CCW Emerging Threats & Technologies Working Group
UPCOMING EVENT | 22 April 2024 17:00 - 10 June 2024 18:30
17:00 - 18:30 | Mondays Week 1 - 8 | Eccles Room (or Hertford College, Old Library/Boyd - see below)
Part of the Changing Character of War Centre
The Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group meets regularly each term to examine the national security
implications of critical and emerging technologies (CETs), from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to
directed energy and space platforms. Meetings are held in hybrid format, at Oxford and online, to include diverse
views from academia, industry, and policy, matching the global reach of technological innovation and challenge.
Please be aware that group attendance may be limited. Please contact Group Lead Christopher Morris or team
(christopher.morris@politics.ox.ac.uk) for attendance and inquiries. Seminar details are confirmed a week in advance.
For more information on workshops, sessions, and journal, visit www.emergingthreats.co.uk
See the event schedule below and on the full termcard here.
Date | Meeting Schedule | |
---|---|---|
22 April 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 1 | Special Group Event [Pembroke] Topic: Annual Threats Report & Journal Launch, Drinks Reception |
29 April 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 2 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Israel‐Hamas War: Intelligence, Technology, & Asymmetric Warfare Speaker: Andrew Badger, Former Defense Intelligence Agency Case Officer, Defense SME |
6 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 3 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Does Competition Change Character? Left of War in the Maritime Domain Speaker: Captain Sean Andrews, Royal Australian Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023) |
13 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 4 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Western and PRC Naval Competition in the Red and South China Seas Speaker: Lt Commander Andrew Ward, Royal Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023-24) |
20 May *16:00‐17:30 |
Week 5 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Artificial Intelligence: Present & Future Use by the Intelligence Community Speaker: Sir David Ormand, GCB, Former Director of GCHQ (1996-97) |
27 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 6 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Reserved for Research Associate Speaker: ETG Research Associate |
3 June 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 7 | Simulation/Wargame [Pembroke] Topic: QUANTUM FURY Wargame, Cyber Cup Rematch Facilitator: Caroline Baylon, Said Business School Fellow, APPG Lead, ETG Research Associate |
10 June |
Week 8 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Pending Release Speaker: Christopher Morris, Oxford University; CCW Emerging Threats Group Director |
CCW Emerging Threats & Technologies Working Group
UPCOMING EVENT | 22 April 2024 17:00 - 10 June 2024 18:30
17:00 - 18:30 | Mondays Week 1 - 8 | Eccles Room (or Hertford College, Old Library/Boyd - see below)
Part of the Changing Character of War Centre
The Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group meets regularly each term to examine the national security
implications of critical and emerging technologies (CETs), from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to
directed energy and space platforms. Meetings are held in hybrid format, at Oxford and online, to include diverse
views from academia, industry, and policy, matching the global reach of technological innovation and challenge.
Please be aware that group attendance may be limited. Please contact Group Lead Christopher Morris or team
(christopher.morris@politics.ox.ac.uk) for attendance and inquiries. Seminar details are confirmed a week in advance.
For more information on workshops, sessions, and journal, visit www.emergingthreats.co.uk
See the event schedule below and on the full termcard here.
Date | Meeting Schedule | |
---|---|---|
22 April 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 1 | Special Group Event [Pembroke] Topic: Annual Threats Report & Journal Launch, Drinks Reception |
29 April 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 2 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Israel‐Hamas War: Intelligence, Technology, & Asymmetric Warfare Speaker: Andrew Badger, Former Defense Intelligence Agency Case Officer, Defense SME |
6 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 3 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Does Competition Change Character? Left of War in the Maritime Domain Speaker: Captain Sean Andrews, Royal Australian Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023) |
13 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 4 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Western and PRC Naval Competition in the Red and South China Seas Speaker: Lt Commander Andrew Ward, Royal Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023-24) |
20 May *16:00‐17:30 |
Week 5 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Artificial Intelligence: Present & Future Use by the Intelligence Community Speaker: Sir David Ormand, GCB, Former Director of GCHQ (1996-97) |
27 May 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 6 | Working Group Discussion [Pembroke] Topic: Reserved for Research Associate Speaker: ETG Research Associate |
3 June 17:00‐18:30 |
Week 7 | Simulation/Wargame [Pembroke] Topic: QUANTUM FURY Wargame, Cyber Cup Rematch Facilitator: Caroline Baylon, Said Business School Fellow, APPG Lead, ETG Research Associate |
10 June |
Week 8 | Working Group Discussion [Hertford] Topic: Pending Release Speaker: Christopher Morris, Oxford University; CCW Emerging Threats Group Director |