Link to Conference Website Registration through InTouch+
Welcome to ICONS 2024 | |||||||||
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ICONS 2024!
ICONS 2024: Shaping the Future will be held at the IAEA’s Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, from 20 to 24 May 2024. It will have two main parts:
- A two day ministerial segment which will provide an opportunity for ministers to deliver messages on achievements and adopt a Ministerial Declaration; and
- A three day scientific and technical programme comprised of high level policy discussions on the overall themes central to nuclear security and parallel technical sessions on specialized scientific technical, legal and regulatory issues concerning nuclear security.
ICONS 2024 is the fourth ICONS and follows the success of the most recent ICONS held in Vienna, Austria, in February 2020. ICONS 2020 attracted more than 2400 registered participants from 145 Member States, including 54 representations at the Ministerial level, and 25 intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. ICONS 2024 will inform preparation of the IAEA’s next Nuclear Security Plan, which will cover the period 2026–2029. In general, the conference will cover areas that are attributable to the security of nuclear and other radioactive material, under and out of regulatory control.
Purposes and Objectives
ICONS 2024 will provide a global forum for ministers, policymakers, senior officials and nuclear security experts to discuss the future of nuclear security worldwide, whilst providing opportunities for exchanging information, sharing best practices and fostering international cooperation.
The conference will:
- Raise awareness of a wide range of nuclear security topics to maintain and further strengthen national nuclear security regimes for nuclear and other radioactive materials and associated facilities used for peaceful purposes, as well as international cooperation in strengthening nuclear security globally;
- Review nuclear security experiences and achievements, current approaches and trends, and highlight areas that may need more focused attention including technological dimensions;
- Promote IAEA nuclear security guidance, and experience of States in their application, including through peer reviews, advisory services and capacity building;
- Promote the sharing of information and good practices in nuclear security while protecting sensitive information;
- Reaffirm and support the central role of the IAEA in strengthening nuclear security globally and in leading the coordination of international activities in the field of nuclear security, while avoiding duplication and overlap;
- Highlight and promote the IAEA’s efforts to promote adherence to relevant international legally binding instruments and commitment to the legally non-binding instruments; and
- Discuss further enhancements of IAEA nuclear security activities and their sustainability.
Themes and Topics
Consistent with the objectives set out above, the overall themes for the conference will include:
- Policy, Law and Regulations for nuclear security
- Technology and infrastructure for nuclear security prevention, detection and response
- Capacity Building for nuclear security
- Cross-cutting nuclear security topics
Call for Papers
Authors of accepted abstracts are requested to submit full papers of about 7 to 10 pages in length. A compilation of full papers (in electronic format) will be made available to participants at registration. Full papers must be submitted through the INDICO submission mechanism in Word format. Submitting the paper in the indicated electronic format is mandatory. Specifications for the layout and format of contributed papers are available at the bottom of this webpage.
The IAEA reserves the right to exclude papers that do not comply with its quality standards and those that do not meet the expectations based on the information in the accepted abstract. Any papers identified as being plagiarized will immediately be eliminated, and the authors of the original work will be notified.
Registration
Authors must register online using the InTouch+ platform. The online registration together with the auto-generated Participation Form (Form A) and Form for Submission of a Paper (Form B) must reach the IAEA no later than 15 December 2023.
