NATO Parliamentary Assembly VISIT to WASHINGTON D.C. and SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES 9 – 13 JULY 2012
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JOINT PCTR / STC 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 Original: English NATO Parliamentary Assembly SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS (PCTR), SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (STC) AND SUB-COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY (STCEES) VISIT TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES 9 – 13 JULY 2012 DRAFT PROGRAMME AND LIST OF PARTICIPANTS International Secretariat 26 June 2012 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 1 SUNDAY 8 JULY WASHINGTON D.C. Arrival of participants Individual transfer to hotel Accommodation The Westin Georgetown 2350 M St NW Washington, DC, 20037 Phone: +1 202-429-0100 Preferential Rate: 217 USD (Including internet, excluding breakfast, subject to 14.5% taxes) Reservations: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1204184 072&key=3E9D8 Contact numbers Rebecca Chandler: +32 472 500 075 Henrik Bliddal: +32 475 752 725 Steffen Sachs: +32 477 310 620 18:00 - 19:00 Registration desk open in the hotel lobby Collection of documents, badges and payment of bus fees MONDAY 9 JULY WASHINGTON D.C. 7:30 – 08:15 Registration desk open in the hotel lobby Collection of documents, badges and payment of bus fees 8:30 Meet in the hotel lobby and departure of bus Please note that passports should be carried at all times 9:00 Arrival at Department of State (21st Street entrance) Upon arrival all passports and belongings will be checked by security 9:30 Meetings at the Department of State Topics (tbc): Nuclear Weapons: Current Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non- Proliferation Issues NATO after the Chicago Summit: the Future of Transatlantic Relations, Missile Defence Developments in the MENA Region 12:30 Light lunch at members’ own expense (Department of State) 13:15 Bus departure to the Department of Defense 13:45 Arrival at Department of Defense 2600 Defense Pentagon (River Entrance) 14:00 Meetings at the Department of Defense Topics (tbc): Afghanistan and Pakistan NATO operations 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 2 Defence Budgets and Capabilities 17:00 End of meetings and return by bus to the hotel Evening Free TUESDAY 10 JULY WASHINGTON D.C. 7:15 Meet in the hotel lobby and departure of bus to the US Capitol 8:00 Arrival at Capitol (Garfield Circle) and escorted walk to the Capitol Visitor Center Upon arrival all passports and belongings will be checked by security All Meetings will take place in room HVC 201 9:00 – 11:00 Panel 1: Iran and the Regional Security Challenge Ali Alfoneh, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, on Iran’s Internal Political Structures: The Power Games of the Regime Kenneth Pollack, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution, on Iran and Regional Security: What are the Challenges? 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 – 12:45 Panel 2: Afghanistan and Pakistan Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution Lt. Gen. (ret) David W. Barno, Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch in the cafeteria at members’ own expense 14:00 – 16:00 Panel 3: Biological Threats: Crisis Response and Management Capabilities Dr Maria Julia Marinissen, Director, Division of International Health Security, DHHS, on US Emergency Management in Case of Biological Incidents and Attacks Gregory D. Koblentz, Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs and Deputy Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program, George Mason University, on Responding to Biological Attacks: The Role of International Cooperation and Assistance 16:00 – 18:00 Panel 4: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges Amitai Etzioni, Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, The Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, on Fighting Those Without Uniforms: The Rules of Engagement Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University, on A Legal Perspective on Drone Strikes 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 3 18:00 Bus departure to the hotel Evening Free WEDNESDAY 11 JULY WASHINGTON D.C. & SAN FRANCISCO 7:15 Meet in the hotel lobby and departure of bus to the Library of Congress Please note that all participants on the official flight to San Francisco must check out of the hotel prior to 7:15 (luggage may be left on the bus during meetings) 8:00 Arrival at the Library of Congress (2nd street) and escorted walk to Library entrance Upon arrival all passports and belongings will be checked by security 8:30 Breakfast and exchange of views on Defense Budget Trends and Future Capabilities hosted by Mike Turner, Head of the US delegation to the NATO PA, with members of the US delegation 10:00 Departure by foot to the Capitol Visitor Center Upon arrival all passports and belongings will be checked by security 10:30 Discussion with US Members of Congress on The Financial Crisis and Implications for Transatlantic Relations with