Below is the conference & workshop schedules.  For biographies of the distinguished speakers and panelists, please see the Speakers page.

Transcripts and related materials are posted on this page as they become available.

Conference Schedule

The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027-5788

Workshop Schedule (May 1st, 2010)

[recent changes are noted in bold]

10:00am–12:00 noon

Debunking Nuclear Deterrence (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Disarmament & Security Center, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, INES Germany & Challenging Omnicide, and Challenging Deterrence.  Moderator: Rebecca Johnson; Panelists: David Krieger, Robert Green, Reiner Braun, and Randy Rydell.

Missile Defense Deployments Impact Hopes for Nuclear Disarmament (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by the Campaign to Nuclear Disarmament UK and Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. Panelists: David Webb, Bruce Gagnon, Niu Qiang and J. Narayana Rao.

Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Peace Action & Peace Action NYS, Committee for Defense of the Iranian People’s Rights, Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian & Israeli Studies, and Western States Legal Foundation. Speakers: Issam Makoul, Nazer Habib, Judith LeBlanc, Phyllis Bennis, and Michael Veiluva.

Nuclear Weapons in Europe and the U.S. & Nonviolent Resistance (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Nukewatch, Plowshares, GAAA and INES. Moderator: Reiner Braun; Panelists: Lisa Clark, Marion Kuepker, John LaForge, Dave Webb, Susan Crane, and Victor Kamyshanov.

The Nuclear Weapons Convention: How to Prohibit and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction (Abolition & Wider Peace Tracks)

Co-sponsored by the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, IALANA Europe, Japanese Alliance of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and The Simons Foundation.  Panelists: Alyn Ware, Peter Becker, Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, and Toshinori Yamada.

Youth Lobbying and Messaging (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Ban All Nukes Generation USA (BANg USA), Ban All Nukes Generation Europe (BANg Europe), and the Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project (a project of IPPNW). Panelists: Katherine Locke, Ian Ramsey-North, Nina Eisenhardt, and Katharina Bergmann.

Challenging Asia-Pacific Militarism and the Arms Race (Wider Peace & Abolition Tracks)

Co-sponsored by Gensuikyo, Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament, American Friends Service Committee, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, the Institute for Policy Studies and Peaceboat. Presenters: Delegate from Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament, John Feffer, Joseph Gerson, Kyle Kajihiro, Melvin Won Pat-Borja, Taeho Lee, Akira Kawasaki, Yayoi Tsuchida, and Katsuma Yagasaki.

Iraq War and Occupation: Consequences, Current Situation and Winning Complete
Withdrawal (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Panelists: Alan Mackinnon, Raed Jarrar, and Peter Lems.

No NATO (Wider Peace & Abolition Tracks)

Co-sponsored by IALANA-Germany and American Friends Service Committee. Panelists: Reiner Braun, Agneta Norberg, and Luis Gutierrez Esparza.

Peace as a Human Right (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by Fundacio per la Pau and International Peace Messenger Cities. Panelist: Cora Weiss, Hernando Valencia-Villa, Alfred L. Marder, and Ambassador Sylvester Rowe.

The Role of Cities (Economic Jusice/Human Needs Track)

Sponsored by Mayors for Peace. Panelists: Hiroyuki Fujita, Takashi Yossshihara, Hiroshi Shimizu, Michel Cibot, Alain Audoubert, Franck Demaumont, Kheder Kareem Mohammed, and Michael Menser.

Why and How to Build a Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy System (Environment/Health Track) [moved from 3:15pm]

Co-sponsored by IEER, PSR, IPPL. Panelists include Jennifer Nordstrom, Natalia Mironova, Cathey E. Falvo, and Alice Slater.

Atomic Bombings & Indiscriminate Attacks on Civilians (Wider Peace & Abolition Tracks) [moved from 3:15 back to 10am slot]

Co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Peace Philosophy Center, and Vancouver Save Article 9. Moderator: Satoko Norimatsu; Panelists: John Chappell, Khder Kareem, Haruko Moritaki, Yuki Tanaka, and Marilyn B. Young.

