On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the House of the Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences will host the conference: "The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at 20: Prospects for Ratification and the Enduring Risks of Nuclear Testing."
The conference will be divided into a "Daytime Program" and an "Evening Program" that will both take place in Cambridge. However, the American Academy of Arts and Science will also be hosting a live-stream of the evening program in Washington, D.C. at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
To register for the conference, either in Cambridge or in Washington, please click on the following links:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Daytime Program
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Evening Program
- Washington, D.C. Evening Program (Via livestream of evening program in Massachusetts)
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at 20:
Prospects for Ratification and the Enduring Risks of Nuclear Testing
Conference Agenda
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Roundtable discussions |
What Is Lost By Not Ratifying the CTBT? Can the CTBT Help in Preventing a Resurgent Arms Race? Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association) |
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Lessons Learned from the CTBT Verification System: How Multilateral Transparency and Cooperative Verification Can be Applied and Reproduced in Other Areas R. Scott Kemp (MIT) |
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Lunch and Keynote Address |
Nuclear Testing and Moratorium: What Role Will the CTBT Play in the Global Nuclear Order of the 21st Century? Gary Samore (Harvard Kennedy School) |
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Youth Forum, facilitated by Rhode Island School of Design and N Square Alexandra Bell (U.S. State Department) |
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2016 Distinguished Morton L. Mandel Annual Public Lecture |
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at 20 Rose Gottemoeller (U.S. Department of State) |