Organized by National Iranian American Council (NIAC)

Reassessing the nuclear strategy in the wake of the Majles elections

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

1:45 pm - 6:00 pm

325 Russell Senate Office Building

Refreshments will be served

1:45-2:00 pm

REGISTRATION

2:00-2:15 pm

WELCOMING REMARKS

Dr. Trita Parsi

President, National Iranian American Council

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

PANEL I:  NEW MAJLES, NEW CHALLENGES?

Scott Peterson

Christian Science Monitor

Prof. Ahmad Sadri

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Lake Forest College

Barbara Slavin

USA Today/USIP

3:45 am - 5:00 pm

PANEL II: BEYOND ZERO ENRICHMENT - FINDING THE NUCLEAR FIX

Dr. Hans Blix

Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC)

Former Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Ambassador Thomas Pickering

Vice Chairman, Hills & Company

Former Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Dr. David Albright

President, Institute for Science and International Security

5:00pm - 5:45 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Moderator