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)
  9:00-10:15
 
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)
Tong Zhao (Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Anahita Parsa (Policy Fellow, BASIC)
Moderator: Dr. Kati Juva (IPPNW Co-President, PSR Finland)
  10:30-12:00
 
Workshops
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Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster
IPPNW Japan
Noboru TAKAMURA (Professor, Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University)
Seiji YASUMURA (Director, Fukushima Global Medical Science Center, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health ManagementSurvey, Fukushima Medical University)
Hyoe TAKATA (Professor, Marine Radionuclide Dynamics,Radioisotope Geoscience Division, Institute of Environmental Radioactivity,Fukushima University)
Convention Hall 1
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South Asia in the Quest for Peace
Indian Doctors for Peace and Development
Room 102
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Understanding Nuclear Proliferation as Addiction & Societal Consequences of Increased Military and Nuclear Weapons Budgets: A Roundtable Discussion
Physicians for Social Responsibility USA & IPPNW Geneva Liaison Office
Room 103
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Breaking the spell of nuclear deterrence
IPPNW Norway & Germany
Convention Hall 2
  13:00-14:15
 
Plenary Ⅴ - What Happens If Deterrence Fails: Catastrophic Humanitarian Suffering & Nuclear Winter Overview
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 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:
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Radiation Disaster Medicine
Nobuyuki Hirohashi (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine,Hiroshima Univ.)
Satoshi Tashiro (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine,Hiroshima Univ.)
Mariko Mine (Nagasaki Univ.)
Convention Hall 1
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Climate Crisis, Nuclear Threat, and Health
Bob Gould (moderator, PSR-USA)
Dennis Opondo (IPPNW Kenya)
Angelika Claussen (IPPNW Germany)
Bimal Khadka (MedAct / PSR Nepal)
Room 102
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AI and Nuclear Weapons
Michael Schrefl
Facilitater: Victor Chelashow
Room 103