Presentations in 2016

Biosafety and biosecurity: A disarmament perspective,

Course Addressing Challenges in Global Health Security, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 February 2016

The Ongoing Challenge of Controlling Chemical Weapons,

Lecture in the cycle ‘Arms Control and Proliferation’, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 15 February 2016

Terrorist Use of WMD, Centre of Excellence – Defence Against Terrorism, Ankara, 11-15 April 2016

• CW Use in Terrorist Attacks: ISIL’s resort to toxic chemicals in Syria and Iraq
• Preventing Terrorist Use of CBW: The role of international disarmament treaties
• Internal dynamics of a terrorist entity acquiring non-conventional weaponry

OPCW Day The Hague, 3 May 2016

• Future and CWC: Allegations of CW Use and Their Impact on the Treaty
• OPCW Advisory Board on Education and Outreach (ABEO): The First Steps

Article VII of the BWC,

Introductory Workshop on the 8th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, Organised by the BWC Implementation Support Unit (ISU), the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI), Geneva, 27 June 2016

Biological Weapons and the Challenge of Verification,

United Nations Programme of Fellowship on Disarmament, United Nations, Geneva, 1 September 2016

Visions and elements of a longer-term education and outreach strategy,

2nd ABEO meeting, OPCW, The Hague, 4–6 October 2016

OPCW Advisory Board on Education and Outreach (ABEO): The First Year,

83rd Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW, 13 October 2016

OPCW Advisory Board on Education and Outreach (ABEO): The First Year,

Briefing to the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board, The Hague, 25 October 2016

First tabletop exercise on BTWC Article VII, United Nations, Geneva, 8-9 November 2016

• Article VII of the BTWC, Workshop – Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on the Implementation of BTWC Article VII, organised by the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
• Article VII of the BTWC: Some issues for further considerations, Lessons learned from a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on the Implementation of BTWC Article VII, Preliminary report to States Parties during the 8th Review Conference, Geneva, 14 November 2016

Biological and Chemical Weapons: A Genuine Threat?,

Policy Leadership in International Security Course 2016-2017, Module 3: Evolutions in Warfare & Strategic Technologies; Arms Control & Disarmament, Geneva Centre for Security (GCSP), Geneva,17 November 2016

OPCW Advisory Board on Education and Outreach (ABEO: Relevancy to National Authorities,

18th Annual Meeting of National Authorities, OPCW, The Hague, 23 November 2016

The BTWC 8th Review Conference: Political dynamics and opportunities for African states,

Assistance and capacity-building in the context of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Seminar organised by the African Union and the Institute for Security Studies (Pretoria), Addis Ababa, 9 December 2016