Session Recordings
The Keynote Address with Madelaine McTernan, Chief of Defence Nuclear, UK Ministry of Defence, will be available shortly
Panel One: Nuclear Deterrence: New Realities, New Challenges
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
Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Nuclear Strategy
Leo Keay, PhD Candidate, King's College London
Moderator: Lukasz Kulesa, Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI
Panel Two: What's Next for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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
Moderator: Jamie Kwong, Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Keynote Address: Nick Elliott
Keynote Speaker: Nick Elliott CB MBE, Chief Executive Officer, AWE
Moderator: Darya Dolzikova, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Panel Three: New Frontiers: The Future of Nuclear Energy
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
Moderator: Brian Cameron, Programme Manager, Cavendish Nuclear
Panel Four: Adversaries, Partners, Allies: UK in the 3rd Nuclear Age
The Development of Russian Nuclear Posturing and Brinkmanship Tactics in the Putin Era
Ciara Rushton, Master's Student, King's College London
Astro-Deterrence: 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
Moderator: Catherine Kearney, Government Relations Manager, Rolls-Royce