Purdue University: 150 years of giant leaps; 1869-2019

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Date

May 14, 2019

Location

Ross-Ade Stadium
Buchanan Room (5th Floor)
850 Steven Beering Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Agenda

Time	Session
8:30- 9:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast and registration Ross-Ade Stadium Buchanan Room (5th Floor) 850 Steven Beering Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907
9:00- 9:15 a.m.	Welcome Mitchell E. Daniels, President, Purdue University
9:15- 9:30 a.m.	Introductory Remarks: Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science and Miller Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, College of Science, Purdue University
9:30- 10:00 a.m.	Keynote Speaker: Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security, and author of Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War Introduction by Christina Dantam, Purdue Policy Research Institute Undergraduate Student Policy Fellow
10:00- 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15- 11:15 a.m.	Panel 1: The Future of War: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Moderator: Sharon Weinberger, Executive Editor for News at Foreign Policy; Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Panelists: Jennifer Erickson, Associate Professor, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Boston College Don Howard, Professor of Philosophy and Fellow, Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values, University of Notre Dame Joe Pekny, Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University; CEO, Advanced Process Combinatorics Inc. Maj. Gen (Ret.) Robert Latiff, Major General (Ret.) United States Air Force Tim Schultz, Associate Dean of Academics for Electives and Research, U.S. Naval War College
11:15- 11:45 a.m.	Keynote Speaker: Peter Warren (PW) Singer, Strategist at New America; Editor, Popular Science Magazine Introduction by L. Allison Roberts, Purdue Policy Research Institute Senior Bement Policy Fellow
11:45 a.m.- 1:15 p.m.	Lunch Book Signing by Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security, and author of Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War Ross-Ade Stadium Shively Club (3rd Floor)
1:20- 1:50 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Robert Work, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense Introduction by Max Marquardt, Founder and Managing Director of the Purdue Undergraduate Center for Innovation and Policy Research, Industrial Management Class of 2021
2:00- 2:20 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence Introduction by TBD
2:20- 3:20 p.m.	Panel 2: The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Autonomy and AI in Warfare Moderator: Dan DeLaurentis, Director, Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation (i- GSDI); Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering, Purdue University Panelists: Ronald Arkin, Regents’ Professor, Director of Mobile Robot Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology Captain Sharif Calfee, Federal Executive Fellow, National Security Affairs for United States Navy at CSBA Heather Roff, Nonresident Fellow, Security and Strategy, Brookings Institution Peter Warren (PW) Singer, Strategist at New America; Editor, Popular Science Magazine
3:20- 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30- 4:00 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Heather Roff, Nonresident Fellow, Security and Strategy, Brookings Institution Introduction by Elis Vllasi, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Associate Director for Research and Operations of the Purdue Peace Project, and Scholars Strategy Network Graduate Fellow
4:00- 5:00 p.m.	Panel 3: Global Perspectives on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Future of War Moderator: Swati Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University Panelists: Thomas P.M. Barnett, Managing Partner, Barnett Consulting LLC Kyle Haynes, Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University Michael Klare, Senior Visiting Fellow, Arms Control Association Ambassador Ron Lehman II, Counselor to the Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Candace Rondeaux, Professor of Practice, School of Politics and Global Studies; Senior Fellow, Center on the Future of War, Arizona State University
5:00 p.m.	Closing remarks Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Vice President for Discovery Park, Purdue University
5:00- 6:00 p.m.	Reception and Awards Ceremony for Essay Winners Presented by Rosalee Clawson, Interim Director, Purdue Policy Research Institute; Professor of Political science, College of Liberal Arts Ross-Ade Stadium Shively Club (3rd Floor)
6:00 p.m.	Dinner
6:30- 7:00 p.m.	Dinner Fireside Chat David Montgomery, Deputy Director, Minerva Research Initiative David Reingold, Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University

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