MIT Conference on Science and Global Security

Brian Weeden, Technical Consultant for the Secure World Foundation and Ben Baseley-Walker, Foreign Policy Consultant for SWF, have returned from the Conference on Science and Global Security. This event was sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists and held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The Conference brought together international technical security researchers from a number of different disciplines to discuss current issues in areas such as nuclear proliferation, nanotechnology, space security, and arms control. In particular, the recent international growth in the field of technical security and its interface with policy making was highlighted.