- Thursday, 29. October 2015 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Save in my calendar
Think Nuclear Free Symposium
Thursday, October 29, 11am - 5pm
(Refreshments will be served throughout the day)
at Goethe-Institut Washington DC
(812 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001)
featuring:
Opening remarks:
Claus Biegert, Founder, Nuclear Free-Future Award
Presentations:
Uranium - A Journey
By Gordon Edwards, physicist and nuclear advisor & Bob Del Tredici, Founder, Atomic Photographers Guild
There is no Risk-Free Dosage - How to give an Image to the Message
By Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, Swiss scientific illustrator - Winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award 2015
Panel Discussions:
Old Treaties and New Bombs
Paul Walker, director of the Environmental Security and Sustainability Programme, Green Cross International
Alyn Ware, Founder, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Tony deBrum, Foreign Minister, Repulic of the Marshall Islands - Winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award 2015
Alexander Kmentt, Director of Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award 2015
If Mass Murder is an Option, Resistance is a Must:
Gordon Edwards, physicist and nuclear advisor
Claus Biegert, Founder, Nuclear Free-Future Award
Sister Megan Rice & Michael Walli, Transform Now Plowshares - Winners of the Nuclear-Free Future Award 2015
Shawn Iserhoff, former Youth Chief of Mistissini with the Cree Youth of Mistissini - Winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award 2015
Background:
The Nuclear-Free Future Award (NFFA) is an annual award given to nuclear activists, organizations and communities from all over the world. The award has honored and helped facilitate the ongoing work of individuals and initiatives that are working on alerting to the real costs of uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
Please RSVP assure a place in the auditorium.
We look forward to seeing you on October 29!