Programme
09:00 - 09:30: Welcome and Opening Keynote
Keynote Speaker TBC
09:30 - 10:45: Panel One: Nuclear Deterrence: New Realities, New Challenges
09:30 - 10:10 Presentations
Siege Mentality and the Shaping of Nuclear Deterrence
Adam Sharon, Graduate Student, University of Oxford
Fractured Truth, Fractured Deterrence: Navigating Nuclear Strategy in Post-Truth Currents
Molly Grace Doyle, Fellow, NNSA and IAEA
Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Nuclear Strategy
Leo Keay, PhD Candidate, King's College London
10:10 - 10:45 Panel Q&A
10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Coffee and tea will be available for conference attendees.
11:15 - 12:30 Panel Two: What's Next for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
11:15 - 11:55 Presentations
The NPT and Evolving Global Security Dynamics
Mhairi McClafferty, Policy Fellow, BASIC
Media and the Bomb: How Cultural Narratives Threaten Public Support for Non-Proliferation
Sophie Somerville Roberts, Undergraduate Student, University College London
Poland, the world’s next nuclear power?
Theo Brown, Software Model Engineer, MASS Consultants LTD
Adam Harris, Software Model Engineer, MASS Consultants LTD
11:55 - 12:30 Panel Q&A
13:30 - 14:00 Keynote Address
Nick Elliott CB MBE, Chief Executive Officer, AWE
14:00 - 15:15 Panel Three: New Frontiers: The Future of Nuclear Energy
14:00 - 14:40 Presentations
Lunar surface power: How to keep the lights on in space
Grady Beckett, Innovation Engineer, Rolls Royce
How can the United Kingdom address its dependence on foreign nations to supply critical medical radionuclides?
Jack Radcliffe, Mechanical Engineer, AWE Nuclear Security Technologies
Navigating risk: unlocking the potential of nuclear-powered commercial shipping
Sadie Stewart, Security Consultant, UKNNL
Danielle Trembath, Security Consultant, UKNNL
14:40 - 15:15 Panel Q&A
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Coffee and tea will be available for conference attendees.
15:45 - 16:55 Panel Four: Adversaries, Partners, Allies: UK in the 3rd Nuclear Age
15:45 - 16:25 Presentations
The development of Russian nuclear posturing and brinkmanship tactics in the Putin era
Ciara Rushton, Master's Student, King's College London
Astrodeterrence: Space, Nuclear Weapons and the War in Ukraine
Major Callum Gaskell, Royal Marines Officer, Royal Navy
Crises of Credibility: NATO, Strategic Misalignment, and the Future of Extended Deterrence in Europe
Bailey Schiff, Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Center for Strategic and International Studies
16:25 - 16:55 Panel Q&A
16:55 - 17:25 In Conversation With...
Speaker TBC
17:25 -17:40 Poster Award and Closing Remarks
Poster Competition Award and closing remarks