Speaker
Description
For over a month, students of Russia’s National Research Nuclear Institute – Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (NRNU - MEPhI) have been working on case studies developed for them by the On-Site Inspection (OSI) Division. These cases cover a wide range of OSI-specific topics driven by the need to ensure its operationalization at the CTBT entry into force. At this side-event students will present their ideas and technical solutions on how to further increase the OSI capability.
For participants, it has been a unique opportunity to interact with the PTS staff and OSI experts, get a sense of what the work of the CTBTO is like and offer their take on how to address the actual challenges to one of the elements of the CTBT verification regime.
The event is organized jointly by the OSI Division, the CTBTO Youth Group Task Force and NRNU–MEPhI, that the CTBTO has traditionally close ties with, and that has been spearheading efforts to promote and enhance CTBT-related expertise and youth involvement among Russian universities and worldwide.
Opening Remarks:
• Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, CTBTO
• Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna
• Mr. Mikhail Strihanov, Rector, National Research Nuclear University – MEPhI
Panel of Experts:
• Mr. Massimo Chiappini, Research Director, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy
• Mr. Malcolm Coxhead, Director, CTBT and Disarmament, Australian Safeguards and Non-proliferation Office (ASNO), Australia
• Mr Gustavo Haquin Gerade, Head, Radiation and Safety Department, Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Israel
• Mr. Gleb Zasimov, Deputy Head, Research Department, Dukhov Automatics Research Institute (VNIIA), Russian Federation
• Mr Aled Rowlands, CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria
