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The Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament presents an international conference on nuclear disarmament in Stockholm 6-8 Novemeber 2009. The conference constitutes an arena for civil society organizations, politicians and professionals to meet in preparation for the 2010 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. BANg will take part!

DATE: 6-8 NOVEMBER 2009
LOCATION: ABF
SVEAVÄGEN 41
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

Friday 6 November: Reaching Nuclear Disarmament

1-3 pm: Palme Seminar: Open only for participants in the Palme Project
Mobilizing the New Generation for Nuclear Disarmament
The Palme Project is a youth project sponsored by the Olof Palme Memorial Fund

2.4.30 pm: Registration

5-5.15 pm: Conference Opening
Sergio Duarte (UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs)

5.15-6.45 pm: Opening Panel
Reaching Nuclear Disarmament - from Visions to Reality
Hans Blix (WMDC) - Henrik Salander (MPI) - Rebecca Johnson (Acronym Institute) - Chair: Susi Snyder (WILPF)

6.45-7: Award Ceremony: the “UN-friend of the year” will be announced by UNA Sweden

7-9 pm: Conference Reception

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Saturday 7 November: Framing the Picture - Legal, Normative and Human Aspects of Nuclear Disarmament

9.00 - 9.15 am: Introduction by Lena Hjelm-Wallén (former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden)

9.15 - 10.15 am: Panel I
The Legal and Normative Framework - Challenges and Possibilities
Hans Corell (Ambassador, Former Legal Counsel of the UN) - Merav Datan (Greenpeace) - Alyn Ware (PNND) - Chair: Gunnar Westberg (IPPNW)

10.15-10.45 am: Coffee

10.45-12 am: Panel II
Nuclear Weapon States - Roles and Responsibilities
Jan Lodal (US) - Dominique Lalanne (FR) - Kate Hudson (CND UK) - Sergej Kolesnikov (IPPNW RU) - Chair: Ime John (IPPNW)

12-1.30 pm: Lunch

1.30-2.40 pm: Seminar I
Sustaining Security on the Road to Zero
Jan Lodal (US) - Lars van Dassen (Pugwash) - John Loretz (IPPNW) - Chair: Petra Tötterman Andorff (WILPF)

1.30-2.40 pm: Seminar II
Mobilizing People for Change
Peter Weiderud (Broderskap) - Kate Hudson (CND UK) - Kristin Blom (ITUC) - Chair: Jan Larsson (IPPNW)

1.30-2.40 pm: Seminar III
The Middle East - Suggestions for Reaching a Secure and Peaceful Region
Merav Datan (Greenpeace) - Jan Prawitz (Ui) - Mohamed Shaker (Amb.) - Chair: Kerstin Grebäck (WILPF)

Please note that Seminar I, II, and III run parallel.

2.40-3.10 pm Coffee

3.10 - 4.20 pm: Seminar IV
NATO, the European Union, and Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Rebecca Johnson (Acronym Institute) - Uta Zapf (MP DE) - Susi Snyder (WILPF) - Daniel Nord (SIPRI) – Steffen Kongstad (Department for Security Policy and the High North, NO) - Chair: Stig Gustafsson (IALANA)

3.10 - 4.20 pm: Seminar V
Space, Missiles, and Control Regimes
Regina Hagen (INESAP) - Agneta Norberg (GN)

3.10 - 4.20 pm: Seminar VI
Nuclear Technology and Climate Change
Henning Rodhe (Professor emeritus) - Lars van Dassen (Pugwash) Chair: Gunnar Westberg (IPPNW)

4.30-5 pm: Summary and Reflections
Gunnar Westberg (IPPNW) - Ami Lönnroth (SE)

Please note that Seminar IV, V, and VI run parallel.

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Sunday 8 November: The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT

9.00 - 11 am: Panel
Reaching Critical Will for Disarmament
Ray Acheson (Reaching Critical Will) - Maj Britt Theorin (Ambassador SE) - Peter Weiderud (Broderskap) - Chair: John Loretz (IPPNW)

11-11.30 am: Coffee

11.30 am - 1 pm: Seminar I
Civil Society Strategies and Priorities for the NPT RevCon
Susi Snyder (WILPF) - Chris Pilger (Mayors for Peace) - Regina Hagen (INESAP) - Chair: Håkan Mårtensson (Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation)

11.30 am - 1 pm: Seminar II
Raising Public Opinion - Education and Grassroot Activity
Inger Holmlund (Budkavlen) - Tomas Magnusson (IPB) - Alyn Ware (PNND) - Masako Ikegami (Pugwash) - Hans Levander (Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme) - Chair: Ingrid Inglander (Educators for Peace)

11.30 am - 1 pm: Seminar III
Accomplishments and remaining tasks - lessons from the NPT´s 13 Steps and the Blix Commission
Ray Acheson (Reaching Critical Will) - Henrik Salander (MPI) - Rebecca Johnson (Acronym Institute) - Chair: Maj Britt Theorin (Ambassador SE)

11.30 am - 1 pm: Seminar IV
The New Generation - Achieving Nuclear Disarmament in the 21st Century
Sandra Fong (WILPF Fiji) - Ehase Agyeno (IPPNW Nigeria) - Nina Eisenhardt (BANg DE) - Chair: Anna Ek (Swedish Peace and Arbitra¬tion Society)

1.15 - 2 pm: Summary
The Way Forward - a Roadmap for Reaching Zero
Rolf Ekéus (Pugwash) - Olof Kleberg (SE) - Leonore Wide (IPPNW)

Please note that Seminar I, II, III, and IV run parallel.