Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
9:00am
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10:20am
Trust, Transparency, and Governance in Verification
 

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
Technological Innovations in Crisis Prevention and Conflict Resolution
 

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, I. Niemeyer

RWTH Aachen, Germany

12:10pm
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1:10pm
Lunch
1:10pm
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2:50pm
Governance and Dual-Use Technologies
 

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



Dual-Use Dilemmas and Technological Opportunity: Rethinking Verification and Governance in the Biosecurity Age

K. Reis

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany



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

2:50pm
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3:00pm
Closing