The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
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