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ACUNS VIENNA CONFERENCE > PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES ADAPTED TO THE 21ST CENTURY?
January 8-11, 2013UN Office in Vienna
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A P R O J E C T O F T H E A C A D E M I C C O U N C I L O N T H E U N I T E D N AT I O N S S Y S T E M I N C O O P E R AT I O N W I T H
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2 - 4 pm Registration (VIC Gate 1)
5 - 7 pm Austrian Peacekeeping Operations and A Look into the Future: Peacekeeping Operations in 2050 (Austrian National Defence Academy Stiftgasse 2a, 1070)
Chair: Michael PLATZER, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Officer
•AlistairEDGAR,ExecutiveDirector,ACUNS •BGWalterFEICHTINGER,AustrianNationalDefenceAcademy •NasraHASSAN,AssociationofAustrianPeacekeepers •JanosTISOVSKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNIS)Vienna
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8 - 9.30 am Registration (VIC, Gate 1)
9.30 - 10.30 am Welcome (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
•AbiodunWILLIAMS,ACUNSChair,PresidentoftheHagueInstituteforGlobalJustice
•AmbassadorChristineSTIX-HACKL,PermanentRepresentativeofAustria totheUnitedNationsinVienna(tbc)
•RafaelMariano GROSSI, Assistant Director General for Policy, IAEA
•TiborTÓTH,ExecutiveSecretary,CTBTO
•SandeepCHAWLA,DeputyExecutiveDirector,UNODC
•PradeepMONGA,Director,EnergyandClimateChangeBranch,UNIDO
•HaraldEGERER,Head,UNEPViennaICSSOffice
•ThomasSTELZER,AssistantSecretary-GeneralforPolicyCoordinationand Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA (UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs)
10.30 - 11 am K E Y N OT E A D D R E S S (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
AbiodunWILLIAMS,ACUNSChair, PresidentoftheHagueInstituteforGlobalJustice
11 - 11.15 am Break continued next page
WELCOME
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Abiodun Williams is President of the Hague Institute for Global Justice and Chair, ACUNS.
Austrian National Defence Academy
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11.15 - 1 pm UN Colloquia - Session I: Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development (IAEA) (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
Chair:ChristerJÖNSSON,LundUniversity,ACUNS
•ToniCASAS-ZAMORA,Director,DivisonofProgrammeSupportandCoordination, Department of Technical Cooperation
•PierreLAGODA,Head,PlantBreedingandGeneticsSection,Departmentof Nuclear Sciences and Applications
•MeeraVENKATESH,Director,DivisionofPhysicalandChemicalSciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
•RolandoCAMACHO-RODRIGUEZ,ActingSectionhead,PACTProgrammeOffice
•PradeepAGGARWAL,Head,IsotopeHydrologySection, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
•AlanMCDONALD,ProgrammeCoordinator,OfficeoftheDeputyDirectorGeneral, Department of Nuclear Energy
1 - 2.15 pm Lunch break
2.15 - 3.45 pm UN Colloquia - Session II: Knowledge Management – Networks for Prosperity (UNIDO)
(PressBriefingRoom)
Chair:MiroslavPOLZER,InternationalAssociationfortheAdvancementof InnovativeApproachestoGlobalChallenges(IAAI)
•KazukiKITAOKA,ProgrammeManagementOfficer,UNIDO
•CormacO’REILLY,StrategicPlanningOfficer,UNIDO
•WilliamCalvo,MinisterCounseloratthePermanentMissionofCostaRica to the UNOV
•GeorgePardoCACERES,AustrianOrganizationforDevelopmentCooperation
3.45 - 4 pm Break
4 - 5.30 pm UN Colloquia - Session III: The UN as an Honest Broker? Uses and Misuses of Data Sets (UNODC)
(PressBriefingRoom)
Chair: Dr. Michael PLATZER, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Officer
•SandeepCHAWLA,Director,DivisionforPolicyAnalysisandPublicAffairs,UNODC
•AngelaME,ChiefofStatisticsandSurveysSection,UNODC
•ZhannatKOSMUKHAMEDOVA,Expert,HIV/AIDSSection,UNODC
•SławomirREDO,ŁazarskiUniversity,Warsaw,Poland,ACUNS
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January 8-11, 2013UN Office in Vienna
