Dr. ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1942. He gained a Bachelor's degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He began his career in the Egyptian Diplomatic Service in 1964. From 1974 to 1978, he was a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. From 1981 to 1987 he was also an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the New York University School of Law.

　From 1984, Dr. ElBaradei was a senior staff member of the IAEA Secretariat, holding a number of high-level policy positions, including Agency's Legal Advisor and subsequently Assistant Director General for External Relations. He was appointed to Director General effective 1 December 1997, and reappointed to a third term in September 2005. In October 2005 Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts "to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way."

(Abstract from IAEA website: http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/dgbio.html)

　Mr. Jerry Paul became the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) first Principal Deputy Administrator on August 6, 2004. He was nominated by President Bush on February 3 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in July.

　Mr. Paul represented Florida's 71st district in the Florida House of Representatives. In the Florida legislature, Mr. Paul served as deputy majority whip and chaired the House subcommittees on Agriculture and Environment Appropriations and Environmental Regulation. Additionally, he served on the committees of Energy, Appropriations, Business Regulation, Natural Resources and Public Security.

　Mr. Paul recently served as a member of Secretary Abraham's Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee and as the Florida representative for both the Southern States Energy Board and the National Conference of Legislators Committees on Environmental and Natural Resources.

　Mr. Paul holds a law degree from Stetson University, a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the Merchant Marine Academy in Castine, ME, and a post-baccalaureate degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.

(Abstract from DOE website: http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/jerrypaulbio.htm)

　Dr. Akimoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1929. He gained a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry then a Doctorate in Science at Tokyo Bunrika Unicersity (now Tsukuba University). From 1958 to 1960, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) at the University of Calfornia, Berkeley.

　Dr. Akimoto started his professional career when he joined the Mitsubishi Metal Corporation (now the Mitsubishi Materials Corp.) in 1954. Since then, he has worked for the Corporation for over 50 years holding the Corporation's prominent positions, including Director of Nuclear Energy Department, Managing Director, Senior Managing Director and Executive Vice President. In June 1994 he was appointed President and CEO. He has been engaging in Japanese energy policies serving as member of various committees regarding natural resources and nuclear energy in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Cabinet Office.

　He was awarded a Blue Ribbon Medal, Japan in 1997 and Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur Chevalier, France in 2003.

　After graduation from Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, he taught at Faculty of Law, Okayama University, as associate and then full professor. Since 1999, he has been professor of international law at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University. Professor Asada has also served as Senior Associate at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, legal advisor to the Japanese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, special assistant to the Science and Technology Agency, member of the Atomic Energy Commission's International Regulation Committee, Industrial Structure Advisory Council's Subcommittee on Security and Trade Control of the METI and the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Verification.

　Dr. Burkart is Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of States. His particular areas of focus are international nuclear cooperation programs; proliferation resistance and advance nuclear technologies, including participation in the Generation IV International Forum, INPRO and the DUPIC fuel cycle development; international verification of nuclear material; and international spent fuel and waste storage and disposal. He serves on the American Nuclear Society Special Committee on Nuclear Nonproliferation. Dr. Burkart has been with the U.S. Government for over 30 years in a variety of positions related to nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation.

　Dr. Burkart has a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia.

Graduated from Kyoto University (Law Faculty)
Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)

Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva

Director, Disarmament Division, United Nations Bureau

Director, International Press Division

Director, Overseas Establishments Division

Minister, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea

Consul-General, Consulate-General of Japan in Munich, FRG

Assistant Vice-Minister

Ambassador, Director-General, Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department, Foreign Policy Bureau

Graduated from French Navy School
Graduated in Nuclear Techniques from French Institute for Nuclear Sciences and Technology

1981-1990

Navy officer in charge of various functions in relation to nuclear submarines and strategic missiles

1991-1995

Executive Deputy Director, Military School for Atomic Applications

1995-2000

Planning Officer for Strategic Affairs, General Armament Delegation

2000-2005

Advisor to the Director for International Affairs, CEA

2005-present

Deputy Director, Directorate for International Affairs, CEA

1994

Chevalier in the National Order of the "Merite"

1998

Chevalier in the Order of "la Legion d'Honneur"

　Mr. Vitaly Fedchenko is a Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Stockholm, Sweden. He joined SIPRI in 2005 as a researcher on reinforcing EU Cooperative Threat Reduction Programmes and actions required to support the EU Strategy Against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, with responsibility for nuclear security issues and EU-Russian relations. His another responsibility is to research issues relevant to energy security, nonproliferation and the impact of nuclear fuel cycle technologies on the policy matters. Previously, he was a visiting researcher at SIPRI; a Researcher and Project Coordinator at the PIR Center for Policy Studies in Russia; and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Applied International Research in Moscow, Russia. He is the author or co-author of a number of publications on international non-proliferation and disarmament assistance, Russian nuclear exports and nonproliferation.

Bachelor of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering, Osaka University

Deputy Minister for Science and Technology, Science and Technology Agency

Administrative Vice Minister for Science and Technology, Science and Technology Agency

Vice President, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)

President, JAERI

Executive Vice President, JAEA

　Dr. Olli Heinonen was appointed as the Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Safeguards, at the International Atomic Energy Agency, in July 2005. The Department of Safeguards is responsible for verifying that nuclear material placed under Safeguards is not diverted to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and that there is no undeclared nuclear material or activities in non-nuclear weapons States party to the NPT.

　Before joining the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1983, Dr. Heinonen was a Senior Research Officer at the Technical Research Centre of Finland Reactor Laboratory Otakaari, Espoo, Finland.

