Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) held its annual national security conference on February 23–24, 2018 at Duke Law School.
The 2018 LENS conference is titled Complexity and Security: The Role of the Law?
Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 22, 2018Duke Law School, Room 3037 |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Complexity and Accountability: The Future of the ICC Sponsored by LENS, the Center for International & Comparative Law, and the International Human Rights Clinic. Pre-Event. No registration required. |
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Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director |
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Friday, February 23, 2018Duke 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: Complexity and Security: The Domestic and International Law Perspective |
| Speaker: Mr. Brian Egan, former Legal Advisor to the U.S. State Department; currently, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson. | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | The Legal and Ethical Complexity of Developing “Super Soldiers” |
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Speaker: Prof. Nita Farahany, Duke Law |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Break (pick up box lunches) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Luncheon Speech: Complexity and Security: Asia Challenges |
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Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Mr. Dean Cheng, Heritage Foundation, author of Cyber Dragon: Inside China's Information Warfare and Cyber Operations (2017) |
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| 12:15 p.m. | Break |
| 12:30 p.m. | Complexity and Cybersecurity |
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Moderator: Ms. Erin Wirtanen, Chief Counsel for the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI), CIA Panelist 1: Ms. Kathleen Hamm, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Panelist 2: Mr. Michael Adams, McGuireWoods Panelist 3: Mr. Ari Schwartz, Venable LLP Panelist 4: Mr. John Reed Stark, President of John Reed Stark Consulting, LLC |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Complexity and Security: Investigating and Prosecuting National Security Cases |
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Moderator: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Duke Law Panelist 1: Mr. John Cronan, Acting Assistant Attorney General and former Chief of SDNY's Terrorism Unit. Panelist 2: Ms. Laura Pitter, Senior National Security Counsel, Human Rights Watch Panelist 3: Prof. Lisa Griffin, Duke Law |
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| 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Complexity and the Law of Armed Conflict |
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Co-Discussants: Prof. Bill Banks, Syracuse Law School and Ms. Rita Siemion, International Legal Counsel, Human Rights First Author: Brig. Gen. Ken Watkin, former Judge Advocate General, Canadian Forces, author Fighting at the Legal Boundaries: Controlling the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict' Author: Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, George Mason Law, author (with John Yoo), Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War |
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| 5:15 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 |
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Host: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Amb. Nathan A. Sales, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. State Department |
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Saturday, February 24, 2018Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Keynote: Complexity and Security: The Social Media Perceptive |
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Speaker: Ms. Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy, Facebook |
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| 9:15 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | Complexity and the 21st Century Battlespace |
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Moderator: Prof. (Col.) Adam Oler, National Defense University Panelist 1: Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Rockwell, USAF, Deputy TJAG Panelist 2: Brig. Gen. Pat Huston, USA, Commandant AJAGS Panelist 3: Lt. Col. Alan L. Schuller, USMC, Naval War College Panelist 4: Prof. Laurie Blank, Emory Law School |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | Ethics in an Era of Complexity and Security |
| Speaker: Prof. (Col.) Adam Oler, National Defense University | |
| 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
