Sat Oct 31, 2009;The Union of Concerned Scientists 40th Anniversary Symposium
Free; REGISTRATION BY OCTOBER 23 REQUIRED
http://www.ucsusa.org/about/40th-anniversary-symposium.html
Lunch Provided
Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Mario Molina joins former U.S.
Congressman John Porter and others at the UCS 40th Anniversary
Symposium exploring the civic responsibility of scientists. This free
day-long symposium includes sessions on climate change, the future of
organic and sustainable agriculture, nuclear weapons and missile
defense.
In particular, “The Future of US Nuclear Weapons” session features two
outstanding nuclear weapons experts: geophysicist Raymond Jeanloz of
Berkeley and policy-expert Jeffrey Lewis of New America Foundation.
Jeanloz is active at coordinating international arms control efforts
through the National Academy of Sciences and Jeffrey Lewis was
formerly director of the Managing the Atom Project at Harvard and runs
the highly recommended www.ArmsControlWonk.com blog.
Be sure to RSVP.