Members are free to participate in working groups and research symposium/colloquium
Registration fees for non-members are for venue hire, morning and afternoon teas, and lunches
For membership enquiries, contact: publicdiplomacy@apsisummit.com
Working Group Series, APSI Forum
Asia's Powers and Middle East Arms Race: Trends and Non-proliferation Efforts
Date: 28th of January 2021
Venue: James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, 147 The Terrace, Wellington (TBA)
For members and invited guests only
Facilitators:
Dr Anita Abbott, APSI Forum
MGen (Ret) Gert-Johannes Hagemann, APSI Forum
Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro, APSI Forum
8am-8.15am: Staff Briefing
8.15am-8.30am: Arrival coffee and tea
8.30am- 8.45am: Waiata, National anthem and karakia : Harry Lazarus
8.45am-9am: Opening remarks: Maxwell Abbott, Global Partnership and Development Ltd
9am-10am
Speaker: Guy Roberts, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Defense Programs (TBC)
10am-10.15am: Morning tea break
10.15am-11.15am: China's nuclear approach in Iran
Speaker: TBA
11.15am-12.15pm: Asia and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
Speakers: TBA
12.15-1pm: Lunch break
1pm-3pm Iran nuclear deal and the future of US-India counter terrorism
Speaker: TBA
3pm-3.10pm: Afternoon tea break
3.10pm- 4.30pm: NPT and Non NPT states: India, Pakistan, and Israel
Speakers:
Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow at Center for International Strategic Studies, Pakistan
LtGen (Ret) Vinod Bhatia, Director of Centre For Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), India
Representative from Israel (TBA)
4.30pm: Concluding Remarks
Distinguished guests:
Ambassadors and MPs
Seminar and Panel Discussions, APSI Center of Excellence (COE)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): China's role, advantages, and consequences
Date: February 2021 (Date TBA)
Venue: Novotel Hotel, Wellington (TBC)
Registration:
Free for members
$ 80 (virtual)
$ 120 (attendance at the venue. Morning tea, afternoon tea, and lunch are included)
Working Group, APSI Forum
Arms control and confidence building measures in the Asia-Pacific region.
Date: May, 2021 (Date TBA)
Venue: Novotel Hotel, Wellington
For members and invited guests only
Facilitators:
Dr Anita Abbott, APSI Forum
MGen (Ret) Gert-Johannes Hagemann, APSI Forum
Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro, APSI Forum
Research Colloquium, APSI Center of Excellence (COE)
Non-proliferation and alternative security architecture
Date: TBA
Venue: TBA
Registration:
Free for members
Registration:
$ 80 (virtual)
$ 120 (attendance at the venue. Morning tea, afternoon tea, and lunch are included)
Membership Enquiry: publicdiplomacy@apsisummit.com
Working Group Series, APSI Forum
Maritime Security and Competing Interests in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean
Date: June 2021 (Date TBA)
Venue: Novotel Hotel, 133 The Terrace, Wellington Central, Wellington (TBC)
For members and invited guests only
Facilitators:
Dr Anita Abbott, APSI Forum
MGen (Ret) Gert-Johannes Hagemann, APSI Forum
Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro, APSI Forum
Seminar and Panel discussions, APSI COE
Discussions on Women and Security issues in the Asia-Pacific region
Date: July 2021 (Date TBA)
Venue: Distinction Hotel, Palmerston North, New Zealand (TBC)
Free for members.
Research Symposium, APSI COE
Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness
Date: TBA
Venue: Distinction Hotel, Palmerston North, New Zealand (TBC)
Registration:
$ 80 (virtual)
$ 120 (attendance at the venue. Morning tea, afternoon tea, and lunch are included)
Seminar, APSI COE
Cultural Diplomacy and Cooperation with International Organisations
Date: TBA
Venue: James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, 147 The Terrace, Wellington (TBA)
Registration:
$ 80 (virtual)
$ 120 (attendance at the venue. Morning tea, afternoon tea, and lunch are included)
Working Group Series, APSI Forum
Nuclear Security Challenges and Strategic Arms Reduction in the Asia-Pacific region
Date: November 5, 2020
Venue: Novotel Hotel, 133 The Terrace, Wellington Central, Wellington
Facilitator: Dr Anita Abbott, APSI Forum
8am-8.15am: Staff Briefing
8.15am-8.30am: Arrival coffee and tea
8.30am- 8.45am: Waiata, National anthem and karakia
8.45am-9am: Opening remarks
9am-10am
Speaker: Guy Roberts, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Defense Programs
10am-10.15am: Morning tea break
10.15am-11.15am: Emerging military technologies and their potential future impact on the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region
Speaker: James Faist, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities, Office of the US Secretary of Defense
11.15am-11.30am: Annual meeting (APSI committee and advisory board ONLY)
11.30am-12.30 pm: Lunch break
12.30-1pm: Nuclear risks and opportunities: A global round-up
Speaker: Dr James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1pm-1.30 pm: Commentaries
Northeast Asian democracies and potential proliferation triggers
Speakers: Dr Anita Abbott and Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony A. Spadaro, APSI Forum
1.30pm-2.30 pm: Is India's Policy on Use of Nuclear Weapons Credible?
