ISS Events

Key ISS Events

2013

8 February: Public lecture on the future of nuclear energy post-Fukushima, Institute for Security Studies

2012

8 - 9 February: "Progress on Securing Africa's Nuclear Resources: An Experts' Workshop", Institute for Security Studies (by invitation only)

4 - 7 March: Africa and the Non-Proliferation Treaty Regime, Institute for Security Studies and Wilton Park
6 June: US and South Africa: Shared Interests in Non-proliferation and Arms Control, Institute for Security Studies (by invitation only)

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2011

• Africa in the Global Nuclear Regime: a workshop organised by the ISS and the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists (INENS) 

Event Date: Monday 05 December - Friday 09 December 2011

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists (INENS) is convening this workshop to encourage dialogue on Africa’s role with respect to nuclear weapon disarmament and non-proliferation. The workshop will promote regional and international interdisciplinary discussion on thematic issues pertinent to the region and in the broader international context by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas between emerging specialists and established experts. The workshop aims to enhance participants’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by the global nuclear weapon non-proliferation regime and to jointly identify how, from an African regional perspective, these challenges and opportunities can be addressed. The conference will bring together around 50 participants from African states and regional organisations and from outside the region.

Participants: BY INVITATION ONLY 

Venue: Intundla Game Lodge, Lynn East, Pretoria, South Africa

Contact: Noel Stott at nstott@issafrica.org

• 29 November - 1 December: Laying the Grounds for 2012 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security, Amman, Jordan
• Presentations
• Conference Report

• 1-2 February: Securing Africa's Nuclear Resources: An Experts' Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Organisational Factual Summary
• Opening Remarks - Amelia Broodryk (ISS)
• Presentation: Are Africa's Nuclear Resources Vulnerable to Abuse? - Martin Ewi (ISS)
• Presentation: An overview of the Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa – Shamsideen Elegba (FNRBA)
• Presentation: An overview of nuclear security activities in South Africa – Elsie Monale (Department of Energy)
• Presentation: The Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa’s Nuclear Security Experience – Ramatsemela Masango (NECSA)

2010

• 20 October: Prospects for Nuclear Non-­Proliferation and Disarmament: Beyond the 2010 NPT Review Conference and the Nuclear Security Summit Cairo – Egypt 19 – 21 October 2010, presentation by Noel Stott Nuclear entitled "Non-­Proliferation in the Middle East: Lessons from the Treaty of Pelindaba"
• 13 October: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: the Myth of Deterrence. Seminar Podcast.
• 25 May: ISS and CNS Side Event during the May 2010 NPT Review Conference Beyond Entry into Force of the Treaty of Pelindaba - Patricia Lewis (CNS) presentation & podcast and Noel Stott (ISS) presentation & Reaching Critical Will article
• 18 March: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Beyond Entry-into-Force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: Establishing the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE). Workshop Report Version 1. Workshop Report Version 2.
• 15 - 17 March: ISS/UNREC Workshop: Preparing Africa for the NPT 2010 Review Conference

Day 1: NPT 2010 RevCon

Welcome Session: Nicolas Gerard (UNREC)
Session 1: Nicolas Gerard (UNREC)
Session 1: Amelia Broodryk (ISS)
Session 2: Mark Smith (Wilton Park) 
Session 2: Hideyuki Sakamoto (Embassy of Japan)
Session 3: Nicola Brewer (UK HC)
Session 3: Leslie Gumbi (DIRCO) 
Session 4: Charles Tellier (France)
Session 4: Lawrence Obisakin (Nigeria)

Day 2: Peaceful uses of nuclear energy

Session 6: van Zyl de Villiers (NECSA)
Session 7: Trevor Findlay (CTCC)
Session 7: Yury Yudin (UNIDIR)

2009

• ISS Seminar: African Civil Society And The Elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 31 July 2009
• ISS Seminar: Global Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of Non-Nuclear Weapons States: Progress and Challenges, Pretoria, 25 March 2009  Podcast: Dr Ian Anthony, SIPRI

2008

• ISS Seminar: Understanding the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Pretoria, 6 August 2008
• Workshop: Joint Statement from Participants in the Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, 28-30 May 2008
• ISS Conference: Towards 2010: The Role of the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty in Strengthening the Disarmament Objectives of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Pretoria, 31 March - 1 April 2008

2007

• ISS Seminar: Weapons of Mass Destruction: South Africa’s Role in Promoting Disarmament and in Preventing Proliferation, Pretoria, 6 September 2007
• ISS Seminar: Raising Awareness of Dual Use Research in the International Life Sciences Community: Seminars on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Nairobi, 30-31 May 2007