CROSSING THE LINE
September 24, 2009 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology & Security Policy
The story of Comrade Joe, the last American defector still living in North Korea…
Since President Clinton's visit to North Korea, news reports suggest a softening of North Korean rhetoric (more)...Presentation of the International Scientific Study on CTBT Verification
July 13, 2009 - 902 Senate Hart Office building
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceCenter for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are pleased to invite you to a presentation of the International Scientific (more)...
Improving Global Capacity for Disease Surveillance:
July 8, 2009 - National Academies Building
Members Room
2101 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
National AcademiesAAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES and AAASCordially invite you to attend a discussion on: Improving Global Capacity for Disease Surveillance:The International Health Regulations and the 2009 BWC IntersessionalProcessJuly 8, 20099:00 – 10:30amNational (more)...
H1N1: Informing Tomorrow by Looking at Today
July 2, 2009 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue NW
(enter at 12th and H Streets NW)
Washington, DC 20005
American Association for the Advancement of Science
H1N1: Informing Tomorrow by Looking at Today View Video
In March and April 2009, a new strain of H1N1 influenza was detected in Mexico. Shortly thereafter, infected individuals were found (more)...
Does the Spread of Nuclear Power Mean the Spread of Nuclear Bombs?
May 12, 2009 - B339 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Jointly sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
In the last 36 months over twenty countries, including many in the war-torn region of the Middle East, have announced their intention to build large power reactors. How much of (more)...
Book Release: Nuclear Test Ban: Converting Political Visions to Reality
April 8, 2009 - Abelson/Haskins Room
2nd Floor
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Please join us for a discussion with Ola Dahlman on his recent book Nuclear Test Ban: Converting Political Visions to Reality. Dr. Dahlman (bio below) will present an overview of (more)...
A Different Look at North Korea
March 17, 2009 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20005
The AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy,The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyThe National Committee on North Korea
The AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy,The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, andThe National Committee on North Korea invite you to:
"A Different Look at North Korea"
With Dr. Robert (more)...
5th Annual Conference on Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism
March 12, 2009 - American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
Center for Science Technology and Security Policy American Association for the Advancement of Science
Since 2001, tremendous amounts of information have been gathered regarding terrorist cells and individuals potentially planning future attacks. There is now a pressing need to develop new mathematical and computational (more)...
Security in Biological Research: Current Oversight of High-Containment Laboratories
March 12, 2009 - Senate Dirksen, room 430
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyCenter for Biosecurity of UPMC
Security in Biological Research: Current Oversight of High-Containment LaboratoriesDate: March 12, 2009Time: 9:30am-11:00amLocation: Senate Dirksen, room 430This event is open to the public.This session will provide an on-the-ground perspective about (more)...
The Science of Arms Control
February 16, 2009 - Room HRC Columbus AB
Hyatt Regency
Chicago, IL
Center for Science, Technology, and Security PolicyThe American Association for the Advancement of Science
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
On 29-30 August 2007, six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were loaded on a U.S. Air Force plane, flown across the country, and unloaded. (more)...
AAAS Science, Technology, and Security Policy Reception
February 15, 2009 - Fairmont Chancellor
Hyatt Regency
Chicago
Center for Science, Technology, and Security PolicyThe American Association for the Advancement of Science
Time 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Meet your colleagues who are working on or interested in science and national security. Co-sponsored by the Arms Control Disarmament and International Security Center at the (more)...
A Survey of Attitudes and Actions on Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences:
February 5, 2009 - National Academies Building
Lecture Room
2100 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC
National AcademiesAAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
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Science on an International Scale
November 14, 2008 - 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Noon - 1:30 PM
American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Embassy of the United Kingdom
As it nears completion, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has generated a great deal of public interest over the past several months. Speculations about the new physics it (more)...
Science and Society: Global Challenges
October 27, 2008 - The events will be held Monday nights -- September 29, October 6, 20 and 27-- this fall from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the AAAS Auditorium at 1200 New York Avenue. A reception will start at 5:00 pm.
Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest ...
We Invite You to a Discussion SeriesScience & Society: Global Challenges No powerpoint. No notes.Just candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians hosted by award-winning NPR reporters Richard Harris, (more)...
An Evening of Conversation with Ambassador Thomas Pickering
October 7, 2008 - AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave NW
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
invites you to an Evening of Conversation with
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering One of America's most distinguished professional diplomats conducted byArnaud de (more)...
Ensuring U.S. Medical Isotope Supply and Minimizing Risks of Nuclear Terrorism
October 6, 2008 - Noon - 2:00 PM
Senate Dirksen Office Building
Room G11
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
The U.S. supply of vital medical isotopes is under threat, as evidenced by the current shortages that are delaying thousands of medical procedures. The main problem is that the U.S. (more)...
