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SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 28
Opening Dinner Welcome and Introductions
 


Thursday, July 29
9:00-9:45 Introductory remarks
 
Fissile Material Issues
 
9:45-10:30 Whither Excess Military Plutonium in Russia? An Alternative to the Favored Solution
 
10:30-11:00 Break
 
11:00-11:45 U-232-Contaminated U-233 As Weapons Material and Nuclear Fuel Material
 
11:45-12:30 Laser Isotope Separation
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
14:00-14:45 Physical Protection Systems in China
 
14:45-15:30 Environmental Methods for Nuclear Safeguards
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-16:45 A Noble Gas Compton Telescope
 
16:45-17:30 Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
 
18:00 Dinner
 
Friday, July 29
 
CBMs, Risk Reduction Measures, and Nuclear Cuts
 
9:00-9:45 Russian-American Risk Reduction with Chinese Characteristics
 
9:45-10:30 Cases of Confidence-Building Measures: A Preliminary Study
 
10:30-11:00 Break
 
11:00-11:45 A Comparative Research of CBMs Between the European and Asia-Pacific Region
 
11:45-12:30 Cooperative Monitoring on India-China Border
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
14:00-14:45 Should De-alerting Measures Be Multilateralized Now?
 
14:45-15:30 Steps Towards Complete De-alerting
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-16:45 The Significance and Urgency of Deep Cuts
 
16:45-17:30 Verifying the Transition from Low Levels of Nuclear Weapons to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
 
18:00 Dinner
 
Saturday, July 31
Sightseeing
 
Sunday, August 1
Chinese Nuclear Issues and US-China Relations
 
9:00-10:30 The History of China's Nuclear Deterrent and the Cox Report
 
10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Break
 
11:00-12:30 Small group discussions of the Cox Report and US-Chinese relations
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
Nuclear Testing Issues
 
14:00-14:45 Summary of Worldwide Nuclear Testing
 
14:45-15:30 The Role of Reliability in Arms Control
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-16:45 Application of 37Ar in On-Site Inspections
 
16:45-17:30 Seismic Signals of Multiple Underground Nuclear Explosions
 
18:00 Dinner
 
Monday, August 2
9:00-9:45 The Development of Sino-U.S. Military Ties
 
9:45-10:30 to be announced
 
10:30-11:00 Break
 
11:00-11:45 Security Challenges of Chemical and Biological Weapons in the Former Soviet Union
 
11:45-12:30 The Future of Nuclear Weapons and the Russian Nuclear Arsenal
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
Missile Defenses
14:00-14:45 What Can THAAD Tests Tell Us?
 
14:45-15:30 A Footprint Analysis of THAAD
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-16:45 The ABM Treaty and the Proposed US National Missile Defense (NMD) System
 
16:45-17:30 The Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US NMD System Against Emerging Missile Threats
 
18:00 Dinner
 
Tuesday, August 3
Sightseeing
 
Wednesday, August 4
9:00-9:45 Visible Evidence of a Nuclear Strategy Based on No-First-Use
 
9:45-10:30 Concerns over Disposal of Retired Nuclear-powered Submarines and Protection of the Environment
 
10:30-11:00 Break
 
11:00-11:45 Health Effects of Reactor Accidents
 
11:45-12:30 Chashma Nuclear Power Plant: Nuclear Dangers of Another Kind
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
South Asian Issues
 
14:00-14:45 India and Arms Control in the Post-Pokhraran Era
 
14:45-15:30 From Kargil, Back to Lahore?
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-17:30 Discussion of South Asian Issues
 
18:00 Dinner
 
Thursday, August 5
Verification and Monitoring
 
9:00-9:45 Direction Dependence of Acoustic Vehicle Signals for Verification
 
9:45-10:30 On CWC Implementation: Where the Verification Should Go?
 
10:30-11:00 Break
 
11:00-11:45 Remote Sensing by Satellite
 
11:45-12:30 Detection Of Landmines: Capabilities of Aerial Imagery in Demining
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
14:00-14:45 to be announced
 
14:45-15:30 Preliminary Study on the Threat of Precision Strike Conventional Weapons to the Survivability of Nuclear Weapons
 
15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-16:45 Nuclear and Conventional Weapons
 
16:45-17:30 Wrap-up discussion
 
Closing dinner