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Hiroshima Prefectural Government

[Application Open] Hiroshima Round Table 2021 Public Webinar ‘NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT’ (Dec.22)

2021.11.30

Hiroshima Round Table 2021 Public Webinar
‘NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT’
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 (16:00 – 17:30 JST)

The Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) will hold a public webinar “Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Hiroshima Prefecture’s Joint Research Report ‘NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT’” at the Hiroshima Round table 2021.
Please join us for the public webinar as well as share this application guide through your own media!

*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/

*Applications are reopened due to the webinar being rescheduled from August 31, 2021

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

2. Format
Online (Zoom Webinar)

3. Theme
New Technologies and Nuclear Disarmament
(Since signing a partnership agreement in 2017, SIPRI and Hiroshima Prefecture have annually conducted joint research on nuclear disarmament. At this year’s webinar, the findings of last year’s research will be presented.)

4. Speaker
Dr. Tytti Erästö (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)
(Japanese sign language interpretation will be provided in the Zoom Webinar)

7. Application Fee
Free

8. Capacity
Max. 200 viewers (First-come-first-serve application basis)

9. Application Deadline
December 17, 2021 (Fri) 17:00 (JST)

10. 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.)

[Others]
We will provide another press release regarding more details of ‘Hiroshima Round Table 2021’ and its press conference at a later date.

FYI: Hiroshima Round Table 2021 Schedule (Provisional)
(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: In person (at the Hiroshima Prefectural Office)/Online

[Contacts]
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

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