45th Annual Conference for Peace

Sunday afternoon, November 17, 2024 

Confirmed Speakers

William D. Hartung

William D. Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, where he focuses on the arms industry and US military budget. He was previously the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy and the co-director of the Center’s Sustainable Defense Task Force. He is the author of several books, including Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex (Nation Books, 2011). He has been a featured expert on national security issues on CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, the PBS Newshour, CNN, Fox News, and scores of local, regional, and international TV and radio outlets.

Sébastien Philippe

Sébastien Philippe is a Research Scholar with Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. His research includes nuclear non-proliferation, arms control, disarmament, and justice issues. He is the co-author of Toxique (French University Press, 2021), an investigation into the radiological and environmental impact of French nuclear tests in the Pacific, which was a Finalist for the 2021 Albert Londres Prize (the French equivalent of the Pulitzer) and won a 2022 Sigma Award for best data journalism in the world, among other accolades. Philippe received his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, was a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and has served as a nuclear weapon system safety engineer in France's Ministry of Armed Forces.

Click here to read Mr. Philippe's article, Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos?, published in the December, 2023 issue of Scientific American.

Heather Brandon-Smith

Heather Brandon-Smith is the legislative director for foreign policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Heather leads FCNL’s work to repeal outdated war authorization, promote respect for human rights and international law, and reduce U.S. armed interventions around the world. 

Prior to joining FCNL, Heather served as the Advocacy Counsel for National Security at Human Rights First, where she worked to advance U.S. national security policies that are consistent with human rights and the rule of law. Heather is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Her writing has appeared in CNN, The Hill, Lawfare, Just Security, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, and Intercross. She holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Politics and International Relations, an LL.B., and an LL.M. from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Rev. Adam Russell Taylor

In addition to leading our 45th Annual Multifaith Service for Peace at Princeton University Chapel the morning of November 17th, Rev. Taylor will also speak at our afternoon Annual Conference for Peace.

Venue and registration link details to come!

Co-Sponsors To-Date

• Princeton Clergy Association
• Princeton Friends Meeting
• Princeton University Chapel
• Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton