Join us at the 2026 Outrider Nuclear Media Summit

This fall, we are bringing together journalists—as well as TV and movie screenwriters, producers, directors, and content creators—to discuss nuclear security issues related to artificial intelligence, health, the environment, and outer space.

October 22-23, 2026Los Angeles

In partnership with Hollywood, Health and Society at USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, the Outrider Nuclear Media Summit will bring together media professionals, entertainment producers, national security experts, policymakers, and scientists. This free, two-day event offers conference sessions, training, and networking.

Featured Speakers

Nicholas Meyer

Director & Writer, “The Day After”

Lesley M.M. Blume

Journalist & Author, “Fallout”

Charles Oppenheimer

Founder & Co-Executive Director, The Oppenheimer Project, grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Steve James

Documentary filmmaker, “A Compassionate Spy” and “Hoop Dreams”

W.J. Hennigan

Correspondent, New York Times Opinion

Nicole Sweeney

Executive Producer, Complexly’s “SciShow”

Luke Matheny

Luke Matheny, Oscar-winning Director & Writer

Nate Matteson

Producer, “Station Eleven,” “The Bear,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”

Mackenzie Knight-Boyle

Senior Research Associate, Federation of American Scientists

Kate Langrall Folb

Program Director, Hollywood Health & Society, The Norman Lear Center

David Singer

Creator of the fiction podcast, “Incoming”

Aparna Mukherjee

Executive Director, The Society of Environmental Journalists

Jeff Gipe

Documentary filmmaker, “Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory”

Dr. Heather Williams

Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department