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Symposium Ahead of the Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
Reflecting on the Vision Against Reality of Arms Transfers in the World
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Date and time
Saturday 18 August 2018, 1:00PM-6:00PM (Venue opens at 0:30PM)
Venue
Global Hall, Ground Floor, Global Front Building, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Map
Entry fee
Free
Language
English and Japanese (simultaneous translation will be provided)
Registration
Please pre-register before Friday 17 August 2018 using the link below. We will close the registration when the number of applicants reaches the capacity. Your information will be kept confidential by the Arms and Civil Society Research Forum and will be used to provide you with information on its events.
Sponsor
Meiji University Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer
Co-sponsor
Arms and Civil Society Research Forum
Supporting organisations
Division of Peace Studies and International Development-University of Bradford, Forum for the History of Armaments Industry and Arms Transfer, Political Economy and Economic History Society, Institute of World Studies-Takushoku University, Japan Association of Disarmament Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (NISEA), Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Small Arms Survey
Programme and panelists
| Welcome remarks | Prof. Toshiyuki Ogawa | Vice President (Research and Development) at the Meiji University |
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| Key note speech | Nobushige Takamizawa | Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament |
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Session 1: Review of the history and the present state of arms transfer control | Dr. Tamara Enomoto | Research Fellow at the Meiji University Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer and Co-representative at the Arms and Civil Society Research Forum |
| Prof. Heigo Sato | Professor at Takushoku University, Vice Director at the Takushoku University Institute of World Studies, and Co-representative at the Arms and Civil Society Research Forum | |
| Break | ||
| Session 2: Challenges Facing the Arms Trade Treaty | Dr. Paul Holtom | Senior Researcher at the Small Arms Survey |
| Prof. Owen Greene | Professor of International Security and Development and Director of Research at Division of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford | |
| Ms. Mitzi Austero | Programmes Manager at Nonviolence International Southeast Asia | |
| Mr. Nicholas Marsh | Research Fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) | |
| Break | ||
| General Discussion | All panelists | |
| Closing remarks | Prof. Katsuhiko Yokoi | Director at the Meiji University Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer |
*This symposium is partially funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s (MEXT) Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, 2015–2019, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP16K17075 (Post-Cold War Conventional Arms Control in Historical Context: Towards Collaboration between Security Studies and History) and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP16KT0040 (Popular Basis and Technological Basis of Military/Para-Military Conflicts: Causalities and Norms for Dispute-Settlement and Avoidance).
