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2022 Fall Conference

Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues for our hybrid 2022 Fall Conference on October 25, 2022.

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When
Oct. 25, 2022 - Oct. 25, 2022
9:00 AM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Where
CSIS and Online
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Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues for our 2022 Fall Conference on October 25, 2022. This hybrid conference will feature a keynote address as well as presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics such as nuclear policy and strategies, arms control and proliferation challenges, technology and capabilities, and deterrence.

The PONI Conference Series, is unique in its emphasis on featuring rising experts and young professionals in the nuclear field. The Conference Series draws emerging thought leaders from across the nuclear enterprise and policy community and provides them with a visible platform for sharing their new thinking on a range of nuclear issues.

The conference will be hosted at CSIS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. 

 

2022 PONI Fall Conference

Center for Strategic and International Studies

1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

October 25, 2022

 

9:00 AM Conference Check-In  

9:30 AM Conference Welcome   

Dr. Heather Williams, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies  

9:45 AM Panel 1: Open-Source Information and Nuclear Risks

Nikolaos Moulios, OSINT Applications for Nuclear Facilities Investigation, A Berkeley Protocol Based Approach

Genevieve Hackman, The Future of Nuclear Issues in an Open-Source Landscape  

Jesse Thomas, Country Level Risk Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism

 

11:00 AM Break

 

11:15 AM Panel 2: Emerging Technologies and Challenges                  

Jessica Link, Finding the Silver Linings: Opportunities for Emerging Technologies to Enhance Crisis Stability

Harry Spencer, Modelling Missile Defense: The Numbers Behind GBMD in Two Crisis Scenarios

Tim Thies, Keeping up with Hypersonics: Arms Control Responses to the              Hypersonic Threat

 

12:30 PM Lunch 

 

1:00 PM Keynote

Brigadier General Peter M. Bonetti, Director, Nuclear Enterprise Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

           

2:00 PM Break            

 

2:15 PM Panel 3: Nuclear Policy and Strategy                  

Annika Kastetter, Chinese War Control and US Approaches to Deterrence

Dilan Koc, Gray Zone Security Assurances: The Case of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Hannah Harris, Title Forthcoming.

 

3:30 PM Closing Remarks

Kelsey Hartigan, Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior  Fellow, International Security Program   

3:45 PM Conference End

 

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