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Conference Agenda

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Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025
Innside by Melia	Internal FONAS Members Meeting, 16:00-18:00
Location	Uptown Sky Lounge at Innside Melia Sandkaulstraße 20, 52062 Aachen
6:00pm - 6:30pm	Welcome Reception with Drinks
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Research at a Crossroads: Shaping the Agenda for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament in a Changing World
8:00pm - 10:00pm	Flying Dinner Reception

Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025
Location	INClab at Invention Center, Aachen Campus-Boulevard 30, 52074 Aachen
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration
9:00am - 9:20am	Opening
9:20am - 9:40am	Poster pitches Gateways to the Deep: Factors of Potential Access to Dual-Use Sensing Data from Subsea Cables J. Franken, T. Dörnfeld, C. Reuter PEASEC, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Safeguarding Small Modular Reactors through Antineutrino-Based Monitoring S. Friedrich, R. Mentel, Y.-J. Schnellbach Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Breeding Uncertainties: A Simulation-Based Analysis of China's CFR-600 Reactors and Its Strategic Ramifications L. Mertes^1,2, R. Geiser³ 1: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, VeSPoTec; 2: TU Darmstadt, VeSPoTec; 3: RWTH Aachen, VeSPoTec Muography in nuclear verification K. Aymanns, T. Boland, I. Niemeyer Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany Digital Twins for Safeguards in Nuclear Waste Management M. Kreutle, I. Niemeyer Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management (IFN): IFN-2: Nuclear Waste Management, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Designing for Agency: Norms and Safeguards for Human Control in Autonomous Military Systems T. Riebe, A.-L. Gonsior, C. Reuter Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC), TU Darmstadt Additive manufacturing in the military technology sector - Application & proliferation of an emerged technology L. Suckau Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany The ‘AI Treasure Hunt’: A Metaphorical Approach to Reframing Artificial Intelligence Development J. Landwehr-Matlé, K. Oppermann Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany Assessing a Thermodynamic Approach to Disruption Tolerant Dynamic Systems T. Dörnfeld, C. Reuter Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC), TU Darmstadt
9:40am - 10:50am	Poster Session (with Coffee)
10:50am - 11:00am	Group Photo Location: INClab, Invention Center
11:00am - 12:30pm	Session 1: Evolving Verification of WMD in Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Chair: Dr. Gunnar Jeremias, Universität Hamburg, Germany A Systems-Based Framework for Effective Verification of Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament N. Yanikömer, I. Niemeyer Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Technical Verification and Monitoring Research at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament C. Gustavsson, P. Andersson, E. Arnqvist, S. Dar, E. Andersson Sundén Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Satellite monitoring of the DPRK Nuclear Programme G. Christopher¹, J. Shin², S. Laderman², H. Chalmers¹, H. Wingo¹, M. Fowler² 1: VERTIC; 2: Open Nuclear Network Shield to Cheat: Nuclear Warhead or Radioactive Material in Absorbing Enclosures? E. Lucke¹, C. Fichtlscherer^2,3, M. Kütt^2,4 1: University of Hamburg, Germany; 2: Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany; 3: Physics Institute III B, RWTH Aachen, Germany; 4: Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, USA
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Session 2: Continued- Evolving Verification of WMD in Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Chair: Dr. Cecilia Gustavsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Age-dating of environmental samples: a review and recent developments P. Kegler¹, A. K. Schmitt², A. Hertwig², D. Bosbach¹, I. Niemeyer¹, S. Neumeier¹ 1: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany; 2: John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Australia Non-destructive Probing of Novel Reactors with Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence L. Pazos Clemens^1,2, Y.-J. Schnellbach¹, M. Göttsche^1,2 1: Technical University Darmstadt, Germany; 2: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany nuSENTRY: Antineutrino-based Safeguards Concepts for Future Reactors Y.-J. Schnellbach, S. Friedrich, R. Mentel Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Fusion Power and Nonproliferation M. Englert, A. Kopp, C. Pistner Institute for Applied Ecology, Germany
3:00pm - 3:20pm	Coffee Break
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Session 3: New Frontiers in Arms Control and Disarmament Chair: Dr. Grant Christopher, VERTIC, United Kingdom Verification and security of nuclear, missile and space arms control: A systematic comparison J. Scheffran Universität Hamburg, Germany Latency-informed approaches to Irreversibility of nuclear disarmament A. L. Muti¹, H. Chalmers¹, S. Laderman² 1: VERTIC, United Kingdom; 2: Open Nuclear Network - Pax Sapiens, Austria Irreversibility and Compliance in Regional Nuclear Disarmament: Insights from a Tabletop Exercise N. Yanikömer¹, K. Westerich-Fellner¹, L. Bandarra², I. Niemeyer¹ 1: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; 2: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Coffee Break
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Session 4: Continued- New Frontiers in Arms Control and Disarmament Chair: Prof. Malte Göttsche, PRIF, Germany Towards a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification A. Muti, N. Stott, G. Christopher, L. MacFaul VERTIC, United Kingdom Exploring Antineutrino-based Safeguards for Naval Propulsion Reactors R. T. Mentel, Y.-J. Schnellbach, S. Friedrich Technische Universität Darmstadt Machine-Learning/Artificial-Intelligence–facilitated Satellite Imagery Analysis for Trustworthy Arms Control Verification S. Al-Sayed Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America AI-driven Biosciences: A New Frontier in Biosecurity Threat Landscape D. M. Sabra¹, J. L. Frieß², G. Jeremias¹ 1: INFABRI, ZNF, Hamburg University, Germany; 2: ISR, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
7:15pm - 9:30pm	Conference Dinner Location: Restaurant Elisenbrunnen, Aachen

Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
9:00am - 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 - 10:40am	Coffee Break
10:40am - 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 - 1:10pm	Lunch
1:10pm - 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. Brockmann^1,2 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 - 2:50pm	Closing