"Meeting Agenda"
The International Meeting on
Nuclear Energy and Proliferation in the Middle East
June 22-24, 2009 (tentatively)
Amman, Jordan
 http://acsis.org/announcements3.asp

BACKGROUND
 Recent international developments sparked a change in attitudes, policies and perceptions towards non-conventional energy resources, including nuclear energy. Currently, a number of countries in the Middle East are in various stages of planning towards possessing nuclear energy facilities. The introduction of nuclear energy capabilities in the region poses a number of challenges pertaining to operations, management, safety as well as proliferation pattern within the region. The meeting also discuss the prospects of creating a NWFZ in the Middle East.

 MAJOR THEMES AND AREAS
The meeting will likely focus on several tracks, including (but not restricted) to the following:

Atomic Energy Management Initiatives …
"regulating the spread of atomic energy"

 • Global Nuclear Energy Partnership - GNEP

 • International Uranium Enrichment Center –
   IUEC

 • IAEA Nuclear Fuel Bank

 • Existing international regulatory frameworks
   (e.g. EURATOM … )

 • The impact of emerging bilateral and
    multilateral nuclear partnership protocols

 • Local and regional legislations (current within
   the Middle East) pertaining to the utilization
   of nuclear energy

 • Role of regional bodies and international
   organizations (e.g. GCC, Arab League, EU ..
   etc.) 		  Security and Environmental Considerations of
Nuclear Facilities

 • Energy Security (individual vs. cooperative
   approaches for the security of Nuclear
   Facilities)

 • Risk identification, risk management and
   Disaster Recovery Planning in nuclear energy    systems

 • Environmental implications in nuclear energy
   facilities

 • Anticipatory systems, foresight handling and
   Loss prevention/reduction

 • Nuclear Terrorism (feasibility and applicability)
 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the Middle East

 • International legislative framework
    o NPT
    o IAEA safeguarding system
    o Physical Protection Convention of Nuclear
       Material

 • Prospects of a nuclear weapon free zone in
   the Middle East

  Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy in the Arab Region

 • The utilization of atomic energy in the Arab
    region, 2020 strategy

 • The feasibility of establishing a regional center
    for the production of fissile Material

 • Prospects of a dedicated nuclear fuel    production cycle (e.g. an Arab cycle vs. a    Mediterranean cycle)
 
Energy Demand in the Middle East and the Arab Region

 • Global demand on energy resources

 • Energy demand in the Arab region and the
   need for unconventional energy resources

 • The economics of nuclear energy

 • Feasibility of alternative and renewable
   energy resources
 

   Various possible tracks

 • Nuclear energy (economic, political, security
   implications issues .. etc.)

 • The IAEA .. etc.)

 • Energy security

 • Establishing nuclear energy confidence building
   measures

 • Common perceptions towards possessing of
    nuclear energy

 • Cooperative Training and capacity building in
   the nuclear field
 

AUDIENCE AND TARGET SECTORS
 • The meeting will engage a large international audience (speakers and participants). Due to the broad scope
  of topics addressed, audience is expected to be of a multidisciplinary nature, highly diversified and
  multinational.

The meeting foresees the engagement of a number of sectors in the meeting, including "but not restricted" to the following:

Legislative Authorities:
• Civil defense, military agencies

Related sectors:
• Universities and scientific sectors, research Labs, water sector, economic and industrial sectors.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
• Chairs:
 - Wael Al-Assad, (League of Arab States)
 - Kamal Arajj (Jordan Atomic Energy Agency)
 - Ambassador Mohamad Shaker (ECFA)
 - Ayman Khalil (ACSIS)