{"330301":{"#nid":"330301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kosal Speaks at Nanotechnology Security \u0026 Defense Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/kosal\u0022\u003EMargaret E. Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E, gave the keynote talk on \u201cNanotechnology and Diffusion of Innovation: Security Challenges for the 21st Century,\u201d during the opening plenary session of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nanosdconf.com\/NSD\/speakers.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENanotechnology for Security and Defense Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NanoSD) on September 23, 2014. Held at the Spanish National Police Headquarters and School (Escuela Nacional de Polic\u00eda) in \u00c1vila Spain, the conference\u0026nbsp;also featured speakers from European governments, the defense industry, non-governmental organizations, and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENanoSD 2014 explored current and future technical impacts of nanotechnology in the development of security, law enforcement, and defense. A broad range of defense and security technologies and applications, such as nanostructures, sensors, energy sources, nanotextiles, and nanoelectronics, were discussed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKosal spoke on the characteristics and operationalizing factors\u003Cem\u003E\u2014\u003C\/em\u003Etechnical and non-technical\u003Cem\u003E\u2014\u003C\/em\u003Ethat impact the adoption of new technologies in support of development of a robust analytical framework for assessing the impact of new technology on national security and identifying measures to prevent or slow proliferation of new technologies for malfeasant intentions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnderstanding the changing paradigms and limiting the proliferation of unconventional weapons for the 21st Century starts with an awareness of the factors driving the capabilities, analysis of the changing nature of technological progress, the nature of warfare, and the relationship between science and international security. Working at the intersection of strategy, technology, and governance, Kosal\u0027s talk explored the need to understand of the complex and interdependent relationships among science, technology, and security\u2014including politics, cultures, organizations, institutions, and individuals\u2014in order to explain how these phenomena intersect and potentially impact US and international security policies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/kosal\u0022\u003EMargaret E. Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E, gave the keynote talk on \u201cNanotechnology and Diffusion of Innovation: Security Challenges for the 21st Century,\u201d during the opening plenary session of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nanosdconf.com\/NSD\/speakers.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENanotechnology for Security and Defense Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NanoSD) on September 23, 2014\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nunn School Assistant Professor Margaret E. 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