The first conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series was held on June 21-22 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Global Security Research. The two-day conference will feature a series presentations from emerging nuclear experts, a keynote address, tours of facilities at Lawrence Livermore, and a breakout discussion on nuclear terrorism adapted from a ministerial-level scenario that will led by Corey Hinderstein and Heather Looney from NNSA. The conference will be off-the-record. Agenda and Participants Panel 1: Multi-Domain Dynamics in East Asia Recent Chinese Thinking on Military Space and Nuclear Strategy Jonathan Ward, Research Associate, The Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford Combined Strategic Arms: China’s nuclear, outer space, and cyberspace military force postures Fiona Cunningham, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cross-Domain Threats and the Escalation of International Crises in East Asia Andrés Gannon, PhD Student, University of California-San Diego U.S.‐China Maritime Relations: Strengthening Confidence Building Measures to Address the Security Challenges in the South China Sea Brittney Washington, MA Graduate, Tufts University Panel 2: Threats to Global Norms The Promise and Limitations of International Law: Nuclear Zero Lawsuits Sarah Shirazyan, Lecturer, Stanford Law School 3D Printing: The Path to Proliferation? Grant Christopher, Research Fellow, King’s College London Governing Naval Nuclear Material: Designing a Supplemental Protocol Andrew Reddie, PhD Student, University of California-Berkeley Disarming Without the Armed: A New Arms Control Model Jennifer Knox, Research Assistant, Global Zero Panel 3: Challenges to Deterrence Russia’s “Non-Nuclear Deterrence”: Doctrine, Capability Gaps, and Implications Anya Loukianova Fink, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, RAND Corporation Expanding U.S. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons: Enhancing or Undermining U.S.-NATO Relations? James McKeon, Policy Analyst, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Nuclear Command and Control in the 21st Century: Maintaining Surety in Outer Space and Cyberspace Jared Dunnmon, PhD Candidate, Stanford University The Impact of Hypersonic Glide, Boost-Glide, and Airbreathing Technologies on Nuclear Deterrence Rachel Wiener, Program Management and Technical Analyst, National Nuclear Security Administration