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2020 Annual Meeting


** Arms Control, Nonproliferation & Disarmament: Into the Next Decade
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 · 12:30 pm-3:30pm Eastern U.S. Time
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Dear John,

Please join us for our first-ever online Annual Meeting ([link removed]) on Tuesday, December 1.

This year's global gathering will bring together members, friends, colleagues, and policymakers in virtual plenary sessions and simultaneous, interactive breakout sessions to examine the challenges and approaches for steering arms control and disarmament efforts back on course in the coming decade.

The election of Joe Biden to the presidency creates the potential for significant progress.

But breakthroughs never come easily and the new administration and other world leaders will need to move quickly to make decisions on a range of key issues.

Our conference will explore the key issues and the efforts we need to make to steer things in the right direction. Topics will include:
* Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley, (D-OR), member of the Foreign Relations Committee on "Restoring U.S. Leadership on Nuclear Weapons Risk Reduction"
* "The Future of New START and U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control," with chief U.S. New START negotiator Rose Gottemoeller
* "Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty" with NPT Review Conference President Amb. Gustavo Zlauvinen
* "Repairing the Broken U.S. Policy on Iran," with Kelsey Davenport, ACA Director for Nonproliferation Policy
* "How Can We Diversify and Strengthen the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?" a plenary discussion with Amb. Bonnie Jenkins, Cecili Thompson Williams with Beyond the Bomb, Prof. Vincent Intondi, author of African Americans Against the Bomb, and Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, ACA
* "How We Can Bring Down the Skyrocketing Costs of Nuclear Weapons," with Kingston Reif, ACA Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy, moderated by Aaron Mehta, Pentagon Correspondent for Defense News
* "Options for Engaging Other Nuclear-Armed States in the Disarmament Enterprise," with former acting undersecretary of state and ACA Board Chair Thomas Countryman and Dr. Heather Williams from King's College London
* "The Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons," with TPNW negotiating conference president Amb. Elayne Whyte Gómez
* Closing address by United Nations Undersecretary for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu.

Registration is free of charge, but we invite you to join or renew your membership when you register to support our efforts on these critical issues.
REGISTER TODAY ([link removed])

We look forward to seeing you virtually!

Daryl G. Kimball
Executive Director

P.S. Questions? Contact Tony Fleming, director of communications ([email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) ) or Rachel Paik ([email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) ).

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