the 20th IPPNW World Congress Workshop Schedule
Friday, August 24, 2012
15:00 - 16:30
1) Catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear war
2) Comparing the health consequences of two nuclear catastrophes: Chernobyl and Fukushima
3) Communicating the abolition message using both traditional and cutting-edge media tools
4) A critical review of the nuclear industrial complex (NIC) - the three poisonous "P"s of the nuclear age
5) Peace, security and development in South Asia: A regional perspective
6) Banning WMD in the Middle East: The perspective of chemical weapons survivors
7) Nuclear weapon abolition from nuclear power free world
8) Nuclear weapon free zone
9) Responsibility to protect
10) Fukushima and Chernobyl, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Mayak and Three Mile Island: Put an End to the Nuclear age!
11) How to explain nukes to a newbie. The gender dimension as a chosen example
12) New Models for Violent Injury Research - Liberia and Zambia Case Studies
Saturday, August 25, 2012
10:50 - 12:20
13) Humanitarian and ethical approaches to banning nuclear weapons: Practical strategies for abolition
14) The non-nuclear path to energy security
15) Physician diplomacy in a post-Cold War world
16) The Obama administration's position on nuclear disarmament and the response of Physicians for Social Responsibility
17) Tackling Growing Violence against Women: Issues & strategies with special reference to India
18) Uranium and health - the need for increased NGO understanding and cooperation
19) Nuclear disarmament and civil society: The outlook from Russia and FSU
20) Campaign to improve the recognition system of A-bomb disease, and "black rain" issues in the current context
21) Health effects of radiation
22) The Nuclear weather in the Middle East; Spring or Autumn?
23) Victim Assistance Model Clinic – a North/South Collaboration of IPPNW-Austria/IPPNW-Zambia
24) Health Hazards and Solutions of the Problem of DU Weapons
Note: Medical Student Representatives Meeting will also be held during this timeframe
