2023 Previous Forums

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum  on

Workforce Solutions for the U.S. Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

featuring

Whitney Jones

Director, Submarine Industrial Base Program Executive Office Strategic Submarines

U.S. Navy

U.S. Department of Defense

Frank Lowery

Associate Administrator for Management and Budget

National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. Department of Energy

Laura Werber, PhD

Senior Management Scientist

RAND Corporation

Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Sherry Yennello, PhD

University Distinguished Professor, Regent's Professor of Chemistry

Bright Chair in Nuclear Science

Director of the Cyclotron Institute

Director of the Nuclear Solutions Institute

Texas A&M University

 [Photo Credit:  CENTAUR at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting in August 2022  https://centaur.tamu.edu/] 

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 Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum on

The Inflection Point and the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise

featuring

Brad Roberts, Director Center for Global Security Research

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

and

William Tobey, Director Office of National Security and International Studies

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum

on

Understanding the Modernization of the Land-based Leg of the U.S. Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, LGM-35A Sentinel

with an opening address by

U.S. Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota

Member, Subcommittee on Defense

Committee on Appropriations

featuring

Brigadier General Colin J. Connor, USAF

Director ICBM Modernization

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center

and Hudson Institute present

The Joint National Nuclear Security Administration

Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Virtual Forums on

Challenges in Nuclear Warhead Modernization

featuring

Dr. John Harvey

Former Director, Policy Planning Staff

National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

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 Monday, July 17, 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Modernization

featuring 

U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1)

Vice Chairman, Committee on Armed Services & Chairman,  Subcommittee on Tactical Air & Land Forces Committee on Armed Services & Member, Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces Committee on Armed Services

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Monday, 26 June 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum 

USS Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN 826) & the  Trident II D-5 Missile

with opening remarks by U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Ranking Member Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

featuring

Rear Admiral Scott W. Pappano, Program Executive Officer, Strategic Submarines

U.S. Department of the Navy

Mr. Matthew D. Sermon, Executive Director, Program Executive Office, Strategic Submarines

U.S. Department of the Navy

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Hudson Institute’s Strategic Forces Seminar Series

with Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center

Featuring

Brigadier General Stacy Jo Huser

Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application

National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. Department of Energy

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 Wednesday, April 19, 2023  

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum 

Featuring:

Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, Emeritus Chair in 

Strategy Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dr. Adam B. Lowther 

Director 

Strategic Deterrence Programs 

National Strategic Research Institute 

Dr. Evan B. Montgomery 

Senior Fellow and Director, Research and Studies 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 

Dr. John A. Swegle 

Former Senior Advisory Scientist 

Savannah River National Laboratory 

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Monday, April 10, 2023  

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum 

Featuring:

U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-4) 

Member, Committee on Armed Services 

General Thomas A. Bussiere 

Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command & 

Commander, Air Forces Strategic - Air, U.S. Strategic Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana 

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Watch U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson Video Here 

 Thursday, February 23, 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center Virtual Forum 

Featuring: 

Peter Huessy

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Seth Kirshenberg

Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance

David J. Trachtenberg

Vice President, National Institute for Public Policy & Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center & Hudson Institute 

Present The Joint National Nuclear Security Administration  Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Virtual Forums 

Opening Remarks - Dr. Kim Budil, Laboratory Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

Featuring, Dr. Mark Herrmann, Program Director for Weapon Physics and Design, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  

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