A Panel Discussion with The National Institute for Advanced Study, Banaglore, India
October 6, 2008 - AAAS Auditorium, 2nd floor
1200 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy and The U.S. National Academy ...
A Panel Discussion with
The National Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS),
Bangalore, India Monday, October 6th 2008 8:00-9:30 AM AAAS Auditorium Breakfast Available at 7:30 AM We will begin (more)...
Controlling Epidemics: Use of Isolation Measures
September 10, 2008 - Stimson Center Conference Room
12th Floor
1111 19th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy and Stimson's Global Health Security Program
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
and
Stimson's Global Health Security Program
invite you to a discussion on
Controlling Epidemics: Use of Isolation Measures
September 10, 20083:30pm-5:30pm
12th Floor, 1111 19th St, NWWashington, DC (more)...
Select Agent Program Regulations and High-Containment Laboratories
June 25, 2008 - Senate Capitol, room 4
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Select Agent Program Regulations and High-Containment Laboratories
Date: June 25, 2008Time: 12:15pmLocation: Senate Capitol, Room 4
(This event is currently full. We are no longer taking RSVP Thank you very much (more)...
Climate impacts of a regional nuclear war
June 13, 2008 - B354 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Imagine this scenario:A nuclear war between India and Pakistan, with each country using 50 Hiroshima-sized atom bombs as airbursts on urban areas, could produce climate change unprecedented in recorded human (more)...
Understanding President Bush’s FY2009 Budget Request for Biodefense
June 12, 2008 - 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress
Understanding President Bush's FY2009 Budget Request for Biodefense
Invitation to a Luncheon Briefing
In conjunction with the Congressional R&D Caucus (more)...
Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security
June 9, 2008 - 122 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
The United States has no comprehensive plan to protect the valuable and vulnerable satellites on which its military, businesses, and citizens depend. Current policy is based on the assumption that (more)...
Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change: Options and Opportunities for the Next Administration
June 2, 2008 - AAAS Auditorium, 2nd floor
1200 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy
On November 4 2008 the next President will be elected. On January 20, 2009 the next President of the United States will take office and the next administration will face (more)...
Thousands, Hundreds, or Zero: How Many Nuclear Weapons Do We Need?
May 7, 2008 - AAAS Main Auditorium, 2nd Floor
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Nearest metro stop is Metro Center
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy and the New America Foundation's Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative.
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive weapons ever invented. However, since the end of the Cold War, they have received little attention from the highest levels of government. There are (more)...
Natural Security: A New Perspective on International Security
April 10, 2008 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20005
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
invites you to a discussion on
Natural Security: A New Perspective on International Security
April 10, 2008
AAAS Auditorium1200 New York Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20005 (more)...
Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
March 25, 2008 - B340 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
12:30 - 2:00 PM
AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
How well can the IAEA safeguard existing civilian nuclear energy facilities against the threat of nuclear proliferation? How sound are the agency's inspection efforts to prevent the possible diversions of (more)...
Shoot 'Em Up: Debris, ASAT capabilities, and other implications of the February 20 shoot down of USA-193
March 19, 2008 - B354 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Noon - 1:30 PM
AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Slightly over a year after China used a ground-based weapon to destroy an orbiting satellite, the United States used a modified SM-3 missile to shoot down a defunct spy satellite. (more)...
White Light Black Rain
March 12, 2008 - AAAS Headquarters
1200 New York Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20005
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy (CSTSP) in conjunction with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy (CSTSP) in conjunction with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will screen a documentary on the aftermath of the bombing of (more)...
Nuclear Reactor Systems of the Future
February 16, 2008 - AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Aidan Gilligan, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Brussels, Belgium; Massimo Salvatores, French Atomic Energy Agency, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
Concerns over energy resource availability, climate change, air quality, and energy security suggest an important role for nuclear power in future energy supplies. Although the current generation II and III (more)...
Atomic Detectives
February 16, 2008 - AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Aidan Gilligan, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Brussels, Belgium; Anita Nilsson, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Nuclear and radiological terrorism as major security challenges for the 21st century are a fact, not a fictional threat. Citizens internationally are aware of efforts to prevent the proliferation of (more)...
Nuclear Forensics and Global Nuclear Deterrence
February 16, 2008 - AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Benn Tannenbaum, AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy, Washington, DC
The problem of accurate and rapid attribution in the event of a nuclear attack is an increasingly critical part of the broader set of issues that make up "nuclear forensic (more)...
