Tech, Law & Security Program

TLS 2020 Events

December 16, 2020:ÌýBuilding a Trusted Supply Chain: The Threats and Challenges Ahead

  • Jen Daskal, Professor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law (Moderator)
  • Jim Langevin.ÌýU.S Congressman for Rhode Island's Second District
  • Robert Morgus, Senior Director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission
  • David Simon, Chief Counsel, Cybersecurity & National Security, US Cyberspace Solarium Commission; Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

A recording of the event can be viewed .

December 8, 2020:ÌýThird Way & TLS Briefing: The Biden-Harris Approach to Cybercrime

  • Mieke Eoyang, Senior Vice President for Third Way’s National Security Program
  • Jen Daskal, TLS Faculty Director and Founder, former counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department
  • Eileen Decker, former US Attorney for the Central District of California
  • Allison Peters, Deputy Director of Third Way’s National Security Program
  • Ari Schwartz, former special assistant to President Obama and senior director for cybersecurity

November 20, 2020:ÌýTechnology, Policing and Earning the Public Trust

  • Jack Goldsmith, the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University (Moderator)
  • Tracey Meares, Yale Law School
  • Arthur Rizer, R Street Institute
  • Bennett Capers, Fordham Law
  • Dr. Rashall Brackney, Chief of Police, Charlottesville, Virginia

A recording of the event can be viewed .

November 12, 2020:ÌýAt the Intersection featuring Monika Bickert

TLS At the Intersection

  • Jennifer Daskal, ÌýProfessor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law (Moderator)
  • Monika Bickert, Vice President of Global Policy Management, Facebook

A recording of the event can be viewed .

November 10, 2020: Erika Brown Lee in conversation with Alex Joel

TLS Speaker Series

  • Alex Joel, TLS Scholar-in-Residence (Moderator)
  • Erika Brown Lee, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Mastercard

October 28, 2020: LtGen (Ret.) Vincent Stewart in conversation with Colonel (Ret.) Gary cornÌý(TLS Speaker Series Fall 2020 Launch)

TLS Speaker Series

  • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow,ÌýR Street Institute (Moderator)
  • LtGen (Ret.) Vincent Stewart, Chief Innovation and Business Intelligence, Ankura

October 28, 2020:Ìý

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýProfessor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security ProgramÌý
  • Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
  • Geoffrey R. Stone,ÌýEdward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, The University of Chicago
  • Neil Richards,ÌýKoch Distinguished Professor in Law, Washington University School of Law
    Director, Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law
  • Ciara Torres-Spelliscy,ÌýProfessor of Law, Stetson University

A recording of the event can be viewed .

October 20, 2020:ÌýIs the Clock TikToking on Chinese Drones?: The Next Front in the US-China Tech War.

  • Gary P. Corn,Ìý, TLS Program Director and Senior Fellow, R Street Institute (Moderator)
  • Dawn Zoldi,Ìý,ÌýFounder & CEO, P3 Tech Consulting
  • Bryson Bort,Ìý, Founder of SCYTHE & GRIMM, and Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
  • Paul Triolo,Ìý, Practice Head, Geo-Technology, Eurasia Group

A recording of the event can be viewed .

October 15, 2020: At the Intersection Launch featuring The Honorable James R. Clapper, Jr.

TLS At the Intersection

  • Corin Stone, TLS Scholar-in-Residence (Moderator)
  • The Honorable James R. Clapper, Jr., former Director of National Intelligence

A recording of the event can be viewed .

October 6, 2020:ÌýPrivacy and Security in a Post-COVID Virtual Economy

  • Alex Joel, TLS Scholar-in-Residence (Moderator)
  • Agnes Bundy Scanlan, President, The Cambridge Group LLC.
  • Karl Hopkins,ÌýPartner, Global Chief Security Officer, Dentons

A recording of the event can be viewed .

September 30, 2020:Ìý

Free Speech Project

  • Joshua Keating,Ìý, Senior Editor, Slate
  • Anne-Marie Slaughter,Ìý,ÌýCEO, New America
    Author ofÌý
  • Rebecca MacKinnon,Ìý,ÌýDirector, Ranking Digital Rights
  • Madhulika Srikumar,Ìý,Ìý2019 India-U.S. Fellow, New America

A recording of the event can be viewed .

September 22, 2020:Ìý

Free Speech Project

  • Samm Sacks,Ìý,ÌýCyber Policy Fellow, New America;ÌýSenior Fellow, Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center (Moderator)
  • David Gossett,Ìý,ÌýPartner, Technology, Privacy & Security Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLPÌý(litigator in the WeChat lawsuit)
  • Jennifer Daskal,Ìý,ÌýProfessor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law
  • James Mulvenon,Ìý,ÌýDirector of Intelligence Integration, SOS International

A recording of the event can be viewed .

