Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention: Remotely Piloted Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Systems

Preliminary programme

Lunch 12:30 Lunch (in room), with live display of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)

Opening Remarks 13:00 Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW 13:05 Cindy Smith, Director UNICRI

13:10 Ida Haisma, Hague Security Delta

Presentations 13:15 Developments in Science and Technology: Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry Jonathan Forman, OPCW Science Policy Adviser

13:25 Benefits of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention  (Speaker TBD, OPCW to organise)   13:40 Dual Use: Understanding the Security Implications and Responsible Progress Irakli Beridze, Senior Policy and Strategy Advisor UNICRI    13:50 Future Directions and Diffusion of Technology (Speaker FLI/FHI, TBC)

14:00 Private Sector Perspective (Speaker TBD)

14:10 Civil Society Perspective  Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield (TBC, UNICRI)

14:20 Questions and Answers

 Closing Remarks 14:50  OPCW and UNICRI

14:55 Event Concludes