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1 IN COOPERATION WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA ACUNS VIENNA UN CONFERENCE January 14-16, 2015 Wednesday, January 14, :00-9:45 Registration (Gate 1) 10:00-12:00 Opening Session Welcoming Remarks Mr. LI Yong, Director General, UNIDO (tbc) Chair: Mr. Abiodun Willams, Chair, Board of Directors Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS) President, Hague Institute for Global Justice Opening H.E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of the Economic and Social Council (tbc) Mr. Yury Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, Executive Director, UNODC (tbc) Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, CTBTO H.E. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Ambassador of Mexico to the United Nations Ms. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, UNOOSA Ms. Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Chief of Protocol & Senior External Relations Officer, Director General s Office for Coordination, IAEA Mr. Michael Platzer, Chairperson, Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Representative KEYNOTE SPEECH 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break H.E. Mr. Peter Launsky Tieffenthal, Director General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and International Affairs Special Guest: The First Lady of Moldova H.E. Mrs. Margareta Timofti (tbc)

2 Wednesday, January 14, 2015 (Continued) 13:00-14:30 United Nations Industrial Development Chair: H.E. Ms. Lourdes O. Yparraguirre Organization: Inclusive and Sustainable Ambassador of the Philippines to Austria Industrial Development Mr. Kitaoka Kazuki, Strategic Planning Unit, UNIDO Ms. Petra Bayr, Member of the Austrian Parliament, Spokeswomen for Global Development Mr. Luis Gomez Echeverri, Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General on the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) (tbc) Mr. Uwe Schubert, Professor, Society for Industrial Development 15:00-16:30 United Nations Organization on Drugs Chair: H.E. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba and Crime: Peaceful and inclusive societies Ambassador of Mexico to the the International for sustainable development Organziations in Vienna Mr. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Policy Analy sis and Public Affairs, UNODC Mr. Gautam Babbar, Programme Management Officer & Inter-Agency Affairs Officer, UNODC Mr. Michael Obrovsky, Austrian Foundation for Development Research Mr. Michael Platzer, Chairperson, Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Representative 17:00-18:00 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Tready Mr. Cormac O Reilly, External Relations Officer, CTBTO Organization (Preparatory Commission) Briefing: The contribution of the CTBT to International Peace, Security and Development 19:00 Reception at the Diplomatic Academy of Welcoming speech: Future of rule- based societies Vienna (Courtesy of the Permanent Mission H.E. Mr. Hans Winkler, Director, Diplomatic Academy of of Austira to the International Organizations in Vienna Vienna Thursday, January 15, :00-9:30 Registration (Gate 1) 10:00-11:30 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chair: H.E. Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen, Ambassador and Science and Technology - The unique Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Norway (tbc) contributions of nuclear techniques to the Post 2015-Agenda Short film: Food for the Future Mr. Ferenc Toth, Planning and Economic Studies Section, Department of Nuclear Energy, IAEA Mr. Carl Blackburn, acting Section Head, Food and Envi ronmental Protection Section, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, IAEA Mr. Neil Victor Jarvis, Section Head, Division of Africa, Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA Ms. Monika Froehler, Communications Officer, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)

3 Thursday, January 15, 2015 (Continued) 12:00-13:30 United Nations for Outer Space Affairs Chair: H.E. Mr. Walther Lichem (UNOOSA): Space policy, science and technology: accelerating development in the post-2015 era Mr. Niklas Hedman, Chief Committee, Policy and Legal Affairs Section Mr. Luc St- Pierre, Senior Programme Officer, Space Applications Section Mr. Werner Balogh, Programme Officer, Space Science & Technology Space Apps. Section Ms. Irmgard Marboe, Professor of International Law, University of Vienna Mr. Wolfgang Veith, Head of the Product Assurance and Safety Department, European Space Agency (ESA) (tbc) 13:30-14:30 Lunch Break 14:30-15:50 UN Commission on International Trade Chair: H.E. Mr. Cristian Istrate, Ambassador of Romania (UNCITRAL) to the International Organizations in Vienna The importance of a solid commercial legal framework for sustainable development Mr. Jernej Sekolec, Former Secretary UNCITRAL, Independent Arbitrator Mr. Timothy Lemay, Principal Legal Officer and Head, Legislative Branch 16:00-17:30 The United Nations Entity for Gender Chair: H.E. Ms. Anu Laamanen, Ambassador of Finland Equality and the Empowerment of Women to Austria (UNWOMEN) Gender Equality and the Post-2015 Agenda The First Lady of Moldova, H.E. Mrs. Margareta Timofti (tbc) Ms. Ursula Bauer, Chief Executive Office, Executive Group for Organisation, Safety and Security, City of Vienna Ms. Lilly Sucharipa, President, Austria National Committee for UN Women Dr. Dorota Gierycz, Professor, Webster University Ms. Ivana Kristic, Professor, University of Belgrade 18:30 Social Event Wiener Heurige (Courtesy of the City of Vienna)

