Register today for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ annual Clock Symposium. Over the last 68 years, the Bulletin has reset the minute hand on their iconic Doomsday Clock 21 times, most recently in January, 2015, when the Clock moved from five minutes to midnight to three. Existential threats resulting from a rapidly changing climate figured heavily into the Clock change last year, and the Symposium this year puts climate change front and center. You won’t want to miss the points made by Sivan Kartha, Peter Ogden, Richard Somerville, and Robert Socolow as they discuss the Paris climate negotiations and energy solutions for a warming planet.

The Symposium is free and open to the public.

Public Transportation & Parking

Street parking is available on the surrounding streets, and a visitor parking garage is available on the corner of Ellis Ave. and 55th Street, a block away from the Eckhardt Center. Meter parking is available in the lot on the west of LASR building (enter on 56th street after Drexel Ave.)

The Eckhardt Center is accessible by public transportation via Metra Train or CTA bus routes (Bus #171 and 172 stop directly in front of the buliding, Bus #4 stops at Cottage Grove and 57th Street, walk 2 blocks East on 57th Street.)

Contacts

Hayeong Rho: hrho@thebulletin.org

Agenda

12:00 pm–12:15 pm

Welcome

Rachel Bronson, Executive Director and Publisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

12:15 pm–1:00 pm

Keynote Address: The Bulletin at Age 70: The Challenges Ahead

– Introduction: Daniel Diermeier, Dean, Harris School of Public Policy and Emmett Dedmon Professor of Public Administration, University of Chicago
– The Honorable Gareth Evans, Chancellor, Australian National University, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Resources and Energy, Australia

1:00 pm–1:45 pm

Climate Change: What We Expect from Paris 2015 and Does it Matter

– Sivan Kartha, Senior Scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute and Co-leader of SEI’s “Managing Climate Risks” initiative
– Peter Ogden, Senior Advisor and Fellow, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago
– Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
– Moderator: Adele Simmons, President, Global Philanthrophy Partnership

1:45 pm–2:15 pm

Break

2:15 pm–3:00 pm

Nuclear Security: After the Iran Deal, What’s Next for Nuclear Security?

– Kennette Benedict, Adjunct Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
– Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
– Jeff Terry, Professor of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology
Moderator: Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

3:00 pm–4:00 pm

Discussion: “Why Nuclear Security is TODAY’S Challenge”

– Introduction: Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences, University of Chicago
– The Honorable William Perry, 19th U.S. Secretary of Defense, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) and Senior Fellow (ret.), Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; founder of the William J. Perry Project

Areas of Focus: Environment
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Environment
Producing and using energy damages people’s health and the environment. EPIC research is quantifying the social costs of energy choices and uncovering policies that help protect health while facilitating growth.
Climate Change
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Climate Change
Climate change is an urgent global challenge. EPIC research is helping to assess its impacts, quantify its costs, and identify an efficient set of policies to reduce emissions and adapt...
Climate Law & Policy
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Climate Law & Policy
As countries around the world implement policies to confront climate change, EPIC research is calculating which policies will have the most impact for the least cost.