Day 1: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
08:30 - 09:00 |
Registration |
Opening Remarks |
09:00 - 09:05 |
Opening Remarks Mr. Tsutomu Oshida
Executive Managing Director, Center for Information on Security Trade Control (CISTEC),
Japan |
09:05 - 09:15 |
Welcome Speech
Mr. Ryosei Tanaka
Parliamentary Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan |
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09:15 - 09:25 |
Welcome Speech
Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano
Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
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Theme 1:Current International Situation |
09:25 - 09:45 |
“The Relationship between Strategic Export Controls and Economic Benefits”
Dr. Bryan Early
Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft,
University at Albany, State University of New York |
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09:45 - 10:05 |
“Internalisation of International Regimes and UNSCRs: Control Lists”
Dr. Sibylle Bauer
Programme Director, Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) |
10:05 - 10:15 |
Q&A |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 - 10:50 |
“Current Situation Related to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)”
Mr. Taijiro Kimura
Senior Deputy Director, Conventional Arms Division, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan |
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10:50 - 11:10 |
“The Wassenaar Arrangement and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)“
Ambassador Philip Griffiths
Head of Secretariat, Wassenaar Arrangement |
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11:10 - 11:20 |
Q&A |
11:20 - 11:40 |
“Arms Trade: A Balancing between Transparency and National Security”
Mrs. Elizabeth Konstantinova
Political and Economic Section, Delegation of the European Union to Japan |
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11:40 - 12:00 |
“Expectations for the Arms Trade Treaty”
Mr. Richard Tauwhare
Head, Arms Export Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom |
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12:00 - 12:10 |
Q&A |
12:10 - 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
Theme 2:Current Topics Related to Strategic Trade Control
(Introduction to the Breakout Session) |
Theme A: Issues of Export Licensing |
13:30 - 13:45 |
“National Experience to Ensure Secure Trade and Challenge for Non-proliferation”
Mr. Jun Kazeki
Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Trade Control Department,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan |
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13:45 - 14:00 |
“Inter Agency Cooperation: Pakistan's Perspective”
Mr. Mueed Aman Rana
Assistant Director, Strategic Export Control Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
“India's Export Control System: Licensing Procedure and Inter-agency Process”
Mr. Daya Shankar
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade, Export Cell, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, India
Mr. Vikram Vardhan
Officer, Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India |
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14:15 - 14:30 |
Q&A |
Theme B: Issues of Outreach Activities to Industries,
Universities and Research Institutes |
14:30 - 14:45 |
“Outreach to the Scientific/ Research Community”
Ms. Andrea Pokerznik
Senior Project Analyst, Division 225 – EU Outreach Projects, Federal Office of Economic and Export Control, Germany |
14:45 - 15:00 |
“Strategic Trade Act 2010: Reaching Out to SMEs: Malaysia's Initiatives”
Mr. Muthafa Yusof
Strategic Trade Controller, Strategic Trade Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia |
15:00 - 15:15 |
“The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies: Export Control Outreach Activities in the Asian Region”
Mr. Robert Shaw
Program Director, Export Control and Nonproliferation James Martin Center
for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies, A Graduate School of Middlebury College |
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15:15 - 15:30 |
“ICP Implementations in Japan”
Mr. Kozo Sakamoto
Director, Security Export Inspection Office, Trade Control Department,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan |
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15:30 - 15:50 |
Q&A |
15:50 - 16:05 |
Coffee Break |
Theme C: Discussion on Transit, Transshipment and Brokering |
16:05 - 16:20 |
“Experience of a Trading Hub Country”
Mr. George Bontenbal
Head of Unit, Export Control & Strategic Goods, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands |
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16:20 - 16:35 |
“Interdiction: A U.S. Perspective”
Mr. Tony Foley
Director, Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State, U.S.A. |
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16:35 - 16:45 |
Q&A |
Theme D:Related Issues |
16:45 - 17:00 |
“Advance Filing Rules on Maritime Container Cargo Information”
Mr. Tomoyoshi Watanabe
Deputy Director, Enforcement Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (MOF), Japan |
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17:00 - 17:15 |
“International Efforts against Proliferation Financing”
Mr. Kentaro Sakai Senior Policy Analyst, FATF Secretariat, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) |
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17:15 - 17:25 |
Q&A |
17:25 - 17:30 |
Administrative Announcement |
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17:50 - 18:00 |
Photo Session |
18:10 - |
Reception at Room Greenwind |