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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Charlie Weiner asked that I bring
this conference to your attention. He mentioned that there is
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also a luncheon at the MIT Faculty Club on Saturday Oct. 22 which will
launch an effort to establish a Philip Morrison Disarmament Fellowship.
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<div align="center"><font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b>On the 25th
aniversary of the Nuclear Weapon Freeze Campaign <br>
and the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS) <br><br>
NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENTTHE WAY FORWARD<br>
Celebration, Education, Inspiration<br>
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</font><font face="Georgia" color="#00A05F">A symposium, reception, and
luncheons at MIT, Cambridge MA<br>
Friday-Sunday, 21-23 October 2005<br>
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Please join us for any or all parts of extraordinary weekend with more
than 30 nationally-known speakers. All events except lunches are free.
<b>Registration is required. </b>To avoid a delay at the door, please
<a href="http://idds.org/25thregisterdonate.php"><b>register on
line</a></b> or call 617-354-IDDS (4337). Please forward this invitation
widely. Check back at <a href="http://idds.org/"><b>IDDS</a> </b>for
video and audio downloads and DVDs after the event. <br><br>
<div align="center"><font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b>Summary
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</b></font>For details and maps, see below.</div>
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<li><font color="#00A05F"><b>Friday </b>(21 Oct) <b>Symposium with
Nuclear Freeze co-founder Randall Forsberg, Harvard professor Graham
Allison, UCS scientist David Wright, and many others, 4 pm7
pm:</b></font> New Threats and Responses. Co-sponsor MIT Center for
International Studies. MIT Green Bldg, Room 54-100
<li><font color="#00A05F"><b>Saturday </b>(22 Oct)<b> Symposium with
Keynote Speaker Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) and many others, 8 am5:30
pm:</b></font> Nuclear Nonproliferation and DisarmamentThe Way Forward.
Co-sponsor MIT Technology & Culture Forum. MIT Compton Labs Bldg,
Room 26-100
<li><font color="#00A05F"><b>Saturday </b>(22 Oct)<b> Morrison Tribute
Luncheon, 121:45 pm:</b></font> Remarks: Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), John
Pike, James Carroll*, Patricia McMillan, Herb Lin, Paul Walker, Kosta
Tsipis*, Charles Weiner, Randall Forsberg Fundraiser for Disarmament
Fellowship in memory of IDDS and Technology and Culture Forum Board
member Philip Morrison. MIT Faculty Club, Sloan Bldg E52
<li><font color="#00A05F"><b>Saturday</b>(22 Oct) <b>Reception with Helen
Caldicott, William Sloane Coffin, and Nick Carter, 6 pm8 pm:</b></font>
The Nuclear Freeze at 25 Celebration, Education, Inspiration. Co-sponsor
MIT Technology & Culture Forum. MIT Vannevar Bush Bldg Lobby (Bldg
13, cash bar)
<li><font color="#00A05F"><b>Sunday</b> (23 Oct) <b>Luncheon, 122 pm:
IDDS 25th Anniversary Fête.</b></font> Celebrate with IDDS alums,
friends, and family during a buffet lunch at the India Castle Restaurant.
