Zero Nuclear Weapons

Forum I: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. “We Are at a Turning Point”

Welcoming address by David Miller, Mayor of Toronto

Presentations, followed by question and answer session:

• Anthony Cary, British High Commissioner to Canada
• Jonathan Schell, Author and analyst of nuclear arms
• Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and president of Mayors for Peace (by interactive video-conferencing from Japan.)

Moderator: Alexa McDonough; formerly federal leader of the New Democratic Party; President, Mount St. Vincent University

Forum II: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. “Surmounting the Obstacles”

• Pavel Podvig, Stanford University, Center for International and Strategic Studies (by videoconferencing from Geneva)
• Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Policy Adviser, Project Ploughshares
• Trevor Findlay, Director, Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance

Moderator: Olivia Ward, Toronto-based journalist

Workshop I: 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm. “Arctic Nuclear Weapon Free Zone”

• Michael Wallace, University of British Columbia
• Michael Byers, University of British Columbia
• Adele Buckley, Canadian Pugwash

Moderator: Steven Staples, President, Rideau Institute

Forum III: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm. “Arousing and Sustaining Political Will”

• Rebecca Johnson The Acronym Institute, London (by videoconferencing)
• Christopher Westdal, Former Canadian Ambassador to Russia
• Douglas Roche, O.C., Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament; Former Canadian Senator.

Moderator: Sergei Plekhanov, Professor of Political Science, York University