** Due to flooding at STRATCOM the conference will be held off-base at the Courtyard by Marriot Omaha Bellevue at Beardmore, 3730 Raynor Pkwy, Bellevue, NE 68123 on Tuesday, April 30th. ** This event is the final conference in the 2018-2019 PONI Conference Series. The conference will feature 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. We have a hotel block at the Courtyard by Marriot Omaha Bellevue at Beardmore, 3730 Raynor Pkwy, Bellevue, NE 68123. If you would like to stay at the same hotel as the PONI team you can contact the hotel for individual reservations at 402-408-5300 or click here. All comments made at the conference are off-the-record Click here to register Conference Agenda* *Please note this is not final and some items are subject to change 8:30 Conference Check-in and Breakfast 9:15 Conference Welcome Rebecca Hersman, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies 9:30 Panel 1: Arms control and Disarmament Panel Moderator: TBA Rethinking Arms Control: Shifting Focus from Strategic to Non-Strategic Challenges Bryn Woollacott (invited) Proliferation Revisited: The Role of Sectoral Elites in Domestic Nuclear Weapons Programs Kate Hewitt Preparing for the Unthinkable in East Asia: Evaluating Cross-National Public Opinion on the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella David Minchin & Stephen Herzog Title to be determined Pranay Vaddi 11:00 BREAK 11:15 Panel: Nuclear Challenges & Risks Panel Moderator: TBA Nuclear Superiority in the Cuban Missile Crisis Yashar Parsie The Impacts of Changes to US Nuclear Declaratory Policy for European Allies Maxwell Dowman ISIS: The Emergent Nuclear Threat in Southeastern Europe Paige Gasser Nonproliferation: A (Limited) Russian Interest Cameron Trainer 12:45 Lunch & Keynote Discussion 3:00 Panel 4: Technology, Capabilities, & Acquisitions Panel Moderator: TBA The US Sale of Trident to the UK in 1977-1982 Suzanne Doyle Anti-satellite technology and US-China Nuclear Deterrence Stability Cameron Hunter Cyber Threats to Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Kayla Matteucci Fighting in the “Sway” Zone: Russian and Chinese Thinking on Information Warfare and the Future of NC3 Brian Radzinsky 4:30 End of Presentation Panels 5:30 Reception at Courtyard Marriot Bellevue, 3730 Raynor Parkway 6:30 Dinner & Keynote by Vice Admiral David M. Kriete, Deputy Commander of U.S. Strategic Command 8:15 End of Conference This event is made possible by support from Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Northrop Grumman.