2019 Next Generation Workshop

Welcome Addresses

Eran Nagan, Incoming Chair of Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM),
European Union External Action Service (EEAS)
Federica Dall’Arche, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

Emerging Technologies, including Cyber Security
Chair:
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice-President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

Speakers:
Alexi Drew, Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College, London
Johanna Polle, Researcher, Research Area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies,
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
Federico Variola, PhD Candidate, School of International Relations and Public Affairs
(SIRPA) at Fudan University, Shanghai

Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in Asia
Chair:
Névine Schepers, Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),
London

Speakers:
Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer, Center for International Strategic Studies,
Islamabad
Kanica Rakhra, Consultant, Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division
(D&ISA), Ministry of External Affairs of India, New Delhi
Elizabeth Yeseul Woo, Developing Scholar, Hudson Institute, Washington D.C.
Sayaka Shingu, Assistant Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Disarmament
Non-proliferation and Science, Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA),
Tokyo

Illicit Trade of Conventional Arms, including SALW
Chair:
Giovanna Maletta, Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Speakers:
Liat Biron, CEO, Forum for Regional Thinking, Tel Aviv
Maria Camello, Researcher, Group for Research and Information on Peace and
Security (GRIP), Bruxelles
Martha Mariana Mendoza Basulto, International Relations Officer, Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Carribean (OPANAL), Mexico City

Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in the Middle East
Chair:
Federica Dall’Arche, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

Speakers:
Maximilian Hoell, Policy Fellow and Project Manager, European Leadership Network,
London
Selim Can Sazak, Resident Fellow, Delma Institute, Abu Dhabi

Concluding Remarks
Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium /Director of
Studies, Armament and Disarmament (SIPRI)
Georgios Kritikos, Deputy Head of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division,
European External Action Service (EEAS)