Re: [Disarmo] Isodarco 2018: THE EVOLVING NUCLEAR ORDER: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NUCLEAR RISK

[Carlo Schaerf <schaerf at roma2.infn.it>]

 

ISODARCO

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DISARMAMENT AND RESEARCH ON CONFLICTS

since 1966    –    Italian Pugwash Group

31^st Winter Course

 

THE EVOLVING NUCLEAR ORDER:

NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NUCLEAR RISK

 

ANDALO (TRENTO) – ITALY  –  7-14 JANUARY 2018

 

Director of the School:  Carlo Schaerf (ISODARCO, Rome, Italy).

Directors of the Course:  Francesca Giovannini (Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA)

Steven Miller (Belfer Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)

With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

 

Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, data processing, geospatial analysis, and other technologies are primed to transform every aspect of human life including nuclear deterrence. With every nuclear-armed state investing in nuclear and conventional modernization we are at the cusp of a new arms race. How do we manage nuclear risk in a world where the drivers of military advantage, from cyber to automation, are dual use and only partially controlled by governments? What effects will technological change have on the existing nuclear order? How can we assess the impact, whether positive or negative, of new technological developments and how do we discriminate between serious challenges and minor problems? What happens when technological uncertainty intersects with political crises in Eastern Europe, the Korean peninsula, the Taiwan straits, the Middle East or South Asia? What can we do to mitigate risks in a new nuclear era where old rules may not apply?

 

Principal Lecturers

William Alberque, Head, Arms Control and Coordination Section, NATO, Brussels, Belgium

Alexei Arbatov, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, IMEMO, Moscow, Russia

Nadia Arbatova, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, IMEMO, Moscow, Russia

Martin Malin, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA

George Nacouzi, Senior Engineer, RAND Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Benoit Pelopidas, Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, France

Lora Saalman, Director of SIPRI China and Global Security Programme, Solna, Sweden

Scott Smitson, Strategist, The Joint Staff, The Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA

Behnam Taebi, Associate professor of philosophy, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Tong Zhao, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing, China

Beyza Urnal, Research Fellow, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Chatham House, London, UK

Tristan Volpe, Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

 

Confirmations are expected from other eminent scientists who have been invited to lecture at the course.

Find more info and apply online at: www.isodarco.it

 

General Information

A.            English will be the working language of the School. There will be approximately 80 participants who are expected to attend all lectures and seminars and to stay for the whole of the weeklong course.

B.            Applications should be submitted with the following information, compulsory even for those who have previously attended Isodarco sessions: full name; date and place of birth; gender; present full address (including e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, if available); nationality; Degree and/or other academic qualifications; current professional activities and work address; list of publications and fields of interest; in lieu of publications, a letter of recommendation from a professor or a scholar in the field.

C.            Applications should be submitted on-line at www.isodarco.it
Applicants who need a visa to come to Italy should apply to Isodarco by October 11^th, 2017, indicate in their application to which Italian Consulate they intend to apply and apply for the visa immediately after being accepted to attend the School. Many Italian Consulates are reluctant to grant visas for a course that lasts only one week and therefore the applicants must provide the Italian Consular Authorities with evidence of their professional qualifications and their specific professional interest in the topic of the course and that their only reason to come to Italy is to attend the Isodarco course. Isodarco, as a NGO, is not able to influence the decisions of the Italian Consular Authorities.
Applicants who do not need a visa should apply by November 8^th, 2017

D.            Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the basis of the information submitted.
All applicants will be informed of the Committee's decision as soon as possible and before November 14^th, 2017 (those who need a visa before: October 17^th).

E.            Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo any time on Sunday, January 7^th, 2018 and leave in the morning of Sunday, January 14^th, 2018. The course ends on Saturday afternoon.

F.             The registration fee, which includes attendance, accommodation and full board, is 500.00 Euros. A reduced fee of 200.00 Euros is applied to students with no income born in 1991 or after and to participants from Countries with foreign currency problems. If you wish to be considered for a reduced fee you must explain in your application why you qualify for it. Participants will be housed in double or triple rooms at Hotel Gruppo Brenta or nearby hotels or residences. The registration fee for single rooms, if requested and available, will be 800.00 Euros; participants asking to share a room with somebody in particular, if possible, will be charged an additional 50.00 Euros per person.

G.            A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the Hotel Gruppo Brenta or nearby. Room and board for each person is 550.00 Euros for the entire period. Given the limited number of places for families, each request will be examined on an individual basis. Participants wishing to bring their family are requested to submit their application as soon as possible.

H.            The school has no funds to help participants to meet travel and registration expenses.

I.             The Course will be held at Hotel Gruppo Brenta, via Strigole 1, 38010 Andalo (Trento), Italy. Tel.(+39) 0461 585813, Fax (+39) 0461 585269. (http://www.gruppobrenta.it)

J.             Participants wishing to submit a paper for seminar consideration should enclose a short abstract of their proposed contribution in their application. The Director of the School will reserve some limited time for seminars considered particularly relevant to the program of the Course.

K.            The Organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any necessary change to the program.

L.             The registration fee can be paid with a bank draft to the Isodarco bank account or with Credit Card through PayPal. After you have been admitted and secured your Visa (if necessary) pay the amount indicated in your letter of admission before Sunday December 10^th 2017. Your admission will be confirmed only after we have received your payment

 

-- 
Carlo Schaerf, Professor of Physics