CND Conference 2017: Nuclear Abolition in Dangerous Times. NoNuclearWar
Confrontation or cooperation? Abolition in dangerous times
Come to our international conference to discuss the prospects for a new direction on nuclear weapons, and to address the wider international context too: NATO, missile defence, Trump, Korea, China, war and intervention – and what we can do about it all.
Agenda for the day
10.30am: Opening plenary
Living in dangerous times: what prospects for disarmament?
• Reiner Braun Co-President of International Peace Bureau (IPB)
• Joseph Gerson American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• Caroline Lucas MP CND vice-president
• Kate Hudson CND General Secretary
• Chair: Dave Webb CND Chair
Joseph Gerson American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Caroline Lucas MP CND vice-president
Reiner Braun Co-President of International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Kate Hudson CND General Secretary
1.30pm–3.00pm: Choose from one of the following workshops
1. NATO and nukes in Europe: no new Cold War
• Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition
• Reiner Braun IPB
2. Space Wars, cyberattack and so-called missile ‘defence’
• Joseph Gerson AFSC
• Dave Webb CND
3. A nuclear-free Korean peninsula?
• Dr Jenny Clegg China specialist
• Jude Woodward author The US v China: Asia’s New Cold War?
4. Challenging militarism and nationalism
• Sabby Dhalu Stand Up to Racism
• Emma Sangster Forces Watch
5.Climate, environment and resource wars
• Nick Dearden Global Justice Now
• Dr Stuart Parkinson Scientists for Global Responsibility
3.15pm–5.00pm: Closing plenary
The world beyond nuclear: building support for the UN’s nuclear ban treaty
• Arielle Denis International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
• Dave Webb CND Chair
• Joseph Gerson American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• Chair: Kate Hudson CND