Speaker: Major General Ravi Arora, CEO and Chief Editor 'Indian Military Review'
2.30pm-3.30pm: China and India-Pakistan nuclear arsenals
2.30pm-3pm: Arms Race Instability in South Asia: Trends and Trajectories
Speaker: Dr Mansoor Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow at Center for International Strategic Studies, Pakistan
3pm-3.30pm: China-Pakistan Nuclear Relations
Speaker: Dr Priyanka Singh, Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India
3.30pm-4pm: Concluding Remarks
Distinguished guests:
His Excellency Dr Jesus Domingo, Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa &Tonga
Bill Chen, Representative from Taiwan
Chris Penk, National MP
James McDowall, MP, ACT, party spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
APSI Forum Working Group Series
29-30 July, Queenstown, New Zealand
COPTHORNE HOTEL AND RESORT QUEENSTOWN LAKEVIEW
88 Frankton Road, Queenstown
Defence Against Biological Agents
Addressing military, political, scientific, and legal challenges in biological defence
July 29
12.30pm-12.40pm: National Anthem and Karakia
12.40pm-1pm: Welcoming address: Mike Theelen, Chief Executive, Queenstown Lakes District council
1pm-1.30pm: Strategic Foresight Analysis: Potential biological weapons threats
Facilitator: Dr Anita Abbott, Committee Chair, APSI Forum
1.30pm-2.30pm: Biological weapons: Past, present, and future
Speaker: Dr Seth Carus, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Presentation by SKYPE
2.30pm-2.45pm: Afternoon tea break
2.45pm-3.45pm: Biological warfare and the future of the Law of Armed Conflict
Speaker: Prof. Sascha Dov Bachmann, Professor in Law at Canberra Law School
Presentation by SKYPE
3.45pm-4.15pm: Bio-defence alliance
Speaker:
His Excellency Mr. Zbigniew Gniatkowski, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Poland
(Polish perspective)
4.15pm-4.45pm: Foreign Affairs and Defence Challenges
Speaker: Simon O'Connor, Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade committee
4.45pm-5pm: Closing Remarks: Brett Murphy
7pm: Dinner at Millennium Hotel
July 30
8.30am-9am: Biodefense: Trends and Challenges
Speaker: Major General Gert-Johannes Hagemann, Deputy Commander of Headquarters. Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ RRC-FR) in Lille, France
Live webinar/Skype
9am-10am: Foreign policy and biochemical terrorism
Speaker: Tracy Walder, Author, former CIA officer and FBI special agent, and worked at the Agency's Counterterrorism Center Weapons of Mass Destruction Group
10am-10.30am: Morning tea break
10.30am-11.30pm: Measures for controlling the threat from biological weapons
Speaker: Hon. Andrew C. Weber, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs; Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks.
Presentation by SKYPE
11.30am-12.30pm: China's Biological Warfare Programme: An Integrative Study With Special Reference to Biological Weapons Capabilities
Contributor: Dr Dany Shoham, Biological Weapons expert, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Visiting Fellow at IDSA New Delhi
12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm-3pm: Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness
Speakers:
Gillian Somerville, Human Factors Engineer, GES consulting
Dr. Barnaby Pace, Human Factors Psychologist
3pm-3.10pm: Afternoon tea break
3.10pm-4.10pm: National security threat perception embedded in biological threat
Speaker: His Excellency Dr Itzhak Gerberg, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel in New Zealand
4.10pm-4.40pm: Strategic Communication
The role of media in the event of a bioterrorist act
Speaker: Brett Murphy, Asia-Pacific Security Innovation Forum
4.40pm-4.50pm: Closing Remarks: Dr Anita Abbott