3:15pm–5:15pm

Beyond the NPT: Strategies for Building the Nuclear Abolition Movement (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Peace Action and the Campaign to Nuclear Disarmament. Panelists: Kevin Martin, Pierre Villard, Judith LeBlanc, Dave Webb, Nagahisa Wada, and Hiroshi Taka.

Global Hibakusha: Testimonies of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Witnesses/Survivors (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Gensuikyo, the International Peace Bureau, and BANg. Panelists include: Junko Kayashige, Matashichi Oishi, Claudia Peterson, Abbacca Anjain Madison, Kin Yongkil, Claudia Peterson, and Natalia Mironova.

Modernization of Nuclear Weapons Complexes and Warheads (Abolition Track)

Co-sponsored by Tri-Valley CAREs, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Stop Essais. Panelists: Marylia Kelley, Jay Coghlan, Christopher Paine, and Dominique LaLanne.

Afghanistan and Central Asian War (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by AFSC, IALANA Germany, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and Peace Action. Presenters: Maryam Shansab, Zia Mian, Reiner Braun, Joseph Gerson, Paul Kawika Martin, Alan MacKinnon, and Peter Lems.

Disarmament Through Governmental Infrastructures for a Culture of Peace (Wider Peace Track)

Sponsored by the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace. Presenters: Rob Acheson, Anne Creter, Marianne H. Perez, and Michael Spies.

National Struggles Against the Violence of Global Imperialism (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by the U.S. Peace Council, CEBAPAZ, and the World Peace Council. Panelists: Maria Socorro Gomes, Pallab Sen Gupta, Issam Makhoul, Tadaaki Kawata, Rabindra Adkikari, Dave Mckee, and Henry Lowendorf.

Towards a Ban on Depleted Uranium Weapons (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons and the Nuclear Resister. Panelists: John LaForge, Jack Cohen-Joppa, Haruko Maoritaki, Katsumi Furitsu, and Isabel MacDonald.

Winning the Withdrawal of Foreign Military Bases (Wider Peace Track)

Co-sponsored by the International Network for the Abolition of Military Bases and many others. Panelists: Rubens Diniz (Brazil), Kyle Kajihiro (Hawai’i), Raed Jarrar (Iraq), Oh Hye-Ran (Korea), Katsuma Yagasaki (Okinawa), Baltazar Pinguel (Philippines), Agneta Norberg (Sweden), Carlos Fernando Salamanca (Colombia), Kozue Akibayashi (Okinawa), David Vine (United States), and Melivin Wonpat-Borja (Guahan).

Dismantling Discourses: Nuclear Weapons and Human Security (Economic Justice/Human Needs Track)

Co-sponsored by the Western States Legal Foundation and Reaching Critical Will. Panelists: Jacqueline Cabasso, Ray Acheson, and Gemma Addaba.

Looking up at the Apocalypse: Disarmament, Climate Change, and Justice (Economic Justice/Human Needs)

Co-sponsored by Western States Legal Foundation and Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace. Panelists: M. V. Ramana, Jennifer Nordstrom, and Andrew Lichterman.

Nuke Power is the Way to Nuclear Weapons: Facing a Double-Headed Threat to Peace (Environment/Health & Abolition Tracks)

Co-sponsored by Beyond Nuclear, Stop Essais, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Proposition 1 and others. Panelists: Kevin Kamps, Dominique Lalanne, Jay Marx, Ellen Thomas, Ursula Gelis, Margaret Harrington, and Hattie Nestel.

Weaving Stories into Action (Environment/Health Track)

Co-sponsored by Student Peace Action Network, Marshall Islands Group and Student Physicians for Social Responsibility. Panelists: Leimomi, Nadine Padilla, Alicia Dressman, Jason Ahmadi, Lauren Zajac, and Lisa Putkey.

The Nuclear Cycle: The Negative Effects from Mining to Militarism (Environment/Health Tracks) [moved from 10am slot]

Co-sponsored by the War Resisters League and South Asia Solidarity Initiative. Panelists: Joanne Sheehan, Jim Haber, Biju Mathew, Lorraine Rekmans, and Tejaswini Madabhushi.