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Programs

Aug 23 (Thu)

9:00 - 12:30 Outgoing Board Meeting
14:00 - 18:00 International Council
18:15 - Welcome Party (International Conference Center Hiroshima)

Aug 24 (Fri)

8:15 - Registration
8:30 - Memorial Visit to the Cenotaph
9:00 - 10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:10 - 11:10 Keynote Speech
11:10 - 12:10 From Hiroshima to Future Generations -Testimony of Hiroshima Doctors-
12:10 - 13:10 Lunch
13:10 - 14:40 [Plenary Session 1] World without Nuclear Weapons 1 -ICAN-
15:00 - 16:30 Workshop
16:45 - 17:45 Regional Meeting
18:45 - Dinner (Ginga cruise) *Bus leaves at 18:00

Aug 25 (Sat)

8:30 - Registration
9:00 - 10:30 [Plenary Session 2] World without Structural Violence/Human Security
* including Aiming for Prevention
10:50 - 12:20 JPPNW Educational Lecture on health effects of radiation
10:50 - 12:20 Workshop
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch
13:20 - 14:20 Symposium of Physicians of 2nd Generation Hibakusha
14:40 - 16:40 Youth Summit
17:00 - 18:30 [Plenary Session 3] World without Nuclear Weapons 2
19:00 - Dinner hosted by Hiroshima Governor and Mayor
(19:00 Door Open, 19:15 Opening announcement)

Aug 26 (Sun)

8:30 Registration
9:00 - 10:30 [Plenary Session 4] Nuclear Energy
10:40 - 12:10 [Plenary Session 5] Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Disaster:
How it Happened and Developed / Medical Assistance
12:10 - 12:40 Special report from Japan Medical Association
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch
13:40 - 15:40 [Plenary Session 6] IPPNW Core Programs
15:40 - 16:10 Closing
16:15 - International Council

Aug 27 (Mon)

9:00 - 12:30 Incoming Board Meeting

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20th IPPNW World Congress Speakers (as of June 11)

Opening Ceremony Tadateru Konoe: President of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, President of Japan Red Cross Society
Yoshitake Yoshikura: President of Japan Medical Association
Vappu Taipale: IPPNW Co-president, Professor at University of Tampere, Fomer Minister of Health/Former Minister of Social Affairs in Finland
Tai Joon Moon: President Emeritus of Korean Medical Association, Former Minister of South Korean Health and Welfare
Keynote Speech Tadatoshi Akiba: Professor by Special Appointment of Hiroshima University, Former Mayor of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Doctors Tetsuya Oda: JPPNW Osaka Chapter
Nobumasa Kimura: JPPNW Hiroshima Chapter
Plenary session 1

World without nuclear weapons 1
- ICAN -
Tilman Ruff: ICAN, IPPNW Regional Vice President, Associate Professor at Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
Ira Helfand: PSR/IPPNW USA
Akira Kawasaki: ICAN, Peaceboat
Moderator: Arielle Denis, ICAN
Plenary session 2

World without Structural Violence/ Human Security Aiming for Prevention
Mitsuhei Murata: Professor Emeritus of Tokai Gakuen University
Monte Cassim: Director of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
Nassrine Azimi: Co-founder/Coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima, Senior Advisor of UNITAR
Sania Nishtar: Founder of NGO think tank Heartfile
Moderator: Robert Mtonga
Educational Lecture

Health Effects of Radiation
Roy E. Shore: Vice Chairman of Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Masao Tomonaga: Director of Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital
Nanao Kamada: Chairman of Hiroshima A-bomb Survivors Relief Foundation, Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University
Chair: Hiroo Dohi: Director of Japanese Red Cross Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center, Former Director of Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & A-bomb Survivors Hospital
Chair: Kazunori Kodama: Senior Researcher of Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Physicians of 2nd Generation Hibakusha Symposium Kouichi Samashima: Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, School of Medicine, in the Department of Radiology and Oncology
Keiko Hiyama: President of Fukuhara Medical Clinic, Former Associate Professor at Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Susumu Shirabe: Trustee/Vice President of Nagasaki University
Moderator: Makoto Matsumura: Acting President/Vice President of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association
Plenary session 3

World without nuclear weapons 2
Sergey Kolesnikov: IPPNW Co-President, Member of Russian Academy of Medical Science, Former member of Russian Parliament
Rebecca Johnson: Executive Director & Co-founder of the Acronym Institute
Plenary session 4

Nuclear Energy: Health and Environmental Implications and Non-proliferation Issue
Otsura Niwa: Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, ICRP Committee member
Tetsuji Imanaka: Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute
Lars Pohlmeier: IPPNW Germany
Andi Nidecker: Professor of radiology, President of PSR / IPPNW Switzerland, Partner of private radiology group IMAMED in Basel
Moderator: Masao Tomonaga: Director of Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital
Moderator: Tatsujiro Suzuki: Vice Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
Plenary session 5

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster - How It Happened And Developed/ Medical Assistance -
Tatsujiro Suzuki: Vice Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
Kenji Kamiya: Director of Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Koichi Tanigawa: Professor at Hiroshima University Graduate School
Yoshio Hosoi: Professor at Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Osamu Amano: Member of Engineering Academy of Japan
Moderator: Kenji Kamiya
Moderator: Katsuko Kataoka: JPPNW Secretary General, Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University
Plenary session 6

IPPNW Core Programs
John Loretz: IPPNW Program Director
Robert Mtonga: IPPNW Co-President
Lars Pohlmeier: IPPNW Germany
Moderator: Kati Juva

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