Disarmament in Review
We are delighted to introduce the 2021 participants to the Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshop for Young Scientists from the Global South, 2nd Edition. The workshop will start on 22 January 2021, bringing together 29 talented young scientists from 17 countries from the Global South for a five-week series of virtual sessions covering topics related to the BWC.
Participants:
- Muhammad ADEEL – PAKISTAN
- Mayra Belén AMENEIROS – ARGENTINA
- Fatima AZIZ – PAKISTAN
- Poliana BELISÁRIO ZORZAL – BRAZIL
- Adam BEN NASR – TUNISIA
- Hitesh Kumar BHATTARAI – NEPAL
- Esther DEGUENON – BENIN
- Safaa KALAI – TUNISIA
- Maria KHAN – PAKISTAN
- Mariam LAATIFI – MOROCCO
- Maryam Sani LAWAL – NIGERIA
- Brice Boris LEGBA – BENIN
- Youmna M’GHIRBI – TUNISIA
- Melissa MARTIN – MALAYSIA
- Plebeian MEDINA – PHILIPPINES
- Abigail PADUA – PHILIPPINES
- Ruth MOGOKOTLENG – SOUTH AFRICA
- Nethia MOHANA KUMARAN – MALAYSIA
- Felix Gabriel MORONTA BARRIOS – VENEZUELA
- Nicolas Alvaro MUENAS CASTILLO – CHILE
- Javed MUHAMMAD – PAKISTAN
- Suryesh Kumar NAMDEO – INDIA
- Lambert NZUNGIZE – RWANDA
- Catalina PARDO ROA – CHILE / COLOMBIA
- Javier Antonio RODRIGUEZ – ARGENTINA
- Faheem SHAHZAD – PAKISTAN
- Shruti SHARMA – INDIA
- Luciana VÁZQUEZ – ARGENTINA
- Ashenafi Kiros WUBSHET – ETHIOPIA
Observers:
- Stephanie NORLOCK – International Federation of Biosafety Associations
- Novil WIJESEKARA – Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
The 2nd Edition of the Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshop for Young Scientists from the Global South is financed under the auspices of European Union Council Decision 2019/97/CFSP in support of the BWC. It aims at providing a platform for young scientists from the Global South to share their knowledge and ideas about biosecurity issues at the local level and ways to strengthen it. During the virtual sessions, participants will engage with over 10 experts on topics such as science diplomacy, science advice in the context of the BWC, dual-use research of concern, responsible and ethical science and innovation, global health security and other science and technology topics of relevance to the BWC.
Experts – 1st session:
- Alisha Anand, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- Nancy Connell, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- James Revill, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- Lizeka Tandwa, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand
Experts – 2nd session:
- Alex Lampalzer, Implementation Support Unit/Biological Weapons Convention, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
- Anne Christine Rehema Keah, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Switzerland
- Clarissa Rios Rojas, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nancy Connell, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Experts – 3rd session：
- Ethan Klein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Gowri Gopalakrishna, International Federation of Biosafety Associations Equity-Focused Coordinating Committee
- Isa Begemann, Leiden University, the Netherlands
- Naomi Ekpoki, Covenant University, Nigeria
- Renata Hessmann Dalaqua, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- Stephanie Norlock, International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA)
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For further information, please contact bwc@un.org. Follow the workshop on social media using #Youth4Biosec.
