Protecting Civilian Institutions and Infrastructure from Cyber Operations: Designing International Law and Organizations
Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop Street Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Friday, September 14th
12:00pm-1:00pm: Registration
1:00pm-1:30pm: Welcome
Joel Trachtman, Co-Director, Center for International Law and Governance, Tufts University; Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Ian Johnstone, Co-Director, Center for International Law and Governance, Tufts University; Professor of International Law and Dean ad interim, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
1:30pm-2:30pm: Panel 1: Standards: Standard-setting to create robust and resilient civilian infrastructure that can prevent or mitigate the effects of cyber attacks.
Author: Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Cybersecurity Program Chair, Indiana University – Bloomington
Author: Scott Bradner, Senior Technology Consultant, Harvard University (retired)
Commentator: Alison Russell, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Studies, Merrimack College
Moderator: Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business and founding Executive Director of the Institute for Business in the Global Context, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
2:30pm-3:00pm: Break
3:00pm-4:00pm: Panel 2: Export Controls: Export controls to prevent the proliferation of malicious cyber tools targeting civilian institutions and infrastructure: what might they look like — from legal and technical perspectives — and challenges posed by dual use digital technologies for non-proliferation.
Author: Joel Trachtman, Co-Director, Center for International Law and Governance, Tufts University; Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Author: Herb Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution
Commentator: Jonathan Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School; Co-Founder and Faculty Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Moderator: Ming Chow, Senior lecturer in the Tufts University Department of Computer Science
4:00pm- 4:30pm: Break
4:30pm-5:30pm: Keynote Speech
Ambassador Marina Kaljurand, former Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
5:30pm-6:30pm: Reception
Saturday, September 15
9:00am-9:30am: Venue Open, Coffee Reception
9:30am-10:30am: Panel 3: Vulnerability Disclosure: The legal and technical challenges of creating a multilateral framework for information sharing to prevent and mitigate the impact of cyber attacks on civilian institutions and infrastructure.
Part of the Hitachi Center Speaker Series
Panelist: Christina Ayiotis, Cybersecurity Consultant
Panelist: Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cyber Security and Policy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
Commentator: Angela McKay, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, Microsoft
Moderator: Carolyn Gideon, Assistant Professor of International Communication and Technology Policy, Director of the Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
10:30am-11:00am: Break
11:00am-12:00pm: Panel 4: Attribution: The technical and legal challenges in creating an international organization or framework to attribute cyber attacks on civilian institutions and infrastructure, and an exploration of the configurations this regime may take.
Author: Nicholas Tsagourias, Professor of International Law, University of Sheffield
Author: Michael Farrell, Co-executive Director, Institute for Information Security and Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Commentator: Jeffery Taliaferro, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
Moderator: Arun Mohan Sukumar, Head, Cyber Security and Internet Governance Initiative, Observer Research Foundation
12:00pm-1:30pm: Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Angela McKay, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, Microsoft
1:30pm-2:30pm: Panel 5: Compliance: Approaches to securing compliance with legal norms, and considering how accusations of cyber attacks can both solidify existing cyber norms and induce compliance with them.
Author: Martha Finnemore, University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Author: Duncan Hollis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University School of Law
Commentator: Ian Johnstone, Co-Director, Center for International Law and Governance, Tufts University; Professor of International Law and Dean ad interim, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Moderator: Antonia Chayes, Professor of Practice in International Politics and Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
2:30pm-3:00pm: Break
3:00pm-4:00pm: Panel 6: The International Organizations Perspective Multilateral initiatives undertaken by the United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the European Union that are designed to enhance and institutionalize international cooperation on cybersecurity.
Panelist: Rasa Ostrauskaite, Director for Transnational Threats, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Panelist: Fabrizio Hochschild, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination, United Nations
Panelist: Ambassador Marina Kaljurand, former Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
Moderator: Ian Johnstone, Co-Director, Center for International Law and Governance, Tufts University; Professor of International Law and Dean ad interim, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
4:00pm-4:30pm: Concluding Remarks
Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cyber Security and Policy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
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