4 Friday, January 16, :30-8:00 Registration (Gate 1) 8:30-10:00 United Nations Industrial Development Chair: Mr. Martin Nesirky, Director, UNIS Vienna Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Information Service (UNIS), United for Education and Sustainable Futures (UESF), IAAI - Innovative Wyas for Youth Engagement UNIDO (tbc) and Volunteerism in UN Post-2015 Ms. Hanna Heikkila, Associate Expert, Prevention, Development Agenda Context Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC Mr. Daniil Chugunov, Psychologist, Associate Professor of the Institute of Management and Law, St. Petersburg Ms. Kehkasan Basu, UNEP Major Group Children and Youth (tbc) Mr. Miroslav Polzer, IAAI Mr. Billy Batware, UESF and Regional Academy on United Nations Ms. Viktoriya Luchka, 2014 Ukrainian Youth Delegate to the UN GA 10:00-10:15 Coffee break 10:15-13:00 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Inclusive and Sustainable Business Strategies: The Role Working Group I - of Self-Regulation - UNIDO I International Development and Trade Financing young entrepreneurs and young enterprises: Review of needs, difficulties, and challenges that young enterprises face when accessing finance UNIDO II New Eyes: A look from above on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and the growing relevance of UNOOSA UNOOSA Supporting Post-2015 Development Agenda through Investor-State Arbitration Rules in the field of Energy UNCITRAL Judges: Mr. Jacek Cukrowski, Chief, Institute for Capacity Development, UNIDO Ms. Aygul Duysenhanova, Programme Officer, UNOOSA Mr. Werner Balogh, Programme Officer, Space Applications Section, UNOOSA Ms. Katharine Sarikakis, Professor, Institute for Publication and Communication, University of Vienna Ms. Margarete Maria Grandner, Professor and Program Director, Department of International Development, University of Vienna Mr. Grzegorz Donocik, Former Chief, Europe and NIS Programme, UNIDO Mr. Miroslav Polzer, Secretary General, IAAI 13:00-14:00 Lunch break

5 Friday, January 16, 2015 (Continued) 14:00-15:45 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Modern Forms of Slavery and Human Trafficking Female Working Group II - offenders in the trafficking of persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation Victims or perpetrators? UNODC I Human Rights Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean: problems, questions and possible solutions in light of the Post-2015 Development Agenda IOM The Humanitarian Dimension of Nuclear Testing: How the nuclear test-ban treaty adds to the realization of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, and how international humanitarian law can be useful for enforcing non-proliferation CTBTO Post-2015 Development Agenda within the United Nations Policy Framework: Towards a future without violence against women UNWOMEN 15:45-16:00 Coffee break Judges: Dr. Dorota Gierycz, Professor, Webster University Mr. Cormac O Reilly, External Relations Officer, CTBTO Ms. Irmgard Marboe, Professor, University of Vienna Mr. Fabrizio Sarrica, Research Officer, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, UNODC Mr. Gunther Hauser, National Defence Academy, Vienna Mr. Diman Dimov, Project coordinator, DTA/OSB/ISS, UNODCAAI 16:00-17:30 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Benefits of Nuclear Energy to Overcome Climate Change Working Group III - the example of China IAEA Energy, Environment and Safety 17: RAUN Award Ceremony Evaluation of Battery Storage Technologies: Sustainable, rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa SE4ALL Sustainable Cities and Personal Security: Goals, approaches, outcomes Why is it worth keeping sustainable cities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda? - UNODC II Judges: Mr. Manfred Groening, Head, Terrestrial Environment Laboratory/ Seibersdorf, IAEA Ms. Sigrid Stagl, Professor, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Mr. Matthias Jurek, UNEP Vienna ISCC Mr. Antony Kamara, Advocacy & Communications C oordinator, SE4ALL Mr. Slawomir Redo, Senior Programme Adviser (ACUNS Vienna); Visiting Scholar, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY, NY, USA)

6 DATE/TIME TOPIC Tueday, January 13, 2015 (Additional Events) 9:30 12:30 IAAI ACUNS Workshop: Innovative Resource Mobilization for Post Multi-Stakeholder Action and Youth Engagement (Conference Room C5) 12:30 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 16:00 ACUNS Academic Forum Target & Indicators for peaceful, inclusive, justice societies for sustainable development (Goal 16) (Conference Room C5) 16:00 18:00 UNODC ACUNS Youth Forum Young People s Ideas about the Drug Problem (Conference Room C5) Additional support provided by: