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Since 1995, the Duke Law’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of artificial intelligence, cyber operations, the militarization of outer space, maritime law, counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Shortburst “Biosecurity”
Speaker: Ms. Lala R. Qadir, Senior Director for Technology Security and AI Policy, Microsoft, formerly Chief of Staff to the National Security Division at the White House Office of Science and Technology.
Since 1995, the Duke Law’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of artificial intelligence, cyber operations, the militarization of outer space, maritime law, counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Shortburst “Biosecurity”
Speaker: Ms. Lala R. Qadir, Senior Director for Technology Security and AI Policy, Microsoft, formerly Chief of Staff to the National Security Division at the White House Office of Science and Technology.
