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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Register now for the annual Clock Symposium


  Register now for the annual Clock Symposium
 
 
The annual Clock Symposium is your chance to participate in the discussions that surround the setting of the Bulletin's Doomsday Clock. Speakers this year include a Who's Who of science and security notables: the Honorable Gareth Evans, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, Sharon Squassoni, and many more.
The Symposium is free and open to the public, and will take place on Monday, November 16, 2015, at the University of Chicago's Eckhardt Center in Chicago, Illinois, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
As part of the Symposium, we are delighted to showcase N Square’s interactive exhibit, Boldness and Opportunity: Innovators Tackle Nuclear Threat. It is based on the idea that today’s risks require a wide variety of creative problem-solvers and collaborators. Visit the exhibit on your way in or out of the Clock Symposium, in the South Lobby of Eckhardt. More about N Square can be found at www.nsquarecollaborative.org.
Please see the event schedule below, and don’t forget to register today!
Event Schedule
11:00 - 12:00 N Square’s interactive exhibit, Boldness and Opportunity: Innovators Tackle Nuclear Threat
  • Guided tour for students and discussion with N Square in South Lobby
12:00 - 12:15 Welcome
  • Rachel Bronson, Executive Director and Publisher, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
12:15 - 1:00 Keynote Address: The Bulletin at 70: Challenges Ahead
  • Introduction, Daniel Diermeier, Dean, Harris School of Public Policy
  • The Honorable Gareth Evans, Chancellor, Australian National University, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Resources and Energy, Australia
1:00 - 1:45 Climate Change: What to Expect from Paris 2015 and Does it Matter?
  • Sivan Kartha, Senior Scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute and Co-leader of an institute-wide theme Managing Climate Risks.
  • Peter Ogden, Senior Advisor and Fellow, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC)
  • Richard Somerville,  Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
  • Moderator: Adele Simmons, President, Global Philanthropy Partnership
1:45 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 2:30 Destiny Studies: Placing Climate Change and Nuclear Power in our Collective Future
  • Robert Socolow, Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Princeton University; Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton Environmental Institute
2:30 - 3:15 Nuclear Security: After the Iran Deal, What’s Next for Nuclear Security?
  • Kennette Benedict, Adjunct Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
  • Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Jeff Terry, Professor of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Moderator: Robert Rosner, Co-Chair, Science and Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
3:15 - 4:15 Discussion: Why Nuclear Security is YOUR Challenge   
  • Introduction Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences
  • The Honorable William Perry, 19th U.S. Secretary of Defense, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow (ret.), Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; Founder of the William J. Perry Project
4:15 - 4:30 Concluding Remarks   
  • Rachel Bronson, Executive Director and Publisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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