The Prague Project

The State Department is throwing an event on March 30th to bring together a cohort of young nuclear wonks and some seasoned experts.  With a little luck, nuclear knowledge will osmose between nuclear MVPs and conference attendees.

Ellen Tauscher will keynote the conference with Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller and Amb. Susan Burk as confirmed speakers. Kingston Reif of Nukes of Hazard fame is slated to represent the youth perspective on an intergenerational panel with Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank Rose and Amb. Linton Brooks.

Registration deadline: Monday, March 28 at 3:00 PM.  Full details below:

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The U.S. Department of State

cordially invites you to a special event:

“Generation Prague: Arms Control and Nonproliferation in the 21st Century”

Please join us for a very special event that will look at challenges and opportunities facing the “Post Cold War Generation”  working in  arms control and  nonproliferation.  Panel discussions with  senior Administration  representatives, academics,  nongovernmental organization experts, and  other governments will address the following topics: “Progress  on the Prague Agenda,” “Intergenerational Attitudes and Perspectives,” “Engaging New Audiences,” and “Education, Training  and Professional Development.”   Confirmed speakers include: Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher; Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller; Ambassador Susan Burk; Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank Rose; former National Nuclear Security Administration Director Ambassador Linton Brooks; and many more.  This event is open to all ages and experience levels.

DATE: Wednesday, March 30, 2011

TIMING: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Please arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. for identification check and registration.

LOCATION: U.S. Department of State, East Auditorium, George Marshall Conference Center(Enter at 21st St. NW, between C St. & Virginia Ave., Washington, D.C.)

Please RSVP to PublicOutreach@state.gov no later than3:00p.m. EST Monday, March 28, 2011.

All RSVPs MUST include the following information:Full name, organization, title, date of birth

For U.S. citizens: U.S. drivers license number and state of issuance

For non-U.S. citizens: foreign passport number and country of issuance

Please include “Generation Prague Conference” in the subject line of your response email and please indicate if you require any special accommodations. Seating is limited.

This past Friday, the Prague Project teamed up with the Connect U.S. Fund to host a premier night screening of Countdown to Zero in DC.

More than 125 young adults attended the screening at the E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.  Afterwards, attendees gathered at Elephant & Castle to celebrate the opening of the film and talk about the small things every person can do to make a difference in nuclear weapons policy.

At the after-party, guests also had the opportunity to test out newly acquired nuclear knowledge and compete for fabulous prizes (thanks, Participant Media!).

Check out the slideshow, below, to see photos from the event.  And thanks to everyone who attended for helping to make the evening a huge success!

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Our friends at the Center for American Progress‘ Campus Progress are hosting a great event on nuclear weapons policy in DC next week at Busboys & Poets.

Mona Sutphen, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, will discuss the New START Treaty, the overall nuclear security agenda and ways for young adults to get involved.

Sutphen will be joined by Alex Bell of the Ploughshares Fund, and panel moderator Max Bergmann of the Center for American Progress.  Both Max and Alex are also members of the Prague Project.

If you’re in the DC area, please stop by for a great conversation on nuclear weapons policy and why it should matter to you.  Plus, free refreshments will be served.

The event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP to attend.  Click here to reserve your spot. Have more questions about the event?  Send them over to speakers@campusprogress.org.

Here are the details:

Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Busboys and Poets

Langston Hughes Room

2021 14th Street NW

Washington, DC 20009