2023 Conference on International Cyber Security| 7-8 November 2023
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Day 1

Tuesday 7 November 2023

9:00 – 9:45 Registration & welcome

9:45 – 10:00 Welcome by Dennis Broeders

10:00 – 11:00 Keynote 1

Moderators:

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Ingvild Bode

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How practices make norms: Autonomous and AI technologies in weapon systems

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee & tea break

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 1

Here Comes Everybody: Non-state Actors in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

Cristina Del Real

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Julien Nocetti

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Brothers in (digital) arms? Assessing the U.S. tech platforms’ assistance to Ukraine’s cyber resilience

Here Comes Everybody: Non-state Actors in Cyber Conflict

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Tobias Liebetrau

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Jeppe T. Jacobsen

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Big Tech at War: Renegotiating the Role of Technology Companies in Global Cybersecurity Politics

Here Comes Everybody: Non-state Actors in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

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Giacomo Biggio

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Sharing of military intelligence by civilians, direct participation in hostilities, and the legitimation of violence: what are the risks for the civilian population?

Panel 2

Bring in the Diplomats: Cyber Conflict and Diplomatic Negotiations

Moderator:

Dennis Broeders

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Arindrajit Basu

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Between 'Freedom' and 'Sovereignty':' New non-alignment' diplomacy in cyberspace

Bring in the Diplomats: Cyber Conflict and Diplomatic Negotiations

Moderator:

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Jing Su

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Caice Jin

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Sino–European Norm Contestation in Cyberspace

Bring in the Diplomats: Cyber Conflict and Diplomatic Negotiations

Moderator:

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Courtney J. Fung

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Dr. Jennifer S. Hunt

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Mapping Cyber-Sovereignties

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 3

Cyber Conflict and International Law

Moderator:

Arun Sukumar

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Jasmine Landau

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Is it War, Peace, or Neither? Judicial interpretations of cyber warfare and insurance contract ‘War Exclusion’ clauses

Cyber Conflict and International Law

Moderator:

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Kun Hui

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Sovereign Immunity in Cyberspace: An Assessment of the Sovereign Immunity Rules of the Tallinn Manual 2.0 in Peace Time

Panel 4

Making Sense of Cyber Conflict: Actors and Disciplines

Moderator:

Jelena Vicic

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Tanya Gärtner

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Beyond 0s and 1s – Cracking the Binary Code of Actors in Cyber Conflict

Making Sense of Cyber Conflict: Actors and Disciplines

Moderator:

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Lise Andersen

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Dennis Broeders

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Monica Kello

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Arun Sukumar

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Economic Security and Cyber Conflict: Politics, Policy and Practice

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee & tea break

15:30 – 16:30 Keynote 2

Moderators:

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Emily Goldman

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Global Campaigning in Competition and Conflict

16:30 – 18:00 Drinks

18:00 – 20:30 Dinner

Day 2

Wednesday 8 November 2023

9:30 – 10:00 Coffee & tea break

10:00 – 12:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 5

Regional Perspectives on Cyber Conflict and Digital Dependencies

Moderator:

Tatiana Tropina

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Sofiya Sayankina

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The Semiconductor Dilemma: South Korea’s Strategy in the Chip War

Regional Perspectives on Cyber Conflict and Digital Dependencies

Moderator:

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Julia Carver

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Developing Digital 'Peripheries' for Strategic Advantage: American, EU, and Chinese CCB Projects in Africa

Regional Perspectives on Cyber Conflict and Digital Dependencies

Moderator:

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Uchenna Jerome Orji

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Examining the Applicability of African Regional Non-Aggression Treaties to State Aggression in Cyberspace

Regional Perspectives on Cyber Conflict and Digital Dependencies

Moderator:

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Amit Sheniak

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Yossi Mansharof

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Daniel Sobelman

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Lemons to Lemonade: The Evolution of Iran’s Cybersecurity Concept and Strategy

Panel 6

Analyzing Cyber Operations: Motivations, Means and Methods

Moderator:

Lise Andersen

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Sharon Matzkin

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Yuval Feinstein

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Daphna Canetti

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The Impact of Political Orientation on Trust in Government Following Cyber-Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

Analyzing Cyber Operations: Motivations, Means and Methods

Moderator:

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Karen Nershi

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Shelby Grossman

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Assessing the Political Motivations Behind Ransomware Attacks

Analyzing Cyber Operations: Motivations, Means and Methods

Moderator:

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Callum Harvey

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Jack Goldsmith

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Building a meme war machine: A comparative analysis of memetic insurgencies in cyberspace

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 Keynote 3

Moderators:

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David Omand

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The role of Intelligence Agencies in (cyber) war and conflict

14:00 – 14:30 Coffee & tea break

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 7

Cyber Conflict: Strategies and Realities

Moderator:

Monica Kello

Moderator:

Richard J. Harknett

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You Come As You Structure: Cyber Campaigning Across Contingencies

Cyber Conflict: Strategies and Realities

Moderator:

Moderator:

Lennart Maschmeyer

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Success and Failure in Cyber Conflict

Cyber Conflict: Strategies and Realities

Moderator:

Moderator:

Myriam Dunn Cavelty

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Max Smeets

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Tobias Pulver

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Doomed if we do, doomed if we don’t: Cyber conflict research between disciplinary ambitions and interdisciplinary flexibility

Panel 8

Cyber Dimensions of the War in Ukraine

Moderator:

Els De Busser

Moderator:

Mark W. Perry

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Arman Irani

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Terminal veracity: How Russian media uses telegram to manufacture objectivity on the battlefield

Cyber Dimensions of the War in Ukraine

Moderator:

Moderator:

Lior Tabansky

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Is Europe learning the wrong lesson from the Russia-Ukraine cyber theatre?

Cyber Dimensions of the War in Ukraine

Moderator:

Moderator:

Nadiya Kostyuk

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War and the Internet: The case of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

16:00 – 16:15 Conference closing & presentation best paper award

16:15 – 17:30 Closing drinks