28 Events

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

DoD Force Resiliency: Building Healthy Climate and Cultures with Beth Foster, Executive Director of the Office of Force Resiliency

Thu., Nov. 30, 2023 | 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Please join the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program for a conversation on "DoD Force Resiliency: Building Healthy Climate and Cultures" with Beth Foster, Executive Director of the Office of Force Resiliency for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. The event will be moderated by Professor Eric Rosenbach.

This event is open for in-person attendance to Harvard staff, students, and faculty. Only Harvard ID-holders will be permitted to attend this event in person.

The public is welcome to attend virtually.

Please RSVP for this event here. Light refreshments will be provided. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

National Security Implications of Great Power Competition with Sasha Baker (MPP '11), Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Thu., Nov. 30, 2023 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Please join the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program for a conversation with Sasha Baker (MPP '11), Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on "National Security Implications of Great Power Competition." The session will be held  on Thursday, November 30th at 12:00PM. The conversation will be moderated by Professor Eric Rosenbach. 

This event is open to Harvard staff, students, and faculty. Only Harvard ID-holders will be permitted to attend this event.

Please RSVP for this event here. Lunch will be provided. 

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Convening - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Intelligence Community's Approach to Cyber Policy: A Fire-Side Chat with Laura Galante

Thu., Nov. 16, 2023 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Please join the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program for a conversation with Laura Galante, the Intelligence Community’s Cyber Executive and the Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) for the Office of the Director for National Intelligence.

This event is open to Harvard staff, students, and faculty. Only Harvard ID-holders will be permitted to attend this event. 

Please RSVP for this event here. Light refreshments will be provided. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Intelligence, Cyber, and Our Future: A Conversation with General Paul M. Nakasone

Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am

Please join the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program for "Intelligence, Cyber, and our Future: A Conversation with General Paul M. Nakasone; Commander U.S. Cyber Command and Director National Security Agency."

This event, held from 10:00AM-11:00AM, will be in-person and is restricted to Harvard ID holders. Refreshments will be served. 

Please RSVP here.

Dr. Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, provides virtual remarks for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2021.

DoD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Escott

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

U.S. Strategy in an Era of Major Power Competition with Dr. Colin Kahl

Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 | 8:30am - 9:45am

To Be Announced

Please join the Belfer Center Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program for an in-person seminar on U.S. Strategy in an Era of Major Power Competition with Dr. Colin H. Kahl, the Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Breakfast will begin at 8:30. The event will start promptly at 9:00 AM. This event is reserved for Harvard ID holders only. You must RSVP for this event and receive a confirmation email in order to attend. 

Seminar - Open to the Public

AI Cyber Lunch: "Killer Robots? Law and Policy of Lethal Autonomous Weapons"

Wed., Oct. 18, 2023 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Please join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and HKS Library and Research Services for an AI Cyber Lunch Seminar featuring Eric Rosenbach, Senior Lecturer at HKS and the Director of the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program. Rosenbach will give a talk entitled, "Killer Robots? Law and Policy of Lethal Autonomous Weapons." 

Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Special Series - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Future of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance: A Conversation with Martin Romualdez, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Wed., Apr. 19, 2023 | 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Wexner Building - Room 434 A-B

Please join the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Defense Project for a conversation with Martin Romualdez, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The Speaker will deliver remarks on the future of the U.S.-Philippines alliance, the foreign and defense policy of the Philippines under President Marcos, and evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region. His remarks will be followed by a conversation moderated by Eric Rosenbach (Co-Director of the Belfer Center).

Advance registration is required.

A man sits in an office in front of a laptop that is infected with a fictitious encryption Trojan (ransomware).

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Methods to Secure Cyber Supply Chains

Fri., Apr. 14, 2023 | 9:00am - 10:30am

Taubman Building - Nye B & C, 5th Floor

On April 14, 2023, the Belfer Center's Cyber Project will host a symposium, Future of Technology and Supply Chain Security.  Taking place during Supply Chain Integrity Month, this symposium aims to drive discussion on innovative methods to mitigate a variety of risks posed to cyber supply chains in order to ensure a resilient and defensible cyberspace. 

This event, an hour-long (in-person and streamed) public panel titled Methods to Secure Cyber Supply Chains, will feature a brief introduction by the Belfer Center Co-Director Eric Rosenbach. The panel will be moderated by David Sanger (NY Times), and feature Camille Stewart Gloster (Office of the National Cyber Director), Edlyn Levine (America’s Frontier Fund), and Val Cofield (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency). 

Doors open at 9:00 and the event will start at 9:30. Breakfast will be provided.

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J.

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Conference - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Future of Technology and Supply Chain Security Symposium

Fri., Apr. 14, 2023 | 9:00am - 3:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Please join the Belfer Center’s Cyber Project and the White House Office of the National Cyber Director this Friday, April 14 for a day-long symposium, Future of Technology and Supply Chain Security. Taking place during Supply Chain Integrity Month, the symposium aims to drive discussion on innovative methods to mitigate a variety of risks posed to cyber supply chains in order to ensure a resilient and defensible cyberspace. Students are welcome to RSVP for any or all events.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis salutes the American flag during a ceremony at the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter Streets near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, April 22, 2013 in Boston.

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Reflections on the Boston Marathon Bombings and their National Security Implications: 10 Years Later

Tue., Apr. 4, 2023 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

Please join the Belfer Center’s Defense Project for a seminar on the Boston Marathon Bombings featuring former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Juliette Kayyem, and Eric Rosenbach. The event will be held in the Allison Dining Room on Tuesday, April 4th from 3:30 - 4:30pm.

Attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders only. Please RSVP here.