　From 1999-2002, Dr. Heinonen was Director of Operations A and from 2002-2005, he was the Director of Operations B in the Department of Safeguards.

　Dr. Heinonen studied Radiochemistry and holds a Ph.D in Radiochemistry from the University of Helsinki, Finland.

(IAEA website: http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/heinonen_bio.html)

　Mr. O'Connor is Deputy Director of the Office of Dismantlement and Transparency, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of Energy. His particular areas of focus include Safeguards system modeling and engineering applications related to destructive and non-destructive assay of nuclear materials, environmental sampling, and containment/surveillance. He is the Chairman of the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards (USSP), which develops Safeguards and verification equipment for use by the IAEA. Current USSP equipment efforts include development of next generation seals, surveillance systems, and process monitoring instruments, as well as an unattended monitoring system for the Chernobyl conditioning facility.

　Mr. O'Connor has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of Hawaii. He is also a graduate of the Naval War College. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of California and Colorado.

　Mr. Maurizio BOELLA is employed at the European Commission.

　In 1988-1989 he worked at the European Joint Research Center of Petten (Netherlands) in the research program for Advanced Materials.

　From 1990 until 2003 he covered several positions at the European Commission services in Luxembourg related to the implementation of nuclear Safeguards in European reprocessing and fabrication plants.

　He has been nominated Head of Inspection Unit for Fabrication and Enrichment plants in 2003 and he is presently Head of the Unit "Concepts, Evaluation and Logistics" within the Directorate of "Nuclear Safeguards".

Studied at the University of Sussex, UK

Graduated from University of Tokyo and received a Bachelor of Engineering degree (Nuclear Engineering)

Received a Master of Engineering degree (Nuclear Engineering) from University of Tokyo

Received a Master of Public Systems Engineering degree from University of Michigan, USA

Joined Science and Technology Agency (STA)

Section Chief, Nuclear Safety Policy Division, Nuclear Safety Bureau (NSB), STA

System Analyst, Division of Development and Technical Support (SGDE), Department of Safeguards, IAEA

Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation Division, NSB, STA

Director of SGDE, Department of Safeguards, IAEA

Director, Nuclear Safety Policy Division, NSB, STA

Deputy Director-General of NSB, STA

President, Nuclear Material Control Center (NMCC)

　Dr. Min is a manager of Verification Technology Department, National Nuclear Management and Control Agency of Korea (NNCA). He is interested in the development of verification equipment of the nuclear materials for the purpose of Safeguards and physical protection through NDA and any other technologies. He is working at this area at NNCA for more than 10 years since 1994 including his carrier at Technology Center for Nuclear Control, KAERI. He started his carrier as a seismologist in an area of nuclear test ban treaty. Later, he moved to the IAEA Safeguards area and attended to Committee 24 as a Korean delegation for the negotiation of the Additional Protocol.

　Dr. Min has a BS and MS degree at Seoul National University and got a Ph.D in seismology and CTBT at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is a member of Korea Nuclear Society (KNS) and is serving as a member of Committee for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Control, KNS.

Scientist, Plutonium Fuel Design Section, Plutonium Fuel Division, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC)

Special Researcher, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Senior Advisor, Nuclear Material Control Division, PNC

General Manager, Nuclear Nonproliferation Office, PNC

Group Leader, Policy Planning Group, Policy Planning Division, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC)

Deputy Director, JNC Tokyo Office

Deputy Director, International Cooperation and Nuclear Material Management Division

Director, International Cooperation and Nuclear Material Management Division

Director, Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Technology Center, JAEA

　Jean Cazalet is with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris. All his career was devoted to research and program management for nuclear energy: nuclear reactors, uranium enrichment, nuclear safety and risk assessment.

　At present, he deals with innovative nuclear systems. He is especially involved in non-proliferation studies. He is a member of an international working group on Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection (in the frame of Generation IV program).

Diploma in Nuclear Engineering, Moscow Institute for Physics and Engineering

Degree of Candidate of Science on Nuclear Eng., Ph.D

Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE). From researcher to Head of department "Nuclear energy and plutonium disposition"

Senior staff of International Atomic Energy Agency. Assistant to the IAEA Deputy Director General on nuclear technology matters. INPRO Methodology task manager. Liaison officer on proliferation resistance issues between Nuclear Energy and Safeguard Departments

IAEA consultant. Technical advisor to the IAEA DG MNA group.

Fellowship Landau Network-Centro Volta on proliferation resistance

Leading researcher. Assistant to Director General of IPPE on innovative technologies for nuclear energy.More than 30 years research activities in the fields of nuclear power and energy system planning. The scope of recent interest includes: evaluation of the role of nuclear power for sustainable development, with emphasis on proliferation resistance of innovative reactor and fuel cycle options; development of methodologies and models for analysis of different nuclear energy fuel cycle strategies, including non-proliferation aspects.

Graduate from Keio University, Mechanical engineering

Enter Mitsubishi Atomic Power Industrial Company CO.LTD

Transfer to Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Change to Tokyo Electric Power Company

Transfer to Japan Nuclear Development Institute

Director, FBR Cycle Development Office, Executive Office for the Policy Planning and Administration, Head Office, JNC

Deputy Director General, Advanced Nuclear System Research and Development Directorate, JAEA

Co-chair of TWG-3

Co-chair of SFR Steering Committee

Vice-chair of GIF Policy Group

　Executive Communicator and Deputy General Manager, Public Relations Department, Japan Atomic Power Company.