| Day 1 |
| 9.00 – 9.30 |
Arrivals and reception |
| 9.00 – 9.30 |
Registration at the OPCW headquarters |
| 9.30 – 9.40 |
Welcome by Dr. Ralf Trapp, Chairman of the Academic Forum Programme Committee |
| 9.40 – 9.55 |
Opening Address by Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General, OPCW |
| 9.55 – 10.10 |
Address by Dr. Ph. de Heer, Secretary General, Ministery of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands |
| 10.10- 10.25 |
Address by Admiral (ret.) Cees Van Duyvendijk, TNO |
| 10.25- 11.05 |
Statements |
| 11.05 – 11.35 |
Keynote address by Mr Rolf Ekéus, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| 11.35 – 12.00 |
Walk to the World Forum Convention Centre |
| 12.00 – 13.30 |
Lunch at the WFCC Amazon room |
| Four workshops sessions running in parallel start |
| 13.30 – 15:30 |
Workshop I, on the elimination of chemical weapons stockpiles:
Mr Arendt Meerburg (the Netherlands), convenor
Mr Stephen Robinson (Switzerland), rapporteur |
| 13.30 – 15:30 |
Workshop II, on the non-proliferation of chemical weapons:
Dr. Alastair Hay (the United Kingdom), convenor
Mr Daniel Feakes (the United Kingdom), rapporteur |
| 13.30 – 15:30 |
Workshop III, on the Convention and advances in science and technology:
Mr Julian Perry Robinson (the United Kingdom), convenor
Dr Robert Mathews (Australia), rapporteur |
| 13.30 – 15:30 |
Workshop IV, on the OPCW in a chemical weapons-free world:
Dr Mahdi Balali-Mood (the Islamic Republic of Iran), convenor
Ms Catriona McLeish ( the United Kingdom), rapporteur |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Break for tea and coffee at the WFCC Amazon room |
| 16.00 – 18.00 |
Four workshops, continued at the WFCC |
| 18.00 – 19.00 |
Reception at the WFCC Amazon room |
| Day 2 |
| 9.00 – 10.30 |
Workshops continued at the WFCC |
| 10.30 – 11.30 |
Group discussions on each workshop
Convenors |
| 11.30 – 12.30 |
Reporting per workshop
Rapporteurs |
| 12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch at the WFCC Amazon room |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
CBRN multilateral pentagame
Mr Paul Meerts, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael at the WFCC:
Amazon room and other meeting rooms |
| 15.30 – 16.45 |
Concluding session of each workshop
Workshop convenors |
| 16.45 |
Walk to OPCW headquarters |
| 16.45 – 17.15 |
Closing statement by
Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General |
| 17.15 |
Reception at the OPCW headquarters delegates’ lounge |
