All sessions will take place in Room 107 of the Social Sciences Building (SSB 107) unless otherwise noted.
All meals will be held at Café Ventanas at the following times unless otherwise noted:
Breakfast 7:30– 8:30 a.m.
Lunch 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Dinner 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check back frequently for updates. Last updated 7/20/2009.
Friday, July 24 Welcome |
All day |
Check-in and logistics |
6:30 p.m. |
Welcome Dinner at Eucalyptus Point |
Saturday, July 25 Background and Topical Introductions |
9:15 a.m. |
Welcome |
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Robert Brown |
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Nuclear Weapons Technologies and Designs |
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John Scott, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Political Science: Fields, Methods, Science Versus Policy |
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Robert Brown |
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Amb. Linton Brooks |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner |
Sunday, July 26 Nuclear Energy |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Nuclear Reactors and Civilian Nuclear Energy |
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Massimiliano Fratoni, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Enrichment, Reprocessing, and Proliferation |
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Adam Bernstein, Lawrence Livermore National Lab |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner |
8:00 p.m. |
Movie (Title TBA) |
Monday, July 27 Nuclear War |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Nuclear Deterrence and U.S. Nuclear Strategy |
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Patrick Morgan, UC Irvine |
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Robert Powell, UC Berkeley |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
U.S. Nuclear Strategy Use and Effects |
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Amb. Linton Brooks |
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Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation |
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Janne Nolan, Georgetown University |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner (S) |
Tuesday, July 28 International Proliferation |
8:30 a.m. |
International Relations Theory: Cooperation, Conflict, and International Regimes |
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Robert Brown |
10:30 a.m. |
International Regimes Now and Future |
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Kerry M. Kartchner, U.S .Department of State |
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Michael May, CISAC/Stanford University |
12 noon |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear and Nonproliferation Policy |
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Kerry M. Kartchner, U.S .Department of State |
2:30 p.m. |
Breakout |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner |
Wednesday, July 29 International Proliferation |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Proliferation: Domestic and International Correlates |
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Eric Gartzke, UC San Diego |
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Scott Sagan, CISAC/Stanford University |
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Etel Solingen, UC Irvine |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
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Robert Kelley, IAEA |
1:15 p.m. |
Proliferation Monitoring Regimes and Systems |
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Mona Dreicer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Robert Kelley, IAEA |
2:45 p.m. |
Breakout |
4:00 p.m. |
Reception |
4:30 p.m. |
Topic TBD |
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Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner (S) |
Thursday, July 30 Monitoring and Safeguards |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Domestic Nuclear Detection and Attribution |
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Bill Daitch, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office |
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Jay C. Davis, American Physical Society |
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Mitchell Stern, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
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Marvin Adams, Texas A&M University |
1:15 p.m. |
Nuclear Safeguards |
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Susan Pepper, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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Laura Rockwood, IAEA |
6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
7:00 p.m. |
Nuclear Jeopardy at Porter's Pub |
Friday, July 31 Major Powers |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Russia |
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Amb. Linton Brooks |
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Pavel Podvig, CISAC/Stanford University |
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William Potter, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
China |
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Tai-Ming Cheung, IGCC |
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Bonnie Glaser, Monterey Institute for International Studies |
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Susan Shirk, IGCC |
3:00 p.m. |
Breakout |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner at Ba-Ren |
Saturday, August 1 Regional Proliferation |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Northeast Asia |
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Stephan Haggard, UC San Diego |
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Dan Pinkston, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Middle East |
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Chen Kane, CSIS |
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Dalia Dassa Kaye, RAND |
6:30 p.m. |
Dinner |
Sunday, August 2 Terrorism |
8:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:15 a.m. |
Terrorism |
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Eli Berman, IGCC |
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Paul R. Pillar, Georgetown University |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Simulation |
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Amb. Linton Brooks |
6:30 p.m. |
PPNT Herb York Memorial Dinner at Eucalyptus Point |
