Past Events

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies'  third Cyber Challenge Symposium, entitled "Cyber Technology: Ethical, Legal and Social Impacts," featured a panel of experts including James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence; Daniel Gallington, Esq., Senior Fellow and Member of the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; and Joshua Gruenspecht of the Center for Democracy and Technology. The event was held March 30 at the Institute.  Click below for a video of the event. (Due to technical difficulties, audio begins approximately 90 seconds into the program.)

Please note: The views of guest speakers are the speakers' alone and do not represent the views of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies or its staff.  The Potomac Institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organization dedicated to the free exchange of ideas for the purpose of informing public policy.

 The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Neurotechnology Studies presented an introductory symposium on ethical animal research entitled "Neuroscience and Non-Speciesist Neuroethics: Implications for Animal Welfare and the Responsible Conduct of Research," on February 4, 2011. The program was presented in conjunction with the Capital Consortium for Neuroscience: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (CCNELSI, www.ccnelsi.com). Speakers included Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA-8), Co-Chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus: Prof. James Giordano, PhD, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; Cathy Liss, Animal Welfare Institute; Paul A. Locke, DrPH, JD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing; and Joseph Barber, PhD, Hunter College (CUNY) New York, NY.

Click below to see Prof. Giordano's comments about the symposium and some of the controversies surrounding this topic.

Click below to watch a video of the event.

Please note: The views of guest speakers are the speakers' alone and do not represent the views of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies or its staff.  The Potomac Institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organization dedicated to the free exchange of ideas for the purpose of informing public policy.

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies presented a book talk on April 20 with Williamson Murray, PhD, Director of the Institute's History, Social and Strategic Ideas Program.  Dr. Murray discussed his book The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy and War (Cambridge University Press, 2011).  The Cambridge University Press says, "Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future."  Click below to watch a video of the April 20 book talk.

The International Center for Terrorism Studies of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies presented a timely symposium: The New Middle East: Quo Vadis?  on Tuesday, February 8. Panelists addressed the eruption of political turmoil in the Middle East, as well as regional and international implications of the unrest.  The program was co-sponsored by the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and  the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies, International Law Institute. Click below to watch a video of the event.