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Senator Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn is co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He served as a United States Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996) and is retired from the law firm of King & Spalding.
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The Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum is a policy meeting that brings together noted academic, government, and private-sector experts on technology, public policy, and international affairs to address issues of immediate importance to the nation. It was developed from former Senator Sam Nunn’s vision of increasing understanding among policymakers, academic researchers, technologists, and citizens regarding important issues facing them. Senator Nunn is a Distinguished Professor at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.
The Policy Forum is open to the public and is designed to foster informed discussion of critical issues confronting the United States in the 21st century. Offering a significant venue for policy-relevant research and dialogue, the Policy Forum transcends disciplinary boundaries and engages scholars, practitioners, students, and the public. The insights and findings produced at the Forum are shared with policymakers and the broader public through congressional testimony, circulation of proceedings, policy papers, journal articles, and educational television and Internet broadcasts. The Forum connects the academic and policymaking communities to craft effective and creative responses to the critical challenges facing the nation and engages and informs interested citizens on these issues.
History of the Sam Nunn Forum
The initial Policy Forum series was held annually from 1997 to 2002; was co-sponsored jointly by the University of Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University; and was hosted in turn by each institution. Since 2002, the Policy Forum, has been held biennially, sponsored by and held at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Policy Forum is funded by a generous endowment provided by Bank of America.