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<div align="center"><font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b>Detailed
Description of Events and Speakers <br>
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Friday, 21 Oct, 47 pm, MIT Green Bldg, Room 54-100
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+26+building+54+building+e52&mapsearch=go">(map)</a></b>
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Symposium Co-sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies<br>
<font face="georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>New Threats and Responses<br><br>
</i></font>4 pm. Long-term Goals for Security Regimes<br>
</b>Security Communities, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Hayward Alker</b></font>, IDDS Board, University of Southern California <br>
Global Action to Prevent War, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Amb. Jonathan Dean</b></font>, IDDS Board, Union of Concerned Scientists<br>
UN Constabulary Force, <font color="#00A05F">Saul Mendlovitz</font> (former IDDS Board), Rutgers Law School<br>
Confidence-building Defenses, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Randall Forsberg, </b></font>Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies <br><br>
<b>5 pm. Post-9/11 Approaches to Security <br>
</b>Planning and Paying for America's Global Role, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Cindy Williams</b></font>, MIT<br>
Counter-Proliferation and Preventive War, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Neta Crawford</b></font> (former IDDS staff), Boston University<br>
Post-Soviet States, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Steve Miller*</b></font>, Editor-in-Chief, <i>International Security,</i> Harvard<br>
Keeping WMD Out of Terrorists' Hands, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Graham Allison</b></font>, Director, Belfer Center, Harvard<br><br>
<b>6 pm. Responding to Unconventional Threats and Dangers<br>
</b>Radiological Weapons: Threats and Responses,<b> Courtney Stewart</b>, IDDS<br>
Preventing or Limiting Pandemics, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Clark Abt</b></font>, Abt Associates<br>
The Debate on Weapons in Space, <font color="#00A05F"><b>David Wright</b></font>, Union of Concerned Scientists<br>
Responses to BW Attacks, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Judith Reppy</b></font>, IDDS Board Chair, Cornell University <br><br>
<font color="#3131AE"><b>Saturday, 22 Oct, 8 am5:30 pm, MIT Compton Labs Bldg, Room 26-100</font> <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+26+building+54+building+e52&mapsearch=go">(map)<br>
</a></b>Symposium co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum<br>
<font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The Way Forward<br><br>
</i></font>8 am. Check-in, Tables<br><br>
9:15 am. Welcome</b>, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Rev. Amy McCreath</b></font>, MIT Technology and Culture Forum, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Dr Randall Forsberg</b></font>, Nuclear Freeze co-founder and Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies<br><br>
<b>9:30 am. The Nuclear Free! ze at 25: Lessons for Grassroots Outreach</b> <br>
Nuclear Freeze Campaign Co-founder <font color="#00A05F"><b>Pam Solo</b></font>, Director, Institute for Civil Society<br>
Massachusetts Peace Action Director <font color="#00A05F"><b>Shelagh Foreman<br>
</b></font>"Struggle against the Bomb" (3 vol history) Author <font color="#00A05F"><b>Lawrence Wittner</b></font>, SUNY-Albany<br>
Nuclear Freeze Campaign Co-founder <font color="#00A05F"><b>Randy Kehler*<br><br>
</font>10:45 am. Coffee Break<br><br>
11:00 am. College Teaching on Security and Nonproliferation Issues<br>
</b>Views from Political Science:<font color="#00A05F"><b> Natalie Goldring</b></font>, IDDS Board member, Georgetown; <font color="#00A05F"><b>Laura Reed</b></font> (former IDDS Staff and Officer), Harvard; Views from Natural Sciences <font color="#00A05F"><b>Frank Settle*,</b></font> Washington & L! ee, chemistry <br><br>
<b>11:40 am. Missile Defense and the Weaponization of Space<br>
<font color="#00A05F">Matthew Hoey,</b> </font>IDDS <br><br>
<b>12 noon. Lunch Break</b> <br><br>
<font color="#3131AE"><b>Saturday, 22 Oct, 121:45 pm, MIT Faculty Club, Sloane Bldg (E52</font>) <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+26+building+54+building+e52&mapsearch=go">(map)</a></b> <br>
Luncheon co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum<br>
<font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>Honoring Philip Morrison, a Morrison Disarmament Fellowship <br>
</i></b></font>Remarks: Congressman Ed Markey, John Pike, Randall Forsberg, Paul Walker, James Carroll*, Kosta Tsipis*, Pricilla McMillan, Charles Weiner, and Herb Lin* (Donation, Advance Registration) <br><br>
<font color="#3131AE"><b>Saturday, 22 Oct, 8 am5:30 pm, MIT Compton Labs Bldg, Room 26-100 </font><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+26+building+54+building+e52&mapsearch=go">(map)</a></b> <br>
Symposium co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum<br>
<font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The Way Forward</i></b></font> <font size=2><b><i>(continued)<br><br>
</i></font>2 pm. Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Racing: What Lies Ahead?<br>
</b>Russia, USA, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Robert Legvold</b></font>, IDDS Board member, Columbia University<br>
Iran, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea,<font color="#00A05F"><b>! John Pike</b></font>, Founder, globalsecurity.org<br>
Reductions and Nonproliferation,<font color="#00A05F"><b> Jonathan Schell</b></font>, Nation Columnist, Author, "The Fate of the Earth"<br><br>
<b>3 pm. Keynote Speaker: Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA)</b>, introduction by <font color="#00A05F"><b>Randall Forsberg</b></font>,<b> </b>Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies<br><br>
<b>3:30 pm. Cultural, Psychological and Religious Responses to the Nuclear Threat<br>
<font color="#00A05F">Harvey Cox</b></font> (former IDDS Board member), Professor, Harvard Theological Seminary<br>
<font color="#00A05F"><b>Robert Jay Lifton</b></font>, Harvard Medical School, Author<br>
<font color="#00A05F"><b>Alan Kay</b></font> (former IDDS President), Founder and President, Public-Interest Polling<br><br>
<b>4:30 pm. Turning the Tide: Routes toward a Safer World<br>
</b>Building on Our Succe! sses, <font color="#00A05F"><b>David Cortright</b></font>, President, Fourth Freedom Forum<br>
Reaching Voters and Congress, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Susan Shaer</b></font>, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions<br>
Goals for '06-'08, <font color="#00A05F"><b>Joseph Cirincione</b></font>, Nonproliferation Project Director,Carnegie Endowment <br>
Awakening America <font color="#00A05F"><b>David Krieger</b></font>, Founder and Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation<br><br>
<font color="#3131AE"><b><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+13+Bush&mapsearch=go">Saturday, 22 Oct, 68 pm, MIT Vannevar Bush Bldg Lobby (Bldg 13) </a></font><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=building+13+Bush&mapsearch=go">(map)</a> <br>
</b>Panel and Reception co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum<br>
<font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>Nuclear Freeze at 25Celebration, Education, Inspiration<br><br>
</i></font>6 pm. Reception<br>
<font color="#00A05F">Nick Carter</b></font>,<font color="#00A05F"> </font>former National Freeze Director,<font color="#00A05F"> Dr Helen Caldicott</font>, Remarks; <font color="#00A05F"><b>Rev William Sloane Coffin</b></font>, Introducing the Interreligious Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (cash bar, registration required, please <a href="http://idds.org/25thregisterdonate.php"><b>register on line</a></b>)<br><br>
<font color="#3131AE"><b>Sunday, 23 Oct, 12-2 pm, India Castle, 928 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge </font>(<a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?name=&addr=928+Massachusetts+Ave&state=MA&csz=Cambridge%2C+MA+02139-3106&ds=n&uzip=02139&mag=2&desc=&country=US&dma=506&cat=trav&resize=s&trf=0&lat=42.368417&lon=-71.109227&mlt=42.368417&mln=-71.109227&rezoom=1&.intl=us&addrtype=12&compass=&BFKey=put"> map</a></b>)<br>
Luncheon hosted by the Institute fo! r Defense and Disarmament Studies <br>
<font face="Georgia" color="#3131AE"><b><i>IDDS 25th Anniversary Fête<br>
</i></b></font>Join current and former IDDS Board, staff, interns, volunteers, supporters, with friends and family; celebrate, reminisce, and catch up during an Indian buffet lunch ($15 per person, $5 for children 5-12). Advance registration and payment are required. <br><br>
<font size=1>All events are sponsored by the <a href="http://idds.org/">Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies</a>, a UN-registered NGO and 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt center for research and education on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize military spending, and foster democratic institutions. Address (Central Square): IDDS, 675 Massachusetts Ave, 9th fl, Cambridge MA 02139. Tel: 617-354-IDDS (4337), Fax: 617-354-1450, Web: idds.org, Email: info@idds.org. We need and welcome tax-ded! uctible donations to support our work, and we offer internships to graduate and undergraduate students. Please see idds.org for more information. <br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
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