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The paper aims to review the perceptions of the Southeast European countries toward the NPT and TPNW and identify the main determinants of their disarmament policies. It analyzes official statements of the Southeast European states during the NPT preparatory meetings and review conferences, and their positions in various stages of the TPNW development, to bring out a position of a certain country toward the NPT and TPNW and then dive into analysis of the determinants of the outcomes. The paper contributes to the deeper understanding of the disarmament policy choices of the Southeast European states, thus also contributing to the assessment of possible changes in their positions regarding the nuclear weapons ban. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This meeting was hosted by St George's Hospital, London 13th–15th September 2023 at the Twickenham Conference and Events Centre, London. The full abstracts of the platform presentations are followed by the titles of those submissions accepted as short orals and e-posters. The order of abstracts is that of presentation. Any papers in the programme that were not presented to the society at the meeting have not been published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a personal reflection on the founding of positive psychology. A researcher of subjective well-being for 20 years before the advent of positive psychology, Ed Diener was well positioned to understand how professional acceptance of positive topics changed over time. He describes the impact that Martin Seligman had on the field. Diener provides a description of the early positive psychology initiatives, and includes several personal anecdotes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the environmental sustainability of the meetings, incentives, conventions, and events (MICE) industry. Topics discussed include the perception and attitude of attendees towards environmental issue, the paper-based survey during the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the sustainable practices such as water conservation, waste management, and beverage and food consumption.

The extant research relates to what the Millennial generation prefers in their meetings and events. The focus of this paper is to compare the wants and needs of Millennials from five different continents to ascertain similarities and differences. This is the largest study ever done of Millennials with regard to meetings and events. While some differences were uncovered, it was found that Millennials are a very homogeneous group. Thus, event professionals can use similar strategies when targeting this group. However, it was also found that there were some differences in specific areas and event professionals would do well to ascertain their mix of attendees by national origin and then apply the most significant findings of the research at hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]