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Please join us for the Hiroshima Round Table 2021, a public webinar and press conference which will be hosted by the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe).

*The Hiroshima Round Table is a conference to discuss nuclear disarmament and arms control in East Asia. For more information on the latest conference, please refer to the link below:
https://hiroshimaforpeace.com/en/roundtable2019-result/
*Scheduled Participants List of Hiroshima Round Table 2021 is attached.

[Hiroshima Round Table 2021 Schedule]
(1) Closed Session
Date/Time: December 22 (Wed), 2021, 9:30 – 12:45
Format: Online

(2) Public Webinar ‘NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT’
Date/Time: December 22 (Wed), 2021, 16:00 – 17:30
Format: Online

(3) Press Conference (Chair’s Statement)
Date/Time: December 24 (Fri), 2021, 15:30 – 16:00
Format: Online/In person (at the Hiroshima Prefectural Office)


[Public Webinar]
1. Date/Time: December 22 (Wed), 2021, 16:00 - 17:30 (JST)

2. Format: Online (Zoom Webinar)

3. Theme: New Technologies and Nuclear Disarmament

4. Speaker: Dr. Tytti Erasto (Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI))

5. Moderator: Prof. Kiichi FUJIWARA (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo)

6. Language: English (Japanese-English real-time translation will be provided by a smartphone application)

7. Application Fee: Free

8. Application Deadline: December 19, 2021 (Sun) 23:59 (JST)

9. How to Apply: Please apply through the following website
https://hiroshimaforpeace.com/en/roundtable2021-webinar/
(After confirming your application, you will be emailed the Zoom link by the day before the event.)


[Press Conference]
1. Date/Time: December 24 (Fri), 2021, 15:30 - 16:00 (JST)

2. Format: Online (Zoom)/In person (at the Hiroshima Prefectural Office)

3. Language: Japanese and English (Japanese-English real-time translation will be provided by a smartphone application)

4. Participation fee: Free

5. Theme: Statement by the Chairman, Hiroshima Round Table 2021
(Summary outline of discussion at the closed session)

6. Application: Please send your name, contact information (phone number and email address), and the name of your employer (company name etc.) to the following email address: (chiheiwa@pref.hiroshima.lg.jp).
(At a later date we will send applicants a URL to view the press conference.)

7. Registration deadline: December 22, 2021 (Wed) 12:00 (JST)


［Contact］
Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)
(Peace Promotion Project Team, Hiroshima Prefectural Government)
Tel: +81-(0)82-513-2368
Email: chiheiwa@pref.hiroshima.lg.jp