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Side events

Monday 3 December

9:00-10:00

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Global Forum on Scientific Advances Important to the BWC

Room XXIV

More details available at http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/events/2018-global-forum/index.html

Tuesday 4 December

13:00-15:00

Germany

Transparency Initiatives: Strengthening Cooperation, Capacities and Confidence in Compliance

Room XVIII

Speakers:

• Ambassador Peter Beerwerth, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament
• Ambassador Yann Hwang, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament
• Ambassador Victor Dolidze, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
• Prof. Paata Imnadze, Head of the Lugar Center for Public Health Research
• Kathryn Tham Bee Lin, Senior Research Officer, Science and Technology Research Institute for Defence, Ministry of Defense, Malaysia
• Dr. Filippa Lentzos, Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London
• Dr. Emil Kazakov, International Relations Officer, European External Action Service

13:00-15:00

UNOCT, UNICRI, Interpol

"Securing the present, protecting the future": Understanding, preventing and addressing the risk of misuse of CBRN science and technology by terrorist groups and other non-State actors

Room XXIV

Speakers:

• Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), via video message
• Kenya, Ministry of Interior
• United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
• Geneva Center for Security Policy
• France, Ministry of Defense
• International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
• Bluedot

Documents:
Concept note
Flyer

Wednesday 5 December

09:00-10:00

InterAcademy Partnership, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Croatian Society for Biosafety and Biosecurity

Governance of Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences: Advancing Global Consensus on Research Oversight

Room XVIII

Chair: Alemka Markotić, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Zagreb, Catholic University of Croatia, and University of Rijeka

Speakers:

• James Revill, University of Sussex
• Peter McGrath, InterAcademy Partnership
• Katherine Bowman, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Link: www.nap.edu/25154

13:00-15:00

European Union

EU CD in support of the BWC

Room XVIII

Speakers:

• Ms Anne Kemppainen, Head of Political Section for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
  EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
• Ms Anja Kaspersen, Director – Geneva Branch
  United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
• Mr Joel ESPECA
  Director of International Organisations
  Ministry of External Affairs of Haiti
• Ms Irma MAKALINAO
  Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean
  University of the Philippines College of Medicine
• Ms Kathryn THAM BEE LIN
  Research Officer
  Science and Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE)
  Ministry of Defence of Malaysia
• Mr Emil KAZAKOV
  International Relations Officer
  Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control
  European External Action Service

13:00-15:00

Hamburg University

Biorisk Assessment: Integrated Approaches for Understanding Complex Threats

Room XXIV

Speakers:

• Dr. Gunnar Jeremais
• Jan Opper
• Dr. Mirko Himmel
• Hares Sarwary
• Helge Martin

Thursday 6 December

09:00-10:00, with refreshments from 08:45

United Kingdom and Biosecure

Next Generation Biosecurity: Evolving biosecurity educationm & engaging scientists

Room XXIV

Speakers:

• H.E. Mr. Aidan Liddle, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Conference on Disarmament
• Mr. Pedro Luiz Dalcero, Brazil
• Dr. Jean-Pascal Zanders (OPCW Advisory Board on Education and Outreach)
• Ms. Kathryn Millett (Biosecure Ltd, UK)

13:00-15:00

Germany

Strengthening the UNSGM: From Trusted Laboratories to Trained Experts

Room XVII

Speakers:

• Ambassador Peter Beerwerth, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament
• Ioan Tudor, Chief of UNODA's Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch
• Dr Cédric Invernizzi, Senior CBRN Arms Control Expert, Spiez Laboratory, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. med. Roland Grunow, Head of Department, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
• Dr. Per Wikström, Scientist at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Sweden
• Dr. Stefan Kloth, Research Associate, Robert Koch Institute, Germany

13:00-15:00

Russian Federation

Centenary of Russia's Anti-plague Institute "Microbe": Lessons learned and opportunities for utilising mobile biomedical units. Presentation of UK-Russia working paper on Article VII.

Room XXIV

Moderator: Vladimir Ladanov, Senior Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation

Speakers:

• Dr. Yulia Demina, Deputy Head, Epidemiological Surveillance, Department,Rospotrebnadzor/Health Protection Agency, Russian Federation
• Dr. John R. Walker, Head, Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom