The third conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series was held on December 5-6 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The two-day conference featured a series presentations from emerging nuclear experts, keynote talks with senior leaders, and a mock trial scenario examining nuclear terrorism. The PONI Conference Series, now in its fourteenth year, 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. View Agenda Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Clifton Jones for CSIS Panels and Participants PANEL 1: Multilateral Mechanisms for Arms Control Moderator: Justin Anderson, Research Fellow, National Defense University The Birth of a Ban: A comparative analysis of WMD prohibition treaties Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Research Assistant, Arms Control Association State Participation in Nonproliferation Regime Networks Sarah Laderman, Graduate Fellow, Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, University of California, Berkeley Are we fighting yet? (Marshall Islands) Raymond Wang, MA Candidate, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Panel 2: Future Challenges in Nuclear Security Moderator: Ambassador Linton Brooks, Senior Adviser, CSIS Dropping the “Uranium” Ball: Critical Reevaluation of the Nuclear Security Summit Process Leah Matchett, Masters Candidate, University of Oxford Safeguards and Submarines Chenee Tracey, Graduate Researcher, International Technology and Trade Associates Dirty Bombs and Hospitals: Removing Dangerous Radioactive Materials from the Public Space Erin Connolly, Program Assistant, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Standardizing Acquisition Path Analysis: A Case Study of Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Margaret Arno, Nonproliferation Analyst, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Panel 3: Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Global Landscape Moderator: Amy Woolf, Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy, Congressional Research Service Testing Men, Not Metal: North Korea’s Missile Tests Shea Cotton, Research Associate, Center for Nonproliferation Studies The Impact of Turkish Missile and Defense Developments on NATO Relations Tucker Boyce, Post-Bachelor’s, International Threat Reduction, Los Alamos National Laboratory Back to the Future: Nuclear Stability in a Post-Arms Control Age Will Caplan, Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS NATO 2+1: Status Quo or Rock the Boat? David Weaden, Mechanical Engineer, Atomic Weapons Establishment