AGENDA
National Security Challenges and the Obama Administration
Thursday, April 15th
Opening Comments
- Scott L. Silliman
Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University
Panel I: Dealing with Radicalization
- David H. Schanzer, Chair
Professor of the Practice for Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University; Director, Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security - Daniel Kimmage
Independent Consultant and Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Policy Institute - Charles Kurzman
Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina - Robert Leiken
Director, Immigration and National Security Program, The Nixon Center
Panel II: Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare
- Spike Bowman, Chair
Distinguished Fellow, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia - Kim Taipale
Founder and Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy - Paul Rosenzweig
Red Branch Consulting, PLLC - Bradford Bleier
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Keynote Address
- The Honorable Jeh Johnson
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
Panel III: Prosecuting Alleged Terrorists in Federal District Courts and Military Commissions
- Scott L. Silliman, Chair
Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University - Deborah Pearlstein
Visiting Scholar, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University - Mary V. Perry
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense - Michael F. Noone
Research Professor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
Keynote Address
- His Excellency Aziz Mekouar
Ambassador of His Majesty the King of Morocco to the United States of America
Friday, April 16th
Panel IV: Terrorism and the Use of Force
- Noah Weisbord, Chair
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Duke University - Michael J. Glennon
Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University - Jonathan A. Ophardt
J.D. Candidate, Class of 2010, Duke University Law School - William C. Banks
Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor Law, Syracuse University
Panel V: Terrorism and International Human Rights
- Laurence R. Helfer, Chair
Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for International & Comparative Law, Duke University - Douglass Cassel
Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame - Vijay Padmanabhan
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University - Edward J. Flynn
Senior Human Rights Officer, Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, United Nations
Keynote Address
- The Honorable Robert S. Litt
General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Panel VI: Environmental Changes and National Security
- Ryke Longest, Chair
Senior Lecturing fellow and Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Duke University - Stephen Dycus
Professor of Law, Vermont Law School - John S. Applegate
Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Colonel Thomas F. Zimmerman, USAF
Chief, Environmental Law and Litigation Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force
