Speaker: Dr Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

Chair: Shri Praful Bidwai, Founder-Member, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India

An expert on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Dr Johnson is Co-Chair, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, and of the women's advisory group for the International Action Network for Small Arms. Her book Unfinished Business is on civil society and government strategies to achieve the CTBT, and her most recent book is Trident and International Law, co-edited with Angie Zelter (2011)