ANDALO (TRENTO) – ITALY 10-17 JANUARY 2010

[Marino <marino222 at virgilio.it>]

UNIVERSITY OF ROME "TOR VERGATA"
OPERA CAMPANA DEI CADUTI Rovereto
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO
FORUM TRENTINO PER LA PACE
USPID - Sezione di Trento
Autonomous Province of Trento
Italian Pugwash Group

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DISARMAMENT AND RESEARCH ON CONFLICTS
                 ISODARCO Founded in 1966  23rd WINTER COURSE

	*THE ROAD TO NUCLEAR ZERO AND ARMS CONTROL*

	*ANDALO (TRENTO) – ITALY    10-17 JANUARY 2010*

ISODARCO has organized residential courses on global security since 1966
primarily in Italy but also in China, Germany, and Jordan with the generous
support of private foundations and international and national institutions and
organizations. The courses are intended for those who would like to play a more
active and technically competent role in the field of international conflict
resolution as well as those who already have a professional interest and
experience in this field. The courses are intensive, interactive, and
interdisciplinary in focus. The subject matter spans the technical and
scientific dimensions of these problems as well as their sociological and
political implications.
After a decade and more during which the issues posed by nuclear weapons were
largely eclipsed by concerns over ethnic wars and the threat of terrorism, there
is renewed serious interest in the goal of nuclear disarmament. The 2010
ISODARCO Winter School will be devoted to the practical steps to be implemented
to arrive to a nuclear-weapon free world, with emphasis on the potential role
for arms control.

PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:

James Acton, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA*

Alexey Arbatov, Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia

Nadia Arbatov, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russia

Sergey Batsanov, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Geneva, CH

Emma Bonino, Italian Parliament, Rome, Italy

Marco De Andreis, Italian Customs Agency, Rome, Italy

Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University, USA

Lukasz Kulesa, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland

Giorgio La Malfa, Italian Parliament, Rome, Italy

Andre Meerburg, Former Ambassador from the Netherlands, NL

Andreas Persbo, The Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
(VERTIC), UK

Randy Rydell, Office for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, USA

Bruno Tertrais, Foundation for Strategic Research, France

Jean Pascal Zanders, European Union Institute for Security Studies, France*

*to be confirmed

Confirmations are expected from additional eminent scholars who have been
invited to lecture at the School. The course will be articulated in formal
lectures, seminars offered by the participants, round tables and general open
discussions.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. English will be the working language of the School. There will be
approximately 80 participants. They are expected to attend all lectures and
seminars and to stay throughout the week-long course.

B. Applications should be submitted with the following information, which is
compulsory even for those who have previously attended Isodarco sessions:
Full name, date and place of birth, gender, full address (including e-mail
address, telephone and fax numbers if available). Present nationality. Degree
and/or other academic qualifications. Present professional activities and work
address. Publication list and field of interest. In lieu of publications, a
letter of recommendation from a professor or a scholar in the field.
No special application form is required. We suggest that you apply on-line at
www.isodarco.it <http://www.isodarco.it> or download an application form from
the same location.

C. Applications should arrive not later than November 16th, 2009 and should be
addressed to the Director of the School:
Prof. CARLO SCHAERF
Department of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Tel.: (+39) 06 72594560/1 -- Fax: (+39) 06 2040309
E-mail: isodarco at roma2.infn.it <mailto:isodarco at roma2.infn.it>

D. Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the basis of
the information submitted. All the applicants will be informed of the
Committee's decision as soon as possible but not later than November 23th, 2009.

E. Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo any time on Sunday, January
10th, 2010 and leave in the morning of Sunday, January 17th, 2010.

F. The nominal admission fee which includes attendance, accommodation and full
board is 350 Euro. A reduced fee of 200 Euro is applied to students without a
salary born in 1984 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. The admission fee for single rooms, if requested and
available, will be 600 Euro; participants asking to share a room with somebody
in particular, if this is possible, will be charged an additional 50 Euro for
each person.

G. A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the Hotel Gruppo
Brenta or nearby. Room and board for each member is Euro 400 for the entire
period. Admission of families is limited and will be examined on an individual
basis. Participants wishing to bring their families are requested to submit
their application as soon as possible.

H. The school has no funds with which to defray traveling 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,
www.gruppobrenta.it <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. Please mention in your application if you need a visa, indicating to which
Italian Consulate you intend to apply. As it takes some time to receive a visa
we urge participants requiring it to apply to the School as early as possible
and to apply for the visa immediately after being accepted to attend the School.
Please note that the concession of visas is at the discretion of the Italian
Consulates Offices, and Isodarco, as an NGO, is not able to influence their
decision. It is the responsibility of participants to provide the Italian
Consulates with evidence that they intend to return to their own countries at
the end of the course.

Additional information on the School can be found at:  www.isodarco.it
<http://www.isodarco.it>

   Directors of the Course                            Director of the School
    Catherine M. Kelleher
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA                      Carlo Schaerf
        Jeffrey Lewis,                          University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
  New America Foundation, USA                                    Rome, Italy
        Judith Reppy
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA