Rapid technological advances are re-shaping the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) non-proliferation landscape, posing new challenges and significant opportunities to effectively mitigate evolving threats.
Emerging and disruptive technologies (EDT) – including artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing, unmanned aerial systems, and gene editing – have the potential to accelerate and exacerbate WMD threats. At the same time, EDTs and other WMD Relevant Technologies (WMD-RT) may offer threat reduction and non-proliferation solutions.
While the threats and opportunities posed by WMD-RT have long been recognised, little has been done to date to develop effective programmatic responses. In this context, as 2025 President of the G7-led Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP), Canada is leading a sustained process to identify WMD Relevant Technologies that either support WMD non-proliferation and counter-terrorism efforts or present threats that the GP can counter.
This invitation-only conference will bring together leading experts and innovators from G7/GP nations, academia, and the private sector with the aim of identifying WMD-RT that either present threats that can be countered or have the potential to support WMD non-proliferation and counter-terrorism efforts.
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