Thinking Outside the Bomb—
Action on Nuclear Weapons, Environment, and Health A National Conference in Philadelphia
Sheraton University City, 36th and Chestnut Streets
May 10, 2008
With Haas Peace and Justice Award Winner, Jonathan Schell
Author: The Seventh Decade: the New Shape of Nuclear Danger
Dinner Keynote Speaker
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 Welcome, Agenda, and Purpose of the Conference
Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
9:30 Morning Keynote: Confronting the Nuclear Peril to Heal the Planet – A New Course
Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause
10:00 Round Table Discussion: How Do We Move Beyond the Threats to the Planet?
Moderator: Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
Climate Change and Nuclear Catastrophe
Steven Starr, Physicians for Global Survival
Preventing Accidental, Terrorist, or Pre-emptive Nuclear War
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
Promoting Peace and the Environment - Good for Business
Medard Gabel, CEO, BigPictureSmallWorld & Big Picture Consulting
Nuclear Weapons and Health Effects
Dr. Michael McCally, National Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
The $5 Trillion Question, Economic Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
Marceline White, President, Americans for Informed Democracy
Noon 15-minute break
12:15 Lunch & Keynote: Connecting the Dots on Nuclear Weapons, Poverty, & the Environment
Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute, with
Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
1:00 Lunch Break-Out Sessions (workshops, with group moderators):
Environmental Effects
Steven Starr, Physicians for Global Survival & Medard Gabel, CEO, BigPictureSmallWorld & Big Picture Consulting
From Campus to Congress, Empowering Student Activists – PNA and Students for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
Ed Aguilar, Executive Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness & Emily Gleason, Temple University, PNA
Institutional Resistance to Change: Economic and Professional Investment in the Status Quo
Gillian Gilhool, President, United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia
Media Perspectives
Mark Lichty, PNA Board Member, introducing J. Peter Scoblic, Executive Editor, The New Republic
Nuclear Power – The Impediment to a More Secure World?
Linda Gunter, Beyond Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons - Empowering Disarmament
Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
Social Justice and Arms
Vicente Garcia, Program Director of the Global Peace and Security Program, Americans for Informed Democracy & Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
The UN and International Organizations
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy & Ambassador Tom Graham, Chairman & Cofounder, Cypress Fund
2:00 Reports to the Plenary from Break-Out Sessions
2:45 15-minute break
3–4:30 Plenary Discussion: Next Steps
3:00 Panel: “Congress, the UN, and the Next Administration - Tasks for 2008 and 2009”:
Legislation on Nuclear Policy and Non-Proliferation: Panelists discuss Congressional action on Iran, India Nuclear Trade Deal, international rule of law, Nunn-Schultz-Perry-Kissinger and eliminating nuclear arms, then ask conference participants “What is your organization doing?”
Moderator: Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
Panel: Ambassador Tom Graham, Chairman & Cofounder, Cypress Fund; Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund; Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action; Jofi Joseph, Principal Advisor, office of Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA); Martin Fleck, Coordinator for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
3:45 Panel: “Youth and the Role of the New Generation - Millennials, Voting, and Reform”
Panelists describe the work at their college, or by their organization, empowering and educating young people, then ask conference participants “What is your organization doing to empower youth?”
Panel: Mary Boardman, Undergraduate Student, University of Pennsylvania; Vicente Garcia, Program Director of the Global Peace and Security Program, Americans for Informed Democracy; Christina Madden of Media Global, George Washington University '06; Meghan McCallister, Undergraduate Student, Haverford College; Joseph Trapani, Graduate Student, Arcadia University
4:30 Summing Up on Health, Justice, Peace, and Nuclear Policy- Next Steps for the Alliance
Panel: Gillian Gilhool, President, United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia; Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness; Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund; John Burroughs, Exec. Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
5:00 Reception & Cash Bar
5:45 Seating for Dinner
6:00 Performance “Got BOMB?”
Jodi Netzer, Performing Artist and Assistant to the Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness
6:15 1st Annual John C. and Chara C. Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice Dinner
Presentation of the 1st Annual John C. and Chara C. Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice
Edward Aguilar, Executive Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness introducing Dr. Michael McCally, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, who will present the Award to Jonathan Schell.
The New Shape of Nuclear Danger and What to Do About It
Jonathan Schell, Senior Fellow, The Nation Institute
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