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This one-day conference brings together some of the nation’s leading nuclear experts to discuss critical topics of national strategic deterrence at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
| 0700-0800 | Registration | |
| 0800-0830 | Welcoming Remarks | |
| 0830-0930 | Is Nuclear Deterrence Still Relevant | |
| General Tony Cotton, Commander, US Strategic Command *Invited | ||
| 0930-0945 | Comfort Break | |
| 0945-1045 | President Truman’s Decision to Use the Bomb | |
| (Truman Library Archivist) | ||
| 1045-1100 | Comfort Break | |
| 1100-1200 | Reflecting on the Past | |
| A fireside chat with Brigadier General (Ret.) Paul Tibbits IV | ||
| 1200-1300 | Lunch | |
| 1300-1400 | The Current Threat Facing the United States | |
| Colonel Timothy Griffith, Commander, 509th Bomb Wing | ||
| 1400-1500 | The American Nuclear Arsenal | |
| Maj Gen William Murphy, USAFR | ||
| 1500-1515 | Comfort Break | |
| 1515-1615 | The Cost of Deterrence | |
| Adam Lowther, PhD, Vice President for Research, NIDS | ||
| 1615-1630 | Closing Remarks | |
| 1630 | Adjourn |