We are pleased to announce that the Spring 2018 Critical Issues Forum Students’ Conference will be held in the beautiful city of Monterey, California on March 30-31st, 2018. This year’s conference topic is: “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Achievements, Aspirations and Challenges Ahead.” The conference will be conducted at The Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey, in the Irvine Auditorium located at the McCone Building. We hope you enjoy your time in Monterey and look forward to an enlightening conference for all involved. For more information please see our main 2018 CIF page here.

Group photo of students from the 2016 CIF Conference in Monterey

Conference Agenda available here

Please take a look at our press release

We are proud to announce our 2018 Keynote Speakers: 

Jon Wolfsthal

Former Special Assistant to the President for National Security and Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control at the National Security Council. Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Recently named the director of the Global Zero’s Nuclear Crisis Group. Member of the Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Follow Jon on Twitter at @JBWolfsthal for his most updated insights!

Susan Southard

Author of Nagasaki: Life After the Nuclear War, a book that tells the story of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki by focusing on the lives of five hibakusha or atomic bomb survivors. Her masterful book weaves interviews of survivors with historical and scientific research to create a comprehensive account of the resilience of Nagasaki. For more information about Susan Southard’s work, please visit her website.

Participating Schools: 

American Schools Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Dr. Olga Mohan High School, Los Angeles, CA Harker School, San Jose, CA International Polytechnic High School (iPoly), Pomona, CA Pacific Grove High School, Pacific Grove, CA Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Rock University High School, Janesville, WI

Japanese Schools* Hiroshima Jogakuin Senior High School, Hiroshima Kwassui High School, Nagasaki Kaisei High School, Tokyo Kansai Soka Senior High School, Osaka Nagasaki Higashi High School, Nagasaki Soka Senior High School, Tokyo *Also presenting Miharu Kobayashi, High School Student Peace Ambassador from Hiroshima University High School

Russian Schools School № 41, Novouralsk School № 164, Zelenogorsk Lyceum, Lesnoy

More photos of participants from previous years conferences

 

CNS and MIIS look forward to greeting CIF Students!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hope you enjoy your time in beautiful Monterey!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year’s Critical Issues Forum Program is sponsored by the US-Japan Foundation, and the Tom and Sarah Pattison Fund.