Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to announce that Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is co-sponsoring the Mad Scientist Disruption and the Future Operational Environment Conference with the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin on 24-25 April 2019 in Austin, Texas.
Plan on joining us virtually as we explore the individual and convergent impacts of technological innovations on Multi-Domain Operations and the Future Operational Environment, from today through 2050.
Disruptors addressed include robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomy, the future of space, planetary habitability, and the legal and ethical dilemmas surrounding how they will impact the future of warfare, specifically in the land and space domains.
Acknowledged global experts presenting include renowned futurist Dr. James Canton, author and CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures; former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, Senior Counselor for Defense and Distinguished Senior Fellow for Defense and National Security, Center for a New American Security (CNAS); Robonaut Julia Badger, Project Manager for the NASA’s Autonomous Spacecraft Management Projects; and former NASA spacecraft navigator Dr. Moriba K. Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin; as well as speakers from DARPA, Sandia National Labs, and Army senior leaders.
Get ready…
– Review the conference agenda’s list of presentations here.
– Read our following blog posts: Making the Future More Personal: The Oft-Forgotten Human Driver in Future’s Analysis, An Appropriate Level of Trust…, War Laid Bare, and Star Wars 2050.
– Subscribe to the Mad Scientist Laboratory to stay abreast of this conference and all things Mad Scientist — go to the subscribe function found on the right hand side of this screen.
We look forward to your participation on-line in six weeks!
