• Type: Seminar Series
• Series organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
• Timing: Thursdays, 5pm
• Web Address: https://www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events

Thursday 26 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Neural & Cognitive Warfare: Technology, Operations, and Strategy
  Discussion Group

Thursday 9 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Bioinformatics & Big Data: Government and Military Applications
  Discussion Group

Thursday 23 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Human-Machine Teams: From Sensor to Shooter Across the Domains
  Discussion Group

Thursday 9 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Genomics & Bioengineering: Securing Advantage in the Biological Domain
  Discussion Group

Thursday 11 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 15:15 - Space & Counterspace: Disruptive Technologies from Launch to Orbital Strike
  TBA

Thursday 25 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Accelerating Combat: Hypersonics, Directed Energy, and Autonomous Systems
  TBA

Thursday 8 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Changing the Climate of War: From Weather Modification to Biological Security
  TBA

Thursday 19 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Russo-Ukraine War, Deep Strike, & Escalation
  Discussion Group

Monday 23 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - PRC Influence, Technology Theft, and Insider Threats
  Discussion Group

Thursday 2 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:00 - Cognitive Warfare, Theory, Practice, & Legalities
  Discussion Group

Monday 6 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Artificial Intelligence, Decision-Making, and the Future of Conflict
  Discussion Group, Adam McCauley (Department of National Defense, Government of Canada)

Monday 13 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Terrorism, Prediction, and Emerging Technologies
  Discussion Group, Joshua Stewart (Oxford)

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Great Power Competition and Disinformation in Africa
  Discussion Group, Caroline Baylon (Future Generations in the UK Parliament)

Monday 27 November 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Grand Strategy & Great Power Technology Competition
  Discussion Group

Monday 22 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Russo‐Ukrainian War: The Private Sector & Emerging Technologies
  Dr Hugo Rosemont (KCL)

Monday 29 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Defense Innovation: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, & Finance
  James Galkowski (Silicon Valley Defense Group)

Monday 5 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - AUKUS Advanced Cyber Capabilities, Strategy, and Integration
  Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government)

Monday 12 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - U.S.‐China Competition, Emerging Technologies, and Alliances
  TBA

Monday 26 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Ukraine War Two Years On: Lessons for Technology & Autonomy
  Rob Rider, CBE (UK Defence Attaché to Germany (2015-20))

Monday 4 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Simulation/Wargame: Indo‐Pacific Crisis, Insider Threat, & Cyber‐Space Escalation
  TBA

Monday 22 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Emerging Threats and Technology Group: Annual Threats Report & Journal Launch
  TBA

Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Israel‐Hamas War: Intelligence, Technology, & Asymmetric Warfare
  Andrew Badger (Defense SME)

Monday 6 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Does Competition Change Character? Left of War in the Maritime Domain
  Captain Sean Andrews (Royal Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023-24))

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Naval competition in the Red Sea and Broader Middle East
  Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Artificial Intelligence: Present & Future Use by the Intelligence Community
  Sir David Omand, GCB (Former Director of GCHQ (1996-97))

Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Emerging Threats and Technology Group
  TBA

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - QUANTUM FURY Wargame, Cyber Cup Rematch
  TBA

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Emerging Threats and Technology Group
  Chris Morris (University of Oxford)