2024 Arms Control Association Annual Meeting

"Moving Back from the Nuclear Brink"

Please join us at our 2024 Annual Meeting, Friday, June 7, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

This year's edition of our annual conference will delve into some of the most pressing arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament challenges facing the nation and the world today.

Our featured speakers are:

  • Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), member of the House Armed Services Committee, and co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group will deliver "A Congressional Perspective on Nuclear Weapons Spending and Arms Control."
  • Pranay Vaddi, Special Assistant to President Biden and Senior Director for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation at the National Security Council will provide an "Update on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Future Directions for Arms Control" since National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's address to the ACA meeting last year.

Expert panels include:

"Looming Decisions on U.S. Nuclear Force Size and Spending" with

  • Hans Kristensen (Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists)
  • Madelyn Creedon (Congressional Commission on the U.S. Strategic Posture)
  • W. J. Hennigan (The New York Times)

“Achieving More Effective Implementation of U.S. Arms Transfer Policy” with

  • Annie Shiel (Center for Civilians in Conflict)
  • Ari Tolany (Center for International Policy)
  • Rachel Stohl (Stimson Center and member of the ACA Board)

"Preventing Further Proliferation in the Middle East," with

  • Sharon Squassoni (Elliot School, George Washington University)
  • Kelsey Davenport (Arms Control Association)
  • Sina Toossi (Center for International Policy"

"Charting Future Paths for Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament," with ACA Board Chair Thomas Countryman and others.

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