Dear friend,
Enclosed and attached is the information relative to the 28th Isodarco
Winter Course. We hope that you will find this information of interest
and you will join us in this intellectually challenging experience. We
also hope that you will pass this information to your friends and
colleagues and forward it to your mailing list. Four posters, formatted
in the different paper sizes most commonly used (A3, A4, US Legal, Us
Letter), are attached if you will kindly post it on your bulletin board.
Best personal regards
Carlo Schaerf
Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"-Università di Trento
Centro di Ricerca Politica Internazionale e Risoluzione dei Conflitti
(CERPIC -- FBK - Trento)
Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto
USPID-ONLUS, Sezione di Trento
Forum Trentino per la Pace, Provincia Autonoma di Trento
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/Italian Pugwash Group/
International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts
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28^th Winter Course on: ?
*"**GLOBAL NUCLEAR GOVERNANCE: ACTORS, POLICIES AND ISSUES"*
ANDALO (TRENTO) - ITALY- 7 - 14 January 2015
Directors of the Course: ?*Paolo Foradori* /(//School of International
Studies, University of Trento, Italy)/
*Tariq Rauf*/(//Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI), Sweden)/
*Course Description*
Contrary to ill-founded expectations, the end of the Cold War did not
eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. Although we have likely escaped
the danger of a nuclear Armageddon, the presence and proliferation of
nuclear weapons continue to pose a serious threat to today's global
security and the risk of their deliberate or accidental use due to human
or technical failure is high. The concept of global nuclear governance
describes the complex, multi-level web of actors, rules, treaties,
informal arrangements, initiatives and networks that together form the
regime that the international community has over the years set up to
deal with the management and regulation of nuclear weapons, their
sensitive technologies and delivery means. The fundamental goal of the
system of global nuclear governance is to combat the proliferation of
nuclear weapons, thereby assuring the safety and security of nuclear
material, while also delegitimizing the weapons' value and helping
create the conditions for sustained progress toward disarmament.
The 2015 Isodarco Winter School will address and deepen our
understanding of the main elements of the nuclear governance system,
review their functions, highlight strengths and limitations, and propose
possible remedies to enhance their effectiveness.
*Principal Lecturers*
*Sameh Aboul Einen*(Ambassador, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister,
Cairo, Egypt); *Alexei Arbatov* (IMEMO and Carnegie Endowment, Moscow,
Russian Federation); *Nadia Arbatova* (IMEMO and Deputy Chair of Russian
Pugwash, Moscow, Russian Federation); *Jacek Bylica*(Principal Adviser
and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, European Union
External Action Service);*Siew Fei Chin*(Deputy Permanent Representative
of Singapore to the IAEA); *Paolo Cotta-Ramusino*(Secretary General of
PUGWASH Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Milan, Italy); *Victor
Gilinsky*(Independent Consultant, former Member of US National
Regulatory Commission); *Catherine Kelleher*?(University of Maryland,
College Park, USA);?*Robert Kelley* (formerly IAEA Department of
Safeguards and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Vienna, Austria); *Stefan
Klement* (Strategic Planning Division, European External Action Service,
Brussels, Belgium); *Alexander Kmentt*, Ambassador and Director for
Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Foreign
Ministry, Vienna, Austria; *Jeffrey A. Larsen*(NATO Defense College,
Rome, Italy); *Martin Malin* (Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard
University, USA); *Grégoire Mallard* (Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland);*Steven
Miller*(Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard University,
US);*Vladimir Orlov*(President, PIR Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation);
*Benoît Pelopidas* (University of Bristol, UK, and CISAC affiliate,
Stanford University, USA); *Wolfango Plastino* (Roma Tre University,
Rome, Italy); *Enrique Román-Morey* (Ambassador of Peru to Portugal;
Chairman, 2014 NPT PrepCom; Vice President UN General Assembly
2012-2013); *Tibor Tóth*(Executive Secretary Emeritus of the CTBTO);
*Carlo Trezza*(Chairman, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Italy).
Confirmation is expected from additional eminent scientists who have
been invited to lecture at the School.
The course will be articulated in formal lectures, round tables,
seminars offered by the participants and general open discussions.
*General Information*
*A*.English will be the working language of the School. There will be
approximately 80 participants who are expected to attend all lectures
and seminars and to stay for the whole of the weeklong course.
*B*.Applications should be submitted with the following information,
which is compulsory even for those who have previously attended Isodarco
sessions: full name; Date and place of birth; Gender; Present full
address (including e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, if
available); Nationality; Degree and/or other academic qualifications;
Current professional activities and work address; List of publication
and fields of interest; In lieu of publications, a letter of
recommendation from a professor or a scholar in the field.
*C*.Applications should be addressed to the Director of the School:
*Prof. CARLO SCHAERF, *Physics Department -- University of Rome "Tor
Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Tel.: (+39) 06 6892340--E-mail: isodarco@???
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mailto:isodarco@gmail.com>--URL:
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*We suggest that you apply on-line at
**
www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo15/andalo15-info.html*
<
http://www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo15/andalo15-info.html>**
*or you can download an application form from the same location.*
*D*.*Applicants who need a visa to come to Italy should apply to
Isodarco by October 6^th 2014*, indicate in their application to which
Italian Consulate they intend to apply and apply for the visa
immediately after being accepted to attend the School. Many Italian
Consulates are reluctant to grant visas for a course that lasts only one
week and therefore the applicants must provide the Italian Consular
Authorities with evidence of their professional qualifications and their
specific professional interest in the topic of the course and that their
only reason to come to Italy is to attend the Isodarco course. Isodarco,
as a NGO, is not able to influence the decisions of the Italian Consular
Authorities. *Applicants who do not need a visa should apply by November
17^th 2014.*
*E*.Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the
basis of the information submitted.
All applicants will be informed of the Committee's decision as soon as
possible and before *November 24^th 2014* (those who need a visa by
*October 13^th *).
*F*.Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo any time on
*Wednesday January 7^th 2015* and leave in the morning of *Wednesday
January 14^th 2015*. The course ends on Tuesday afternoon.
*G*.The registration fee, which includes attendance, accommodation and
full board, is 500.00 Euros. A reduced fee of 300.00 Euros is applied to
students with no income born in 1989 or after and to participants from
Countries with foreign currency problems. If you wish to be considered
for a reduced fee you must explain in your application why you qualify
for it. Participants will be housed in double or triple rooms. The
registration fee for single rooms, if requested and available, will be
800.00 Euros; participants asking to share a room with somebody in
particular, if this is possible, will be charged an additional 50.00
Euros per person.
*H*.A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the Hotel
Gruppo Brenta or nearby. Room and board for each person is 500.00 Euros
for the entire period. Given the limited number of places for families,
each request will be examined on an individual basis. Participants
wishing to bring their family are requested to submit their application
as soon as possible.
*I*.The school has no funds with which to help meet traveling and
participating expenses.
*J*.The Course will be held at Hotel Gruppo Brenta
<
http://www.gruppobrenta.it/EN/1/2180/hotel.htm>,via Strigole 1, 38010
Andalo <
http://www.andalovacanze.com/en/>(Trento), Italy. ?Tel.(+39)
0461 585813,Fax (+39) 0461 585269.
*K*.Participants wishing to submit a paper for seminar consideration
should enclose a short abstract of their proposed contribution in their
application. The Director of the School will reserve some limited time
for seminars considered particularly relevant to the program of the Course.
*L*.The Organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any
necessary change to the program.