September 18, 2020:Ìý

  • Andrew Ferguson,Ìý,ÌýProfessor, American University Washington College of Law (Moderator)
  • Elizabeth Joh,Ìý,ÌýMartin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law
  • Rashida Richardson,ÌýÌýVisiting Scholar, Rutgers Law School Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund

A recording of the event can be viewed .

September 18, 2020:

  • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow,ÌýR Street Institute
    • Panel 4 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm): Transmission and Protection of Data as the Subject ofÌýArbitral Proceedings -ÌýGary will be speakingÌýonÌý“State Actors and Data Breaches: ÌýPreventive and Countermeasures in International Practice"

September 16, 2020:Ìý

  • Sasha Cohen O'Connell,Ìý,ÌýDirector of SPA's Terrorism & Homeland Security Policy Program (Moderator)
  • Cindy Otis,Ìý,ÌýEx-CIA Analyst & Author of True or False

July 22-23, 2020: :Ìý

  • 10:00AM – 11:15AMÌýEDTÌý–
    • Rita Heimes, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, International Association of Privacy Professionals (Moderator)
    • Troy Bannister, Founder and CEO, Particle Health
    • Jennifer Daskal, Professor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law
    • Dr. Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, Health Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum
    • Naomi Lefkovitz, Senior Privacy Policy Advisor in the Information Technology Lab, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • 4:30PM – 6:00PMÌýEDTÌý–
    • Deji Olukotun,ÌýSonos (Moderator)
    • Laura DeNardis, Professor and Interim Dean of the School of Communication at American University
    • Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary United Nations Secretariat, New York
    • Larry Irving, President and CEO, Irving Group
    • Daniel J. Weitzner, Founding Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative

July 9, 2020:

  • Catherine Amirfar, Partner,ÌýDebevoise & Plimpton (Moderator)
  • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow,ÌýR Street Institute
  • Luke Dembosky, Partner,ÌýDebevoise & Plimpton
  • Stephenie Handler,ÌýAssociate General Counsel (Cybersecurity), McKinsey & Company
  • Eneken Tikk,ÌýCounsel, Ellex Raidla

A recording of the event can be viewed .

June 23, 2020:

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal, Professor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law
  • David Kaye,ÌýClinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
  • Kate Klonick,ÌýAssistant Professor at Law at St. John's University Law School Affiliate Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School

A recording of the event can be viewed .

June 2, 2020:

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal, Professor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law
  • Jesse Blumenthal,ÌýVice President of Technology and Innovation Policy, Stand Together;ÌýDirector of Technology and Innovation Policy, The Charles Koch Institute
  • Daniel Kreiss,ÌýAssociate Professor, University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media;ÌýInvestigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

A recording of the event can be viewed .

May 20, 2020:ÌýDemocracy Quarantined: How to Hold Free and Fair Elections During a Global Pandemic.

  • Paul RosenzweigÌý(moderator), Resident Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
  • Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, UCI Law
  • Nimit Sawhney, CEO,ÌýVoatzÌý
  • Bryson Bort, Founder and CEO, SCYTHE; Fellow, R Street Institute

A recording of the event can be viewed .

May 14, 2020: .

Free Speech Project

  • Steve Coll,ÌýDean, Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University; Staff Writer,ÌýThe New Yorker;ÌýFormer President and CEO, New America
  • Andrés Martinez,ÌýEditorial Director, Future Tense

A recording of the event can be viewed .

MayÌý12, 2020:Ìý.

  • Eric Talbot Jensen (moderator), Professor of Law, Brigham Young University School of Law
  • Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director, National Security Agency
  • David Simon, Partner, Mayer Brown; Chief Counsel for Cybersecurity and National Security Law (pro bono),ÌýCyberspace Solarium Commission
  • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow,ÌýR Street Institute
  • Jonathan Gannon, Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, AT&TÌý
  • Kristen Eichensehr, Assistant Professor of Law,ÌýUCLA School of Law

A recording of the event can be viewed .

May 4, 2020:Ìý.

  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýProfessor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law
  • Nikhil Pahwa, Founder and Editor,ÌýMediaNama
  • Tom Nagorski (moderator), Executive Vice President, Asia Society

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Apr. 29, 2020: .

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal, Faculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Rick Kaplan, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, National Association of Broadcasters
  • Ellen Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Apr. 28, 2020: .

TLS Speaker Series

  • Alex Joel, Scholar-in-Residence,ÌýTech, Law & Security Program
  • Adam Klein, Chairman,ÌýPrivacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Apr. 21, 2020:Ìý.

