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Webinar on Looking Back and Looking Forward, Shaping Nuclear Security through ICONS
Date and Time
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Vienna (Austria) Time
Duration: 1 hour
Background
In May 2024, the IAEA convened the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Shaping the Future (ICONS 2024). It was the fourth quadrennial ministerial conference on nuclear security convened by the Agency, following conferences held in July 2013, December 2016 and February 2020.
The conference attracted over 2000 registered participants, including 49 ministers, deputy ministers and other high ranking officials, underscoring the importance of ICONS as the largest and foremost global forum for nuclear security practitioners. The conference also demonstrated widespread recognition among members of the international community that nuclear security is a topic that requires continued attention, discussion and international dialogue. Conference panellists and participants consistently emphasized the need for the Agency to continue organizing periodic international workshops, and meetings and forums, such as ICONS, in order to share best practices and foster continued and meaningful international cooperation.
Building on the discussions held at ICONS 2024, the IAEA is launching a webinar series titled “Nuclear Security – Looking Beyond ICONS 2024”. Individual webinars will be planned on a variety of topics related to the core themes of ICONS 2024: policy, law and regulations for nuclear security; technology and infrastructure for nuclear security prevention, detection and response; capacity building for nuclear security; and cross-cutting nuclear security topics.
The first webinar is on “Looking Back and Looking Forward, Shaping Nuclear Security through ICONS”. Dates and times for future webinars will be announced in due time.
Objective
The objectives of the webinar are:
- To engage the international nuclear security community in an open discussion about the outcomes of ICONS 2024 and emerging topics in nuclear security.
- To provide a platform for information exchange and strengthening international cooperation for nuclear security.