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9 - 9.45 am UN Career Presentation(PressBriefingRoom)
JanosTISOVSKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNIS)Vienna
9.45 - 11.15 am UN Colloquia - Session IV: Safety and Security Challenges to Nuclear Energy (IAEA)
(IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
Chair:MarkusKORNPROBST,DiplomaticAcademyofVienna
• DavidLAMBERT,SeniorTrainingOfficer,OfficeofNuclearSecurity, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
• GustavoCARUSO,SpecialCoordinator,NuclearSafetyActionTeam, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
• TonyCOLGAN,Head,RadiationProtectionUnit,DivisionofRadiation, TransportandWasteSafety,DepartmentofNuclearSafetyandSecurity
11.15 - 11.30 am Break
11.30 - 1.15 pm UN Colloquia - Session V: The Rise of the Global South (UNIDO)
(IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
Chair:Dr.WalterMariaSTOJAN,AustrianMinistryforEuropeanand International Affairs
• H.E.AmbassadorEvandroDeSampaioDIDONETofBrazil • RepresentativeofthePermanentMissionofSouthAfricatoUNOV(tbc)
1.15 - 2.15 pm Lunch break
2.15 - 3.45 pm UN Colloquia - Session VI: Prospects of Entry into Force of the CTBT: Ways to Promote its Ratification (CTBTO)
(IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
Chair:HeinzGÄRTNER,SeniorFellow, AustrianInstituteforInternationalAffairs(ÖIIP)
• TiborTÓTH,ExecutiveSecretary,CTBTO
• ErikLINDFORS,MinisterCounseloroftheSwedishPermanentRepresentative totheInternationalOrganizationsinVienna
• PaulF.WALKER,Director,EnvironmentalSecurityandSustainability
3.45 - 4 pm Break
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January 8-11, 2013UN Office in Vienna
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4 - 5.30 pm Engaging Youth in the United Nations (UNIS) (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)
Moderator:JanosTISOVSZKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNISVienna)
• MatteoLANDI,AssociateYouthEmploymentExpert,UNIDO • HannaHEIKKILA,AssociateOfficer,PreventionTreatmentandRehabilitationSection,UNODC • BillyBATWARE,President,UnitedforEducationandSustainableFuturesandCoordinator, Regional Academy on United Nations • MichaelKLAMPFL,Vice-PresidentUnitedNationsYouthandStudentAssociationof Austria-AcademicForumforForeignAffairs-Austria(UNYSA-AUSTRIA)and PresidentUnitedNationsYouthAssociationsNetwork(UNYANET) • MilenaDUDASOVA,UnitedNationsYouthDelegateofSlovakia2012 • MelissaOFOEDU,AustrianYouthDelegatetotheUnitedNations
7 pm ReceptionsponsoredbytheAustrianFederalMinistryforEuropeanandInternationalAffairs takingplaceattheDiplomaticAcademyofVienna,Favoritenstrasse15,1040
9 pm Social event(OstKlub,Schwarzenbergplatz10/1,1040)
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Final Session of the Regional Academy on the United Nations – RAUN (UNIS & VCDNP)
9.30 - 10.15 am Presentation of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation ElenaSOKOVA,ExecutiveDirector,VCDNP(AndromedaTower)
10.15 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 12.15 pm RAUN Session I: Nuclear (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)
1) Nuclear Safety and Energy in the 21st Century 2) Nuclear Disarmament
12.15 - 1.15 pm Lunch Break
1.15 - 2.45 pm RAUN Session II: Security (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)
1)TheChallengesofDevelopmentinPost-conflictSocieties 2)TheUNandFailedStates 3)FinancingTerrorismandStateResponsibility
2.45 - 3 pm Break
3 - 4.30 pm RAUN Session III: Environment and the UN in the 21st Century (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)
1)MDGsandtheFutureofDevelopment 2) Climate Refugees 3) The Role of the UN in the 21st Century
4.30 - 5 pm RAUN Certificate and Award Ceremony
Conference conclusions
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HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES ADAPTED TO THE 21ST CENTURY?
January 8-11, 2013UN Office in Vienna
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