Future Conflict: The International Law of Cyber and Information Convergence
Third Annual in-person symposium on Cyber & International Law
September 23 - 25, 2024
For some time now, the focus of discussions about international law’s role in regulating cyberspace has been almost exclusively on cyber effects—that is, operations targeting the functionality of information and communications technologies (ICT) or the confidentiality, availability or integrity of the data and information resident thereon. But as recent history demonstrates, the advent of cyberspace has also enabled and evolved the realm of information conflict, with an attendant and inevitable convergence of cyber and information operations. Whereas some states have long approached cyberspace through the broader lens of “information confrontation,” others are playing catch up to the threats posed by “cyber-enabled information operations” and assessing whether doctrinal barriers between cyber and information operations are artificial and should come down. The international law implications of this trend toward convergence are profound, implicating critical questions across the spectrum of war and peace, and hence the law of state responsibility, international human rights and humanitarian law.
The Tech, Law, & Security Program (TLS) is excited to once again host our annual symposium at the American University Washington College of Law on September 23-25, 2024.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
The Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Lieber Institute, West Point
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence
KEYNOTES:
Lieutenant General Maria Barrett, Commander, US Army Cyber Command
SPEAKERS:
Nick Ashton-Hart, APCO Worldwide
Kerry Ann-Barrett, Organization of American States
Carme Colomina Saló, Barcelona Centre for International Affair
Talita Dias, Chatham House
Mohamed Helal, Moritz College of Law
Duncan Hollis, Temple Law School
Eric Talbot Jensen, Brigham Young Law School
David Kaye, Director, International Justice Clinic, UCI Law
Jack Kenny, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Jack Kenny, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Asaf Lubin, Maurer School of Law
Nemanja (Nemo) Malisevic, Microsoft
Munira Mustaffa, Executive Director, Chasseur Group
Lisandra Novo, Atlantic Council
Christian Ohanian, Mastercard, Senior Fellow, Tech, Law & Security Program
Captain Peter Pascucci, US Cyber Command
Tildman Rodenhauser, International Committee of the Red Cross
Amit Schejter, Institute for Information Policy, Penn State University
Yuval Shany, Federmann Cybersecurity Research Center
Captain Maggie Smith, US Army; Senior Fellow, Tech, Law & Security Program
Megan Stifel, ISET
Dr. Fan Yang, Xiamen University
Danielle Yeow, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Sean Watts, Lieber Institute, West Point
Andrew Whiskeyman, National Defense University
Maria Tolppa, CCDCOE
Arthur Traldi, Senior Fellow, Tech, Law & Security Program
Katelyn Ringrose, Google
Dr. Anna-Maria Osula, International Centre for Defense and Security
Liis Vihul, Cyber Law International