7:30 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Welcome: Dean Kerry Abrams, James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law and Professor of Law
8:10 a.m.
Administrative Notes: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director, and Professor of the Practice, Duke Law School
8:15 a.m.
Keynote: “The Battle for Your Brain Neurotechnology and National Security”
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director
Speaker: Prof. Nita A. Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law, Duke Law School
9:15 a.m.
9:25 a.m.
“The Russo-Ukraine War and the Law of War”
Moderator: Col. David E. Graham, USA (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Center on National Security, Georgetown Law
Panelists:
Mr. Geoffry S. Corn, George R. Killam Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy, Texas Tech University School of Law
Ms. Laurie Blank, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law
Mr. Robert Lawless, Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point
10:35 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m.
“Domestic Terrorism: Where Are We Now, and Where Do We Go From Here?”
Discussant: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School
Panelists:
Mr. Thomas E. Brzozowski, Counsel for Domestic Terrorism in the Counterterrorism Section of the U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Michael F. Easley Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
11:40 a.m.
Break (Pick up lunches)
11:50 a.m.
Working Lunch Presentation: “The Challenge of China: Lawfare, Technology, and More”
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director
Speaker: Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy
12:35 p.m.
Break
12:45 p.m.
“National Security Challenges in the Arctic”
Speaker: RADM Melissa Bert, Judge Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard
1:25 p.m.
Break (In Place)
1:30 p.m.
“The Cryptocurrency Crisis and National Security”
Speaker: Prof. Lee Reiners, Policy Director at the Duke Financial Economics Center and Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law
2:00 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m.
Fireside chat: “Public service, National Security, and the Private Sector”
Discussant: Mr. Raj De, Partner, Mayer Brown
Speaker: Ambassador John J. Sullivan, Partner, Mayer Brown; former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation
2:45 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m.
“Corporations and National Security: Is the Private Sector the New Battleground?”
Overview: Prof. Tom C.W. Lin, Jack E. Feinberg Chair Professor of Law at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law
Panel:
Moderator: Prof. Elisabeth de Fontenay, Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Panelists:
Ms. Caroline E. Brown, Partner, Crowell & Moring
Mr. Robert J. Denault, Associate, Gibson Dunn, Duke Law ’21
Mr. Hensey Fenton III, Associate, Covington & Burling, Duke Law ’19
4:30 p.m.
Break
4:40 p.m.
“Fireside Chat with the FBI General Counsel”
Discussant: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School
Speaker: Mr. Jason A. Jones, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
5:30 p.m.
Conference Sessions at the Law School Conclude
5:45 p.m.
Reception at Washington Duke Inn (Invitation only)
7:45 p.m.
