Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Please join us for a conversation with Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence, Vice Admiral Jan Tighe. Lunch will be served.*

*This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please join us for a conversation with former Director of the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate, Ms. Debbie Plunkett. Lunch will be served.*

*This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Incoming Pre-Doctoral Fellow to the Cyber Security Project, Ms. Fiona Cunningham will discuss China's military cyber strategy in a moderated discussion with Dr. Michael Sulmeyer. 

This session is open to the public*, but will follow Chatham House Rule.

*Lunch and seating provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Note we are anticipating a full house, please arrive early.

Please join us for a discussion with Vice President and Deputy Director of In-Q-Tel (IQT) CosmiQ Works Ryan S. Lewis and Vice President and Deputy Director of IQT Lab41 Todd M. Stavish. IQT Labs and CosmiQ Works are dedicated to helping the U.S. Intelligence Community understand and leverage emerging commercial space capabilities against mission problems.

This event is open to the public*, but will be off the record following Chatham House Rule.

*Seating and lunch will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cyber Security Project Director Dr. Michael Sulmeyer will lead a discussion with Co-Founder and Investing Partner of _Underscore.VC, Michael Skok on "The Business Side of Cybersecurity."

This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Please join us for a panel discussion with Command Historian Dr. Michael Warner and Historian of GCHQ Professor Richard Aldrich, moderated by the International Security Program's Dr. Calder Walton and the Cyber Security Project's Director Dr. Michael Sulmeyer. This event is open to the public, but seating and admittance will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

Please join us for a talk with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorney Amer S. Ahmed on how courts are delineating the permissible bounds of digital searches and clarifying who has the right to challenge them. 

Please join us for a conversation with Director of the Military and Security Studies Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Mr. Michael Eisenstadt, on "Iran's Approach to Cyber." Mr. Eisenstadt served for twenty-six years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, which included stints in Iraq, Israel, The West Bank, Jordan, and Turkey, as well as deployments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and U.S. Central Command headquarters.

This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Cyber Security Project Director Dr. Michael Sulmeyer will lead a discussion with CEO and Co-Founder of Conjur, Inc. Elizabeth Lawler on "A Public Health Approach to Cybersecurity." Conjur, Inc., is a security company focusing on security for next generation infrastructure.

This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

Speakers: David Sanger, Dr. Fiona Hill, Dr. Michael Sulmeyer, Dr. Ben Buchanan.

Cyber Security Project Director Dr. Michael Sulmeyer will lead a discussion on the future of Russian Cyber Operations with New York Times National Security Correspondent David Sanger, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution Dr. Fiona Hill, and Cyber Security Project Fellow Dr. Ben Buchanan.

This event is open to the public, but seating will be on a first come - first served basis.