Academic Exchange Alumni Retreat
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort, Texas
November 1-3, 2023
Wednesday – November 1
Afternoon: Participants arrive in Austin, transfer to Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort
Welcome dinner at Lost Pines
Dinner Keynote: Chris Inglis, former White House National Cyber Director and former Deputy Director of the NSA
Thursday – November 2
Morning: Breakfast and coffee
Welcome: Nachum Braverman, Academic Exchange, and Matt Waxman, Columbia Law School
Introduction: Adam Klein, University of Texas Strauss Center
Keynote Remarks: Dr. Michael Horowitz, Director of the Emerging Capabilities Policy Office, U.S. Department of Defense (to be confirmed)
Panel Discussion: AI’s Disruptive Implications for Global Security
- Samantha Clark, General Counsel, Rebellion Defense and former General Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee
Lunch discussion: Where is the technology headed? How will the law adapt?
Afternoon: Free time / outdoor activities at Lost Pines
Optional tech demo (to be confirmed)
Evening:
Cocktails and Social Dinner at Lost Pines
Friday – November 3
Morning: Breakfast and coffee
TED-style Talks followed by Q&A — confirmed speakers:
- Battle of the AIs? The Future of Cyber-Offense and Cyber-Defense
Chinmayi Sharma, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law
- Protecting Privacy and Safety with Generative AI
Bryan Cunningham, UCI Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute
- An Israeli View on the AI Revolution
Daniel Reisner, Former Head of the International Law Branch of the Israel Defense Forces
- Panel discussion: Killer Robots: Are they Legal? Are they Inevitable?
Confirmed panelists:
- Chris Ford, Chief Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Futures Command
- Eran Shamir-Borer, former head of the International Law Department of the Military Advocate General’s Corps, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Lunch
Participants Depart