- Guest Plenary Presenters:
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Akiko Yoshida,
Friends of the Earth, Tokyo Japan
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Setsuko
Thurlow, hibakusha, Toronto Canada
- Keynote Speaker: Sat. Dec. 1, 7 -- 8 p.m., open to the
public
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Dr. Norma
Field, Univ. of Chicago Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor
of Japanese Studies Emerita
- Seven panels featuring 16
other guest presenters presenting on topics dealing with nuclear power,
waste, weapons, and -- a world without nuclear
- Book Signing: Dr.
Arjun Makhijani ("Carbon Free/Nuclear
Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy"), and Kristen Iversen ("Full Body
Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats")
Optional Reception with Presenters -- Sat. Dec.. 1, 5:30 -- 7 p.m.; $30/person, advance reservations only
Chicago Premiere of the
acclaimed documentary , "Atomic
States of America"
Sat. evening, Dec. 1, 8 -- 10 p.m., free, open to the public
REGISTRATION : open to the public, $40 for 2 days, includes lunch ($50 at door); online at http://www.neis.org ; or download registration form from the website and returning it by mail with payment to NEIS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION : full Conference schedule, registration, speakers list, travel and housing suggestions available by visiting the website of Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), http://www.neis.org ; or call us at (773)342-7650.
SPONSORED BY : Beyond Nuclear, Nuclear Energy Information
Service (NEIS), and Friends of the Earth; co-sponsored by UChicago Climate
Action Network (U-CAN), and International House Global Voices Program (Saturday
events).
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