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Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
The Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group meets regularly each term to examine the national security implications of critical and emerging technologies (CETs), from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to directed energy and space platforms.
Meetings are held in hybrid format, in-person and online, to include diverse viewpoints from academia, industry, and policy, matching the global reach of technological innovation and challenge.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser:
Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Timing: Mondays at 5.30 pm, Weeks 1-8, unless otherwise noted
Web Address:
https://emergingthreats.co.uk/
Talks:
Monday 23 February 2026
Dark Shipping, Dirty Minerals: Geoeconomics and the Practice of Economic Statecraft
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: TBA
Organiser:
Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Automation in Defence
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Organiser:
Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 March 2026
Senior U.S. Defense Leader Fireside Chat, Social Event
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Organiser:
Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Christopher Morris,
Zachary Turinsky,
Alexander Beck
