Calendar of side events for the 2026 NPT Review Conference
Side events that can be accommodated within the room allocated for civil society will be scheduled by Reaching Critical Will. Please email Laura Varella (laura.varella[at]wilpf.org) to book the room for a side event. We will require the event name, general theme or focus, organiser/host information, and your top three preferences of date and time.
(Calendar last updated 15 January 2026)
| MONDAY, 27 APRIL |
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| TUESDAY, 28 APRIL |
| When | What | Where | Who |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Mayors for Peace Youth Forum | NGO Room | Mayors for Peace Contact: Koji Nagai |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Scientific Impacts of Nuclear Weapons | NGO Room | Hiroshima Prefectural Government, Nagasaki Prefectural Government and Pugwash Contact: Kaede Fukunaga |
| WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL |
| When | What | Where | Who |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Preventing backsliding on nuclear disarmament | NGO Room | Hiroshima Prefectural Government/ Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) Contact: Sakurako Sato |
| THURSDAY, 30 APRIL |
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| 10:00 - 13:00 | Bolstering the NPT Amid Renewed Nuclear Risks: Insights from Three Major Civil Society Reports | NGO Room | JIIA Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology (CDAST), under the direction of Professor Nobumasa AKIYAMA, Director of CDAST and Professor at Hitotsubashi University Contact: Timothée Albessard |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Non-NPT states and Nuclear Disarmament : Perspectives from the Global South | NGO Room | Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Contact: Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh |
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Beyond (Extended) Deterrence and Military Alliances:Building Lasting Peace and Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia | NGO Room | Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) Contact: Kihoon Lee |
| FRIDAY, 1 MAY |
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| 10:00 - 13:00 | Reflecting on State Obligations under Article VI of the NPT and the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion on Nuclear Weapons | NGO Room | Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, UN Office for International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms Contact: Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh |
| MONDAY, 4 MAY |
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| 13:00 - 15:00 | Mobilizing scientific communities to advance nuclear disarmament | NGO Room | Princeton University Program on Science and Global Security Contact: Zia Mian |
| TUESDAY, 5 MAY |
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| 13:00 - 15:00 | Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapons Risks | NGO Room | Princeton University Program on Science and Global SecurityContact: Zia Mian |
| WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY |
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| THURSDAY, 7 MAY |
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| FRIDAY, 8 MAY |
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