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June 9-10, 1997, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC

AGENDA

MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1997

Session 1: WELCOMING REMARKS - CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

  • Leonard S. SPECTOR, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  • Hon. James STEINBERG, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Presiding: Jessica T. MATHEWS, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Session 2: STRENGTHENING THE NORM OF NON-PROLIFERATION

Reducing Nuclear Arms or Eliminating Them?

  • Amb. Richard BUTLER, Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN
  • Adm. Hank CHILES, former Commander U.S. Strategic Command
  • Hon. Robert BELL, Special Assistant to the President, Defense Policy and Arms Control
  • Amb. Rüdiger HARTMANN, Federal Commissioner on Arms Control, FRG
  • Presiding: Dr. Morton HALPERIN, Council on Foreign Relations

Session 3: Next Steps for the Nuclear Powers: Which Are Most Important?

  • Hon. Alexei ARBATOV, Member of Duma, Russian Federation
  • Amb. Naresh CHANDRA, Ambassador of India to the United States
  • Harald MÜLLER, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
  • William C. POTTER, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  • Presiding: Cathleen FISHER, The Henry L. Stimson Center

Session 4: LUNCHEON

  • Speaker: WANG Xiaoyu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
  • Comment: Robert EINHORN, U.S. Department of State
  • Presiding: Robert MANNING, Progressive Policy Institute

WORKSHOPS

Assertive Diplomacy:

Session 5: Using Sanctions to Support Non-Proliferation

  • Leonard WEISS, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
  • Richard HAASS, The Brookings Institution
  • Gary SAMORE, National Security Council
  • Zamir AKRAM, Embassy of Pakistan
  • Presiding: Michael MAZARR, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Session 6: Using Technology Denial and Export Controls to Support Non-Proliferation -- The U.S. Debate

  • Hon. John DESPRES, former Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Michael MALOOF, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Marvin MILLER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Gary MILHOLLIN, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
  • Janne NOLAN, The Brookings Institution
  • Presiding: Randy RYDELL, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

Improving The Regime:

Session 7: Strengthening Non-Proliferation Verification Tools -- The 93+2 Program of the International Atomic Energy Agency

  • Michael ROSENTHAL, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Richard HOOPER, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • David ALBRIGHT, Institute for Science and International Security
  • Paul LEVENTHAL, Nuclear Control Institute
  • Suzanna van MOYLAND, Verification Technology Information Center, London
  • Presiding: Ben SANDERS, Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Session 8: Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Regime Through the New Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Process and Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

  • Amb. Valery TSEPKALO, Ambassador of Belarus to the United States
  • David FITE, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Lawrence SCHEINMAN, Monterey Institute of International Studies, formerly U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • John SIMPSON, Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • Sudjadnan PARNOHADININGRAT, Mission of Indonesia to the UN
  • Presiding: Susan BURK, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Addressing Demand:

Session 9: Addressing Proliferation "Demand" Through Threat Reduction, Arms Control, and Engagement -- The Middle East

  • Shai FELDMAN, John F. Kennedy School
  • Geoffrey KEMP, Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom
  • Nabil FAHMY, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
  • Phebe MARR, National Defense University
  • Presiding: Avner COHEN, U.S. Institute of Peace

Session 10: Addressing Proliferation "Demand" Through Threat Reduction, Arms Control, and Engagement -- South Asia

  • Amb. Riaz KOKHAR, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
  • Hon. Robin RAPHEL, U.S. Department of State
  • C. Raja MOHAN, The Hindu, New Delhi
  • SHEN Dingli, Fudan University, Shanghai
  • Virginia FORAN, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Presiding: Stephen P. COHEN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DINNER -- WASHINGTON MARRIOTT HOTEL

Session 11: Using Incentives to Support Non-Proliferation

  • Speaker: Hon. Stephen BOSWORTH, Executive Director, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
  • Presiding: Leonard S. SPECTOR, Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997

WORKSHOPS

New Tools for Changing Threats:

Session 12: Using "Counter-Proliferation" to Address the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction

  • Lewis DUNN, Science Applications International Corporation
  • Mitchel WALLERSTEIN, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Rudolf ADAM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
  • Camille GRAND, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, France
  • Presiding: Robert JOSEPH, National Defense University

Session 13: The Missile Proliferation Threat

  • Vann van DIEPEN, U.S. Department of State
  • Mitchel KUGLER, Senate Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services
  • Dennis GORMLEY, Pacific Sierra Research Corporation
  • Aaron KARP, Old Dominion University
  • Presiding: Richard SPEIER, Independent Consultant

Emerging Threats:

Session 14: Chemical and Biological Weapons -- New Stepping Stones to Strategic Arsenals?

  • Kathleen BAILEY, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Brendon HAMMER, Embassy of Australia
  • Anne HARRINGTON, U.S. Department of State
  • Michael MOODIE, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
  • Presiding: Amy SMITHSON, Henry L. Stimson Center

Session 15: New Proliferation Threats -- Mass Terrorism and Non-State Actors

  • John SOPKO, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Ronald PURVER, Security and Intelligence Service, Canada
  • Jessica STERN, Independent Consultant
  • Jonathan TUCKER, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  • Presiding: Brad ROBERTS, Institute for Defense Analyses

Controlling Supply:

Session 16: Controlling Material and Technology -- Engaging Russia

  • Laura HOLGATE, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Gennady PSHAKIN, Institute of Physics & Power Engineering, Obninsk, RF
  • Cherie FITZGERALD, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Alexander PIKAYEV, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moscow)
  • Jo HUSBANDS, National Academy of Sciences
  • Presiding: Gary BERTSCH, University of Georgia

Session 17: Controlling Materials and Technology -- Engaging China

  • SUN Xiangli, Inst. of Applied Physics & Computational Mathematics, Beijing
  • Wendy FRIEMAN, Science Applications International Corporation
  • Richard CUPITT, University of Georgia
  • Clyde LAYNE, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Bates GILL, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  • Presiding: Arnold KANTER, Forum for International Policy

Session 18: LUNCHEON

2:00 p.m. Expanding the Non-Proliferation Regime -- The Comprehensive Test Ban

  • Demonstration of the Prototype International Data Center
  • Richard GUSTAFSON, Center for Monitoring Research

Session 19: Implementing the CTBT: Practical Challenges

  • SONG Jiashu, Inst. of Applied Physics & Computational Mathematics, Beijing
  • Viktor SLIPCHENKO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
  • Christopher PAINE, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Presiding: Patricia LEWIS, Verification Technology Information Ctr., London

Session 20: The CTBT: Facilitating Entry into Force

  • Amb. Prakash SHAH, Permanent Representative of India to the UN
  • Amb. Munir AKRAM, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the Conference on Disarmament
  • Michael KREPON, Henry L. Stimson Center
  • Presiding: Peter ZIMMERMAN, Institute for Defense Analyses

5:15 p.m CONCLUDING REMARKS

  • Leonard S. SPECTOR, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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This conference has been made possible by the generous support
of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, and the Ploughshares Fund.

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