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Montag, 01.06.2026

13:25 Uhr

Shuttle Bus from train station Wunstorf

14:00 Uhr

Check in and Welcome Coffee or Tea

14:30 Uhr

Words of Welcome

14:45 Uhr

KICK-OFF TALK | The New Nuclear Age: Risks, Realities, and the Road Ahead

Ankit PANDA, Stanton Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.

15:30 Uhr

Coffee & Cake Break (at the Dining Hall)

16:00 Uhr

Discussion continues

16:45 Uhr

Break

17:00 Uhr

POLICY PANEL | The Big Three: Decoding the Nuclear Policies of Russia, China and the United States from a European Perspective

INSIGHTS INTO THE SITUATION …


… IN WASHINGTON

Nicole GRAJEWSKI, Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Assistant Professor at the Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris


…MOSCOW

Andrey BAKLITSKIY, Senior Researcher, Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), Geneva


…AND IN BEIJING

Jiang TIANJIAO, Associate Professor at the Development Institute, Fudan University and Deputy Director at the Center for BRICS Studies, Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School, Shanghai

18:30 Uhr

Dinner

19:30 Uhr

POLICY PANEL | Doing It the European Way: Navigating Between Deterrence and Nuclear Risk Reduction Amid Declining U.S. Commitment

Szymon BOCHEŃSKI, Head of Non-proliferation Section, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland, Warsaw

Pauline LEVY, Deputy Head, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Directorate for Defense Strategy, Counter Proliferation and Strategic Foresight, French Ministry of Defense, Paris*

Peter WATKINS, Visiting Professor, School of Security Studies at King’s College and Former Director General (2014-18) at the UK Ministry of Defence, London

21:00 Uhr

Informal get together

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* = invited

** = preliminary confirmed

Dienstag, 02.06.2026

07:15 Uhr

Invitation to Morning Run (optional)

08:15 Uhr

Invitation to Morning Prayer

08:30 Uhr

Breakfast

09:30 Uhr

BROAD PICTURE TALK | What Happened to Global Zero: Did We lose Sight of Nuclear Disarmament?

Hans KRISTENSEN, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists, Washington D.C.

Beatrice FIHN, Founder and Director of Lex International and Senior Fellow at UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), Geneva

Gerlinde F. NIEHUS, Former Deputy Director, Defence and Security Cooperation, NATO HQ, Brussels/Berlin*

10:45 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

11:00 Uhr

BREAKOUT SESSION PART 1 | Crucial Nuclear Policy Issues – Especially for European Have-Nots

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Forum I: Still Room for Contribution? How Could Europe Add To Nuclear Risk Minimization and Arms Control

Tarja CRONBERG, Distinguished Associate Fellow, SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna

Oliver MEIER, Head of Programme on Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament, European Leadership Network, Berlin/London

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Forum II: Disruptive? Exploring the Links between Technological Innovation and Future Nuclear (In)Stability?

Eleni EKMEKTSIOGLOU, Policy Fellow, on Risk Reduction, Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Strategy, BASIC (British American Security Information Council), London/Paris

Tristan VOLPE, Senior Researcher, Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Project, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), and Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey/Berlin

12:30 Uhr

Lunch

13:20 Uhr

Sight Seeing Tour Monastery (Meeting Point at the Reception)

15:00 Uhr

Coffee & Cake Break (at the Dining Hall)

15:30 Uhr

BREAKOUT SESSION PART 2 | Crucial Nuclear Policy Issues – Especially for European Have-Nots

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Forum III: Potential Nuclear Flashpoints in Europe and the Future of (Un)conventional Escalation Management

Ulrich KÜHN, Head, “Arms Control and Emerging Technologies”, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Hamburg

Polina SINOVETS, Head of the Odessa Center for Non-Proliferation (OdCNP) and Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Odessa

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Forum IV: A Gap too Wide? How to Bridge the Growing Divide Between Different Constituencies in the Nuclear Field

Jana BALDUS, Policy Fellow at the European Leadership Network (ELN) and Associated Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), London

Juliane HAUSCHULZ, Board Member, ICAN Germany (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and IPPNW Germany (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), Berlin

17:00 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

17:15 Uhr

OUT OF THE BOX SESSION | Discussing Innovative Ideas of Relevance in Future Nuclear Policy (in parallel Breakout Groups)

This interactive part of the conference has methodology the nature of a Mini Open Space. Participants and panelists are cordially invited to suggest innovative topics for small group discussions that demonstrate out-of-the-box thinking but at the same time signifies relevance for future nuclear policy. could also be relevant to future policy. To facilitate intensive small-group discussions, two 45-minute sessions are scheduled from 17:15h to 18:00h and from 18:00h to 18:45h.

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Group 1

Don’t be Late on Latency: How Can Germany already now prepare some Latency Functions in case the European Card of Improved Deterrence is not playing out?

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Group 2

Just Multilateral Theater? The Fait and Future of the NPT

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Group 3

Absolutely fair: What would happen if we consequently applied the concept of “Nuclear Justice” European Foreign Policy?

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Group 4

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18:30 Uhr

Dinner

19:30 Uhr

EVENING TALK| The Future of Iran’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Program – What Role for the Europeans?

Stephan KLEMENT, Special Envoy Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Special Adviser on Iran Nuclear Issues, EEAS, Brussels

Azadeh ZAMIRIRAD, Head, Africa & Middle East Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin

20:45 Uhr

Informal Come Together

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* = invited

** = preliminary confirmed

Mittwoch, 03.06.2026

08:30 Uhr

Breakfast

09:30 Uhr

BREAKOUT SESSION PART 3 | Discussion in Parallel Forums will be continued

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Forum V: Atomic Options Avanceé? Deterrence and Nuclear Sharing in the European Way

Héloïse FAYET, Research Fellow and Head, Deterrence & Proliferation Research Program, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris

Oliver THRÄNERT, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Research Division, International Security, German Institute for International and Security Policy (SWP), Berlin

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Forum VI: No Fear of the “Fear Debate”: How to Debate Deterrence including its (Un)Ethical Implications in the Wider Public?

Astrid KAUSE, Junior Professor of Sustainability Science and Psychology, University Leuphana, Lüneburg

Michal ONDERCO, Professor of International Relations in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam

11:00 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

11:15 Uhr

CONCLUDING PANEL | What Future Role for European Nuclear Have-Nots?

Klaus De RIJK, Senior Strategic Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

Giorgio FRANCESCHINI, Nuclear Expert, Division OR09 (Nuclear Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Barrows NASSIMA, Acting Director of Nuclear Policy at NATO, Brussels**

12:30 Uhr

Farwell Lunch

12:50 Uhr

Shuttle to Train Station/ Airport

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* = invited

** = preliminary confirmed