Conference “Prague Agenda 2015”, 14-16 October 2015, the Institute of International Relations Prague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Metropolitan University Prague, Charles University in Prague and other partners
The aim of the 5th Prague Agenda conference organized on 14-16 October 2015 in the Czernin Palace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic is to further discuss the issues related to the “Prague Agenda”. This year’s conference will focus primarily on Nuclear Deterrence: Enduring Concepts and Current Debates, NPT Review Conference 2015: Lessons and Future Prospects and also on Emerging Nuclear Powers. The event will include a closed expert workshop that will examine the ways in which debates on disarmament, deterrence and non-proliferation are framed and the consequences this has, as well as a parliamentary conference, open to all, on Eliminating the Risks of Nuclear Weapons – a part of the Annual Assembly of the international network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). We are proud to announce that among the distinguished speakers will be: Jacek Bylica, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service; Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; Anne Harrington, Research Fellow, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich; Patrick Morgan, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine; František Janouch, Nuclear physicist, Chair of the Charter 77 Foundation, Czech Republic; Marek Jukl, President, Czech Red Cross; Kingston Reif, Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy, Arms Control Association, USA; Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow and Director of the Rethinking Nuclear Weapons Project, British American Security Information Council.