November 14, 2024
Panel 1 : U.S. National Security and Outer Space
Prof. Laura K. Donohue (Moderator)
Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and National Security, Georgetown Law.
Sarah Banco
Senior Director, Legal, Space X.
David Koplow
Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law, Georgetown Law and Co-editor of The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations (Oxford University Press: 2024).
Thomas McSorley
General Counsel, NATO DIANA (Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic).
Todd Pennington
Senior Research Fellow for Space Strategy and Policy, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, former Staff Judge Advocate, USSPACECOM.
November 14, 2024
Panel 2 : The Power to Cure and Kill: Synthetic Biology, Genetic Engineering, National Security Ethics, and the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility
Hon. James E. Baker (Moderator)
Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law, Syracuse University.
Steven Cash
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis, DHS.
Michael Imperiale
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan.
November 14, 2024
Keynote Address: “The Chinese Communist Party and U.S. National Security.”
Courtney Elwood (Introduction)
Headland Consulting LLC and former General Counsel, CIA
Mike Gallagher (Keynote Remarks)
Former Congressman (R-WI) and former Chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
Matt Turpin (Keynote Remarks)
Former Director for China at the National Security Council and former Senior Advisor on China to the Secretary of Commerce.
November 14, 2024
Panel 3 : Domestic Security and National Security Law
Dakota Rudesill (Moderator)
Associate Professor of Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Laura A. Dickinson
Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School.
Rear Admiral James E. McPherson
Former Under Secretary of the Army and former Acting Secretary of the Navy.
Mark Nevitt
Associate Professor, Emory University School of Law.
November 14, 2024
Panel 4 : The Evolving Face of War: Law of Armed Conflict Challenges of Future Conflict
Gary P. Corn (Moderator)
Program Director & Adjunct Professor Technology, Law, & Security, American University Washington College of Law.
COL Christopher Ford
General Counsel, US Army Futures Command.
Tobias Vestner
Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University.
November 14, 2023
Fireside Chat: “US National Power in a Turbulent World”
Stephen W. Preston (Moderator)
Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret) (Keynote Speaker)
Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
November 15, 2024
Panel 5 : National Security Legal Ethics: The Duties and Challenges of a National Security Lawyer
Hon. James E. Baker (Moderator)
Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law Syracuse University
Brian J. Egan
Partner, Skadden
Julia J. Muedeking
Deputy General Counsel, Intelligence, International & Military Affairs US Department of the Air Force.
November 15, 2024
Panel 6 : Protecting Personal Data as a National Security Imperative
Alex Joel (Moderator)
Senior Project Director and Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law
Maher Bitar
Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy, National Security Council, White House.
Carrie Cordero
Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel, Center for a New American Security.
Alex Iftimie
Deputy General Counsel, OpenAI
November 15, 2024
Keynote Address: “Forging a Broader National Defense Strategy”
Lieutenant Colonel Laura B. West, USA (Ret)(Introduction)
Associate Counsel, Cyber, AI & Security U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Jane Harman (Keynote Remarks)
Former Member of Congress (D-CA) and Chair, Commission on the National Defense Strategy
November 15, 2024
Panel 7 : Taking Stock of the Economic Tools of National Security
Ashley S. Deeks (Moderator)
Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law Director, National Security Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law.
Rachel Alpert
Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of Treasury
William S. Dodge
Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence, George Washington Law.
Amy Jeffress
Partner, Arnold & Porter
November 15, 2024
Panel 8 : National Security Strategies and AI Governance
Jamil N. Jaffer (Moderator)
Founder and Executive Director, National Security Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University.
Ben Buchanan
White House Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence.
Neal Higgins
Partner/Co-Lead of Congressional Investigations, Eversheds Sutherland.
Margaret Hu
Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, and Director of Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary Law School.
Sunita Patel
Deputy assistant National Cyber Director, Technology Security, Office of the National Cyber Director, The White House.