Nuclear proliferation: The final pandemic
Wednesday - Thursday 3 - 4 October 2007
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the IPPNW
An international meeting in association with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear of Nuclear War and its UK affiliate Medact
The conference aim is to raise awareness and provide the scientific and health update on some ionising radiation issues and hazards, and working groups will discuss future research, education and campaigning. The two day programme will include plenary sessions on radiation and health, the use of highly enriched uranium to produce medical isotopes, and updated modelling of the climate effect of regional nuclear war.
Wednesday 3rd Oct - Pre-dinner drinks 7.00PM, Conference dinner 7.30pm
Registration Details:
2 day reduced fee - Fellow: £200
2 day reduced fee - Associate: £200
2 day reduced fee - RSM trainee: £115
2 day reduced fee - RSM student: £45
2 day reduced fee - Non Fellow: £300
2 day reduced fee - Trainee: £130
2 day reduced fee - Student: £75
Fellow/ IPPNW member: £130
Associate: £130
Trainee - Fellow: £100
Student Members: £25
Non-Fellow: £230
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £100
Dinner: £25
Meeting ref: CC-E10-1
Provisional Programme |
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Wednesday 3 October 2007 |
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8.15 am |
Registration with tea and Coffee |
9.00 am |
Open plenary |
| Chairs: Gunnar Westberg, MD, Co-President, APPNW and Steve Mannion, President, Catastrophes and Conflict Forum, Royal Society of Medicine | |
| Speakers: Masai Tomonaga, MD; Nagasaki survivor; Member of the Board, IPPNW and Victor W. Sidel, Former Co-President, IPPNW | |
10.30 am |
Tea and coffee break |
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Plenary |
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11.00 am |
Climate effects of regional nuclear war |
| Chair: Andy Haines, MD, Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
| Speakers: O.B. Toon, PhD. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Alan Robock, PhD, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers University, and Ira Helfand, MD, IPPNW | |
12.30 pm |
Lunch |
| Including exhibit of The Nuclear Dilemma, Major books, publications, and campaign materials produced over the past 30 years (or more) on the medical implications of nuclear war. | |
2.00 pm |
Using weapons grade uranium to produce medical isotopes - An avoidable terrorist danger |
| Chair: Bill Williams MBBS; Medical Association for the prevention of war, Australia | |
| Speaker: Martin Kalinowski, Director, Carl Friedrick von Weizacker Centre for Science and Peace Research (ZNF), Germany | |
2.30 pm |
Radiation and health |
| Chair: David Rush, MD; Emeritus Professor of Nutrition, Community Health (epidemiology) and paediatrics, Tufts University and Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams; Emeritus Professor of Histopathology, University of Cambridge | |
| Speakers: Steve Wing, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Dr Ian Fairlie, Independent Consultant, Member of Secretariat, Former member of Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE) | |
| Respondent: Martin Tondel, MD; Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Linkoping University, Sweden | |
4.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
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Destruction before detonation |
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4.30 pm |
Part 1: The Legacy of Nuclear Testing |
| Speaker: Tilman Ruff, MD; President, MAPW | |
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Part 2 : The Human Impacts of Uranium Mining |
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| Chair: Ime John, MD, Co-President, IPPNW | |
| Speaker: Satyajit Kumar Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh (Urology) Vice President, Indian Doctors for Peace Development and Shakeel Ur Rahman. National Secretary, Indian Doctors for Peace and Development and Bill Williams, MBS, Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Australia | |
6.00 pm |
Close of meeting |
7.00 pm |
Conference Dinner |
Thursday 4 October 2007 |
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8.30 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
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Workshops |
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9.00 am |
Morning Workshops |
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Climate effects of low-yield nuclear war: Setting a research and educational agenda |
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| Chair: Any Haines, MD; Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
| Core Group: Brian Toon, Alan Robock, Ira Helfand, MD | |
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The psychosocial dimensions of nuclearism: the human faces of nuclear war; lost opportunities for health, development and sustainability |
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| Chair: Elisabeth McElderry, Medact | |
| Core Group: Daniele Viliunis, Gunnar Westberg | |
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Vertical and horizontal proliferation- the growing threat to health and life fro, new nuclear weapons, new nuclear infrastructures, and new nuclear policies |
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| Chair: John Loretz, Program Director, IPPNW | |
| Core Group: Bob Gould, MD; Past President, PSR-USA; Satyajit Kumar Singh, India | |
10.30 am |
Tea and coffee break |
10.50 am |
Continuation of morning workshops |
12.00 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
Afternoon workshops |
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Radiation and health - the legacy of nuclear testing and the public health hazards of continued reliance on nuclear weapons: Scientific data as a basis for activism |
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| Chair: David Rush, MD | |
| Core Group: Steve Wing, Ian Fairlie, Martin Tondel | |
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The nuclear weapons-nuclear energy link: Can one be abolished without the other? |
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| Chair: Frank Barnaby, PhD | |
| Core group: Bill Williams, MD | |
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Nuclear Terror: Exploring options for prevention and preparedness |
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| Chair: Ira Helfand, MD | |
| Core Group: Catherine Thomasson, MD; Gunnar Westberg, MD | |
3.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
3.20 pm |
Continuation of afternoon workshops |
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Working Group Reports |
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4.30 pm |
Closing Plenary -How to eliminate the Nuclear Threat; Rewards of success, Consequences of Failure |
| Chair: June Crown, MD, Medact | |
| Speakers: Catherine Thomasson, MD; President, PSR (The military and humanitarian consequences of an attack against Iran) Shahriar Khateri, MD; President, Society of Chemical Weapons Victims Support, Tehran ( The Iranian perspective) and Roy McCoy, MD; Former Co-President, IPPNW ("Abolition is the Third, Best, and Only Option) | |
6.00 pm |
Closing Ceremony: Candlelight Procession (Outside venue to be confirmed) |
