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Master of Ceremony: Ms. Sanam Shantayei, Senior Journalist, France 24
Co-Facilitator: Ms. Sabine Bauer, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary
High-level Speakers in order of appearance:
• Mr. Jaap Ramaker, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Chair of the 1996 CTBT Negotiations, and former Special Representative to promote the Ratification of the CTBT, 2004 - 2009
• Mr. Grigory Berdennikov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Head of the Russian Delegation at the CTBT Negotiations; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1992–1993; 1999–2001), member of GEM
• Ms. Jenifer Mackby, Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
• Ms. Anne Strømmen Lycke, Chief Executive Officer of NORSAR
• Mr. Ernest Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy (2013-2017), Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
• Mr. Desmond Henry Browne, Lord of Ladyton, Secretary for Defence of the United Kingdom (2006-2008), Vice-Chairman of NTI and convener of the European Leadership Network for Multilateral Disarmament and Non-proliferation, member of GEM
• Ms. Tarja Halonen, Eleventh President of Finland and GEM member and Champion for a Nuclear Test Free World towards a Nuclear Weapons free world
• Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Eighth United Nations Secretary-General and Founder of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
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• Ms. Sitara Noor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Ms. Magdalene Wangui Wanyaga, Project Manager, SandRose Ltd, Kenya
• Mr. Jaona Andriamampandry, Assistant Researcher, Institute of Geophysics and Observatory of the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
