Opening of the Seminar

Vladimir Dvorkin - Principal researcher of the IMEMO (RAS, former Director of the 4th Major Institute of the Ministry of Defense); Professor, Major-General, ret. (Russia).

Paolo Cotta-Ramusino - Secretary General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Italy).

Jayantha Dhanapala - President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Sri Lanka).

I session.

Chairman - Alexei Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security of the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

The State of the Nuclear Disarmament and NPT Regime (Problems of the Treaty Implementation, Article VI of the NPT, Problems of the START, CTBT, ABM, INF)

Hans Blix - Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (Sweden).

George Perkovich - Vice President for Studies - Global Security and Economic Development, Director of the Nonproliferation Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA).

Coffee break.

Situation in the Middle East and other regions, causing proliferation concern (problems of Iran, North Korea, India-Pakistan, security concerns, the strive for countries to acquire nuclear weapons: incentives and possibilities) 

Paolo Cotta-Ramusino - Secretary General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Italy).

Vladimir Baranovskiy - Deputy Director of the IMEMO (Russia).
Mark Fitzpatrick - Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies (UK).

Nuclear Proliferation and the Problem of Terrorism.

Francesco Calogero - Professor of Theoretical Physics of the Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).

Carlo Shaerf - Professor of Physics of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy).

II session.

Chairman - Sergei Oznobishchev, Director of the Institute for Strategic Assessments (Russia).

Inalienable and Equal Right of all NPT Parties to Promote Research, Production and Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes (Pursuant to Articles I, II, III (sub-section 3) and IV) and the Problems of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Control

Anatoliy Diakov - Director of the Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia).

Strengthening the NPT Regime. Further Enhancement of the IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards. Universalism of the IAEA 1997 Additional Protocol

William Potter - Director of the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies and Professor of Non-Proliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies (USA).

Coffee break.

III session.

Chairman - Vladimir Dvorkin, Principal researcher of the IMEMO (RAS); Professor, Major-General, ret. (Russia).

Creation of "Positive Incentives": the Prospects for Regional Security Systems and the Nuclear Weapon Free Zones (Enhancing Safeguards and Expandability)

Sergey Batsanov - Director of the Geneva Office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Russia).

Proposals for the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference

General debate.

Concluding Remarks

Roald Sagdeev - Director of the "East-West" Center at the University of Maryland; Academician (RAS, Russia/USA).

Jayantha Dhanapala - President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Sri Lanka).

Adjournment of the Seminar.

Reception.