October 21st
"Countdown to Zero" - Special Film Screening and Q&A Discussion with Professor Albert Carnesale
At Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

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World Affairs Council
of Orange County

and the

Pacific Council on International Policy

presents

Countdown to Zero
Special Film Screening and Q&A Discussion with Professor Albert Carnesale (bio below)

WACOC and the PCIP will host a screening of Participant Media and Magnolia Pictures’ "Countdown to Zero", a stunning documentary about the escalating global nuclear arms crisis.

Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities and others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. The film is a fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, exposing a variety of present day threats and featuring insights from a host of international statesmen and experts. Among the voices are President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf, Tony Blair, former CIA Operations Officer Valerie Plame Wilson, the Ploughshares Fund’s Joe Cirincione and Stanford political scientist Scott Sagan.

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010

Location: Chapman University
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Marion Knott Studios
Folino Theater
283 North Cypress Street
Orange, CA 92866

Professor Albert Carnesale Bio

Albert Carnesale is Chancellor Emeritus and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was Chancellor from 1997 through 2006, and now serves as Professor of Public Policy and of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research and teaching focus on public policy issues having substantial scientific and technological dimensions, and he is the author or coauthor of six books and more than 100 articles on a wide range of subjects, including national security strategy, arms control, nuclear proliferation, international energy issues, and higher education. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, and chairs two committees of the National Academies: the Committee on Nuclear Forensics, and the Committee on America’s Climate Choices. In addition, he serves on the Mission Committees of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Weapons of Mass Destruction. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Carnesale was at Harvard University for 23 years, serving as Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Provost of the University. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering.