Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

The Doomsday clock stands at two minutes before midnight. This symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, signifies the level of nuclear threat to humanity is. This is the closest that the clock has been to midnight since 1953 during the Cold War.

Today nine countries possess more than 14,000 nuclear weapons. The United States and Russia hold the vast majority of these weapons and keep some 1,800 ready to launch within minutes. Yet, the use of some 100 of these weapons against cities could lead to global cooling, affecting agricultural production and food supply.

Registration includes a continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and a conference booklet containing articles and papers by conference speakers and other experts.

The Conference will begin with two renowned keynote speakers via live streaming:

Daniel Ellsberg - The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
Robert Jay Lifton - The Apocalyptic Twins: Nuclear and Climate Threats

Seven experts will be joining them to consider the many facets of this critical problem and how to reduce the nuclear threat to our planet. View the Agenda.

Daniel Ellsberg

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker and author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner”

Robert Jay Lifton

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker and author of Climate Swerve

Ray Acheson

One of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winners on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Bruce Blair

Research Scholar, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University; Co-Founder of Global Zero.

Kelsey Davenport

Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear and missile programs.

Laura Grego

Laura Grego, a senior scientist in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Global Security Program.

Lisbeth Gronlund

Senior Scientist and Co-Director, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

Vincent Intondi

Vincent Intondi is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College.

Zia Mian

Co-Director, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University and co-author of Unmaking the Bomb.

Elaine Scarry

Elaine Scarry teaches at Harvard University where she is the Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value.