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 SharonGraduate 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