2016 LENS Conference

The 2016 LENS Conference poster, Hybrid Threats = Hybrid Law?

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, 2016

Duke Law School, Room 3041

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
Professor Laurie Blank, Emory University, School of Law
Maj. Gen. Blaise Cathcart, Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces
Mr. David Graham, Executive Director, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, U.S. Army
Dr. Aurel Sari, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter
Ms. Rita Siemion, International Legal Counsel, Human Rights First

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
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
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
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
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, 2016

Duke Law School, Room 3041

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
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
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

 

Conference Details

Parking

On Friday, February 26th, parking for the conference will be available in the Science Drive Visitor Lot, located on Science Drive, between NC 751 and Whitford Drive, directly across from the Fuqua School of Business. Additional parking this day will be available in Parking Garage 4. Rate information for this lot may may be found here.

On Saturday, February 27th, parking for the conference will be available in the Law School parking lot, entrance located on Towerview Road. 

Conference Seating

Conference seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. Once the main auditorium is full, attendees will be invited to view a live webcast of the conference in the adjacent overflow room.

WiFi

WiFi will be available to conference attendees.

CLE

The conference has been approved for 10.5 hours of CLE for Pennsylvania, two hours of which is ethics, and 10 hours of CLE for North Carolina, including two hours of ethics. Please refer to the NC Rules of Professional Conduct and the conference CLE materials if needed. Any associated fees will be the responsibility of the individual. To receive CLE credit, you must sign the CLE roster each day of the conference.

Dress

There is no dress code for the conference itself. However, most speakers will be in business attire. Military personnel are welcome to wear their UOD. For the conference reception and dinner, it is requested that gentlemen wear coat & tie. Ladies are requested to wear dressy or business attire (formal cocktail attire is not required). Military personnel are welcome to wear their service dress or civilian attire.

Point of Contact

Stephanie Lowd
stephanie.lowd@law.duke.edu
(919) 613-7080