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Innovation in the Intelligence Community Conference

RSVP Required Open to the Public

US government agencies are sometimes viewed as overly bureaucratic, rigidly hierarchical, and resistant to innovation.  This series of one hour conversations will explore the US Intelligence Community's implementation of emerging space, digital, and artificial intelligence capabilities and introduce some of the IC leaders who were key to that implementation.  We will explore why these leaders felt innovation was essential; what they did to implement it; the obstacles they encountered and how they overcame them.  While the technologies they introduced might be unique to the National Security community, the challenges they faced and the techniques they used to overcome them will have more universal application.

This half-day conference is virtual and open to the public. Registration is required. To register, please go to: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k_dCkcIvT1uEeZ1gHz8fVw.

Innovation

Conference Program

The conference, organized by Recanati-Kaplan Fellow Kelly Gaffney, is a half-day virtual event that will convene experts from the U.S. intelligence community and is open to interested members of the Harvard community and the public. The conference will be held under Chatham House Rules. The agenda is as follows.

*Please note that we have a program adjustment due to a speaker having a short notice unavoidable conflict. Instead of the planned session on digital transformation we will now have a longer break. We apologize for the change.*

9:00-10:00:  Innovation in the Intelligence Community and the role of Artificial Intelligence
Moderator: Paul Kolbe, Intelligence Project, Belfer Center
Speakers: Dustin Gard-Weiss, Deputy DNI for Policy and Capabilities
Tara Hughes, Associate Deputy DNI for Policy and Capabilities

1000-1100:  Innovations in Space and Data Management
Moderator: Kelly Gaffney, ODNI / Intelligence Project, Belfer Center
Speaker: Pete Muend, National Reconnaissance Office Director of Commercial Capabilities

11:00-12:15 Break

12:15-1:15: Science and Technology Innovation

Moderator: Sue Gordon, Senior Fellow, HKS Belfer Center Intelligence Project
Speaker: Jason Matheny, Deputy Director of OSTP and Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security

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