The 2021 UK PONI Annual Conference provides participants with a platform from which to discuss and debate new nuclear thinking, a forum in which to meet nuclear specialists from a variety of fields, and a knowledge exchange between established and emerging nuclear thinkers.
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- Day One: Keynote Speech and Q&A
- Panel One: New Perspectives on Arms Control and Disarmament
- Panel Two: New Technologies and Deterrence
- Panel Three: Technology and Communication in Future Nuclear Deterrents
- The Transition of AWE from contractor Operation to Non-Departmental Public Body
- Day Two: Keynote Speech and Q&A
- Panel Four: Hypersonics and Strategy Stability
- Panel Five: Regional Deterrence Dynamics
- Panel Six: Future Nuclear Technologies
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Speakers
- Vanessa Nicholls, Director General Defence Nuclear Organisation, UK Ministry of Defence keynote (8 June)
- Commodore Paul Dailey, Deputy Director Submarine Capability, UK Ministry of Defence (9 June)
- AWE-MoD Fireside Chat: The Transition of AWE from Contractor Operation to Non-Departmental Public Body
Speakers for the AWE-MoD Fireside Chat include:
- Tom Plant, UK PONI Director and Director of Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI
- Dominic Bethencourt-Smith, Atomic Weapons Establishment
- Ellen Jones, Defence Nuclear Organisation, UK Ministry of Defence
- Clare Brown, UK Government Investments, UK Ministry of Defence.
Futures Exercise with N Square and the School of International Futures
This workshop with N Square and the School of International Futures introduces participants to Futures Wheels, an exploratory futures tool, and how it can be applied to nuclear issues. This is a pilot of a participatory exercise that the School of International Futures hopes will be useful with other cross-sections of the nuclear community or networks of emerging leaders. It will also enrich the ongoing horizon scanning effort led by N Square.
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