AGENDA
Day 2 (April 15, 2026)
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| 8:00am |
Registration and Check In |
| 9:00am |
Conference Welcome May Birch University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
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| 9:10am |
Roundtable Discussion: The Future of Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
 (Student Moderator) Texas A&M University
 (Panelist) Professor, Senior Fellow at Intelligence Studies Project, Texas LBJ School, University
of Texas-Austin
 (Panelist) Retired CIA officer and member of the Senior Intelligence Service
 (Panelist) CIA representative, U.S. Naval War College; George H.W. Bush Chair of National INtelligence
 (Student Panelist) University of Texas-Austin
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| 10:25am |
Morning Break |
| 10:35am |
Panel #1 Discussion: The Advent of Quantum
 (Student Moderator) University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
 (Panelist) Head of Technology, Associate Professor, University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
 (Student Panelist) University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
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| 11:50am |
Lunch |
| 12:50pm |
Panel #2 Discussion: The Rise of Disinformation in Today's Media
 (Student Moderator) National Intelligence University
 (Panelist) Research Fellow, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Latvia
 (Panelist) Director, Associate Research Professor, The Center on Information and Narrative Complexity,
Arizona State University
 (Student Panelist) Duke University
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| 2:05pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 2:15pm |
Panel #3 Discussion: The Intersection of Surveillance, Privacy and Human Rights
 (Student Moderator) University of Texas-Austin
 Stephen Gary, PhD (Panelist) Professor, Cybersecurity, Intelligence, University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
 (Panelist) Professor of U.S. National Security, University of Warwick
 (Panelist) Instructor, University of Central ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
 (Student Panelist) University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬
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| 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:40pm |
Fireside Chat: Educating for the Future of Technology, Intelligence and Security
 (Student Interviewer) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 Michael Goodman, PhD (Featured Guest) Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs’ & the Director of the King’s
Centre for the Study of Intelligence
 (Featured Guest) Director, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
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| 4:50pm |
Closing Remarks |
| 5:00pm |
Attendee Reception and Social Hour |
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