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Montag, 01.06.2026

13:25 Uhr

Shuttle Bus from train station Wunstorf

14:00 Uhr

Check in

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 …


…FROM 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 (online)


… FROM WASHINGTON

Nicole Grajewski, Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Assistant Professor at the Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris/Washington D.C.


…AND FROM MOSCOW

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

18:30 Uhr

Dinner

19:30 Uhr

POLICY PANEL | Doing It the European Way? Nuclear Deterrence in Europe in Light of Declining US Commitment: Perspectives from France and the UK

Mélanie ROSSELET, Senior Advisor, Policy Planning Division, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Associate Fellow at CIENS/ENS UIm and former Director of Strategic Analysis at CEA, 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

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?

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

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

Paul VAN HOOFT, Research Leader, Defence and Security, RAND Europe, The Hague (online)

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

Moderation: Linda OSTERMANN, Research Associate, Human Technology Center (HumTec) at RWTH Aachen University

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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

Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

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

Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

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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

Jean-Marie COLLIN, Associate Researcher in the Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP) and Spokesman of ICAN France, Paris

Moderation: Davis ELLISON, Strategic Analyst and Chair of the Initiative on the Future of Transatlantic Relations, The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS), The Hague

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)

In this interactive part, we will break up into small groups in a mini open space-like setting to discuss innovative, out-of-the-box topics related to the future of nuclear policy.

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

Moderation: Lucian BUMEDER, Researcher, Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Research Group, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Hamburg

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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

Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

11:00 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

11:15 Uhr

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

Nassima BARROWS, Acting Director of Nuclear Policy at NATO, Brussels

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

Thomas HAJNOCZI, Advisor to Mayors for Peace, Board Member of BASIC and Former Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Austrian Foreign Office, Vienna

Krzysztof WĄSOWSKI, Department of Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland, Warsaw

12:30 Uhr

Farwell Lunch

12:50 Uhr

Shuttle to Train Station/ Airport

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* = invited

** = preliminary confirmed