The Hungarian Permanent Mission in Vienna organized at its premises, on 7 June 2011, in close cooperation with the PTS of the CTBTO a round-table discussion on the civil and scientific application of the CTBT verification related technologies.
The discussion took place in the margins of the CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2011. Scientists arriving to the S&T Conference as well as representatives of International organizations (WMO, WHO) and of Vienna based missions participated at the event – all together about 80 people. Among others, countries like Angola, Comoros, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Gambia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Namibia, Panama, Sri Lanka, the Philippines Thailand, Turkey and Zimbabwe were represented.
Introductory presentations were provided by the PTS on tsunami early warning and radio-nuclide detection. An expert from the Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute, Budapest held a presentation on the benefits of OSI capabilities. The participants expressed their appreciation for the information they were provided with and for the greater understanding of the CTBT and of its technologies. They have announced their intention to share this information with the relevant ministries and institutions in their respective countries.