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The Evolving Face of Cyber Conflict and International Law:泭泭A Futurespective

in person symposium

June 15 - 17, 2022

Its been a little less than a quarter century since the Morris Worm shook the quixotic orthodoxies about the innate trustworthiness of digital interconnectivity and exposed the soft underbelly of what would shortly explode across the globe the Internet.泭泭Since that time, criminals, non-state actors, and states have leveraged the inherent insecurities and vulnerabilities of cyberspace at an ever-increasing rate and with ever-more harmful impact.泭泭Data theft, ransomware attacks, and critical infrastructure disruptions, to name a few, are now near daily occurrences.泭泭Notwithstanding the immense societal risks these activities present, a growing number of states have fully embraced cyber tools and operations as staples in their toolkits of both statecraft and warfare.泭泭

At the same time, until recently states have remained relatively silent on their views of how international law regulates their cyber activities.泭泭That has begun to change, however, with an increasing number of states making official pronouncements of their泭opinio juris, either independently or through established multilateral processes like the UNGGE and OEWG.泭泭While this is a positive trend, it has also highlighted several disparate views on critical issues and the difficulty in achieving anything more than limited clarity and consensus.泭泭What can we discern from these state pronouncements?泭泭What is the present state of the law governing state cyber activities, and where is it headed?泭泭That is the focus of this symposium.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

Lieber Institute, West Point

The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center Cyber Law Program, Hebrew University

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSiS)

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

Sponsors:

Dentons - Diamond Level泭

Mayer Brown - Gold Level

Debevoise & Plimpton - Silver Level

Skadden - Silver Level泭

Texas National Security Review - Silver Level

Law &泭Forensics -泭Symposium Supporter

X Cyber Group Ltd. - Symposium Supporter

Speakers

  • Michael Adams, Zoom
  • Mariana Salazar Albornoz, InterAmerican泭Juridical Committee- OAS
  • Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Alcala, Lieber Institute
  • Catherine Amirfar, Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Karine Bannelier, Universit矇 Grenoble Alpes
  • Tess Bridgeman, NYU Reiss Center on Law and Security泭
  • Professor Sarah Cleveland, Columbia Law School
  • Michael Diakiwski, Palo Alto Networks
  • Heather Harrison Dinniss, Swedish Defense University泭
  • Dan Efrony, Federmann Cybersecurity Center
  • Brian Egan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &泭Flom LLP
  • Professor Kristen Eichensehr, University of泭Virginia Law School
  • Veronia R. Glick, Mayer Brown
  • Lt. Col. Davide Giovanneli, NATO CCDCOE
  • Ryan Goodman, NYU Law
  • Colonel Pete Hayden, Staff Judge Advocate, US泭Cyber Command
  • Professor Mohamed Helal, Ohio泭State University泭Moritz College of Law
  • Professor Duncan Hollis, Temple Law School
  • Professor Eric Talbot Jensen, BYU Law School
  • Darin Johnson, Howard University School of Law
  • Professor Rain Liivoja, University of Queensland泭Law School泭
  • Professor Asaf Lubin, Maurer School of Law
  • Liina Lumiste, NATO CCDCOE
  • Dr. Kubo泭紼硃釵獺域, International Committee of the泭Red Cross
  • Professor Marko Milanovic, University of泭Nottingham School of Law
  • Tal Mimran,泭Federmann Cybersecurity Research Center
  • Elina Noor,泭Asia Society Policy Institute
  • Ori Pomson, University of Cambridge Faculty of泭Law
  • Phil Robbins, General Counsel, X Cyber Group
  • Professor Przemyslaw Roguski, Jagiellonian泭University in Krak籀w
  • Monica Ruiz, Microsoft
  • David Sanger, New York Times
  • Professor Michael Schmitt, Lieber Institute, West泭Point
  • Annita Larisa Sciacovelli, Professor of International Law, University of Bari and Consultant, UniBa/BVTECH泭泭
  • Scott Shackelford,泭Indiana University Maurer School of Law泭
  • Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, USAF (Ret.), CNAS
  • Yuval Shany,泭Federmann Cybersecurity Research Center
  • Talita de Souza Dias, University of Oxford
  • Alissa Starzak, Cloudflare
  • Arun Mohan Sukumar, Fletcher School, TuftsUniversity
  • Wieteke Theeuwen,泭International Law Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands泭
  • Eneken Tikk, Cyber Policy Institute泭
  • Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Digital Society Institute
  • Jennifer Trahan, NYU Center for Global Affairs
  • Professor Nicolas Tsagourias, University of泭Sheffield
  • Tsvetelina van Benthem, Oxford University泭
  • Marguerite Walter, US Department of State
  • Professor Sean Watts, Lieber Institute, West泭Point
  • TJ White, Vice Admiral (Retired), US Navy泭
  • Thomas Wingfield, RAND Corp.泭
  • Danielle Yeow Ping Lin, Centre of Excellence for National Security泭
  • Lixin Zhu - Associate Professor, Xian Jiaotong泭University

Video recordings泭

See below for conference and dinner ceremony video recordings.泭

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