Events

Learn more about upcoming and past events and conferences sponsored by PONI in DC and across the country, as well as other important events where you can connect with nuclear experts.

Past Events

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May262020

Nuclear Deterrence with Russia and China: Are U.S. Course Corrections Needed?

Featuring Fiona Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University; Michael Kofman, Director of the Russia Studies Program, CNA; and Amy F. Woolf, Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; moderated by Eric Gomez, Director of Defense Policy Studies, Cato Institute. May 26, 2020 12:00 PM to…

Apr242020

Arms Control Association Annual Meeting

Washington Court Hotel (525 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001) Conference from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm followed by a post-meeting reception at 4:00 pm for all attendees. This year as we mark the 75th anniversary of the dawn of the nuclear age and the 50th anniversary of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), we face an ever more serious array of challenges….

Apr242020

WEBINAR: Stimson center – The Critical Role of Underground Research Laboratories

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board presents the Board’s report of US DOE underground research laboratory (URL)-related research and development activities, and their relationship to a spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste disposal program. The report describes the critical role of URLs in technology development and demonstration, training, and public confidence building. April 24, 2020…

Apr152020

PONI Capstone Conference

Due to internal guidance from CSIS, guidance from STRATCOM partners, and our determination to prioritize everyone’s health and safety we are going to postpone the Capstone Conference. This is a priority event for us and we are currently working to reschedule the conference and will follow up with you all as soon as we nail…

Apr092020

Virtual: NDU Spotlight Webinar

You are invited to participate in a Spotlight Webinar hosted by the National Defense University (NDU) Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction on 9 April from 1300-1430 using BlackBoard Collaborate. The Spotlight Webinar will feature Paul Bracken’s latest research on the increasing ability of major powers to find and destroy mobile targets…

Mar132020

Carnegie – France’s Defense Strategy: A Conversation With Ambassador Philippe Etienne

EVENT DETAILS DATE Friday, March 13, 2020 TIME 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. LOCATION Carnegie – 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 SPEAKER Ambassador Philippe Etienne MODERATOR Ambassador William J. Burns CONTACT Natalie Hall +1 202 939 2282 | Natalie.Hall@ceip.org French President Emmanuel Macron—leader of one of Europe’s premier military forces and now the EU’s sole…

Mar122020

A Peace Regime for the Korean Peninsula

A Peace Regime for the Korean Peninsula Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020 Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Location: U.S. Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037 In June 2018, the United States and North Korea committed to building “a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.” And although the recent collapse of negotiations…

Mar122020

Hypersonic Weapons and Strategic Stability

March 12, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm LOCATION: 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 20742 A conversation with Dean Wilkening Dean Wilkening is a senior staff scientist in the Precision Strike Mission Area at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory working on long-range precision strike kill chains, especially for hypersonic weapons. Previous research…

Mar112020

2020 Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference and Workshop

Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance March 11th and 12th |Iowa State University |Ames, Iowa Iowa State University will be hosting the Fifth Annual Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference in Ames, Iowa on March 11th and 12th.  This two-day conference will feature a USSTRATCOM-hosted tabletop exercise focused on deterrence issues, along with panel presentations and…