The 24th IPPNW World Congress in NAGASAKI
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The 24th IPPNW World Congress in NAGASAKI
Program
DAY 1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
  9:00-9:30
  Opening Ceremony
  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)
-  Professor Karen Hallberg (Pugwash Secretary General, 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)
  14:15-15:15
 
Plenary Ⅱ - From 1945 to 2025: Hibakusha and Nuclear Testing Survivors’ Testimony
-  Aigerim Seitenova (Co-Founder, Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition)
-  Leona Morgan (Co-Founder, Haul No!)
  15:45-17:15
 
Workshops
-  The Human and Environmental Toll of Uranium Mining - IPPNW Kenya
-  Following the Science: Updating International Benchmark Studies on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War - IPPNW Geneva Liaison Office
-  Intergenerational Organizing: How to Pass on Peace - IPPNW Zambia, El Salvador
-  Today’s major global flash points for nuclear conflict - IPPNW Canada
  17:30-18:30
 
Plenary Ⅲ- Student Session
 
DAY 2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
  9:00-10:15
 
Plenary Ⅳ - Nuclear Deterrence Does Not Ensure Security
-  Dr. Fumihiko Yoshida (Director of RECNA)
-  Professor Tom Sauer (Professor, International Politics at the Department of Politics, University of Antwerp)
-  Anahita Parsa (Policy Fellow, BASIC)
-  Moderator: Dr. Kati Juva (IPPNW Co-President, PSR Finland)
  10:30-12:00
 
Workshops
-  Breaking the spell of nuclear deterrence - IPPNW Norway & Germany
-  Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster - IPPNW Japan
-  Taking Action in Nuclear Armed and Umbrella States - IPPNW Central Office & Medact
-  Societal Consequences of Increased Military and Nuclear Weapons Budgets : An IPPNW Affiliate Roundtable Discussion - Physicians for Social Responsibility USA
  13:00-14:15
 
Plenary Ⅴ - What Happens If Deterrence Fails: Catastrophic Humanitarian Suffering & Nuclear Winter
-  Dr. Ira Helfand (Board Member, IPPNW)
-  Professor Cheryl Harrison (Professor, Louisiana State University)
-  Dr. Jans Fromow (IPPNW Mexico, TPNW Scientific Advisory Group)
-  Angela Nambiro (IPPNW Kenya)
-  Moderator: Dr. Olga Mironova Trushina (IPPNW Co-President, Russia)
  14:30-15:45
 
Plenary Ⅵ - Preventing Catastrophe: Creating a Nuclear Weapons Free World through the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
-  Keiko Nakamura (RECNA, Nagasaki University)
-  Dr. David Onazi (IPPNW Co-President, Nigeria)
-  Kjolv Egeland (Senior Researcher, NORSAR)
-  Moderator: Stella Ziegler (IPPNW Student Representative, Germany)
  16:00-17:30
 
Panel Discussions:
-  Radiation Disaster Medicine
-  Climate Crisis, Nuclear Threat, and Health
-  AI and Nuclear Weapons
 
DAY 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
  9:00-10:15
 
Plenary Ⅶ - Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Asia Pacific
-  Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki (RECNA, Nagasaki Univ.)
-  Sue Wareham (President, Medical Association for Prevention of War)
-  Akira Kawasaki (Executive Committee Member, Peace Boat)
-  Youngah Lee (Manager of the Center for Peace and Disarmament, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy)
-  Moderator: Kazuko Hikawa (RECNA, Nagasaki Univ.)
  10:30-12:00
 
Workshops
-  Nuclear Weapons & AI: An Interactive Study - IPPNW Austria & Kenya
-  Strengthening IPPNW through effective Fundraising - IPPNW Sweden
-  Nuclear Weapons Risk in the Asia Pacific: Ways forward for IPPNW activists - IPPNW Australia & Philippines
-  US-Russia Dialogue: The Past, Present, and Future of Scientific Diplomacy - Physicians for Social Responsibility USA & IPPNW Russia
  13:30-14:45
 
Plenary Ⅷ - The Medical Community’s Role in Preventing Nuclear War
-  Dr. Makoto Matsumura (President, Hiroshima Medical Association)
-  Professor Megumi Yamaura-Teshima (Second Vice President, International Council of Nurses)
-  Enas Osama Hassan Omer (Immediate-Past Liaison Officer for Human Rights and Peace, International Federation of Medical Students’ Association)
-  Dr. Sandro Demaio (Director, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health)
-  Moderator: Dr. Ruth Mitchell (IPPNW Board Chair)
  15:00-16:00
 
Workshops
-  Universalizing the TPNW - IPPNW Central Office
-  Strengthening IPPNW and the Broader Disarmament Movement: Intergenerational Lessons in Recruitment, Education, and Action - IPPNW European Student Group and Germany
-  South Asia in the Quest for Peace - Indian Doctors for Peace and Development
-  Black rain fallout after Atomic Bombings to Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Physicians Against Nuclear War
  16:15-16:45
  Closing Ceremony
* Please note that the scheduled time is tentative and subject to change.
Thank you for your understanding.