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Second Annual Symposium on Cyber and International Law - Cyber in War: Lesson from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The Tech, Law, & Security Program (TLS) excited to once again host our annual symposium at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law on September 20-22, 2023 in partnership with: The Lieber Institute, West Point, The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore and The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

Please review our finalized agenda here.Ìý

Welcome Remarks and Russia-Ukraine: The Cyber DimensionsPlay

Welcome Remarks and Russia-Ukraine: The Cyber Dimensions

Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post; Pete Renals, Palo Alto Networks; Fanta Orr, Microsoft; Ivan Kalabashkin, The Security Service of Ukraine

Panel Summary

Roundtable 1 - Cyber "Attack" - Towards Greater PrecisionPlay

Roundtable 1 - Cyber "Attack" - Towards Greater Precision

Gary Corn, Tech, Law, and Security Program at AUWCL; Kubo Macak, Exeter University; Captain Pete Pascucci, Fleet Cyber Command; Lt. Col. John Schreiner, USMC; Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy (IDC Herzliya)

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 2 - Accountability for Cyber War CrimesPlay

Roundtable 2 - Accountability for Cyber War Crimes

Arthur Traldi, Senior Fellow, Tech, Law & Security Program; Liina Lumiste, NATO CCDCOE; Adam Hickey, Mayer Brown; Lindsay Freeman, Berkeley Human Rights Center

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 3 - Cyber and the Role of Private ActorsPlay

Roundtable 3 - Cyber and the Role of Private Actors

David Simon, Skadden; Jan Kleffner, Swedish Defence University; Lieutenant Colonel Laura West, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School; Matt Fussa, CISCO; Kate Charlet, Google

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 4 - Human Rights in Cyber ConflictPlay

Roundtable 4 - Human Rights in Cyber Conflict

Yuval Shany, Federmann Cybersecurity Research Center; Asaf Lubin, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School; Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Former Rapporteur, International Law in Cyberspace, InterÂ鶹´«Ã½ Juridicial Committee; Tsvetelina Van Benthem, Oxford University; Jonathan Horowitz, ICRC

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 5 - Cyber NeutralityPlay

Roundtable 5 - Cyber Neutrality

Davide Giovanelli, NATO CCDCOE; Hitoshi Nasu, Lieber Institute; Martin Dahinden, Ambassador of Switzerland; Kurt Sanger, Integrated Cybersecurity Partners, LLC; Eugenio Benincasa, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 6 - Cyber Spill OverPlay

Roundtable 6 - Cyber Spill Over

Eric Jensen, Brigham Young Law School; Marguerite Walters, Dep’t of State Office of the Legal Adviser; Matthew Waxman, Columbia Law School; Talita de Sousa Diaz, Chatham House; Duncan Hollis, Temple Law School

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 7 - Regional PerspectivesPlay

Roundtable 7 - Regional Perspectives

Danielle Yeow, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore; Arun Mohan Sakumar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Leiden University; Isaac Morales Tenerio, Senior Director for Cyber Security and Data Privacy Communications, LATAM FTI consulting; Yang Fan, Asst Prof International Law, Xiamen University, China, Deputy Director of Cyberspace International Law Center (CILC), Xiamen University School of Law; Masahiro Kurosaki; Prof of Intl Law and Director of Study of Law, Security and Military Operations, National Defence Academy of Japan; Paul Lie, Head, International Law, Legal Services, Ministry of Defence, Singapore

Roundtable Summary

Roundtable 8 - The Next WarPlay

Roundtable 8 - The Next War

Sean Watts, Lieber Institute, West Point; Magdalena Pacholska, TMC Asser Instituut, University of Amsterdam; Major Tom Warschefsky, US Army Futures Command; Colonel Pete Hayden, US Cyber Command; LCDR Lauren Cherry, US Navy

Roundtable Summary

Closing Keynote - Chris Inglis, former National Cyber DirectorPlay

Closing Keynote - Chris Inglis, former National Cyber Director

Keynote Summary

Keynote Summary

Featured Speakers

Eugenio Benincasa, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich

Kate Charlet, Google

LCDR Lauren Cherry, US Navy

Gary Corn, Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law

Martin Dahinden, Ambassador of Switzerland

Talita Diaz, Chatham House

Lindsay Freeman, Berkeley Human Rights Center

Matt Fussa, Cisco

Commander Davide Giovanelli, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

Colonel Pete Hayden, US Army Cyber Command 

Adam Hickey, Mayer Brown

Duncan Hollis, Temple Law School

Jonathan Horowitz, ICRC

Chris Inglis, former National Cyber Director

Eric Jensen, Brigham Young University Law School

Nathan Kearns, Defense Institute of International Legal Studies

Jann Kleffner, Swedish Defense University

Masahiro Kurosaki, National Defense Academy of Japan

Paul Lie, MINDEF Legal Services, Singapore

Asaf Lubin, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Liina Lumiste, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence 

Kubo Macak, Exeter University

Nema Milaninia, Special Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, US Department of State

Isaac Morales Tenerio, LATAM FTI Consulting

Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

Hitoshi Nasu, Lieber Institute, West Point

Fanta Orr, Intelligence Analysis Director, Microsoft

Magdalena Pacholska, TMC Asser Instituut, University of Amsterdam 

Captain Pete Pascucci, USN, Fleet Cyber Command

Pete Renals, Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks

Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Israel

Arun Sakumar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Leiden University

Mariana Salazar Alboronoz, Former Rapporteur, International Law in Cyberspace, InterÂ鶹´«Ã½ Juridical Committee

Kurt Sanger, Director, Integrated Cybersecurity Partners, LLC

???Lieutenant Colonel John Schreiner, USMC

Yuval Shany, Federmann Cybersecurity Research Center

David Simon, Skadden

Arthur Traldi, TLS Senior Fellow

Tsvetelina Van Benthem, Oxford University

Marguerite Walters, US Department of State

Major Tom Warschefsky, US Army Futures Command

Sean Watts, Lieber Institute, West Point

Matthew Waxman, Columbia Law School

Lieutenant Colonel Laura West, US Army, TJAGLCS

Danielle Yeow, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore

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