An Open Forum for NGOs was held on the sidelines of the CSP on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 in the Ieper Room of the OPCW Headquarters, open to all Conference participants. The presentations were as follows:

1. The International NGO Coalition Against Chemical Weapons: An Overview
   Dr PAUL WALKER, Director
   Security and Sustainability Program, Global Green USA
2. The National Implementation Measures (NIM) Programme
   Mr SCOTT SPENCE, Senior Legal Officer
   Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)
3. Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Riot Control Agents and Incapacitants under the Chemical Weapons Convention
   Mr MICHAEL CROWLEY, Project Coordinator
   Disarmament Research Centre, University of Bradford UK
4. The OPCW Verification Regime: Need for a Paradigm Shift?
   Dr RALF TRAPP
   Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
5. CTBTO: Approaches to Public Outreach (Working Title)
   Dr ANNIKA THUNBORG, Spokesperson and Chief
   Public Information, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization