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Programme

The Programme Topics of the XVII International Amaldi Conference are
 
   1. Nuclear Policies of the Nuclear Weapon States

    2. Safe Fuel Supply for Civilian Nuclear Power Stations and the Risk
       of Nuclear Proliferation. The Future of Non-Proliferation

    3. The Risk of Nuclear Terrorism

    4. New Military Technologies such as Directed Energy Weapons


The programme sessions start on Friday 14 March 2008 at 09:00 in the DESY Auditorium.
All Attendees are kindly invited to a tour of DESY and an informal get-together on Thursday, 13 March 2008 starting at 16:00.

Preliminary Conference Schedule
(The underlined papers are stored and may be downloaded.)

Thursday, 13 March 2008 - Foyer Auditorium

16:00

Introduction and Tour of DESY

A. Wagner (DESY)

18:00

Get-Together

 

Friday, 14 March 2008 - Auditorium

09:00

OPENING OF XVII INTERNATIONAL AMALDI CONFERENCE

A. Wagner (DESY)
C. Jakobeit (Hamburg Academy of Sciences)
E. Vesentini (Chair of Amaldi Conferences)

 

First Session - Chair: A. Wagner (DESY)

 

09:30

Panofsky Lecture: Pief's Contribution to Arms Control and Nuclear Disarmament

R. Garwin (USA)

10:30

Coffee Break

 
 

Second Session - Chair: E. Vesentini

 

11:00

The Relationships between Scientists and Policy-Makers in the field of arms control

S. Keeny (USA)

11:30

Academy Influence on the G8 Agenda

J. Boright (USA)

 

Third Session - Chair: C. Eisenbart

 

12:00

On the Conflict about Iran´s Nuclear Program: A Game -Theoretical Analysis
paper and slides

R. Avenhaus (Germany)

12:30

Lunch

 
 

Cont'd Third Session - Chair: C. Eisenbart

 

13:30

Regional Nuclear Deterrence Relationships: Stable or Unstable?

Y. Evron (Israel)

14:00

Regional Security from the Perspective of Iran (with emphasis on the nuclear issue)

S. Lotfian (Iran)

14:30

Iran; the Oil and the Bomb
paper and slides

A. Zohar (Israel)

15:00

Prospect of the Six-Party-Talks and peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue

M. Suh (South Korea)

15:30

Coffee Break and Bus Departure from DESY

 

16:30

Boat Trip through Hamburg Harbour

 

18:00

Reception at Hamburg town hall

 

19:00

Conference Dinner

 

Saturday, 15 March 2008 - Auditorium

 

Fourth Session - Chair: S. Keeny

 

09:00

Strategy Options for the UK's separated plutonium
paper and slides

J. Simpson (UK)

09:30

Nuclear Renaissance: Its Expectation, Realities and Security Implications
paper and slides

T. Suzuki (Japan)

10:00

A Quantitative View on Verification of Arms Control and Disarmament Treaties
paper and slides

R. Avenhaus (Germany)

10:30

Coffe Break

 
 

Fifth Session - Chair: H. Korn

 

11:00

Proliferation Concerns Connected with Nuclear Fuel Cycle Developments paper and slides

B. Myasoedov (Russia)

11:30

Eliminating HEU as Reactor Fuel (abstract)

O. Reistad (Norway)

12:00

Nuclear Renaissance - Verification of Performance
paper and slides

A. Buckley (Canada)

12:30

Lunch

 
 

Cont'd Fifth Session - Chair: H. Korn

 

13:30

Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

J. F. Ahearne (USA)

 

Sixth Session - Chair: A. Keynan

 

14:00

Monitoring of Plutonium in the air
paper and slides

J. Mietelski (Poland)

14:30

Detection of clandestine nuclear weapons production and testing by analyzing air samples
slides and paper

M. Kalinowski (Germany)

15:00

Coffee Break

 

15:30

Detecting nuclear and radiological materials
paper and slides

C. Watson (UK)

 

Seventh Session - Chair: J. Simpson

 

16:00

The Analysis of Nuclear Terrorism Risk (Paper)

J. Wu (China)

16:30

Nuclear Proliferation and the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism

N. Laverov (Russia)

17:00

The threat of Nuclear Terrorism

F. Calogero (Italy)

 

Eighth Session - Chair: R. Garwin

 

17:30

Directed Energy Weapons
paper and slides

G. Neuneck (Germany)

19:00

Dinner

 

Sunday, 16 March 2008 - Auditorium

 

Ninth Session - Chair: V. Nekvasil

 

09:00

The Nonproliferation Treaty: Regime kaputt? (presentation)
Regime crisis (paper)

H. Müller (Germany)

09:30

Nuclear 'Breakout': What are the real risks?

A. Mack (Canada)

 

Tenth Session - Chair: G. Neuneck

 

10:00

1. Reports by young scientist-rapporteurs on the salient results of the individual sessions. Discussion.

Rapporteurs

10:30

Coffe Break

 

11:00

Cont'd Tenth Session - Chair: G. Neuneck

 
 

2. Reports by young scientist-rapporteurs on the salient results of the individual sessions. Discussion.

Rapporteurs

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Eleventh Session - Chair: M. Kalinowski

 
 

Panel and general discussion on the topics and on the future of the Amaldi Conferences

All

15:30

Closing the Conference

 

15:30

Coffee Break

 

16:00

Open Meeting of the International Organizing Commitee of the Amaldi Conference

 

18:00

End of Open Meeting

 

 

 
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