Draft Agenda

 9:00am:  Breakfast
9:15: Introductions            
9:30: Keynote: Zia Mian, Physicist, Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security; Director, Project on Peace and Security in South Asia
10:20: 10 minute break 
10:30: Nuclear Past, Present and Future: Examining the historical, international, environmental facets of the nuclear age.  
Martin Sherwin (Invited), Professor, George Mason University; Co-Author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Jill Marie Parillo, Deputy Director for Security Programs, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Management Specialist, Beyond Nuclear
Hugh Gusterson, Professor of Sociology, George Mason University; Author, People of the Bomb: Portrait’s of America’s Nuclear Complex
12:00pm: Lunch Discussions 
1:00: Training Breakouts:  Practical skills for getting involved.
Lobbying: Shervin Boloorian, Global Security Representative, Union of Concerned Scientists
Student organizing: Jedidjah Devries, Outreach Director, Tri-Valley CARES
Community organizing: Katherine Fuchs, Organizing and Policy Associate, Peace Action
Arts and activism: Kalea Matsakis, Advocacy Organizer, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
2:00: Contemporary Nuclear Debates: What are the current nuclear issues being debated?
Jay Coghlan, Director. Nuclear Watch of New Mexico
Danny Hosein, Legislative Program Assistance and Scoville Fellow, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Allison Fisher, Organizer, Public Citizen’s Energy Program
Zia Mian, Physicist, Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security; Director, Project on Peace and Security in South Asia
3:30: Breakout Strategy on Campaigns: What are some ways for you to make an impact on some of the issues discussed?
Nuclear Weapons Complex: Jedidjah Devries, Outreach Director, Tri-Valley CARES
Presidential Elections: Christina Cernansky, Women’s Action for New Directions
International Obligations: Vicente Garcia, Program Director, Peace and Security, Americans for Informed Democracy
Nuclear Energy/ GNEP: Allison Fisher, Organizer, Public Citizen’s Energy Program
 5:00: Closing