AGENDA THE 2019 MOSCOW NONPROLIFERATION CONFERENCE November 7–9, 2019

DAY 1: Thursday, November 7, 2019

19.00–21.00. Reception House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spiridonovka Street, 17)

RECEPTION FOR SPEAKERS, AMBASSADORS AND OUT-OF-MOSCOW PARTICIPANTS

DAY 2: Friday, November 8, 2019

07.45–08.45. Lotte Hotel Moscow, Crystal Ballroom Foyer (Novinsky blvd., 8, bldg. 2)

REGISTRATION. WELCOME COFFEE

08.45–09.00. Crystal Ballroom

OPENING REMARKS  Anton KHLOPKOV, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Chair, The 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference, Russian Federation

09.00–10.30. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION I: What is the Future of the Nonproliferation Regime and Arms Control?  Sergey RYABKOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation  FU Cong, Director General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China  Izumi NAKAMITSU, Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Chair (for all plenary sessions): Anton KHLOPKOV, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Chair, The 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference, Russian Federation

10.30–11.00. COFFEE BREAK

11.00–12.00. Crystal Ballroom

KEYNOTE ADDRESS. The Priorities of Russia’s Policy in the Field of Arms Control and Nonproliferation at a Time of Changes in the Global Security Architecture  Sergey LAVROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation

12.00–12.15. TECHNICAL BREAK

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12.15–13.30. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION II. The 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference: Lessons for Today  Grigory BERDENNIKOV, Ambassador-in-Residence, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Deputy Foreign Minister (1992–1993, 1999–2001), Russian Federation  Robert EINHORN, Senior Fellow, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Brookings Institution; Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation (1999–2001), United States  Peggy MASON, President, Rideau Institute; Ambassador for Disarmament (1989–1995), Canada  Nabil FAHMI, Founding Dean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo; Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2014), Egypt

Co-chair: Shatabisha SHETTY, Co-Founder and Deputy Director, European Leadership Network (ELN), United Kingdom

13.30–14.30. Crystal Ballroom Foyer

LUNCH

14.30–15.45. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION III. Achieving Success and Risk Management at the 2020 NPT Review Conference  Oleg ROZHKOV, Deputy Director, Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (DNKV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation  Marjolijn VAN DEELEN, Ambassador for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands  Ahmed ELFADLY, Director, Disarmament Affairs & Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt  Thomas HAJNOCZI, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non- Proliferation, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria

Co-chair: William POTTER, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS); Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), United States

15.45–16.15. COFFEE BREAK

16.15–17.30. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION IV. In Memory of Yukiya Amano. Atoms for Peace and Sustainable Development  Nikolai SPASSKIY, Ambassador; Deputy Director-General for International Relations, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation  Ernest MONIZ, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); U.S. Secretary of Energy (2013–2017), United States  Massimo APARO, Deputy Director General, Head of Department of Safeguards, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Co-chair: Marina BELYAEVA, Director, International Cooperation Department, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation

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17.30–18.00. COFFEE BREAK

18.00–19.30. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION V. The Korean Peninsula: What’s New and What’s Next?  Igor MORGULOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation  JO Chol Su, President, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK  Kent HÄRSTEDT, Special Envoy for the Korean Peninsula, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden  Suzanne DIMAGGIO, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States

Co-chair: LI Chijiang, Vice President and Secretary-General, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), China

19.30–21.30. Crystal Ballroom Foyer

GALA RECEPTION

21.30–22.30. Crystal Ballroom

NIGHT OWLS DEBATE. Why Do We Need Arms Control Agreements?  Sergey KISLYAK, First Deputy Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Federation Council, Federal Assembly; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States (2008–2017), Russian Federation  Linton BROOKS, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA, 2003–2007), United States

Co-chair: Elena CHERNENKO, Member of the Presidium, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP), Russian Federation

DAY 3: Saturday, November 9, 2019

08.15–08.45. Lotte Hotel Moscow, Crystal Ballroom Foyer (Novinsky blvd., 8, bldg. 2)

WELCOME COFFEE

08.45–10.00. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION VI. CTBT-2026.  Sarah BIDGOOD, Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program (ENP), James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), United States  MUN Jin Hyok, Director of the Department, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK  Olaf POESCHKE, Deputy Head of the Division for Disarmament, Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

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 Alonso MARTINEZ RUIZ, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Mexico  Vadim SMIRNOV, Director, On-Site Inspection Division, Preparatory Commission, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Co-chair: Asya SHAVROVA, Research Associate, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS), Russian Federation

