Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will hold its annual national security conference on February 26-27 at Duke Law School. The 2016 LENS conference, titled "Hybrid Threats = Hybrid Law?", will examine how technology, science, and societal changes have affected the nature of war, created new fields of conflict, and necessitated new ways of thinking about the legal architecture affecting 21st century threats. Conference speaker Professor Aurel Sari’s essay on law and hybrid warfare identifies key issues the conference will address. Other speakers will include Duke Law’s Professor Nita Farahany, an expert in the ethical and legal implications of emerging science and technology and director of Duke Science and Society; Craig Silliman, Verizon's executive vice president of public policy and general counsel; Dr. Missy Cummings of Duke’s Humans and Autonomy Lab; and Col. Bryan Watson, USAF, general counsel for the White House Military Office. The conference banquet speaker will be VADM James Crawford, The Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy.
Thank you to our first Silver Level conference sponsor, Mr. Rob Spring, Duke Law '77! Please join him in supporting the conference.
Conference Schedule
Friday, February 26, 2016Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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7:30 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:15 a.m. | Welcome: Dean David F. Levi, Duke Law School |
8:20 a.m. | Conference Welcome: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director |
8:30 a.m. | Keynote: Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Law: Framing the Issues |
Speaker: Professor Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University | |
9:00 a.m. | Break |
9: 15 a.m. | Law of Armed Conflict in an Era of Hybrid Threats |
Moderator: Col. Adam Oler, USAF, National War College |
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11:00 a.m. | Break (pick up box lunches) |
11:20 a.m. | Luncheon Speech: Neuroscience Goes to War: Hybrid Soldiers and More |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Professor Nita Farahany, Duke Law School |
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12:30 p.m. | Break |
12:45 p.m. | Surveillance and Privacy in the Era of Hybrid Threats |
Moderator: Dean William Banks, Interim Dean, Syracuse University Law School Professor Laura Donohue, Georgetown Law Mr. Robert Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Ms. Kate Martin, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Ms. Erin Wirtanen, Assistant General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency |
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2:15 p.m. | Break |
2:30 p.m. | Civil-Military Relations in the Era of Hybrid Threats |
Dean William Banks, Interim Dean, Syracuse University Law School Professor Peter Feaver, Duke University, School of Political Science |
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3:15 p.m. | Break (in place) |
3:20 p.m. | Cyber in the Era of Hybrid Threats: The Status of Tallinn 2.0 (video unavailable) |
Speaker: Professor Michael Schmitt, Director, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, U.S. Naval War College | |
4:00 p.m. | Break (in place) |
4:05 p.m. | Ethics Presentation: Ethical Challenges in the Era of Hybrid Threats |
Professor Peter Margulies, Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, University of Pennsylvania Law School |
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5:05 p.m. | First day of conference concludes |
6:30 p.m. | Reception at Washington Duke Inn |
7:15 p.m. |
Conference Dinner at Washington Duke Inn Ambassador Ballroom |
Host: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: VADM, James Crawford, USN, Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy |
Saturday, February 27, 2016Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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8:00 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Keynote: Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Law: A Private Sector Perspective |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Mr. Craig Silliman, Executive VP of Public Policy and General Counsel, Verizon |
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9:15 a.m. | Break |
9:30 a.m. | Autonomous Weapons in the Era of Hybrid Threats |
Moderator: Professor Kenneth Anderson, American University Professor Missy Cummings, Duke University, Humans and Autonomy Lab Professor Michael Newton, Vanderbilt University Law School Professor Michael Schmitt, U.S. Naval War College Mr. Rob Ramey, ICRC Deputy Legal Advisor, Washington Delegation |
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11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. | Ethics presentation: 3 R’s for Cultivating an Ethical Culture in a Hybrid Environment: Rules, Responsibilities, and Realities |
Speaker: Col. Bryan Watson, USAF, General Counsel, White House Military Office | |
12:15 p.m. | Closing remarks: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director |
12:30 p.m. | Conference concludes |
The conference is produced by the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School