Join Nita A. Farahany (JD/MA '04, Ph.D. '06), Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law & Philosophy, for a celebration of her new book, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. The new title explores important questions of law, ethics, privacy, and freedom that arise from rapid advances in neuroscience and technology. David Hoffman (JD '93), Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Cybersecurity Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy, moderates the discussion. Co-sponsored by the Goodson Law Library and Office of the Dean

Our Data Privacy Day 2023 event, “Privacy in a Post-Dobbs Landscape: Health Data, Technology, Law & Policy,” will explore issues raised by the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. In our first panel discussion, we will consider reproductive health data, the limited nature of HIPAA and the privacy implications of interoperability mandates; the increasingly important role played by telemedicine and medication abortion for privacy and reproductive health; and the rise of self-managed abortion, criminalization and the associated surveillance of women.

Join The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, the Duke Sanford Cyber Policy Program, and DQ, the Certificate in Digital Intelligence program of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society, for a talk with Riccardo Masucci, Intel Corporation, focusing on these important developments. Moderated by David Hoffman. This program is part of a series of events focusing on the policy issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain.

There is great interest across government, industry, and academia in improving the U.S. innovation system, particularly in light of competitive threats from countries like China. American universities have long been a foundation of U.S. leadership in science, technology, and innovation. As with other U.S. innovation institutions, however, universities face complex challenges. This conference aims to outline a new framework for America’s universities in the context of the country’s long-term competitive future.

Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.

Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of new technology on security issues, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.

January 28th of every year is Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day commemorates the Jan. 28, 1981, signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Leonardo Cervera Navas, Prof. David Hoffman and Prof. Jolynn Dellinger started Data Privacy Day eleven years ago with an event at Duke Law School to discuss transatlantic cooperation in privacy and data protection. Prof. Hoffman moderates a panel discussion including Prof. Jolynn Dellinger, Mr.

Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) held its annual national security conference on February 23–24, 2018 at Duke Law School.

The 2018 LENS conference was titled Complexity and Security: The Role of the Law?

Speaker: Ms. Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy, Facebook
Interviewer: Prof. David Hoffman, Intel Corp/Duke Law

Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) held its annual national security conference on February 24-25, 2017 at Duke Law School. The 2017 LENS conference was titled "Cyber, Security & Surveillance: Truth & Consequences."

The 2015 LENS Conference, Law in the Age of 'Forever War', focuses on the legal issues that accompany warfare in a time when technology, relationships between nations, and the abilities of non-state actors to affect the international stage, are all changing rapidly. Speakers address some of the difficult issues that have come to define modern law as it relates to warfare: targeting, surveillance, home-grown terrorism, intelligence gathering in the digital age, ensuring human rights and civil liberties.

Sponsored by the Duke University Center for European Studies and Duke Law Center for International and Comparative Law, this day-long conference brings together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the United States to discuss the future of data privacy in light of the new realities of our times.

Recorded on January 28, 2008.

Panel titled: Global Data Flows & National Privacy Standards.

Conference title: Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? 2008.