International and Domestic Defense Against Cyber Attacks
February 14, 2008 - 121 Cannon House Office Building
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
International and Domestic Defense Against Cyber Attacks
Date: February 14, 2008Time: 1pmLocation: 121 Cannon House Office Building
The United States is extensively and increasingly dependent on the internet and other internet-like networks (more)...
Microbial Forensics: Nexus between Science, Public Health and Law Enforcement
January 24, 2008 - Lecture Room,
National Academies Building
2100 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC
AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy and The National Academies Committee on Science, Technology and Law
The American Association for the Advancement of ScienceandThe National Academies Committee on Science, Technology, and LawPresentMicrobial Forensics:Nexus between Science, Public Health and Law EnforcementJanuary 24, 20089:00am – 12:30amLecture RoomNational Academies (more)...
Scientific Exchange with Iran
November 29, 2007 - Location: AAAS Auditorium,
1200 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20005
4:00 PM Registration and Light Refreshments
4:15 PM Presentation and Discussion
The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academies.
You are cordially invited to attend a presentation on the recent National Academies visit to Iran. Over the past eight years, the National Academies have been engaged in productive exchanges (more)...
Project BioShield, BARDA and the Medical Countermeasure Enterprise
November 28, 2007 - 2168 Rayburn House Office Building
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAAS
Date: November 28 2007
Time: 10:00-11:00am
Location: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building
Since the September 11th 2001 attack, October 2001 anthrax letters and the emerging threat of an influenza pandemic, the U.S. government (more)...
A Global Cleanout of Nuclear Weapons Materials
November 28, 2007 - Noon - 1:30
B354 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology, and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Please join us for a lunch discussion with Princeton's Frank von Hippel, Zia Mian, and Hal Feiveson on their recently released report.In October, the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), (more)...
Science and Society: Grand Challenges
November 26, 2007 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington. DC
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest and the ...
No powerpoint. No notes. Just candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians hosted by award-winning NPR reporter Joe Palca.The events will be held every Monday night in November from (more)...
Science and Society: Grand Challenges
November 19, 2007 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington. DC
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest and the ...
No powerpoint. No notes. Just candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians hosted by award-winning NPR reporter Joe Palca.The events will be held every Monday night in November from (more)...
Science and Society: Grand Challenges
November 12, 2007 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington. DC
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest and the ...
No powerpoint. No notes. Just candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians hosted by award-winning NPR reporter Richard Harris.The events will be held every Monday night in November from (more)...
Science and Society: Grand Challenges
November 5, 2007 - AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington. DC
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation (more)...
Safeguarding Iran's Nuclear Program
November 1, 2007 - 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy invites you to another in our science and security seminar series. Please join Dr. James Acton of King's College London and Dr. (more)...
Regulation of Biological Safety Laboratories
October 26, 2007 - 2322 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Regulation of Biological Safety Laboratories
Date: October 26, 2007
Time: 1:30 – 2:30pm
Location: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building
In the last several years, the U.S. has expanded laboratory capacity for working with biological (more)...
Securing the Bomb 2007
October 4, 2007 - 2-4 PM
236 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
The danger that terrorists could get a nuclear bomb and turn a major city into a modern Hiroshima remains all too real. Securing the Bomb 2007 provides an updated analysis (more)...
Prevention of Biocrimes: A Discussion on Achieving International Security while Promoting Scientific Advancement
September 27, 2007 - Keck Center, Room 100
National Academies Building
500 Fifth St, NW
Washington, DC 20001
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyNRC Program on Development, Security, and Cooperation
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyandNRC Program on Development, Security, and Cooperationinvite you to a panel discussion on
Prevention of Biocrimes:A Discussion on Achieving International Security while Promoting Scientific (more)...
Proposed US Missile Defense in Europe:
August 28, 2007 - 2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Noon - 1:30 PM
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
The American Association for the Advancement of Science's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy invites you to the next of our lunch-time Science and Security Seminar Series.The (more)...
Border Security: The Relationship Between CBP and APHIS
August 23, 2007 - 311 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC
The Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAAS
Border Security: The Relationship Between CBP and APHIS
Date: August 23, 2007
Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Location: 311 Cannon House Office Building
(more)...
Global Health Security: Public Health Interventions at Ports-of-Entry
July 23, 2007 - Capitol Building, room HC-8
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAASHouse of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security
Date: July 23, 2007
Time: 1:30-2:30pm
Location: HC-8, Capitol Building
The outbreaks of SARS and monkey pox among humans in 2003, and movement of individuals infected with Lassa fever in 2004 and drug-resistant (more)...
