Our conference, Future of US Nuclear Policy, was a tremendous success. A full house watched and participated at the St. Regis in Washington, DC and thousands watched online. We received great coverage from Politico [1], Defense News [2], and Defense One [3]. Congressmembers Adam Smith, Sen. Markey and Sen. Merkley were among speakers at this major conference. Watch all the videos from the conference here.
Videos, in chronological order, from the conference:
1. Senator Ed Markey, introduced by Terry Gamble Boyer
2. Senator Jeff Merkley, introduced by Liz Warner, Ploughshares Fund
3. Representative Adam Smith, introduced by Gretchen Hund, Ploughshares Fund Board of Directors
4. Impact of the Nov. 2018 Elections on US Nat'l Security, with Mieke Eoyang, Alexandra Bell and Bill Press
5. Critical Mass: Nuclear Policy in the Mass Movement, with Elizabeth Beavers, Stephen Miles and Iram Ali
6. Critical Change: A Discussion on Transforming Nuclear Policy with Eric Schlosser and William J. Perry
7. Representative Ted Lieu, introduced by Joe Cirincione
8. Assessment of Regional Threats: The Middle East and Korea with Christine Ahn and Lara Friedman
9. Global Zero’s Alternate Nuclear Posture Review, with Bruce Blair, Emma Claire Foley and Jessica Sleight
10. Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy Initiative Launch, with Amb. Laura Holgate, Amb. Pamela Hamamoto and Ernie Moniz
Videos
1. Senator Ed Markey, introduced by Terry Gamble Boyer, Ploughshares Fund Board Chair of Directors
2. Senator Jeff Merkley, introduced by Liz Warner, Ploughshares Fund
3. Representative Adam Smith, introduced by Gretchen Hund, Ploughshares Fund Board of Directors
Click here [4] for a full transcript of Rep. Smith's remarks
4. Impact of the November 2018 Elections on US National Security
- Mieke Eoyang, Third Way
- Alexandra Bell, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
- Bill Press, The Bill Press Show
- Moderated by Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund
5. Critical Mass: Nuclear Policy in the Mass Movement
- Elizabeth Beavers, Indivisible
- Stephen Miles, Win Without War
- Iram Ali, MoveOn
- Moderated by Joe Cirincione
6. Critical Change: A Discussion on Transforming Nuclear Policy
- Eric Schlosser, Investigative journalist and author, Ploughshares Fund Board Member
- William J. Perry, Former Secretary of Defense
7. Representative Ted Lieu, introduced by Joe Cirincione
8. Assessment of Regional Threats: The Middle East and Korea
- Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ
- Lara Friedman, Foundation for Middle East Peace
- Moderated by Philip Yun, Ploughshares Fund
9. Special Presentation: Global Zero's Alternate Nuclear Posture Review
- with authors Bruce Blair, Emma Claire Foley and Jessica Sleight. Introduced by Mary Kaszynski, Ploughshares Fund
- Read the report here: Global Zero’s Alternate Nuclear Posture Review [5]
10. Special Presentation: Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy Initiative Launch
- Amb. Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Amb. Pam Hamamoto, Ploughshares Fund Board Member
- Ernie Moniz, Former Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Introduced by Michelle Dover, Ploughshares Fund