BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence\, Genomics\, and the Future of Biosecurity (Panel) - Jay Atanda (RAND)\, Prof Julian Gough (OutSee)\, Prof Andy Miah (Salford)\, Elise Racine (Oxford)\, Conrad Kunadu (Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260126T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260126T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/558655e0-e4cd-4efc-8bed-0a8bd0c1bc0e/ DESCRIPTION:Panelists: Jay Atanda (RAND)\, Elise Racine (Oxford)\, Julian Gough (OutSee)\, and Prof Andy Miah (Salford). Chair: Conrad Kunadu (Oxfor d & Johns Hopkins University)\n\nOverview: Advances in artificial intellig ence are accelerating the capacity to decode\, manipulate\, and weaponize biological information at unprecedented scale. This panel examines the con vergence of AI and biotechnology in enabling precision targeting—reshapi ng deterrence\, attribution\, and the ethics of warfare itself. As genomic datasets expand and machine learning enhances predictive bio-design\, the boundaries between defense\, health security\, and population control blu r. What happens when code meets code—digital and biological—and select ive vulnerability becomes a function of data? Bringing together experts in AI governance\, bioethics\, and national security\, this session explores the emerging landscape of algorithmic biology and the profound implicatio ns of an era in which intelligence itself becomes a biological instrument. \n \nPanelists:\n\nJay Atanda (RAND): Adejare (Jay) Atanda is a senior pol icy researcher at the Meselson Center in RAND’s Global and Emerging Risk division\, where his work focuses on AI security\, biosecurity\, and AI –bio convergence\, examining how emerging technologies can be misused an d intersect with traditional threats. He has published widely in peer-revi ewed journals including Health Security\, BMJ Open\, and the International Journal of Public Health\, and has presented at national and internationa l forums such as WHO technical meetings. Previously\, Atanda managed a pol icy and research portfolio at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and remains active in publi c health and security governance through multiple professional committees and editorial boards. \n\nProfessor Julian Gough (OutSee) Julian John Thur stan Gough is a bioinformatician and computational biologist renowned for his contributions to molecular biology and genomics. Educated at The Perse School\, he earned a joint honours BSc in Mathematics and Physics from th e University of Bristol and completed his PhD at the University of Cambrid ge’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology\, where he developed Hidden Markov model methods for genome analysis. Gough has held research positions at St anford University\, RIKEN\, and the Pasteur Institute\, was a professor of bioinformatics at the University of Bristol\, and served as a programme l eader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. His work led to the crea tion of the Superfamily database of protein structure models and has been widely published in top scientific journals. He is currently CEO and found er of AI genomics company OutSee Ltd.\n\nProfessor Andy Miah (Salford) Pro fessor Andy Miah is Chair of Science Communication & Future Media\, at the University of Salford\, where he Directs The Science Communication Space in the School of Science\, Engineering and Environment\, is the Ethics in Artificial Intelligence Champion for the University\, and leads its Metave rse Special Interest Group. Professor Miah’s research investigates the e thical\, legal\, social and cultural questions concerning technological ch ange and his publications draw on ideas from science\, technology\, art\, and media culture. Author of 10 books and over 150 academic articles\, Pro fessor Miah has been at the forefront of debates about how humanity is mov ing beyond conventional evolutionary processes and towards evolution by te chnology. \n\nElise Racine (Oxford) Elise joined the Ethox Centre in Octo ber 2021 as a DPhil candidate in Population Health and a Clarendon Scholar . Her research centres around the societal impacts\, policy implications\, and human rights challenges of emerging technologies within global health . She will be continuing this work at Oxford where she will be studying th e ethics of infectious disease surveillance technologies under the supervi sion of Dr. Stephanie Johnson\, and Dr. Federica Lucivero. Prior to commen cing her DPhil studies\, Elise received a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in digitalisation and big data from the Hertie School where she was a research associate on a project evaluating models of the COVID-19 pandemic and a recipient of the DAAD Prize 2020.\n\n\nChair: Conr ad Kunadu is a DPhil Candidate in International Relations at Balliol Colle ge\, University of Oxford. His primary research interest lies at the inter section of emerging technologies and (inter)national security\, with a par ticular focus on biotechnologies and bioweapons. He is also interested in the governance of nuclear weapons\, artificial intelligence\, and other em erging technologies\; international cooperation and security studies\; as well as biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security\, supported by the Horizon In stitute for Public Service. \n\nSpeakers:\nJay Atanda (RAND)\, Prof Julian Gough (OutSee)\, Prof Andy Miah (Salford)\, Elise Racine (Oxford)\, Conra d Kunadu (Oxford) LOCATION:Manor Road Building (Seminar G)\, Manor Road OX1 3UQ TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/558655e0-e4cd-4efc-8bed-0a8bd0c1bc0e/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Artificial Intelligence\, Genomics\, and the Future of Bi osecurity (Panel) - Jay Atanda (RAND)\, Prof Julian Gough (OutSee)\, Prof Andy Miah (Salford)\, Elise Racine (Oxford)\, Conrad Kunadu (Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR