The 24th IPPNW World Congress in NAGASAKI
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The 24th IPPNW World Congress in NAGASAKI
Program
As of September 26, 2025
▶ Program at a Glance
 
▶ Speakers Bio
 
DAY1 October 2 (Thu)
DAY2 October 3 (Fri) DAY3 October 4 (Sat)
  9:00-9:30
 
Opening Ceremony
Dr. Kichiro Matsumoto (President, JPPNW)
Governor Kengo Oishi (Governor, Nagasaki Prefecture)
Mayor Shiro Suzuki (Mayor, Nagasaki City)
Dr. Kati Juva (Co-President, IPPNW)
Masayuki Morisaki(President, the Nagasaki Prefectural Medical Association)
  9:45-10:00
 
Keynote Speeches(video)
HR Izumi Nakamitsu (Under Secretary General, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs)
  10:15-11:45
 
Opening plenary
Terumi Tanaka (Nihon Hidankyo, 2024 Nobel Peace Prize)
Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki (Pugwash Executive Committee Chair, 1995 Nobel Peace Prize)
Dr. Carlos Umana (IPPNW Co-President, Costa Rica)
Hon. Melissa Parke (ICAN Executive Director, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize)
Moderator: Walusungu Mtonga (IPPNW Student Representative, Zambia)
  13:15-14:00
 
Plenary Ⅰ - 80 Year's Summary on the Effects of Atomic Bombs on Human Bodies
Dr. Masao Tomonaga (IPPNW Nagasaki, Director Emeritus of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital)

Moderator:  Professor Yasushi Miyazaki (Department of Hematology, Unit for Radiation Effects on Human, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University)

  14:15-15:15
 
Plenary Ⅱ - From 1945 to 2025: Hibakusha and Nuclear Testing Survivors’ Testimony
Seiichiro Mise (Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace, Hibakusha)
Aigerim Seitenova (Co-Founder, Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition)
Leona Morgan (Co-Founder, Haul No!)
Co-Moderators:  Dr. Hiroo Dohy (Japanese Red Cross Society)
Dr. Seiichiro Takemine (Meisei University)
  15:45-17:15
 
Workshops
Following the Science: Updating International Benchmark Studies on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War
IPPNW Geneva Liaison Office
 
Convention Hall 1
Intergenerational Organizing: How to Pass on Peace
IPPNW Zambia, El Salvador
 
Room 102
Today’s major global flash points for nuclear conflict
IPPNW Canada
 
Room 103
The Human and Environmental Toll of Uranium Mining
IPPNW Kenya
 
Convention Hall 2
  17:30-18:30
 
Plenary Ⅲ- Student Session
Anna Khouri (Student Representative, IPPNW Germany)
Nancy Chilufya (Student Representative, IPPNW Zambia)
Kanon Nakaishi (Student Representative, IPPNW Japan)
Sangam Shah (Student Representative, Physicians for Social Responsibility Nepal)
- Dr. Joe Hodgkin (Chair, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, USA)
Co-Moderators:  Walusungu Mtonga
Stella Ziegler