contributions from the Committee on Financial Services’ Sub-Committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade (room HVC 20) 11:30 End of meeting 13:15 All participants participating in San Francisco meetings must gather outside Union Station 13:30 Departure of bus from Union Station pick-up point to Washington Dulles Airport for the following flight: UA 0915 Departure from Washington Dulles Airport: 16:26 Arrival at San Francisco Airport: 18:58 Bus departure from airport to the hotel Accommodation The Westin San Francisco Market Street 50 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94103 Phone: +1 415 974-6400 Preferential Rate: 209 USD (Including internet, excluding breakfast, subject to 15.6% taxes) Reservations: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1204194 387&key=AD164 Evening Free 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 4 THURSDAY 12 JULY SAN FRANCISCO 8:30 Meet in the hotel lobby and departure of bus Briefings and discussions at Stanford University 10:00 George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow 11:00 Stephen D. Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Studies 12:30 Lunch/discussion with William Perry, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University 14:00 Bus departure to McAfee Inc. 15:00 Meeting at McAfee Inc. on Current Trends and Issues in the Cyber Security Area (including technology demonstrations). Topics: The Threat Environment Worldwide Projects, including the EU and NATO Public Policy Trends in the US and the EU Evening Free FRIDAY 13 JULY SAN FRANCISCO 07:40 Meet in the hotel lobby and bus departure 08:30 Buffet breakfast hosted by the Asia Foundation 09:00 Briefings at the Asia Foundation on China and Pakistan: David Arnold, President Suzanne Siskel, Executive Vice President and COO Gordon Hein, Vice President, Programs Richard Fuller, Vice President, Field Operations Erik Jensen, Senior Advisor for Governance and Law (tbc) Debra Ladner, Director of Programs, Governance and Law 12:00 Lunch hosted by Asia Foundation (tbc) 13:15 Bus departure to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 14:00 Welcome and overview by Paul Alivisatos, Laboratory Director 14:30 Tours of Berkeley Laboratory User Facilities: delegation divides into two GROUP 1: Advanced Light Source (ALS) (third-generation synchrotron) Roger Falcone, Division Director Zahid Hussain, Division Deputy 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 5 GROUP 2: Molecular Foundry (research programme on nanoscale materials) Jeff Urban, Facility Director, Inorganic Nanostructures National Centre for Electron Microscopy (research on advanced electron beam microcharacterisation) Uli Dahmen, Head 15:20 Groups take shuttle to Building 50 Auditorium 15:30 Shashi Buluswar, Executive Director, LBNL Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) 16:15 Jay Keasling, Chief Executive Officer, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) 17:00 Bus departure to the hotel Evening Free SATURDAY 14 JULY SAN FRANCISCO Individual departure of participants 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 6 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF THE NATO PA President Dr. Karl A. LAMERS (Germany) OFFICERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS (PCTR) Vice-Chairmen Dobroslav DIMITROV (Bulgaria) Sever VOINESCU-COTOI (Romania) Rapporteur John Dyrby PAULSEN (Denmark)* OFFICERS OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (STC) Chairman Jan Arild ELLINGSEN (Norway) Vice-Chairpersons Andrius MAZURONIS (Lithuania) Baroness RAMSAY of CARTVALE (United Kingdom) OFFICERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY (STCEES) Chairman Mario TAGARINSKI (Bulgaria) Vice-Chairman Stephen GILBERT (United Kingdom) Vice-Chairperson Caroline DINENAGE (United Kingdom) MEMBER DELEGATIONS Croatia Boris BLAZEKOVIC Denmark Jeppe KOFOD Estonia Marko MIHKELSON* Mati RAIDMA France Jacques GAUTIER* Iceland Björgvin G. SIGURDSSON Italy Pierfrancesco Emilio R. GAMBA Lanfranco TENAGLIA** Paolo GUZZANTI Latvia Ojars Eriks KALNINS Luxembourg Nancy ARENDT KEMP Marc ANGEL Netherlands Frans TIMMERMANS Han TEN BROEKE Norway Marit NYBAKK* Poland Jan DZIEDZICZAK Edmund WITTBRODT Wladyslaw ORTYL Portugal Manuel Filipe CORREIA DE JESUS Bruno VITORINO 091 JOINT 12 E rev. 1 7 Romania Adrian George SCUTARU Gergely OLOSZ* Spain Iñaki Mirena ANASAGASTI Guillermo MARISCAL Turkey Ali Riza ALABOYUN Muzaffer BASTOPCU Metin Lutfi BAYDAR Osman Askin BAK United Kingdom Menzies CAMPBELL David CRAUSBY Mark PRITCHARD* DELEGATION STAFF Denmark Flemming Kordt HANSEN Estonia Anu MOTSLA Turkey Mustafa BOZKURT INTERPRETERS English/French Gérard FRANCOIS* Carol WOLTER* Celine DETRAZ** Muriel GUILLAUME-ANGLE** English/Italian Paola TALEVI* Elisabetta Savigni ULLMANN* INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT Deputy Secretary General Ruxandra POPA Director of the Science and Technology Committee Henrik BLIDDAL Director of the Political Committee Steffen SACHS Committee Co-ordinator Rebecca CHANDLER * Attending meetings in Washington D.C. only ** Attending meetings in San Francisco only ____________________.