* “Law at the Intersection of National Security, Privacy, and Technology” (Austin, Thursday February 4th through Saturday the 6th)
The Texas Law Review Annual Symposium (co-hosted by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law)
I am very pleased to announce that the Texas Law Review’s annual symposium this year focuses on the intersection of law, technology, security, and privacy. We convene with a dinner event this Thursday night featuring former DNI Michael McConnell, followed by panels during the day Friday, a dinner event Friday night feature Assistant Attorney General David Kris (National Security Division), and more panels throughout the day Saturday.
The event is notable, I think, for the varied background of the participants (in addition to law profs, we have a healthy dose of current and former executive branch officials, attorneys from the civil liberties community, specialists in technology policy, leading journalists, a federal judge, and others). I hope to post audio from the event for the benefit of those who cannot attend, hopefully as early as next week.
In any event, here is the agenda, which I also reprint in the text below. If you are in Austin, please attend the panel sessions, and please feel free to pass this along to others whom you think might be interested.
| Thursday February 4th | |
| 7:00-9:30 | Opening reception, dinner, and keynote address
Michael McConnell (former Director of National Intelligence, currently Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton) |
| Friday February 5th | |
| 7:30 | Students arrive at Radisson to pick up guests and deliver them to the UT Club |
| 8:00-8:30 | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30-8:35 | Welcome
Dean Larry Sager and Robert Chesney (University of Texas) |
| 8:35-9:45 | Panel 1: National security, privacy, and technology (I)
Lisa Graves (Center for Media and Democracy) |
| 9:45-10:30 | Remarks
Shane Harris (National Journal, Author of The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State) |
| 10:30-10:40 | Break |
| 10:40-11:50 | Panel 2: National security, privacy, and technology (II)
Moderator: William Banks (Syracuse) |
| 11:50-1:00 | Lunch and remarks
Jameel Jaffer (ACLU) |
| 1:00-2:15 | Panel 3: Investigations
Orin Kerr (George Washington) |
| 2:15-3:15 | Panel 4: Technology Policy
Jim Simon (Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Government) |
| 3:15-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:45 | Panel 5: Accountability mechanisms
Moderator: Sandy Levinson (University of Texas) |
| 4:45-5:15 | Remarks
Admiral Bobby Inman (former Director of NSA and currently interim Dean of the LBJ School of Public Policy) |
| 5:15 -7:00 | Open |
| 7:00-9:00 | Reception, dinner, and keynote address at the Driskill Hotel
David Kris (Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, DOJ) |
| Saturday February 6th | |
| 8:00 | Students arrive at Radisson to pick up guests and deliver them to the Thompson Conference Center |
| 8:15-8:45 | Continental breakfast |
| 8:45-9:15 | Remarks
Kim Taipale (Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy) |
| 9:15-10:30 | Panel 6: Focus on FISA
Matt Anzaldi & Jonathan Gannon (DOJ NSD) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:15 | Panel 7: Cybersecurity and network operations
Colonel Guillermo R. Carranza (Staff Judge Advocate, 24th Air Force) |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch and remarks
Stewart Baker (former Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS) |
| 1:15-1:30 | Break |
| 1:30-2:15 | Remarks
Jeffrey Rosen (George Washington University) |
| 2:15-4:00 | Roundtable discussion: The media’s role today
Moderator: David Anderson (University of Texas) |
| 4:00 | We’re done. Stay and enjoy Austin, or have a safe trip back to your home! There are no symposium-related events planned for the evening, but we’re happy to advise you on things to do in Austin that night (see www.billsmap.com for the musical offerings, for example)! |