Terrorism and Modern Communications Technology
July 16, 2007 - Hudson Institute - 1015 15th Street, NW - Sixth Floor - Washington
The Hudson Institute Telecommunications, Information, and National Security Policy
July 16, 2007, 12:00 - 2:00 PM - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. HeadquartersHudson Institute invites you to luncheon seminar for the third of Hudson’s Telecommunications, Information, and Security Policy Seminar (more)...
Lessons from the denuclearization of Brazil and Argentina
June 25, 2007 - Senate Dirksen 419
Washington, DC
Noon - 1:30 PM
Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
As concerns about North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs continue, it is useful to examine cases where countries decided to forgo their nuclear programs. University de Sao Paolo Professor Jose (more)...
Who’s in Charge: Communication and Coordination in an Agriculture or Food Emergency
June 21, 2007 - 1539 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Date: June 21, 2007
(more)...
Modeling the War
June 14, 2007 - 2216 Rayburn House Office Building
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Please join us for another in our series of luncheon briefings on science and security. This luncheon will look at how computer scientists are modeling the behavior of insurgents to (more)...
Intelligence Reform, Science & Technology and the Counterproliferation Challenge
June 5, 2007 - AAAS Headquarters
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
2nd Floor Auditorium
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy invites you to attend:INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Science & Technology and the Counterproliferation ChallengeAmbassador Ken BrillDirector, National Counterproliferation CenterOffice of the Director of National (more)...
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Global Cleanout
May 25, 2007 - B354 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Please join us for the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy's next Science and Security Seminar. This seminar will feature Council on Foreign Relations Fellow for (more)...
Cyber Security: Protecting our Networks and Critical Infrastructure
May 21, 2007 - Rayburn House Building B369
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAAS
Cyber Security: Protecting our Networks and Critical Infrastructure
The United States, as well as many other developed nations, (more)...
AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
May 3, 2007 - Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy (formerly the "AAAS Colloquium"), held in Washington each spring, provides a forum for discussion and debate about budget and other policy issues (more)...
Report Release: The Role of the Reliable Replacement Warhead
April 24, 2007 - 2118 Rayburn House Office Building
Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
Benn TannenbaumCenter for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), through its Nuclear Weapons Complex Assessment Committee, chartered a study in May, 2006 to examine the possible role the Reliable Replacement (more)...
The Realities of Middle Eastern Oil
April 17, 2007 - AAAS Headquarters
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy invites you to attend a lecture by Robert E. Ebel, Senior ...
Second Floor Auditorium4:00 pm Reception with Light Refreshments4:30 pm Presentation and Discussion
Robert E. Ebel is chairman of the CSIS Energy Program, where he provides analysis on world oil and energy (more)...
Agricultural Biosecurity Briefing Series
April 2, 2007 - Center for Science Technology and Security Policy at AAAS
Agricultural Biosecurity Briefing Series
The US's total annual agricultural output amounts to trillions of dollars and annual agricultural exports amount to billions of dollars. Thus, applying effective biosecurity measures (more)...
The Future of Nuclear Weapons
February 18, 2007 - AAAS Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Benn TannenbaumProject DirectorCenter for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
The United States and Russia still maintain arsenals of thousands of nuclear weapons. These arsenals were designed to deter massive nuclear exchanges between the two countries. However, the most pressing (more)...
The Roots of Terror: Understanding the Evolving Threat of Global Terrorism
February 12, 2007 - The Wyndham Washington Hotel
Washington, DC, United States
Women in International Studies (WIIS), Georgetown University, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
The colloquium is designed to develop and strengthen the understanding of U.S. military and defense Leaders responsible for conducting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and for forming US Military (more)...
The Roles of Higher Education and Science & Technology in Building a Moderate Islamic Society
February 12, 2007 - AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave, NW
Jointly sponsored by the AAAS Center for Science, Techology and Security Policy and the AAAS International Office in cooperation with ...
Professor Atta - ur - RahmanFederal Minister/Chairman of the Higher EducationCommission of Pakistan and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology The Roles of Higher Education and Science (more)...
POLICY OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH EMERGING NUCLEAR STATES,WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE CASE OF NORTH KOREA
February 1, 2007 - UC Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC
The University of CaliforniaInstitute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
Three Panel Discussions
Reaction to North Korea as an Emerging Nuclear State: Deterring North Korea from use or transfer of nuclear weapons grade materialNuclear Security Through an International Nuclear Forensics Regime: (more)...
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
February 1, 2007 - 236 Senate Russell Building
3:00 - 4:00 P.M.Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Please join Princeton University Professor Christopher Chyba and Stanford University's Dean Wilkening for a discussion of their latest book, "U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy".
