WELCOMING REMARKS

• Alexandre HOUNDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research
• Amb. Traian HRISTEA, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan

KEYNOTE SPEECH

• Amb. Kairat SARYBAY, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations (Vienna)

I/ THE HCoC AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE & PART OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME 

• Bruno HANSES, Senior Expert, European External Action Service
• Dr. Robert GERSCHNER, Head of Nuclear Weapons, IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com and NPT, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
• Lyailya TLEPBERGENOVA, Advisor to the National Space Committee Chairman of Kazakhstan
• Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research

KEY ISSUES:

• Presentation of the Code: its main provisions
• The concrete meaning of implementing the HCoC
• The HCoC in Asia: positions and evolution
• Relevance of joining the HCoC in relation to Asian non-proliferation policies
• Successes and challenges of the HCoC in today’s environment

II/ CURRENT TRENDS CONCERNING BALLISTIC MISSILES TECHNOLOGIES AND WMD PROLIFERATION: GENERAL & REGIONAL VIEWS

• Ass. Prof. Hua HAN, Director for Arms Control and Disarmament, Peking University
• Dr. Petr TOPYCHKANOV, Research Fellow, Carnegie Moscow Center
• Dr. Seung Min LEE, Ballistic Missile Specialist, Defense Ministry, Republic of Korea