Emerging Technology and Security
Events & Activities
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2-3 October 2009
2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (Atlanta, GA)
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Professor Margaret E. Kosal presented the Paper "Bionanotechnology and Iran" at the 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy.
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29-30 June 2009
Synthetic Smallpox Workshop Keynote Address Delivery
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Professor Kosal delivered the keynote address, Deterrence, Policy, and Strategic Security Implications of Synthetic Smallpox, at the "Over the Horizon Workshop on Synthetic Smallpox"" discussing the potential strategic implications of the genetic manipulation or de novo synthesis of orthopox viruses as a "game-changer" for national and international security.
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23-25 June 2009
Study on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
INTA Professor Margaret Kosal attended a June conference on Factors Influencing Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast. The conference was sponsored by the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) led by Emory University including 31 university, public health, and governmental collaborators with experience in disease control and prevention.
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11 April 2009
Professor Kosal to speak at ACS Dual Use & Scientific Integrity Workshop in Washington, DC.
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Professor Margaret E. Kosal will speak at the ACS Dual Use & Scientific Integrity Workshop presenting on Nanotechnology and Dual Use Science.
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2 March 2009
Professor Kosal speaks at Briefing in US Capital
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Professor Margaret E. Kosal speaks at a Briefing at the US Capital on "Nanotechnology for National Defense and Homeland Security". This is part of the Program "Toward an R&D Agenda for the New Administration and Congress: Perspectives from Scientists and Economists".
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17 November 2008
National Intelligence Council (NIC), McLean VA
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
"Scientific & Technology Challenges to Realize Revolutionary Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology", McLean, VA.
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29 October 2008
International Roundtable on "The military application of neuroscience" - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Professor Kosal and four other experts in security aspects of emerging technologies are participating in an on-line roundtable on The military application of neuroscience research hosted by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
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12 September 2008
U.S. Government Roundtable on Synthetic Nucleic Acid Screening Framework, Washington, DC
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Dr. Kosal and 3 dozen other biosecurity experts from the U.S. Government; the private sector; non-governmental organizations; and academia, including members of the National Scientific Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB), came together in Washington DC to discuss approaches to policy on regulating synthetic genomics (gene synthesis and oligomers).
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25 July 2008
USAF Counterproliferation Center in Atlanta, GA
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
“The Future of WMD” given at “Johnny Appleseed IV” Combating WMD for Military Educators, USAF Counterproliferation Center, Atlanta, GA.
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24 July 2008
MIT in Boston, MA
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
“Will There Be an AQ Khan of Nanotechnology? Considering the International Security Implications of an Emerging Science” given at Conference on Science and Global Security, MIT, Boston, MA.
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8 April 2008
Microsoft Korea Defense Symposium in Seoul, Korea
Professor Adam N. Stulberg
"Managing the Other ‘O’ in NCO: Organizational Design Trade-offs for C4ISR" given at Microsoft Korea Defense Symposium in Seoul, Korea.
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17 March 2008
GOMACTech Conference in Las Vegas, NV
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
Plenary Speaker on “Nanotechnology for Biochemical Sensors” at the Government Microelectronics and Critical Technology (GOMACTech) Conference, Las Vegas, NV.