Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
9:00am
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10:20am
Session 5: Trust, Transparency, and Governance in Verification
Chair: Dr. Kim Westerich-Fellner, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
 

The Nuclear Hecate: The Three Faces of Trust and Verification.

L. Bandarra1, C. Wunderlich2, L. Herholz3

1: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; 2: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; 3: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany



Verification as forming and performing of knowledge infrastructures

L. Ostermann, J. Schäfer, S. Böschen

RWTH Aachen, Germany



Balancing innovation, openness and security in research: the emergence of research security approaches in Europe

L. Heau

SIPRI, Sweden

10:20am
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10:40am
Coffee Break
10:40am
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12:10pm
Session 6: Technological Innovations in Crisis Prevention and Conflict Resolution
Chair: Dr. Neslihan Yanikömer, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
 

Evaluating European Missile Defense Against New Missile Threats

T. Kadyshev

IFSH, Germany



Autonomous Weapon Systems and Military Decision Making using Artificial Intelligence: Concepts for Preventing Unintended Escalation

J. Altmann

TU Dortmund University, Germany



Socio-Technical Responses to Disinformation and Information Operations

F. Schneider, K. Hartwig, T. Biselli, C. Reuter

Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC), TU Darmstadt



Safeguards as a Knowledge Infrastructure: Exploring Technology Development and Diffusion into the IAEA Verification Regime

J. Schäfer

RWTH Aachen, Germany

12:10pm
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1:10pm
Lunch
1:10pm
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2:40pm
Session 7: Governance and Dual-Use Technologies
Chair: Jochen Kuck, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
 

Gain-of-function research as dual-use research of concern: Variations of Securitization in the United States

A. Kelle1, M. Dando2

1: IFSH / CBWNet, Germany; 2: University of Bradford, Bradford, UK



The geopolitics of governing quantum technologies: The case of export controls

K. Brockmann1,2

1: SIPRI, Sweden; 2: Brockmann Non-Proliferation Research and Consulting, Germany



DUALEX: Integrating Dual-Use Awareness into German STEM Education

J. L. Frieß1, D. M Sabra2, G. Jeremias2

1: Institute of Safety/Security and Risk Sciences, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria; 2: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker-Centre for Science and Peace Research (ZNF), Interdisciplinary Research Group for Analysis of Biological Risks (INFABRI) Hamburg University, Germany



Dual-use Research - Conceptualization, Political and Ethical Challenges

W. Liebert

BOKU University Vienna, Austria

2:40pm
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2:50pm
Closing