More information (more)...
Nuclear Economics: Bomb in the Backyard
December 8, 2006 - Noon - 2:00 PM
188 Russell Senate Office Building
Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Please join CSTSP for the next in our Science & Security Seminar Series. This lunch will feature Peter Zimmerman of King's College London and Jeffrey Lewis of Harvard University discussing (more)...
Defense Coalitions and the Global Character of the New Defense Industry
December 6, 2006 - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
The conference will consist of keynote speeches and two panel discussions. The first panel discussion will examine obstacles to cooperation between allies on the research and development of new weapons (more)...
The Second Nuclear Age
December 4, 2006 - BCSIA Library (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs) Harvard University
David Sanger covers the White House for The New York Times and is one of the newspaper's senior writers. In a 24-year career at the paper, he has reported from (more)...
The Battle Of Algiers
November 9, 2006 - American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Ave, NW Washington, DC 20005
Sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology & Security Policy
A screening of the classic feature film of famed director Gillo PontecorvoTHE BATTLE OF ALGIERSFollowed by a conversation about the events in the film withDR. DAVID OTTAWAYFellow at the Woodrow (more)...
Summary of the Royal Society Interacademy Meeting on New Science & Technology Relevant to the BWC
November 8, 2006 - Revelle Room at AAAS
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAAS
Summary of the Royal Society Interacademy Meeting on New Science & Technology Relevant to the BWC
DC Biosecurity Group Meeting
Event Date: November 8, 2006
Event Time: 12:00pm (noon)
Lunch will (more)...
The National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences Study on Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
October 19, 2006 - Noon - 1:30
Room 366
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Sciencein conjunction with The National Academies
The U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences are undertaking a joint study to assess the technical, economic, legal/regulatory, and non-proliferation criteria necessary for the implementation of an (more)...
Conventional Missiles and Early Warning Systems
October 6, 2006 - 2105 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyAmerican Association for the Advancment of Science
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian early warning system has decayed. Can it still detect an incoming missile? Can it distinguish between civilian space launches (more)...
Sustainable Development in the Muslim World Needs Excellence in Science and Technology
September 13, 2006 - National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, in the Members Room. Use the entrance on C Street. Limited free parking may be available in the gated Academy lot on 21st Street. The nearest Metro stop is Foggy Bottom.
AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyThe National Academies
Speaker: Dr. Reza Mansouri, Professor of Physics, Sharif University of TechnologyTitle: Sustainable Development in the Muslim World Needs Excellence in Science and Technology: Iran as (more)...
An Evening of Conversation with General Anthony Zinni
June 6, 2006 - 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
(more)...
A Technical Examination of the US-India Nuclear Deal
June 5, 2006 - B339 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Noon - 1:30 PM
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
This event is part of the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy's Science and Security Seminar Series and features Professor Scott Sagan of Stanford University and Professor T.S. Gopi (more)...
Public Health Preparedness Seminar Series
May 5, 2006 -
Kavita Berger, Center for Science, Technology and Security PolicyGeneve Mantri, Security for a New Century
Recent events have forced Congress and the American people to demand better public health preparedness for and emergency response to natural biological events or intentional bioterrorist acts. Previous Congresses have (more)...
Reprocessing, Yucca Mountain, and Cost
April 24, 2006 - HC-9,
Capitol Building,
Washington, DC,
Noon-1:30 PM
This event is part of the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy's Science and Security Seminar Series and features ...
Dr. Macfarlane will speak about the effects of reprocessing on spent fuel storage needs at Yucca Mountain: (more)...
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
December 5, 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
For further information, please contact: Richard Lennane Secretary of the Meeting of States Parties to the ...
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 5 to 9 December 2005 to discuss and promote common understanding and effective action on the content, (more)...
FAS 60th Anniversary Celebration
November 30, 2005 - National Press Club
Washington, DC
Federation of American Scientists
In order to control the bomb they had created, the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project founded the Federation of Atomic Scientists, later the Federation of American (more)...
Breakfast Seminar: A Personal Perspective on the Changing Nuclear Threat
May 20, 2005 - AAAS Auditorium
Washington, DC
This seminar was organized by the AAAS Center for Science, Technology
and Security Policy and the AAAS Science and Policy Programs ...
(more)...
A Personal Perspective on the Changing Nuclear Threat
February 3, 2005 - AAAS Auditorium
Washington, DC
The breakfast seminar was organized by the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy in cooperation with ...
(more)...
LASERS: More Than Just Pretty Lights
December 13, 2004 - Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC
This session was organized by the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
(more)...
