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10:00am - 10:15am

Afternoon Session

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaudis the Director of the United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations in New York. He has studied at the University of Paris-I Sorbonne, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. in political science-law and a Doctorat d'Etat in philosophy. A former fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School), he has taught at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne, the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm, Harvard University and Keio University (Tokyo). He has also been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law. He has held a variety of positions, with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Parliament, and the United Nations, where he served as a speechwriter in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary -General Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He has published more than ten books in the fields of comparative politics, legal philosophy, political theory, and international politics, including Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Dr. Coicaud is now finishing two new single-authored books, Kissing War Goodbye, and Knowledge and International Institutions.

Brian Keenan Muzás earned a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1996, an M.S. in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1998, and both an M.Div. in pastoral ministry and an M.A. in systematic theology from Seton Hall University in 2003. Subsequently ordained a Catholic priest, Father Muzás served in parishes, taught both computer science and international relations at Seton Hall, and co-chaired an NGO conference planning committee at the United Nations. He is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic interests encompass diplomacy, international security, defense systems, and ethics

Kristin Jenssen has worked as an Associate Political Affairs Officer with the Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch at the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs since September 2006. Her main areas of focus are nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, missiles and outer space issues. She has served as the Substantive Advisor on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues in the UN Disarmament Commission during its last three annual meetings, was the Deputy Secretary for the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Missiles in all its Aspects throughout its three sessions in 2007-2008, and provides substantive and administrative support to the review process for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Kristin holds a BA in Russian and East European Studies and an MA in Contemporary War and Peace Studies from the University of Sussex in the U.K.

Kathleen Sullivan, PhD has been engaged in the nuclear issue for over 20 years, during which time she has worked internationally with youth, community organizers, academics, government representatives and nuclear industry officials. Formerly the coordinator of the Nuclear Weapons Education and Action Project of Educators for Social Responsibility in New York, Dr. Sullivan is a disarmament education consultant to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. With veteran filmmaker Robert Richter, she produced The Last Atomic Bomb, a film about survivors from Nagasaki. She was also consultant producer for Steven Okazaki's film White Light Black Rain: the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Sheena Nayak is an intern in the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)'s Information & Outreach Branch. She is also in her final semester of her Master's of Arts degree in International Policy Studies, specializing in Non-proliferation, at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.At UNODA, Sheena compiles and distributes the daily Disarmament Digest, which is a collection of all news items pertaining to disarmament issues. In addition, she attends UN disarmament-related conferences and assists the Office in note-taking and producing summaries of the meetings. At the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Sheena was a graduate research assistant for the James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies, where she focused her research on nuclear and missile programs in the Middle East. Sheena will graduate with her Master's degree this summer and hopes to pursue a career in U.S. non-proliferation and disarmament policy.

Daniël Prins heads the Conventional Arms Branch of the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs in New York. From 1993 to 2007 he was a diplomat for the Dutch government. Prior to joining the foreign service, he was a lecturer in International Security at the Royal Netherlands' Naval College.

Gustavo Laurie is the Acting Chief of Policy, Information and Resource Management. A Peruvian career diplomat, bachellor in law and with a degree in International Relations, Gustavo joined the United Nations in 2003 as UNMAS Liaison Officer in Geneva. In the last eleven years he has been involved in matters pertaining to disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation and mine action.

Akiko Ikeda, Programme Officer with the United Nations Mine Action Service, is a sociologist by training with experience in the area of urbanization, social inclusion and gender. Ms. Ikeda has worked at United Nations Development Programmes in Nairobi, Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Democracy Fund. At UNMAS, she assists with the inter-agency coordination processes, gender mainstreaming and the human rights of persons with disabilities.

Dr. Mary E. Norton is Associate Dean and Professor of Global Academic Initiatives, Felician College, Lodi, New Jersey. She hold a MA, Ed.M. and doctor of education from Columbia University, New York and post doctoral study in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York. She is the recipient of five Fulbright Awards and several USAID grants. She has developed baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing in Iran, Pakistan and Jordan. Most recently, received the Felician College President's Medallion, Humanitarian Award from the American Council on Diversity, and the New Jersey Nurses Association highest award "Excellence in Nursing Education."