SATURDAY 6th AUGUST

8.30am: Registration : Arrival music provided by Koto player Miyama McQueen-Tokita

9.00am: Welcome Session : speakers : Joy Murphy Wandin, Councillor Carl Jetter, Dr Sue Wareham

9.30am: Session One: Testimonies of War : synopsis : testimonies of survivors of war, from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through to modern day conflicts.
speakers : video message from Hibakusha, Socratez Yoman, Etervina Groenen, Dr Riadh Al-Mahaidi

11.00am: Break

11.30am: Session Two: Nuclear Weapons Today : synopsis : speakers will address the nuclear weapons threat in today's context. speakers : Dr Frank Barnaby, Prof Ramesh Thakur, Dr Marianne Hanson, Richard Starr

1.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm: Session Three: Workshops, including:

1. Progressing nuclear disarmament : international and local instruments to progress nuclear abolition

2. Pacific Peace : regional peace and anti-nuclear issues, focusing on the struggle for independence in West Papua and the survivors of the French nuclear testing in the Pacific

3. The War in Iraq : examining Australia 's role in the war in Iraq

3.30pm: Break

4.00pm: Session Four: Nuclear Terror - 60 years on : synopsis : speakers will highlight the long term health effects of radiation exposure, the Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project, and the winning entry of the MAPW Student Competition presentations. speakers : Ruth Mitchell, Dr Don McPhee, Roland Oldham, winning entry of the student competition

5:30pm: Close

7pm : Conference Dinner (bookings are made separately to registration fee) - Celebrate 25 years of IPPNW and MAPW! Dine with friends at Rydges Carlton. Cost $80 or $70 concession. Music and entertainment provided.

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SUNDAY 7th AUGUST

8:30am: Registration

9:00am: Welcome from Dr Ron McCoy, IPPNW Co-President

9:10am: Session One: Nuclear connections : synopsis : examining the push for nuclear power through to the expansion of Australia 's uranium mining and export industries. speakers : Dr Peter Tait, Dr Frank Barnaby and Dave Sweeney

10:40am: Break

11:00am: Session Two: Advance Australia Where? synopsis : speakers will examine the challenges of leadership in Australia. speakers : Senator Lyn Allison, Dr Ron McCoy, Lauren Giles and Harry Minas

12:30pm: Lunch

1:30pm: Session Three : Workshops : including:

1. Depleted Uranium : the health and environmental impacts of DU munitions

2. New Clear Directions - the case against nuclear reactors

3. Landmines - impacts on health and environment

2:30pm: Break

3:00pm: Session Four : Session Four: ICAN: International Campaign to Abolish Nukes — pie in the sky or the only option? synopsis: Can NGO’s and governments work together to deliver a Nuclear Weapons Convention? If so, with what steps and strategies? speakers : Dr Tilman Ruff, Prof Joe Camelleri, Dr Ron McCoy and others

4:30pm (or tba): Interfaith Service for the victims and survivors of the nuclear age : St Mary's College, Melbourne University, Swanston Street, Carlton (organised by Pax Christi)

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Note: program may change before August.