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal, Faculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Mia Shuang Li, Research Associate,ÌýPaul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School
  • Justin Sherman,ÌýFellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative,ÌýAtlantic Council
  • Roberta Braga, Associate Director,ÌýAdrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council

Apr.Ìý16, 2020:Ìý.

  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýFaculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Kathryn Waldron, Resident Fellow, R Street Institute
  • Al Gidari, Consulting Director of Privacy, Stanford Center for Internet and Society

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Apr. 14, 2020:Ìý.

  • Stephen BalkamÌý(opening remarks), CEO and Founder, Family Online Safety Institute
  • Morgan Reed (moderator), President, ACT | The App Association
  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýFaculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Carlos Gutierrez, Deputy Director and General Counsel, LGBT Tech
  • Elaina Roberts, Technology Safety Legal Manager, National Network to End Domestic Violence
  • John Wilbanks, Chief Commons Officer, Sage Bionetworks

April 8, 2020:Ìý

Free Speech Project

  • Mi-Ai Parrish, Sue Clark-Johnson Professor in Media Innovation and Leadership, Arizona State University
  • Suzanne Nossel, CEO, PEN America
  • Kyle Pope, Editor and Publisher, Columbia Journalism Review

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Apr. 1, 2020:Ìý

  • Russ FeingoldÌý(opening remarks),ÌýPresident, American Constitution SocietyÌý
  • Debra PerlinÌý(moderator), Director of Policy and Program,ÌýAmerican Constitution Society
  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýFaculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel and Director,ÌýFreedom, Security, and Technology Program,ÌýCenter for Democracy and Technology

Mar. 25, 2020:Ìý.

Free Speech Project

  • Jennifer Daskal,ÌýFaculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Danielle Citron, Professor of Law,ÌýBoston University School of Law
  • Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy, Facebook

A recording of the event can be viewed .

Mar. 4, 2020: TLS hosted a lunch.

TLS Speaker Series

  • Dana Dyson,ÌýChief, Office of General Counsel’s Mission Center and Operations Division, Central Intelligence Agency.

Feb. 27, 2020: .

  • Arturo J. Carrillo (moderator), Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
  • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow,ÌýR Street Institute
  • Jonathan Horowitz, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Melanie W. Sisson, Fellow, Stimson Center

Feb. 27-28, 2020:Ìý. TLS Faculty Director Jennifer Daskal spoke about social media and national security alongside fellow panelists:

  • Shane StansburyÌý(moderator), Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law SchoolÌý
  • Yvette Bourcicot, Policy Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region at Airbnb
  • David Hoffman,ÌýProfessor of the Practice of Cybersecurity Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University; Associate, Duke Initiative for Science & Society
  • Matt Perault,ÌýDirector, Center on Science & Technology Policy, Duke University

Additionally, Audrey Kurth Cronin, Director of theÌýCenter for Security, Innovation, and New Technology at American University'sÌýSchool of International Service spoke about her bookÌýPower to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists, alongside:

  • Mike Newton, Professor of the Practices of Law and Political Science, Vanderbilt Law School

Feb. 24, 2020:ÌýLaunch of the year-long , aÌýjoint initiative of TLS & Slate Magazine Future Tense. Full information here.Ìý

Feb. 13, 2020:Ìý[TLS Launch Event]ÌýGuarding our Democracy: Responding to Malicious Influence Campaigns in a Digital World. Keynote remarks given by:

  • Admiral (Ret.) Michael S. Rogers, former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; former Director, National Security Agency
  • Mike Rogers, former Chairman,ÌýHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Feb. 12, 2020: International and Comparative Legal Studies (ICLS)ÌýhostedÌýGary Corn and Alex Joel for their International Suite Talks.Ìý

Feb. 10, 2020:ÌýGary Corn, in cooperation with Professor Eric Jensen of the Brigham Young University Law School, and the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe, held a workshop to address the findings of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ recently published "Policy Guidance: Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security."

Feb. 5, 2020: TLS co-hosted theÌýDepartment of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) Cybercrime Symposium.

Jan. 29, 2020: Launch of TLS breakfast speaker series with National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn Gerstell.

Dec. 6, 2020:Ìý. TLS Faculty Director Jen Daskal moderated a discussion among members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). Panelists included:

  • Jennifer DaskalÌý(moderator),ÌýFaculty Director, Tech, Law & Security Program
  • Adam Klein, Chair, PCLOB
  • Jane Nitze, Board Member, PCLOB
  • Aditya Bamzai, Board Member, PCLOB

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