Coordinator, Space Security Program, The Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague
• Guoyu Wang, Deputy Dean, Academy of Air, Space Policy and Law, Beijing Institute of Technology

 

SESSION IIB

 

15:30    Cyber Security Challenges

Chair:
Antonio Missiroli, Assistant Secretary General for Emergency Security Challenges, NATO

Speakers:

• Eléonore Pauwels, Research Fellow on AI and Emerging Cyber Technologies, United Nations University, New York
• Francesco M. Talò, Coordinator for Cyber Security Issues, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation    
• Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Security, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – TBC
• Tong Zhao, Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing

 

17:00 – 17:30 – COFFEE BREAK

 

SECOND PLENARY SESSION

 

17:30    Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Chair:
Névine Schepers, Research Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London

Speakers:

• Irma Arguello, President, NPSGlobal Foundation, Buenos Aires
• Cornel Feruţă, Assistant Director General, Chief Coordinator, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House, London
• Adil Sultan Muhammad, Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London
• Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, FRS, Paris

                                                           

19:00 – DINNER

 

WEDNESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2018

THIRD PLENARY SESSION

 

08:30    Registration and Welcome Coffee

 

09:00    Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in North-East Asia

Chair:
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, Paris

Speakers:

• Nobuyasu Abe, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center, Cambridge
• Andrea Berger, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey
• Park Jiyoung, Senior Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul
• Phillip Schell, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Department of Political Affairs

 

10:30 – 11:00 – COFFEE BREAK

 

FOURTH PLENARY SESSION

 

11:00    The EU CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative and its 2019-2020 Roadmap
Tristan Simonart, EU Coordinator, CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence, Brussels

 

11:30    Implementing the EU’s Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Agenda

Chair:
Laura Rockwood, Executive Director, Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

Speakers:

• Rüdiger Bohn, Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
• Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, EEAS
• Ann-Sofie Nilsson, Ambassador for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Manpreet Sethi, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi

 

13:00    Closing Remarks
Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium /Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, SIPRI

 

13:30 – LUNCH