10.00–10.15. TECHNICAL BREAK

10.15–11.30. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION VII. Preserving the Arms Control Agreements and the Nonproliferation Regime: Do Parliamentarians Have a Role?  Inga YUMASHEVA, Member, International Relations Committee; Coordinator, Russia-US Parliamentary Group, State Duma, Federal Assembly, Russian Federation  Ilkka KANERVA, Chair, Defense Committee, Parliament of Finland; Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007–2008), Finland  Daniela DE RIDDER, Deputy Chairwoman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Bundestag, Germany

Co-chair: Götz NEUNECK, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH); Professor, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences (MIN), University of Hamburg, Germany

11.30–12.00. COFFEE BREAK

12.00–13.15. Crystal Ballroom

CONCURRENT SESSION 1. The 2019 U.N. Conference on Establishing a WMDFZ in the Middle East: Goals and Desired Outcomes  Mikhail ULYANOV, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna  Thomas COUNTRYMAN, Chair of the Board, Arms Control Association; Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (2016–2017), United States  Mahmoud KAREM, Head, Centre for Egypt and Middle East Studies, British University in Egypt (BUE); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan (1999–2003) and the Kingdom of Belgium (2005–2010), Egypt  Patricia LEWIS, Research Director, International Security, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, United Kingdom

Chair (all concurrent sessions in the Crystal Ballroom): Anton KHLOPKOV, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS), Russian Federation

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12.00–13.15. Conference Room Crystal 3

CONCURRENT SESSION 2. International Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: The Key Elements for Robust and Efficient Legal Framework  Vladimir KUCHINOV, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’; Advisor to the Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM (2008–2018), Russian Federation  Robert FLOYD, Director General, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO), Australia  Laura HOLGATE, Vice President, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N., IAEA and Other International Organizations in Vienna (2016–2017), United States  Tariq RAUF, Independent Consultant; Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, Office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (2002–2011), Canada

Chair: Dmitry KONUKHOV, Senior Research Associate, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Director, The 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference, Russian Federation

13.15–14.15. Crystal Ballroom Foyer

LUNCH

14.15–15.45. Crystal Ballroom

CONCURRENT SESSION 3. Defining Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula  Alexandr ZHEBIN, Director, Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russian Federation  FAN Jishe, Director for Global Governance and International Organization Studies, Institute for International Strategic Studies, Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, China  KIM Joon Hyung, Chancellor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), Republic of Korea  Richard JOHNSON, Senior Director for Fuel Cycle and Verification, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); Director for Nonproliferation, National Security Council (2013–2015), United States

14.15–15.45. Conference Room Crystal 3

CONCURRENT SESSION 4. Strategic Stability in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects  Vyacheslav TRUBNIKOV, General of the Army (ret.); Member of the Directorate, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India (2004–2009), Russian Federation  TENG Jianqun, Director, Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China  Manpreet SETHI, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, India  Naeem SALIK, Brigadier (ret.); Senior Fellow, Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS); Director Arms for Control & Disarmament, Strategic Plans Division (SPD, 2000–2005), Pakistan

Chair: Petr TOPYCHKANOV, Senior Researcher, Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Programme, Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden/Russian Federation

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15.45–16.00. COFFEE BREAK

16.00–17.15. Crystal Ballroom

CONCURRENT SESSION 5. Security Guarantees for the Korean Peninsula: Concept, Framework, Main Actors, and Structure  Alexander ILITCHEV, Senior Advisor, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Principal Adviser to the Personal Envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General for the Korean Peninsula (2003–2005), Russian Federation  HAN Hua, Director, Center for Arms Control and Disarmament, Peking University, China  Robert CARLIN, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, United States  HWANG Ildo, Assistant Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), Republic of Korea

Co-chair: JO Chol Su, President, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK

16.00–17.15. Conference Room Crystal 3

CONCURRENT SESSION 6. Nuclear Risk Reduction: The State of Ideas  Victor ESIN, Col.–Gen. (ret.), Leading Research Associate, Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chief of Staff and Vice Commander–in–Chief, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN, 1994–1996), Russian Federation  Prakash MENON, Lt.-Gen. (ret.), Director of the Strategic Studies Programme, Takshashila Institution, India  Siegfried HECKER, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (1986–1997), United States  Nicolas PLATTNER, Director, Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland

Chair: Renata DWAN, Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

17.15–17.30. COFFEE BREAK

17.30–19.00. Crystal Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION VIII. JCPOA: Possible Steps to Prevent Further Escalation and Sustain the Deal  Sergey RYABKOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation  FU Cong, Director General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China  Abbas ARAGHCHI, Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Iran

19.00–19.15. Crystal Ballroom

CLOSING REMARKS

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