Dear friends: Please find enclosed the Program for the National Convention on "The Politics of Nuclear Energy and Resistance" to be held on June 4-6 at Kanyakumari.
With best regards Uday S.P. Udayakumar, 42/27 Esankai Mani Veethy, Parakkai Road Jn, Nagercoil 629 002, Tamil Nadu, India Ph: 91-4652-240657/253295/9865683735 Email: drspudayaku...@yahoo.com National Convention on “The Politics of Nuclear Energy and Resistance” June 4, 5, 6 (Thu, Fri, Sat) 2009 Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India Program Day 1: June 4, 2009, Thursday 8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast / Registration / Networking 9:30 – 10:00 Songs Welcome and Introductory Note: Dr. S. P. Udayakumar 10:00 – 11:30 Session I - Panel Discussion Is Nuclear Energy the Answer for Climate Change? What Do We Do with the Waste & Decommissioned NPPs? Uranium – Thorium, IRE and All About That! 11:30 – 11:45 Tea 11:45 – 1:15 Session II – Panel Discussion Why Doesn't World Bank Give Loans to NPPs ? Why Isn't There Any Insurance Coverage for Nuclear Victims? Nuclear Business with the US, Russia, France, Kazakhsthan 1:15 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 – 4:00 Session III – Panel Discussion Health Impacts of Uranium Mining and NPPs The Politics of Rewriting the Atomic Energy Act 1962 The Mining-Power-Bomb-Business-Governance Connections 4:00 – 4:15 Tea 4:15 – 5:45 Session IV – Panel Discussion People's Movements/Struggles Against NPPs Peringome, Kerala Kaiga, Karnataka Haripur, West Bengal & Jaitapur, Maharashtra etc. 7:00 – 8:00 Dinner 8:00 – 10:00 Session V Nuclear Videos (with K. P. Sasi) Day 2: June 5, 2009, Friday WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (WED) 8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast / Networking 9:30 – 10:00 Recap, Notes from Yesterday's Presentations 10:00 – 11:30 Session I Testimonies / Depositions (Uranium Mining Victims in Jadugoda, Meghalaya, Hyderabad) 11:30 – 11:45 Tea 11:45 – 1:15 Session II Testimonies / Depositions (Kalpakkam & Other NPPs and Radiation Illnesses) 1:15 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 – 4:00 Session III – Tools for Activists Protecting the Land: Baliapal Case Study Developing the Disease Baseline Data Low-Level Radiation: Monitoring & Equipments Disaster Prevention Strategies 4:00 – 4:15 Tea 4:15 – 4:45 Session IV Koodankulam Struggle - Briefing 5:30 – 8:00 WED Public Meeting at Koodankulam “Save the Environment from Nuclear Threats” 8:00 – 9:00 Dinner 9:00 – 10:00 Session V Nuclear Videos Day 3: June 6, 2009, Saturday 8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast / Networking 9:30 – 10:00 Recap, Notes from Yesterday's Presentations 10:00 – 1:00 Session I (11:30: Tea) Strategy Session 1:00 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 – 5:00 Session II (4:00: Tea) Action Plan and Calendar of Events 7:00 – 8:00 Dinner Departures --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---