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.”
10:00-10:05: Opening Remarks Paul Kolbe, Director of the Intelligence Project Director, and Maria Robson-Morrow, Manager of the Intelligence Project
10:05-11:35: OSINT Use Cases Company Presentations moderated by Kristin Wood, Belfer Center Fellow and CEO of Grist Mill Exchange
C4ADS Initiatives - Varun Vira, C4ADS
AI/ML Applications for Illicit Counter-Proliferation Procurement Networks - Amanda Young and Robb Dunlap, Altana AI
Geopolitical Evaluation Using Financial AI - Hassan Salamony, Jacob Ayres-Thomson, and Tim Wilsey, 3AI
Finding the Open Door: How Human Trafficking Network Discovery Supports Broad Counter Threat Network Collection - Samuel Curet, Zero Trafficking
Outcompete and Serve to Identify and Beat Disinformation - Eric Sapp, Public Democracy
Faculty AI: AI for Public Services - Tom Drew and Mike Speirs, Faculty AI
11:35-12:00 Question and Answer Moderated by Kristin Wood and Maria Robson-Morrow