2006 Critical Issues Forum (CIF)
Teacher Development Workshop

December 7 - 9, 2006
CNS, Monterey, CA
CNS seminar room, D-100

Topic: "Outer Space: Next Frontier for Proliferation or Forum for Cooperation?"

Agenda
(in Russian) - translated by Olga Kovarzina

12/07/06 Thursday

0830-0845	Welcome (William Potter, CNS Director)
0845-0945	Introduction of the 06-07 Curriculum and Benchmarks (Stephen Sesko, CIF program consultant)
0945-1000	Break
1000-1100	Lecture 1: Introduction to Space Security (Speaker: Scott Parrish-CNS)
1100-1230	Lecture 2: History of Space Security and Arms Control. (Speaker: Clay Moltz-CNS)
1230-1400	Lunch Break
1400-1500	Lecture 3: Country Case Study: Russia (Speaker: Clay Moltz-CNS)
1500-1515	Break
1515-1615	Lecture 4: Country Case Study: China (Speaker: Stephanie Lieggi-CNS)
1615	Adjourn
1800	No-Host Dinner – all teachers and speakers invited

12/08/06 Friday

0830-0845	Questions and Housekeeping
0845-0945	Lecture 5: Physics of Space (Speaker: William Marshall-NASA)
0945-1045	Lecture 6: Survey of current and prospective military uses of space (Speaker: William Marshall-NASA)
1045-1100	Break
1100-1200	Lecture 7: Survey of current civilian uses of space (Speaker: Robert Schingler-NASA)
1200-1345	Lunch Break (CNS Seminar: Stephen Schwartz, "Sites Unseen: A Virtual Tour of Worldwide Nuclear Weapons Installations Using Google Earth" MG 102 optional)
1345-1445	Lecture 8: Country Case Study: Current U.S. Space Policy (Speaker: Robert Schingler-NASA)
1445-1545	Lecture 9: Emerging Space Powers, including Europe and others (William Marshall-NASA)
1545-1600	Break
1600-1645	Conclusion: Future Prospects: Arms Race or Cooperative Exploration? Implications (Speaker: Scott Parrish-CNS)
1700	Adjourn

12/09/06 Saturday
Goals, Methods and Resources for CIF Research

0900-1000	Resources (Scott Parrish-CNS)
1000-1100	Discussion on implementing the CIF Project in the Classroom and the Benchmarks (Stephen Sesko, CIF program consultant)
1100-1115	Break
1115-1230	Discussion on the Spring Students-Teachers Conference and the future of the CIF
1230	Adjourn
1230-1400	Lunch
1430-1800	Computer training for Russian teachers: Kade center (Bob Shayler, CIF webmaster)

The CIF Teacher Development Workshop is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Ford Foundation, and the Ploughshares Fund.

http://www.criticalissuesforum.org/wkshp_agenda_06.html
updated 18 January 2007