Apr122018 Event / ConferencePONI 2018 Capstone ConferenceThe one-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics such as nuclear strategies, rising threats in the East, arms control and proliferation challenges, and threats to alliances and institutions. The event will also include keynote address from VADM Charles A. “Chas” Richard, the deputy commander of USSTRATCOM, and Frank Rose, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Conference presentations and keynote speakers are off-the-record. LocationOffutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska
Nov072017 Event / ConferenceGlobal Security Forum 2017The 2017 Global Security Forum will feature a panel on nuclear policy moderated by Rebecca Hersman, titled “Nuclear Consensus Busters: Can Bipartisan Support for Nuclear Modernization Survive Putin, Kim Jong Un, and the Next NPR?” LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Oct112017 Event / ConferencePONI 2017 Fall ConferenceThe second conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series will be held on October 11-12 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in partnership with Global Strike Command. LocationBarksdale Air Force Base
Dec052017 Event / ConferencePONI 2017 Winter ConferenceThe 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,… LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Jun212017 Event / ConferencePONI 2017 Summer ConferenceThe 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… LocationLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mar162017 Event / ConferencePONI 2017 Capstone ConferenceThe final conference of the 2016-2017 PONI Conference Series will be held on March 16 at United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base. The one-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics such as nuclear policy in the 21st century, implications of new technologies, emerging nuclear challenges, and nuclear dynamics in Europe. The… LocationOffutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska
Feb012017 Event / ConferenceThe Future of Alliances and Extended Nuclear DeterrenceA survey of the world today finds the nuclear landscape – from Russia, to North Korea, to India, Pakistan, and China – to be more uncertain and precarious than it has been any time since the end of the Cold War. Yet, even as nuclear dangers seem to be growing, there seems to be deepening discontent with the notion of nuclear deterrence. A growing chorus of voices questions the legitimacy of assurance and deterrence, fracturing what might have been thought at one point to be a consensus between allies. There also seems to be a growing skepticism about the benefits of the internationalist system on which deterrence, and especially extended deterrence, depends. LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Dec062016 Event / ConferencePONI 2016 Winter ConferenceThe third conference of the 2016-2017 Conference Series will be held on December 6-7, 2016 at CSIS. The two-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts and keynote talks from senior experts in the nuclear field. Conference presentations and keynote speakers are off-the-record. Agenda and Participants Panel 1: Nuclear Challenges in South Asia Science… LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Oct182016 Event / ConferencePONI 2016 Fall ConferenceThe second conference of the 2016-2017 Conference Series will be held on October 18-19, 2016 at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Agenda and Participants Panel 1: The Future of Deterrence Capability or Will? 21st Century Nuclear Deterrence for Global Strike Operators Captain Chris Conant, United States Air Force Missile Defense’s Role in 21st Century… LocationSandia National Labs
Jul122016 Event / ConferencePONI 2016 Summer ConferenceThe first conference of the 2016-2017 Conference Series will be held on July 12-13, 2016 at the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) at Patrick Air Force Base. The two-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts along with a technical talk from Dr. Wayne Brasure, acting director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office… LocationPatrick Air Force Base, Florida