8:00 am
Amphitheater Foyer

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am–9:20 am
Amphitheater

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jessica T. Mathews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

9:20 am–10:20 am
Amphitheater

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Chair: Jessica T. Mathews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Senator Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative

10:20 am–10:50 am

Break

10:50 am–12:20 pm
Amphitheater

The Security Council’s Iran Challenge
Chair: Barbara Slavin, USA Today
Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center*
Neil Crompton, British Embassy, Washington
Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
Bruno Tertrais, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique

12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Atrium

Luncheon Keynote: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons?
Ballroom Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
United Kingdom

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Amphitheater

Forging Nonproliferation Consensus after U.S.-Indian Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Chair: Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ambassador S. Jaishankar, High Commission of India to Singapore
Peter Potman, Royal Netherlands Embassy

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Polaris

What the Future Holds for U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons
Chair: Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center
Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center
Ambassador Linton Brooks, formerly with the National Nuclear Security Administration
Major General William Burns, U.S. Army (ret.)
Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Horizon

Six Party Talks: New Roles and Purposes
Chair: Jon Wolfsthal, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Michael Green, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jae H. Ku, Johns Hopkins University
Wu Xinbo, Fudan University

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Hemisphere A

Conflict in Space: Can It Be Prevented?
Chair: Clay Moltz, Monterey Institute for International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation/Naval Postgraduate School
Lt. Col. Peter Hays (ret.), Science Applications International Corporation
Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
John Logsdon, George Washington University

3:30 am–4:00 pm

Break

4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Amphitheater

The Future of Nuclear Weapons: A View from the Hill
Chair: Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
Congressman John Spratt Jr. (D-SC)

4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Polaris

Deterrence or Disarmament:
The Future of Nuclear Weapons in China, France, and the UK
Chair: Scott Sagan, Stanford University
Li Bin, Tsinghua University
Harald Mueller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Hugh Powell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
Bruno Tertrais, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique

4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Horizon

NPT Challenges in 2010: Decoding Signals from the 2007 NPT PrepCom
Chair: Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
Christopher Ford, U.S. Department of State
Ambassador Naela Gabr, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Hemisphere A

Biotechnology Proliferation: Benefits, Dangers, and Management
Chair: Christopher Chyba, Princeton University
Dongli Chen, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association
Adel Mahmoud, Princeton University
John Steinbruner, University of Maryland
Respondent: Camille Grand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

5:30 pm–7:30 pm
Atrium Ballroom

Welcome Reception

7:30 am
Amphitheater Foyer

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–9:00 am
Meridian D–E

PART 1: A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell on GNEP and Nonproliferation Policy
Hosted by Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center
Clay Sell, U.S. Department of Energy
Continue the policy discussion by attending PART 2: The U.S. and the Future of Reprocessing immediately following this session.

9:00 am–10:30 am
Amphitheater

Taking Nuclear Disarmament Seriously
Chair: Kåre Aas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Africa
George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

9:00 am–10:30 am
Polaris

Realizing Fuel Assurances: Third Time’s the Charm?
Chair: Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Caroline Jorant, AREVA
Tariq Rauf, International Atomic Energy Agency
Ambassador Pedro Raul Villagra Delgado, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

9:00 am–10:30 am
Horizon

Finding Innovative Ways to Detect and Thwart Illicit Nuclear Trade
Chair: Steve Coll, The New Yorker
David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security
Matti Tarvainen, International Atomic Energy Agency
Ralf Wirtz, Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum

9:00 am–10:30 am
Meridian D–E

PART 2: The U.S. and the Future of Reprocessing
Chair: José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo
Tatsujiro Suzuki, University of Tokyo
Frank von Hippel, Princeton University
William Walker, University of St Andrews

10:30 am–11:00 am

Break

11:00 am–12:20 pm
Amphitheatre

European Proposals for Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime
Chair: Mustafa Kibaroglu, Bilkent University
Martin Briens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
to the United States
Pierre Goldschmidt, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

11:00 am–12:20 pm
Polaris

Rules for the Nuclear Renaissance
Chair: Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Peter Bradford, formerly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations
Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

11:00 am–12:20 pm
Horizon

Implementing International Measures to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Chair: William Potter, Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Ambassador Peter Burian, Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations
Igor Khripunov, University of Georgia
William Tobey, U.S. Department of Energy

11:00 am–12:20 pm
Meridian D–E

Are Sanctions Effective?
Chair: Thomas Biersteker, Brown University
Paula DeSutter, U.S. Department of State
Shen Dingli, Fudan University
Skip Fischer, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Atrium Ballroom

Luncheon Keynote: The Dauntless Vision of the NPT
Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway

2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Amphitheater

The Next 5 Big Nuclear Stories: A Conversation with Mark Hibbs
Mark Hibbs, Nucleonics Week
Matthew Bunn, Harvard University
Joseph Cirincione, Center for American Progress

4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Polaris

Closing Reception Sponsored by the U.S. Civilian Research and Development
Foundation