INVITE YOU TO A CONFERENCE ON U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION Wednesday, February 26, 2003 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington D.C. 20036 8:30 am – 6:00 pm   Agenda 8:30 – 9:00 BREAKFAST   9:00 – 9:15 CONFERENCE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Bruce Blair, President, Center for Defense Information Robert K Musil, Executive Director and CEO, PSR     9:15 – 10:30 COUNTERPROLIFERATION AND PREEMPTIVE WAR: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION Robert K. Musil (Chair), Physicians for Social Responsibility Paul Gebhard, The Cohen Group Theresa Hitchens, Center for Defense Information Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility   10:30 – 11:45 NUCLEAR BUNKER BUSTERS, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND THE RESUMPTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING: THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S WISH-LIST AND CONGRESSIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES Stephen Young (Chair) Union of Concerned Scientists Madelyn Creedon, Senate Armed Services Committee Richard Fieldhouse, Senate Armed Services Committee Michael Levi, Federation of American Scientists   11:45 – 1:30 LUNCH Keynote Speaker: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)   1:30 – 2:15 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN WAR: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES Kimberly Roberts (Chair), Physicians for Social Responsibility Matt Mckinzie, Natural Resources Defense Council Multimedia presentation on the impact of nuclear weapons use in Iraq.   2:15 – 3:30 COUNTERPROLIFERATION AND PREEMPTIVE WAR: CONSEQUENCES FOR GLOBAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Mark Epstein (Chair), Physicians for Social Responsibility William A. Galston, University of Maryland   Steve Fetter, University of Maryland   Brian J. Foley, Lawyers Against the War (LAW), Widener University School of Law   3:30 – 4:45 U.S. NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS: PAST EFFECTIVENESS AND FUTURE VIABILITY IN COUNTERING WMD THREATS Jaya Tiwari (Chair), Physicians for Social Responsibility Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign Kenneth Luongo, Russian-American Nuclear Security Advisory Council   5:00 – 6:00 RECEPTION Brief remarks by Senator Dianne Feinstein (invited), Senator John Kerry (invited), and Senator Edward Kennedy       ************************************************************************* RESPONSE  Kindly RSVP by Thursday, February 20th  to Molly Cark via email mclark@psr.org, phone 202-667-4260x240, fax 202-667-4201     Name and Title: ___________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________________   Phone: _____________   Fax: _________________     Email :_______________________ Registration Rate: Government, Embassies and For-profit Organizations $35.00 Non-profit, NGOs, and Academic $25.00 Student $15.00 Media Free Method of payment : Check (make checks payable to  Physicians for Social Responsibility) Credit Card         Name _______________ Credit CardNumber ____________________   Expiration Date (mm/yy) __ / __  Visa __ Master Card __ American Express __ Other __ Lunch Choices  (please select one):   Vegetarian  ____     Non-vegetarian  ____